Houston vs. SMU

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Houston’s biggest win1989: Houston 95, SMU 21by 74 points
2. SMU’s biggest win2012: SMU 72, Houston 42by 30 points
3. Upset2016: SMU 38, Houston 16SMU had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1977: SMU 37, Houston 23SMU had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1984: Houston 29, SMU 20Houston had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Houston’s side (Yeoman 4–⁠2 against Meyer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2011.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

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  The 2016 game

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  The 2016 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Houston vs. Rice47 meetings, Houston 35–⁠12
• Houston vs. Tulsa46 meetings, Houston 26–⁠20
• Houston vs. Texas Tech37 meetings, Houston 18–⁠18–⁠1
• Houston vs. Texas A&M34 meetings, Houston 12–⁠19–⁠3
• SMU vs. TCU103 meetings, SMU 42–⁠54–⁠7
• SMU vs. Rice91 meetings, SMU 49–⁠41–⁠1
• SMU vs. Baylor83 meetings, SMU 36–⁠40–⁠7
• SMU vs. Texas A&M81 meetings, SMU 29–⁠45–⁠7