| 1949 SMU Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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| Captain | Dick McKissack, Bobby Folsom, Doak Walker |
| Home stadium | Cotton Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Rice $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1949 college football season. In their 12th and final season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–4–1 record (2–3–1 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 204. The team opened the season, 5–1–1, and reached No. 10 in the AP Poll, but lost the final three games of the season and ended up unranked.[1] The team played its home games at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Backs Doak Walker and Kyle Rote were selected by both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1949 All-Southwest Conference football team.[2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | Wake Forest* | W 13–7 | 51,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 1 | Missouri* |
| W 28–27 | 58,000 | [5] | |||
| October 15 | Rice | No. 10 |
| L 27–41 | 72,000 | [6] | ||
| October 22 | No. 7 Kentucky* | No. 17 |
| W 20–7 | 48,000 | [7][8] | ||
| October 29 | No. 19 Texas | No. 11 |
| W 7–6 | 75,000 | [9] | ||
| November 5 | at Texas A&M | No. 9 | T 27–27 | 31,000 | [10] | |||
| November 12 | Arkansas | No. 12 |
| W 34–6 | 42,000 | [11] | ||
| November 19 | No. 15 Baylor | No. 10 |
| L 26–35 | 63,000 | [12] | ||
| November 26 | at TCU | L 13–21 | 33,000 | [13] | ||||
| December 3 | No. 1 Notre Dame* |
| L 20–27 | 75,457 | [14] | |||
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Rankings
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 10 (1) | 17 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | — | — |
References
- ↑ "1949 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Rice and Baylor Dominate All-Star Southwest Conference Grid Team". The Corsicana Daily Sun. November 30, 1949. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "M'Fadin and Wolfe Rate UP's All-SWC". The Austin Statesman. December 2, 1949. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Flem Hall (September 25, 1949). "Mustangs Defeat Deacons by 13-7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Jack Murphy (October 2, 1949). "Walker Leads Mustangs Past Tigers, 28-27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lorin McMullen (October 16, 1947). "Owls' Third-Quarter Spurt Crumbles Ponies, 41-27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Flem Hall (October 23, 1949). "SMU Ruins Cats' Record, 20-7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Southern Methodists nicks Kentucky Wildcats 20–7". The Advocate-Messenger. October 23, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Flem Hall (October 30, 1949). "Ponies Rally, Edge Past Longhorns, 7-6". Fort Worth Star-Telgram. pp. II-1, II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lorin McMullen (November 6, 1949). "Aggies' Rally Stuns Ponies, 27-27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Jack Murphy (November 13, 1949). "Walker Shines as Ponies Bounce Razorbacks, 34-6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lorin McMullen (November 20, 1949). "Bears Score on First Play, Humble Mustangs, 35-26". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Flem Hall (November 27, 1949). "Frog Attack Stuns Mustangs, 21-13!". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lorin McMullen (December 4, 1949). "Irish Outscore Spirited Mustangs, 27-20". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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