Ohio State vs. SMU
Ohio State and SMU first met in 1950 and have played 9 times; Ohio State leads the series 7–1–1. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Ohio State 7–1. Share
- Ohio State wins
- 7
- SMU wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1950
- Longest streak
- 7 Ohio State
- Current streak
- 0 tie
- Last 10 meetings
- Ohio State 7–1
- Most recent
- 1978
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Ohio State 1, SMU 1
- Average margin
- 14 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Ohio State
- 6–1–1 Ohio State’s record at home
- At SMU
- 0–1 SMU’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Ohio State’s biggest win1977: Ohio State 35, SMU 7by 28 points
- SMU’s biggest win1950: SMU 32, Ohio State 27by 5 points
- Ranked showdown1958: Ohio State 23, SMU 20No. 20 SMU at No. 1 Ohio State
- Ranked showdown1950: SMU 32, Ohio State 27No. 10 SMU at No. 11 Ohio State
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1950 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 2, 1950
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 7, 1978 | 14Ohio State 35, SMU 35 | at Ohio State | ||
| Oct 1, 1977 | 6Ohio State 35, SMU 7 | at SMU | ||
| Sep 28, 1974 | 1Ohio State 28, SMU 9 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 28, 1968 | 11Ohio State 35, SMU 14 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 26, 1964 | 5Ohio State 27, SMU 8 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 24, 1960 | 20Ohio State 24, SMU 0 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 27, 1958 | 1Ohio State 23, 20SMU 20 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 29, 1951 | 3Ohio State 7, SMU 0 | at Ohio State | ||
| Sep 30, 1950 | 10SMU 32, 11Ohio State 27 | at Ohio State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.