Houston–SMU football rivalry
| First meeting | September 27, 1975 SMU 27, Houston 16 |
|---|---|
| Latest meeting | October 24, 2019 SMU 34, Houston 31 |
| Next meeting | TBD , 2020 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 35 |
| All-time series | Houston leads, 21–13–1 |
| Largest victory | Houston, 95–21 (1989) |
| Longest win streak | Houston, 6 (2006–11) |
| Current win streak | SMU, 2 (2018–present) |
The Houston–SMU football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between Southern Methodist University Mustangs and the University of Houston Cougars Houston currently leads the series 21–13–1.
Series history[edit]
The first game took place on September 27, 1975, in Houston, Texas, and the two schools have continued to play each other with few interruptions since. Houston and SMU spent much of their athletic histories as members of the same conference: the Southwest Conference from 1977 to 1995, the Conference USA from 2005 to 2012, and their current conference of the American Athletic Conference since 2013.[1]
1983 Mirage Bowl[edit]
The Tokyo, Japan bowl known as the Mirage Bowl was the longest road trip for both schools in their school history. A crowd of 62,000 watched as Lance McIlhenny led the Mustangs with two touchdown passes and along with the mistakes of the Cougars, which helped SMU take the victory 34–12.[2][3]
2016: Houston's possible New Year's Six Bowl hope derailed[edit]
The 2016 Houston Cougars football team were picked by many experts to obtain the Group of Five's New Year's Six bowl bid, having only one close loss to Navy earlier in the season. However, the #11-ranked Cougars were upset by SMU 16 to 38 and the Cougars dropped out of the AP Poll the following week. It represented the Mustangs' first win over a ranked team since 2011.
Game results[edit]
| Houston victories | SMU victories |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Old Big East now American Athletic". ESPN. April 4, 2013.
- ↑ "S.M.U. Turns Back Houston in Tokyo". New York Times. November 28, 1983.
- ↑ "Pony Express goes to Japan in 1983". New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015. Unknown parameter
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