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1957 SMU

4–⁠5–⁠1 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Bill Meek.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1957, game by game: won at California 13–6; tied at No. 3 Georgia Tech 0–0; lost vs. Missouri 6–7; lost vs. No. 19 Rice 21–27; won vs. No. 13 Texas 19–12; lost at No. 1 Texas A&M 6–19; won vs. Arkansas 27–22; won at Baylor 14–7; lost at TCU 0–21; lost vs. Notre Dame 21–54+7−33Won 13–6 at California+7CaliforniaTied 0–0 at No. 3 Georgia Tech0No. 3 Georgia TechLost 6–7 vs. Missouri-1MissouriLost 21–27 vs. No. 19 Rice-6No. 19 RiceWon 19–12 vs. No. 13 Texas+7No. 13 TexasLost 6–19 at No. 1 Texas A&M-13No. 1 Texas A&MWon 27–22 vs. Arkansas+5ArkansasWon 14–7 at Baylor+7BaylorLost 0–21 at TCU-21TCULost 21–54 vs. Notre Dame-33Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atCaliforniaW 13–⁠645%
Sep 28at3Georgia TechT 0–⁠020%
Oct 11vsMissouriL 6–⁠764%
Oct 19vs19RiceL 21–⁠2753%
Nov 2vs13TexasW 19–⁠1250%
Nov 9at1Texas A&ML 6–⁠1915%
Nov 16vsArkansasW 27–⁠2246%
Nov 23atBaylorW 14–⁠734%
Nov 30atTCUL 0–⁠2140%
Dec 7vsNotre DameL 21–⁠5450%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 54–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 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 1957.

Record
4–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠3 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
127–⁠175
Coach
Bill Meek
Elo
1482 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 43 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ray Masters and Jerry Cornelison

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Willard Dewveall WRChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠17–⁠48
Texas4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠4–⁠111
Texas A&M4–⁠28–⁠39
SMU3–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠46–⁠4
TCU2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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