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1927 SMU

7–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray Morrison.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1927, game by game: won vs. North Texas 68–0; won vs. Howard Payne 32–0; lost at Centenary (LA) 12–21; won vs. Rice 34–6; won vs. Missouri 32–9; won vs. Texas 14–0; lost vs. Texas A&M 13–39; won vs. Baylor 34–0; won at TCU 28–6+68−26Won 68–0 vs. North Texas+68North TexasWon 32–0 vs. Howard Payne+32Howard PayneLost 12–21 at Centenary (LA)-9Centenary (LA)Won 34–6 vs. Rice+28RiceWon 32–9 vs. Missouri+23MissouriWon 14–0 vs. Texas+14TexasLost 13–39 vs. Texas A&M-26Texas A&MWon 34–0 vs. Baylor+34BaylorWon 28–6 at TCU+22TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsNorth TexasW 68–⁠077%
Oct 1vsHoward PayneW 32–⁠092%
Oct 8atCentenary (LA)L 12–⁠2186%
Oct 14vsRiceW 34–⁠677%
Oct 22vsMissouriW 32–⁠949%
Oct 28vsTexasW 14–⁠061%
Nov 5vsTexas A&ML 13–⁠3959%
Nov 12vsBaylorW 34–⁠082%
Nov 19atTCUW 28–⁠651%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat TCU 28–⁠6; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
267–⁠81
Coach
Ray Morrison
Elo
1617 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
25.4 No. 2 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Gerald Mann and Robert E. Tatum

All-Southwest Conference

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • LoveFBAP-2; MS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠1
SMU4–⁠17–⁠2
Arkansas2–⁠18–⁠1
Texas2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
TCU1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Rice1–⁠32–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.