SMU Mustangs football under Ron Meyer

Ron Meyer was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1976 to 1981. He compiled a 34–32–1 record, and was succeeded by Bobby Collins.^[1]

1976 Season

1976 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1976 record	3-8 (2–6 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)

1976 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Texas Tech +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
SMU	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1976-09-11	Texas Christian	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	W 34-14	24,328
1976-09-18	at No. 14 Alabama*	Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama	L 3-56	63,203
1976-09-25	vs. North Texas State*	Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	W 38-31	25,539
1976-10-02	at Memphis State*	Memphis Memorial Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee	L 13-27	31,424
1976-10-09	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas	L 20-27	25,000
1976-10-16	No. 19 Houston*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 6-29	28,204
1976-10-23	at No. 13 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	L 12-13	50,000
1976-10-30	Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 0-36	35,213
1976-11-06	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	L 34-41	18,000
1976-11-13	at No. 5 Texas Tech	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas	L 7-34	34,780
1976-11-20	vs. Arkansas	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana	W 35-31	32,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1977 Season

1977 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1977 record	4-7 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)

1977 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Arkansas	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Houston	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1977-09-10	at Texas Christian	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas	W 45-21	19,576
1977-09-17	vs. North Texas State*	Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	L 13-24	26,097
1977-09-24	Tulane*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	W 28-23	18,460
1977-10-01	No. 6 Ohio State*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 7-35	45,000
1977-10-08	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas	L 6-9	30,300
1977-10-15	at No. 19 Houston*	Astrodome • Houston	W 37-23	30,774
1977-10-22	No. 2 Texas	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 14-30	36,151
1977-10-29	at No. 11 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	L 21-38	53,932
1977-11-05	Rice	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	W 41-24	6,918
1977-11-12	No. 18 Texas Tech	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 7-45	21,689
1977-11-19	at No. 8 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas	L 7-47	43,791
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1978 Season

1978 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1978 record	4-6-1 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 72,032)

1978 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Houston $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

With sagging attendance in recent years, including a dismal 6,918 against conference foe Rice, Southern Methodist athletic director Russ Potts orchestrated "Mustang Mania." Potts wanted to make SMU more visible in the Dallas area. Average attendance at SMU home games jumped from 25,644 in the previous year to 51,960 in the 1978 season. This was the highest average attendance for SMU home games since 1950.^[2]^[3]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1978-09-09	Texas Christian	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	W 45-14	41,112
1978-09-16	at Florida*	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida	W 35-25	34,101
1978-09-23	at No. 3 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania	L 21-26	77,404
1978-10-07	at No. 14 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio	T 35-35	87,712
1978-10-14	at Baylor	Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas	W 28-21	36,500
1978-10-21	No. 11 Houston*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 28-42	64,871
1978-10-28	at No. 7 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	L 3-22	65,000
1978-11-04	Texas A&M	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 17-20	57,208
1978-11-11	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston	W 58-0	14,000
1978-11-18	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas	L 16-19	45,101
1978-11-25	Arkansas	Cotton Bowl • Dallas	L 14-27	44,647
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1979 Season

1979 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979 record	5-6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)

1979 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Arkansas +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Baylor	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1979-09-08	Rice		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	W 35-17	60,217
1979-09-15	at Texas Christian	No. 20	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas	W 27-7	18,732
1979-09-22	North Texas State*	No. 18	Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	W 20-9	57,923
1979-09-29	at Tulane*	No. 19	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana	L 17-24	42,563
1979-10-13	Baylor*		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	L 21-24	65,101
1979-10-20	at No. 5 Houston		Astrodome • Houston	L 10-37	43,409
1979-10-27	No. 9 Texas*		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	L 6-30	53,327
1979-11-03	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, Texas	L 14-47	58,690
1979-11-10	at Wichita State		Cessna Stadium • Wichita, Kansas	W 34-0	6,110
1979-11-17	Texas Tech		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas	W 35-10	42,226
1979-11-24	at No. 7 Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, Arkansas	L 7-31	54,718
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1980 Season

1980 SMU Mustangs football
Holiday Bowl vs. Brigham Young, L 45-46
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 20
1980 record	8-4 (5–3 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)

1980 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 Baylor $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 SMU	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Houston	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Rice	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	5	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
1980-09-13	North Texas*		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		W 28-9	52,781
1980-09-20	Texas Christian		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		W 17-14	39,622
1980-09-27	Texas-Arlington*		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		W 52-16	26,611
1980-10-04	at Tulane*		Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans		W 31-21	42,563
1980-10-11	at No. 18 Baylor	No. 20	Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas		L 28-32	35,000
1980-10-18	Houston		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		L 11-13	32,109
1980-10-25	at No. 2 Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	ABC	W 20-6	73,535
1980-11-01	Texas A&M	No. 19	Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		W 27-0	41,289
1980-11-08	at Rice	No. 18	Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas		W 34-14	23,000
1980-11-15	at Texas Tech	No. 18	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas		L 0-14	42,197
1980-11-23	Arkansas		Texas Stadium • Irving, Texas		W 31-7	28,225
1980-12-19	vs. No. 13 Brigham Young	No. 20	Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego (Holiday Bowl)		L 45-46	52,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Season summary

Texas

SMU at Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• SMU	0	3	10	7	20
Texas	3	3	0	0	6

Date: Saturday, October 25
Location: Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas
Game attendance: 73,535
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels

Scoring summary

1	Texas	Goodson 20 yard field goal	Texas 3-0

2	SMU	Garcia 47 yard field goal	Tie 3-3

2	Texas	Goodson 47 yard field goal	Texas 6-3

3	SMU	James 53 yard run (Garcia kick)	SMU 10-6

3	SMU	Garcia 44 yard field goal	SMU 13-6

4	SMU	Mobley 22 yard interception return (Garcia kick)	SMU 20-6

It was SMU's first win versus Texas in 14 years.

^[4]

1981 Season

1981 SMU Mustangs football
Southwest Conference Champions
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 5
1981 record	10-1 (7–1 SWC)
Head coach	Ron Meyer
Home stadium	Texas Stadium (c. 65,101)

1981 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 SMU $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Texas	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Houston	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Rice	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	2
Texas Tech	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

References

↑ http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf
↑ http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf
↑ http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/1978/10/01/SPORTS_Is_Mustang_Mania_Horsefeathers.aspx
↑ "SMU Shocks Texas Behind James' Running." Palm Beach Post. 1980 Oct 26.

SMU Mustangs football
Venues	Ownby Stadium (1926–48, 1989–94) Cotton Bowl (1932–78, 1995–2000) Texas Stadium (1972–73, 1979–86) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet
Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Southern Methodist University football scandal
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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