SMU Mustangs football
Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1924 Ray Morrison Dixie Classic West Virginia Wesleyan L 7-9
1935 Matty Bell Rose Bowl Stanford L 0-7
1947 Matty Bell Cotton Bowl Classic Penn State T 13-13
1948 Matty Bell Cotton Bowl Classic Oregon W 21-13
1963 Hayden Fry Sun Bowl Oregon L 14-21
1966 Hayden Fry Cotton Bowl Classic Georgia L 9-24
1968 Hayden Fry Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Oklahoma W 28-27
1980 Ron Meyer Holiday Bowl BYU L 45-46
1982 Bobby Collins Cotton Bowl Classic Pittsburgh W 7-3
1983 Bobby Collins Sun Bowl Alabama L 7-28
1984 Bobby Collins Aloha Bowl Notre Dame W 27-20
2009 June Jones Hawaiʻi Bowl Nevada W 45-10
2010 June Jones Armed Forces Bowl Army L 14-16
2011 June Jones BBVA Compass Bowl Pittsburgh W 28-6
2012 June Jones Hawaiʻi Bowl Fresno State W 43-10
2017 Sonny Dykes Frisco Bowl Louisiana Tech L 10-51
2019 Sonny Dykes Boca Raton Bowl Florida Atlantic L 28-52
Bowl games
SMU has participated in 17 bowl games . The Mustangs have a record of 7–9–1 in these games . [ 19 ]
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University (more commonly SMU). The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American).