SMU vs. Texas A&M

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

1. SMU’s biggest win1982: SMU 47, Texas A&M 9by 38 points
2. Texas A&M’s biggest win1916: Texas A&M 62, SMU 0by 62 points
3. Upset1936: Texas A&M 22, SMU 6Texas A&M had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1950: Texas A&M 25, SMU 20Texas A&M had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1923: SMU 10, Texas A&M 0SMU had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown1939: Texas A&M 6, SMU 2No. 13 SMU at No. 2 Texas A&M
7. Ranked showdown1940: Texas A&M 19, SMU 7No. 4 Texas A&M at No. 14 SMU

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from SMU’s side (Rix 0–⁠3 against Bible). 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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  1923 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 27, 1923

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  1934 · Evening star, Nov 11, 1934

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  1936 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1936

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  1941 · Evening star, Nov 9, 1941

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  1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 9, 1942

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. Arkansas73 meetings, SMU 31–⁠37–⁠5
• Texas A&M vs. Texas113 meetings, Texas A&M 37–⁠71–⁠5
• Texas A&M vs. Baylor102 meetings, Texas A&M 64–⁠29–⁠9
• Texas A&M vs. TCU89 meetings, Texas A&M 54–⁠28–⁠7
• Texas A&M vs. Arkansas83 meetings, Texas A&M 38–⁠42–⁠3