1935 SMU Mustangs football team
American college football season
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The 1935 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1935 college football season. In their first season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs posted an overall record of 12â1 record with a mark of 6â0 in conference play, winning the SWC title. SMU was invited to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to Stanford. The Mustangs shut out eight of thirteen opponents and outscored all opponents by a total of 288 to 39 on the season.[1]
- Matty Bell (1st season)
- Harry Shuford
- Marco Stewart
- J. C. Wetsel
| 1935 SMU Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 12â1 (6â0 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 SMU $ | 6 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 12 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 TCU | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 12 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 7 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SMU was named as the national champion in 1935 by the Dickinson System and Houlgate System and were awarded national championship trophies by both rankings.[2] They were later retroactively named champions by Berryman and Sagarin as well, and are one of five teams chosen by selectors recognized as "major" by the NCAA.[3]
Two SMU players, halfback Bob Wilson and guard J. C. Wetsel, were selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1935 All-America college football team.[4] In addition, tackle Truman Spain was selected as a first-team All-American by Collier's Weekly and as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press.[5][6]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 39â0 | 7,000 | [7] | |
| September 28 | Austin* |
| W 60â0 | [8] | |
| October 5 | at Tulsa* | W 14â0 | 10,000â12,000 | [9][10] | |
| October 12 | at Washington University* | W 35â6 | 11,000 | [11] | |
| October 19 | Rice |
| W 10â0 | 26,000 | [12] |
| October 26 | vs. HardinâSimmons* | Wichita Falls, TX | W 18â6 | 4,000 | [13] |
| November 2 | Texas |
| W 20â0 | 20,000 | [14] |
| November 9 | at UCLA* | W 21â0 | 40,000 | [15] | |
| November 16 | at Arkansas |
| W 17â6 | [16] | |
| November 23 | Baylor |
| W 10â0 | 8,000 | [17] |
| November 30 | at TCU | W 20â14 | 36,000 | [18] | |
| December 7 | at Texas A&M | W 24â0 | [19] | ||
| January 1 | vs. Stanford* | L 0â7 | 87,000 | [20] | |
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