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1950 SMU

6–⁠4 (2–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by H.N. Russell.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1950, game by game: won vs. Georgia Tech 33–13; won at No. 11 Ohio State 32–27; won at Missouri 21–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 56–0; won at No. 15 Rice 42–21; lost at No. 7 Texas 20–23; lost vs. Texas A&M 20–25; won at Arkansas 14–7; lost vs. Baylor 0–3; lost vs. TCU 13–27+56−14Won 33–13 vs. Georgia Tech+20Georgia TechWon 32–27 at No. 11 Ohio State+5No. 11 Ohio StateWon 21–0 at Missouri+21MissouriWon 56–0 vs. Oklahoma State+56Oklahoma StateWon 42–21 at No. 15 Rice+21No. 15 RiceLost 20–23 at No. 7 Texas-3No. 7 TexasLost 20–25 vs. Texas A&M-5Texas A&MWon 14–7 at Arkansas+7ArkansasLost 0–3 vs. Baylor-3BaylorLost 13–27 vs. TCU-14TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsGeorgia TechW 33–⁠1357%
Sep 30at11Ohio StateW 32–⁠2741%
Oct 7atMissouriW 21–⁠055%
Oct 14vsOklahoma StateW 56–⁠072%
Oct 21at15RiceW 42–⁠2138%
Nov 4at7TexasL 20–⁠2343%
Nov 11vsTexas A&ML 20–⁠2577%
Nov 18atArkansasW 14–⁠771%
Nov 25vsBaylorL 0–⁠369%
Dec 2vsTCUL 13–⁠2774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to TCU 27–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 14
  9. Wk 9: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1950.

Heisman voteKyle Rote, second

Consensus All-AmericanKyle Rote, RB

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 1
Points
251–⁠146
Coach
H.N. Russell
Elo
1612 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.4 No. 8 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Kyle Rote and Bobby Collier

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 1Kyle Rote RBNew York Giants

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Fred BennersBAP-2
  • Bobby CollierOTAP-2
  • Herschel ForesterOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠09–⁠23
Baylor4–⁠27–⁠3
Texas A&M3–⁠37–⁠4
TCU3–⁠35–⁠5
Rice2–⁠46–⁠4
SMU2–⁠46–⁠4
Arkansas1–⁠52–⁠8

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