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The '''Southern Methodist University''', or "'''SMU'''", Mustangs compete as members of [[{{amac}}]] in [[NCAA Division I FBS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  SMU is a private Methodist institution located in University Park, Texas, a small enclave of the city of Dallas.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 6,000.

SMU is located at the corner of Hillcrest Avenue and Mockingbird Lane, stretching north nearly to Lovers Lane and east to US 75.  Exit 3 off US 75 is the Mockingbird Lane exit.  Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000) is on Mockingbird Lane just off US 75; Moody Coliseum (9,000) is immediately northeast of the stadium.

SMU's primary rival is [[Texas Christian]]; the two schools have retained their rivalry even though TCU moved on from Conference USA.  Lesser rivalries exist with [[Rice]], [[Baylor]], and [[North Texas]].  Additionally, SMU now plays [[Navy]] on an annual basis for the Gansz Trophy.

SMU has a rich heritage in the NFL; 124 players have moved on to the league, including DLs Jerry Ball and Jerry Mays, WR Raymond Berry, RBs Eric Dickerson, Kyle Rote, and Doak Walker, T Forrest Gregg, QB Don Meredith, and DB Jerry Norton.  SMU's basketball heritage, on the other hand, is less illustrious.  Only a dozen players have reached the NBA or ABA, with the most prominent being Jon Koncak and Jim Krebs.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{amac}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|2013-present
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|[[{{cusa}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|2005-2012
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|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1996-2004
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|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1989-1995
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|no team †
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|1987-1988
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|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA I FBS
|1973-1986
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|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA University
|1937-1972
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|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA
|1918-1936
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|[[{{txiaa}}|Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|NCAA
|1915-1917
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† - On Feburary 27, 1987, the NCAA Committee on Infractions cancelled SMU's 1987 season due to repeated and flagrant violations of recruiting and amateurism standards, allowed all eligible players currently in the program to transfer to other schools if they desired without penalty, and limited the 1988 squad to seven games, all on the road.  That limitation, as well as the loss of players, led the school itself to cancel its 1988 season.

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{amac}}]]
|NCAA I
|2013-present
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|[[{{cusa}}]]
|NCAA I
|2005-2013
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|[[{{wac}}]]
|NCAA I
|1996-2005
|-
|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA I
|1973-1996
|-
|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA University
|1956-1973
|-
|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]]
|NCAA
|1918-1956
|-
|[[{{txiaa}}|Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
|NCAA
|1916-1918
|}
=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
{{Bowl Alert}}
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[Rose Bowl]]
|[[Rose Bowl|1935]]
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|[[Cotton Bowl]]
|''[[Cotton Bowl|1947]]'', '''[[Cotton Bowl|1948]]''', [[Cotton Bowl|1966]], '''[[Cotton Bowl|1982]]'''
|-
|[[Sun Bowl]]
|[[Sun Bowl|1963]], [[Sun Bowl|1983]]
|-
|[[Birmingham Bowl]]
|'''[[Birmingham Bowl|2011]]'''
|-
|[[Fort Worth Bowl]]
|[[Fort Worth Bowl|2010]]
|-
|[[Hawai'i Bowl]]
|'''[[Hawai'i Bowl|2009]]''', '''[[Hawai'i Bowl|2012]]'''
|-
|[[Aloha Bowl]]
|'''[[Aloha Bowl|1984]]'''
|-
|[[Holiday Bowl]]
|[[Holiday Bowl|1980]]
|-
|[[Bluebonnet Bowl]]
|'''[[Bluebonnet Bowl|1968]]'''
|-
|[[Dixie Classic]]
|[[Dixie Classic|1924]]
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d1mt}}
|[[1955 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament|1955]], [[1956 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament|1956]], [[1957 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1957]], [[1965 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1965]], [[1966 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1966]], [[1967 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1967]], [[1984 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1984]], [[1985 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1985]], [[1988 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1988]], [[1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1993]], [[2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2015]]
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|'''[[National Invitation Tournament|NIT Championship Game]]'''
|[[2014 National Invitation Tournament|2014]]
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|{{nit}}
|[[2014 National Invitation Tournament|2014]]
|-
|[[CollegeInsider.com Tournament]]
|[[2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|2011]]
|-
|[[National Commissioners Invitational Tournament|Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament]]
|[[1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament|1974]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|'''Major College National Co-Champions'''
|'''1935'''
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|[[{{cusa}}]] West Division Champions
|''[[2009 Conference USA Football|2009]]'', ''[[2010 Conference USA Football|2010]]''
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|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]] Champions
|[[1923 Southwest Conference Football|1923]], [[1926 Southwest Conference Football|1926]], [[1931 Southwest Conference Football|1931]], [[1935 Southwest Conference Football|1935]], ''[[1940 Southwest Conference Football|1940]]'', [[1947 Southwest Conference Football|1947]], [[1948 Southwest Conference Football|1948]], [[1966 Southwest Conference Football|1966]], [[1981 Southwest Conference Football|1981]], [[1982 Southwest Conference Football|1982]], ''[[1984 Southwest Conference Football|1984]]''
|}
† - This site deems the Parke Davis selections, issued in 1933, as the authoritative national championship selections prior to the advent of the Associated Press poll, which did not begin until 1936. In 1935, Southern Methodist was deemed the national champion by the Dickinson System, the Houlgate System, and the Sagarin Ratings.

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|style="width: 300px;"|[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Division I Tournament]] West Region Champions
|[[1956 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament|1956]]
|-
|[[{{amac}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|2015]]
|-
|[[{{amac}}]] Regular Season Champions
|[[2015 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball|2015]]
|-
|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]] Tournament Champions
|[[1988 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1988]]
|-
|[[{{swest}}|Southwest Conference]] Regular Season Champions
|''[[1935 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1935]]'', [[1937 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1937]], [[1955 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1955]], [[1956 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1956]], [[1957 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1957]], ''[[1958 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1958]]''†, ''[[1962 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1962]]''‡, ''[[1965 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1965]]''††, [[1966 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1966]], [[1967 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1967]], ''[[1972 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1972]]''‡‡, [[1988 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1988]], [[1993 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball|1993]]
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|[[{{txiaa}}|Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] Champions
|[[1917 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball|1917]]
|}
† - Arkansas defeated Southern Methodist in a one-game playoff, 61-55.

‡ - Texas Tech defeated Southern Methodist in a one-game playoff, 71-67.

†† - Southern Methodist defeated Texas in a one-game playoff, 80-78.

‡‡ - Texas defeated Southern Methodist in overtime in a one-game playoff, 91-89.

=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|'''[[National Football Foundation Hall of Fame]]'''
|1954: Ray Morrison (coach)<br>1955: Matty Bell (coach)<br>1959: Doak Walker (RB)<br>1964: Kyle Rote (RB)<br>1969: Gerald Mann (QB)<br>1973: Bobby Wilson (RB)<br>1982: Don Meredith (QB)<br>1998: Jerry Rhome (QB)<br>2003: Jerry LeVias (WR)<br>2003: Hayden Fry (coach)
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|'''[[Heisman Trophy]]'''
|1948: Doak Walker (RB)
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|[[Maxwell Award]]
|1947: Doak Walker (RB)
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|[[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year]]
|1948: Doak Walker (RB)
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|[[Sammy Baugh Trophy]]
|1968: Chuck Hixson (QB)
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|[[Doak Walker Award]]
|none; namesake
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|[[NCAA Division I FBS Consensus All-Americans]]<br>* - unanimous selection
|1935: J.C. Wetsel (G)<br>1935: Bobby Wilson (B)<br>1947: Doak Walker (B)<br>1948: Doak Walker* (B)<br>1949: Doak Walker (B)<br>1950: Kyle Rote (B)<br>1951: Dick Hightower (C)<br>1966: John LaGrone (MG)<br>1968: Jerry LeVias (E)<br>1972: Robert Popelka (DB)<br>1974: Louie Kelcher (G)<br>1978: Emanuel Tolbert (WR)<br>1980: John Simmons (DB)<br>1982: Eric Dickerson* (RB)<br>1983: Russell Carter* (DB)<br>1985: Reggie Dupard (RB)
|}

===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans|NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans]]
|1957: Jim Krebs (C/F)
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=='''External Links'''==
[http://http://smumustangs.cstv.com Southern Methodist University Athletics]
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