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1971 SMU

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Hayden Fry.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1971, game by game: lost at No. 10 Oklahoma 0–30; lost at Missouri 12–24; won vs. New Mexico State 28–25; lost at Air Force 0–30; won at Rice 16–10; won vs. Texas Tech 18–17; lost vs. No. 14 Texas 18–22; lost at Texas A&M 10–27; lost vs. No. 17 Arkansas 13–18; won at Baylor 20–6; lost vs. TCU 16–18+14−30Lost 0–30 at No. 10 Oklahoma-30No. 10 OklahomaLost 12–24 at Missouri-12MissouriWon 28–25 vs. New Mexico State+3New Mexico StateLost 0–30 at Air Force-30Air ForceWon 16–10 at Rice+6RiceWon 18–17 vs. Texas Tech+1Texas TechLost 18–22 vs. No. 14 Texas-4No. 14 TexasLost 10–27 at Texas A&M-17Texas A&MLost 13–18 vs. No. 17 Arkansas-5No. 17 ArkansasWon 20–6 at Baylor+14BaylorLost 16–18 vs. TCU-2TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18at10OklahomaL 0–⁠3029%
Sep 25atMissouriL 12–⁠2436%
Oct 2vsNew Mexico StateW 28–⁠2561%
Oct 9atAir ForceL 0–⁠3025%
Oct 16atRiceW 16–⁠1042%
Oct 23vsTexas TechW 18–⁠1746%
Oct 30vs14TexasL 18–⁠2229%
Nov 6atTexas A&ML 10–⁠2748%
Nov 13vs17ArkansasL 13–⁠1827%
Nov 20atBaylorW 20–⁠658%
Nov 27vsTCUL 16–⁠1851%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to TCU 18–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 76th-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 1971.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠227
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1426 −45 this season
SP+ rating
-7.9 No. 96 of 120; offense No. 102, defense No. 64
SRS
−2.5 No. 79 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1972

The 1972 draft
Rd 3Gary Hammond WRNew York Jets

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Pat CurryDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1971 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1971 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas6–⁠18–⁠318
Arkansas5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
TCU5–⁠26–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠44–⁠7
Rice2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Texas Tech2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠71–⁠9

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