SMU Mustangs All-Time Record and Rivalries

Most common matchups

Titles and postseason^[2]

Achievement	Total	Seasons
League titles	3	claimed national title: 1982, 1981, 1935
Conference titles	12	AAC: 2023; SWC: 1984, 1982, 1981, 1966, 1948, 1947, 1940, 1935, 1931, 1926, 1923
Division titles	2	C-USA West: 2010, 2009

Home venues^[1]

1915 to 1925 Armstrong Field
1926 to 1929 Ownby Stadium
1930 to 1971 Cotton Bowl
1972 to 1973 Texas Stadium
1974 to 1978 Cotton Bowl
1979 to 1986 Texas Stadium
1989 to 1994 Ownby Stadium
1995 to 1999 Cotton Bowl
Since 2000 Gerald J. Ford Stadium

Upcoming

Date	Matchup	Round
Sat Oct 31	SMU Mustangs at Syracuse Orange	Week 9
Fri Nov 6	Virginia Tech Hokies at SMU Mustangs	Week 10
Sat Nov 14	Wake Forest Demon Deacons at SMU Mustangs	Week 11
Sat Nov 21	SMU Mustangs at Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Week 12
Sat Nov 28	SMU Mustangs at Stanford Cardinal	Week 13

Against conferences

Conference	vs members at the time	vs current members
vs ACC	21-12	35-23-2
vs American	45-43	154-111-4
vs Athletic Association of Western Universities	0-2	0-0
vs Big 12	5-34	124-179-17
vs Big East Conference	1-0	0-0
vs Big Eight Conference	2-8-1	0-0
vs Big Seven Conference	13-3	0-0
vs Big Six Conference	2-2-2	0-0
vs Big Sky	3-0	2-0
vs Big South Conference	1-0	0-0
vs Big Ten Conference	4-17-2	9-26-4
vs Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association	4-4	0-0
vs C-USA	41-47	7-0
vs Colonial	0-1	0-0
vs Independent	43-51-8	8-10
vs Missouri Valley	13-2-2	0-0
vs Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	0-1	0-0
vs Mountain West	4-4	27-25
vs Northern California Athletic Conference	1-0	0-0
vs PAC-12	0-0	8-9
vs Pacific Coast Athletic Association	1-0	0-0
vs Pacific Coast Conference	6-1	0-0
vs Pacific-10 Conference	1-4	0-0
vs Pacific-8 Conference	2-0	0-0
vs Patriot	0-0	1-2
vs Pioneer Football League	0-0	1-0
vs SEC	14-27-2	106-153-20
vs Southern	3-1	0-0
vs Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	1-1	0-0
vs Southland	16-1	9-0
vs Southwest Conference	211-245-32	0-0
vs Southwestern Athletic Conference	3-0	3-0
vs Sun Belt	6-2	9-11
vs Texas Conference	2-0	0-0
vs Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association	0-3	0-0
vs UAC	0-0	2-0
vs Western Athletic Conference	35-43	0-0
vs Yankee Conference	1-0	0-0

"At the time" counts opponents by their conference in the season each game was played; "current" counts every game against today's members.

Against divisions

Division	vs members at the time	vs current members
vs American East Division	7-8	0-0
vs American West Division	11-14	0-0
vs Big 12 North Division	1-2	0-0
vs Big 12 South Division	0-13	0-0
vs Big Ten East Division	0-2	0-0
vs C-USA East Division	12-14	0-0
vs C-USA West Division	25-25	0-0
vs SEC Western Division	4-9	0-0
vs Southwestern Athletic West Division	1-0	3-0
vs Sun Belt West Division	3-0	0-0
vs Western Athletic Mountain Division	11-10	0-0
vs Western Athletic Pacific Division	2-1	0-0

"At the time" counts opponents by their division in the season each game was played; "current" counts every game against today's members.

Every opponent

ACC

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Boston College Eagles	4-1	5	2026
SMU Mustangs vs California Golden Bears	3-1	4	2026
SMU Mustangs vs Clemson Tigers	1-1	2	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Duke Blue Devils	1-2	3	2024
SMU Mustangs vs Florida State Seminoles	2-0	2	2026
SMU Mustangs vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	2-8-1	11	1969
SMU Mustangs vs Louisville Cardinals	4-1	5	2026
SMU Mustangs vs Miami Hurricanes	2-0	2	2025
SMU Mustangs vs NC State Wolfpack	1-2	3	2001
SMU Mustangs vs North Carolina Tar Heels	0-2	2	2001
SMU Mustangs vs Pittsburgh Panthers	4-2-1	7	2024
SMU Mustangs vs Stanford Cardinal	2-1	3	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Syracuse Orange	2-0	2	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Virginia Cavaliers	2-0	2	2026
SMU Mustangs vs Virginia Tech Hokies	2-1	3	1974
SMU Mustangs vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons	3-1	4	2025

American

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Army Black Knights	0-3	3	2010
SMU Mustangs vs Charlotte 49ers	1-0	1	2023
SMU Mustangs vs East Carolina Pirates	5-5	10	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Florida Atlantic Owls	0-1	1	2019
SMU Mustangs vs Memphis Tigers	6-10	16	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Navy Midshipmen	12-13	25	2023
SMU Mustangs vs North Texas Mean Green	36-6-1	43	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Rice Owls	49-41-1	91	2023
SMU Mustangs vs South Florida Bulls	4-3	7	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Temple Owls	4-2-2	8	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Tulane Green Wave	16-14	30	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane	17-13	30	2023
SMU Mustangs vs UAB Blazers	4-0	4	2010

Big 12

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Arizona State Sun Devils	0-1	1	1986
SMU Mustangs vs Arizona Wildcats	2-1	3	2025
SMU Mustangs vs BYU Cougars	0-5	5	2024
SMU Mustangs vs Baylor Bears	36-40-7	83	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Cincinnati Bearcats	1-6	7	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Houston Cougars	14-22-1	37	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Kansas Jayhawks	4-2	6	2000
SMU Mustangs vs Oklahoma State Cowboys	6-4-2	12	2004
SMU Mustangs vs TCU Horned Frogs	42-54-7	103	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Texas Tech Red Raiders	16-33	49	2013
SMU Mustangs vs UCF Knights	2-9	11	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Utah Utes	1-1	2	1997
SMU Mustangs vs West Virginia Mountaineers	0-1	1	1975

Big Sky

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Montana State Bobcats	1-0	1	2013
SMU Mustangs vs UC Davis Aggies	1-0	1	2026

Big Ten Conference

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Illinois Fighting Illini	1-1	2	1966
SMU Mustangs vs Indiana Hoosiers	1-0	1	1930
SMU Mustangs vs Maryland Terrapins	0-3	3	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Michigan State Spartans	0-1	1	1969
SMU Mustangs vs Michigan Wolverines	0-2	2	2018
SMU Mustangs vs Minnesota Golden Gophers	0-1	1	1967
SMU Mustangs vs Nebraska Cornhuskers	0-1-1	2	1932
SMU Mustangs vs Northwestern Wildcats	1-0	1	1970
SMU Mustangs vs Ohio State Buckeyes	1-7-1	9	1978
SMU Mustangs vs Oregon Ducks	1-1	2	1963
SMU Mustangs vs Penn State Nittany Lions	0-2-1	3	2024
SMU Mustangs vs Purdue Boilermakers	0-1-1	2	1966
SMU Mustangs vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0-1	1	2013
SMU Mustangs vs UCLA Bruins	4-1	5	1994
SMU Mustangs vs USC Trojans	0-2	2	1962
SMU Mustangs vs Wisconsin Badgers	0-2	2	1995

C-USA

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Liberty Flames	1-0	1	2016
SMU Mustangs vs Missouri State Bears	2-0	2	2026
SMU Mustangs vs New Mexico State Aggies	3-0	3	1972
SMU Mustangs vs Sam Houston Bearkats	1-0	1	2006

Independent

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3-10	13	1989
SMU Mustangs vs UConn Huskies	5-0	5	2018

Mountain West

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Air Force Falcons	2-4	6	1998
SMU Mustangs vs Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	1-4	5	2002
SMU Mustangs vs Nevada Wolf Pack	4-3	7	2024
SMU Mustangs vs New Mexico Lobos	3-1	4	1997
SMU Mustangs vs San José State Spartans	2-3	5	2004
SMU Mustangs vs UNLV Rebels	2-0	2	1998
SMU Mustangs vs UTEP Miners	12-8	20	2012
SMU Mustangs vs Wyoming Cowboys	1-2	3	1998

PAC-12

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Boise State Broncos	0-2	2	2004
SMU Mustangs vs Colorado State Rams	0-1	1	1998
SMU Mustangs vs Fresno State Bulldogs	2-5	7	2012
SMU Mustangs vs Oregon State Beavers	2-0	2	1974
SMU Mustangs vs Texas State Bobcats	3-0	3	2020
SMU Mustangs vs Washington State Cougars	1-1	2	2010

Patriot

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Fordham Rams	1-2	3	1941

Pioneer Football League

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Drake Bulldogs	1-0	1	1925

SEC

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Alabama Crimson Tide	0-2	2	1983
SMU Mustangs vs Arkansas Razorbacks	31-37-5	73	1999
SMU Mustangs vs Auburn Tigers	3-0	3	1968
SMU Mustangs vs Florida Gators	2-2	4	1978
SMU Mustangs vs Georgia Bulldogs	0-1	1	1966
SMU Mustangs vs Kentucky Wildcats	1-0	1	1949
SMU Mustangs vs LSU Tigers	1-0-1	2	1934
SMU Mustangs vs Missouri Tigers	13-8-2	23	1996
SMU Mustangs vs Oklahoma Sooners	1-6-1	8	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Ole Miss Rebels	1-2	3	1998
SMU Mustangs vs Tennessee Volunteers	0-1	1	1970
SMU Mustangs vs Texas A&M Aggies	29-45-7	81	2014
SMU Mustangs vs Texas Longhorns	22-47-4	73	1995
SMU Mustangs vs Vanderbilt Commodores	2-2	4	1991

Southland

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs East Texas A&M Lions	1-0	1	2025
SMU Mustangs vs Houston Christian Huskies	2-0	2	2024
SMU Mustangs vs Lamar Cardinals	1-0	1	2022
SMU Mustangs vs Northwestern State Demons	1-0	1	2011
SMU Mustangs vs Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	4-0	4	2020

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Grambling Tigers	2-0	2	1983
SMU Mustangs vs Prairie View A&M Panthers	1-0	1	2023

Sun Belt

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Arkansas State Red Wolves	3-1	4	2019
SMU Mustangs vs James Madison Dukes	0-1	1	2015
SMU Mustangs vs Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	3-4	7	2023
SMU Mustangs vs Marshall Thundering Herd	2-2	4	2010
SMU Mustangs vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles	1-3	4	2012

UAC

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Abilene Christian Wildcats	2-0	2	2021

Other opponents

Opponent	Record	Games	Last met
SMU Mustangs vs Austin	9-3-1	13	1935
SMU Mustangs vs Cal State Northridge	1-0	1	1999
SMU Mustangs vs Centenary (LA)	2-4	6	1937
SMU Mustangs vs Daniel Baker	2-1	3	1920
SMU Mustangs vs Hardin-Simmons Cowboys	3-1-1	5	1942
SMU Mustangs vs Henderson State	1-0	1	1923
SMU Mustangs vs Howard Payne	5-2-1	8	1930
SMU Mustangs vs Marquette Warriors	1-1	2	1939
SMU Mustangs vs Missouri-Rolla	1-0	1	1923
SMU Mustangs vs Pacific Tigers	1-0	1	1941
SMU Mustangs vs Saint Mary's (CA)	0-2	2	1933
SMU Mustangs vs Santa Clara	3-0	3	1973
SMU Mustangs vs Southwestern (TX)	2-2-3	7	1944
SMU Mustangs vs Texas A&M-Kingsville	1-0	1	1936
SMU Mustangs vs Trinity (Texas)	6-1	7	1928
SMU Mustangs vs UT Arlington Mavericks	5-0	5	1983
SMU Mustangs vs Washington (MO)	4-0	4	1937
SMU Mustangs vs West Virginia Wesleyan	0-1	1	1924
SMU Mustangs vs Wichita State	1-0	1	1979

Unlisted opponents (12 games): 7-4-1. Minor one-off opponents are counted in the record above but not listed individually.