SMU vs. Texas

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

1. SMU’s biggest win1985: SMU 44, Texas 14by 30 points
2. Texas’s biggest win1916: Texas 74, SMU 0by 74 points
3. Upset1965: SMU 31, Texas 14SMU had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1980: SMU 20, Texas 6SMU had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1981: Texas 9, SMU 7Texas had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1950: Texas 23, SMU 20No. 1 SMU at No. 7 Texas
7. Ranked showdown1983: Texas 15, SMU 12No. 2 Texas at No. 9 SMU
8. Ranked showdown1947: SMU 14, Texas 13No. 3 Texas at No. 8 SMU

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from SMU’s side (Morrison 2–⁠0–⁠1 against Stewart). 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.

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  1933 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 6, 1933

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  1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 4, 1935

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  1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1937

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  1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1939

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  1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1940

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 is listed as played on the field.

• 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
• Texas vs. Oklahoma119 meetings, Texas 62–⁠52–⁠5
• Texas vs. Texas A&M113 meetings, Texas 71–⁠37–⁠5
• Texas vs. Baylor112 meetings, Texas 79–⁠28–⁠5
• Texas vs. Rice97 meetings, Texas 75–⁠21–⁠1