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1929 SMU

6–⁠0–⁠4 (3–⁠0–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Ray Morrison.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1929, game by game: won vs. North Texas 13–3; tied vs. Howard Payne 13–13; tied at Nebraska 0–0; won vs. Austin 16–0; won vs. Ole Miss 52–0; tied vs. Texas 0–0; won at Texas A&M 12–7; won vs. Baylor 25–6; won vs. Rice 34–0; tied at TCU 7–7+52Won 13–3 vs. North Texas+10North TexasTied 13–13 vs. Howard Payne0Howard PayneTied 0–0 at Nebraska0NebraskaWon 16–0 vs. Austin+16AustinWon 52–0 vs. Ole Miss+52Ole MissTied 0–0 vs. Texas0TexasWon 12–7 at Texas A&M+5Texas A&MWon 25–6 vs. Baylor+19BaylorWon 34–0 vs. Rice+34RiceTied 7–7 at TCU0TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsNorth TexasW 13–⁠378%
Sep 28vsHoward PayneT 13–⁠1393%
Oct 5atNebraskaT 0–⁠035%
Oct 11vsAustinW 16–⁠092%
Oct 26vsOle MissW 52–⁠073%
Nov 2vsTexasT 0–⁠050%
Nov 9atTexas A&MW 12–⁠753%
Nov 16vsBaylorW 25–⁠669%
Nov 23vsRiceW 34–⁠092%
Nov 30atTCUT 7–⁠739%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied TCU 7–⁠7; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
6–⁠0–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠0–⁠2 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
172–⁠36
Coach
Ray Morrison
Elo
1641 +68 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.2 No. 4 of 100 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Vernon Tarrance

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Marion HammonOTAP-1
  • Choc SandersOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1929 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠1
SMU3–⁠0–⁠26–⁠0–⁠4
Baylor2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Texas2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Texas A&M2–⁠35–⁠4
Arkansas1–⁠27–⁠2
Rice0–⁠52–⁠7

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