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1970 SMU

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Hayden Fry.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1970, game by game: lost vs. No. 20 Oklahoma 11–28; lost at Tennessee 3–28; won vs. New Mexico State 34–21; won at Northwestern 21–20; won vs. Rice 10–0; lost at Texas Tech 10–14; lost at No. 1 Texas 15–42; won vs. Texas A&M 6–3; lost at No. 7 Arkansas 3–36; won vs. Baylor 23–10; lost at TCU 17–26+13−33Lost 11–28 vs. No. 20 Oklahoma-17No. 20 OklahomaLost 3–28 at Tennessee-25TennesseeWon 34–21 vs. New Mexico State+13New Mexico StateWon 21–20 at Northwestern+1NorthwesternWon 10–0 vs. Rice+10RiceLost 10–14 at Texas Tech-4Texas TechLost 15–42 at No. 1 Texas-27No. 1 TexasWon 6–3 vs. Texas A&M+3Texas A&MLost 3–36 at No. 7 Arkansas-33No. 7 ArkansasWon 23–10 vs. Baylor+13BaylorLost 17–26 at TCU-9TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vs20OklahomaL 11–⁠2849%
Sep 19atTennesseeL 3–⁠2820%
Sep 26vsNew Mexico StateW 34–⁠2161%
Oct 3atNorthwesternW 21–⁠2055%
Oct 17vsRiceW 10–⁠061%
Oct 24atTexas TechL 10–⁠1436%
Oct 31at1TexasL 15–⁠4212%
Nov 7vsTexas A&MW 6–⁠369%
Nov 14at7ArkansasL 3–⁠3618%
Nov 21vsBaylorW 23–⁠1076%
Nov 28atTCUL 17–⁠2648%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to TCU 26–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
153–⁠228
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1457 −26 this season
SP+ rating
1.8 No. 62 of 117; offense No. 83, defense No. 31
SRS
6.3 No. 47 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Bill JacksonOTAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Arkansas6–⁠19–⁠211
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠4
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠62–⁠9
Texas A&M0–⁠72–⁠9

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