Dec 19, 2024 · This half hour program provides an overview of the team’s history before SMU began building up the program after the 1987 death penalty. The team’s history is also covered in Darwin Payne’s 2010 book In Honor of the Mustangs: The Centennial History of SMU Athletics, 1911-2010. Football is one of the many SMU sports included in this volume ...

Champions of the month is a new initiative by SMU Athletics to recognize the achievements of various SMU student-athletes. Every month, 2 female and 2 male student- athletes will be nominated and selected for their embodiment of excellence in one or more of the following areas: Academic Achievement, Athletic Success, and Student-Athletes ...

Sep 23, 2022 · Mustangs for Hope was founded by SMU grad Avery Mercurio in 2020. It’s a student-run club that provides free, virtual, one-on-one tutoring to K-12 students in the DFW area. Tutors are matched to students based on a variety of preferences.

Apr 5, 2024 · This July, the Mustangs will officially join the Atlantic Coast Conference, meaning a whole new lineup of competitors and host cities. After beginning the season against Nevada in Reno on August 24, SMU football will host the home opener against Houston Christian University on August 31, followed by BYU on September 6 and the “Battle for the ...

May 21, 2020 · At first I was skeptical because in the past, going to the games was not really a thing. But this year, no one could believe what they were seeing and hearing: “SMU touchdown,” “for the first time in 7 years, SMU beats TCU,” “SMU with another win,” “SMU is 7-0!!!” As the season went on, the games got more crowded.

Oct 24, 2024 · When the SMU Mustangs play the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Durham, N.C., it will be only the third time the two programs have met on the gridiron. SMU and Duke met for the very first time on Sept. 26, 1952, in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. SMU lost 14-7 in front of a crowd of 28,000.

Apr 19, 2024 · SMU Athletics and the Academic Development of Student-Athletes (ADSA) have selected four Mustang Champions for the month of March! Let’s meet the four SMU Mustangs that are reaching for new heights personally and academically during this semester: Leif Bouwman (Men’s Swim & Dive)

Oct 19, 2023 · Since 2013, SMU has invested over $250 million to develop and enhance championship-caliber facilities. “We have a great story to tell institutionally and athletically,” SMU Director of Athletics Rick Hart told the crowd at the announcement celebration. “If you want to accomplish big things, you ride with the Mustangs.

Former student-athletes Janielle Dodds ’07, Denny Holman ’67, Wes Hopkins ’83, Hank Kuehne ’99, Cheril Santini ’95 and the late Clyde Carter ’35 have been named to the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame by the University and SMU Athletics, in conjunction with the SMU Lettermen’s Association.

Jul 30, 2021 · A shared commitment to making a positive impact has drawn the SMU community and Goodwill Industries of Dallas together for almost a century. Under the leadership of SMU alumnus Tim Heis ’01, president and CEO, and a host of Mustangs serving on its board, the nonprofit is finding innovative ways to augment its mission of “changing lives, one ...