1962 SMU
2–8 (2–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Hayden Fry. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas Tech 14–0Oct 27
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Maryland | L 0–7 | 28% |
| Sep 29 | vs 9USC | L 3–33 | 40% |
| Oct 6 | vs Air Force | L 20–25 | 47% |
| Oct 20 | vs Rice | W 15–7 | 34% |
| Oct 27 | at Texas Tech | W 14–0 | 43% |
| Nov 3 | at 5Texas | L 0–6 | 11% |
| Nov 10 | vs Texas A&M | L 7–12 | 53% |
| Nov 17 | at 7Arkansas | L 7–9 | 12% |
| Nov 24 | vs Baylor | L 13–17 | 42% |
| Dec 1 | vs TCU | L 9–14 | 33% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to TCU 14–9; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
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 1962.
- Record
- 2–8
- Conference
- 2–5 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 88–130
- Coach
- Hayden Fry
- Elo
- 1358 −41 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 3.5 No. 56 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Tommy Brennan, Les Stewart and Jack Rhoads
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Ray SchoenkeOTAP-1; UPI-2
Second team
- John HughesCAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1962 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0–1 | 9–1–1 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 9–2 | 6 |
| TCU | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 2–4–1 | 2–6–2 | |
| SMU | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Texas Tech | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.