1967 SMU
3–7 (3–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Hayden Fry. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 28–14Dec 2
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | at Texas A&M | W 20–17 | 53% |
| Sep 23 | at Missouri | L 0–21 | 42% |
| Oct 7 | at Minnesota | L 3–23 | 46% |
| Oct 13 | vs Army | L 6–24 | 48% |
| Oct 21 | at Rice | L 10–14 | 42% |
| Oct 28 | vs Texas Tech | L 7–21 | 57% |
| Nov 4 | vs Texas | L 28–35 | 30% |
| Nov 18 | vs Arkansas | L 17–35 | 36% |
| Nov 25 | at Baylor | W 16–10 | 41% |
| Dec 2 | vs TCU | W 28–14 | 50% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat TCU 28–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 69th-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 1967.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 3–4 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 135–214
- Coach
- Hayden Fry
- Elo
- 1452 −94 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.9 No. 74 of 118 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1968
The 1968 draft| Rd 2 | Mike Livingston QB | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Rd 6 | Jim Hagle RB | Atlanta Falcons |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Jerry LeViasEAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1967 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–1 | 7–4 | |
| Texas Tech | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Texas | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| TCU | 4–3 | 4–6 | |
| Arkansas | 3–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| SMU | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| Baylor | 0–6–1 | 1–8–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.