SMU vs. Texas–Arlington

SMU and Texas–Arlington first met in 1944 and have played 5 times; SMU leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s SMU 5–⁠0, and SMU has won the last 5.

SMU wins
5
Texas–Arlington wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1944
Longest streak
5 SMU
Current streak
5 SMU
Last 10 meetings
SMU 5–⁠0
Most recent
1983

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
1980s3–⁠0
Average margin
36.2 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At SMU
5–⁠0 SMU’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. SMU’s biggest win1944: SMU 49, Texas–Arlington 0by 49 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of SMU and Texas–Arlington, 1944 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Oct 1, 198313SMU 34, Texas–Arlington 0at SMU
Sep 5, 1981SMU 48, Texas–Arlington 0at SMU
Sep 27, 1980SMU 52, Texas–Arlington 16at SMU
Oct 3, 1964SMU 14, Texas–Arlington 0at SMU
Sep 30, 1944SMU 49, Texas–Arlington 0at SMU

Every game is listed as played on the field.