SMU Mustangs football
Bowl games
SMU has participated in sixteen bowl games. The Mustangs have a record of 7–8–1 in these games.

SMU Mustangs football

Section Title: Bowl games
Table Section Text: SMU has participated in sixteen bowl games. The Mustangs have a record of 7–8–1 in these games.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result

1924	Ray Morrison	Dixie Classic	West Virginia Wesleyan	L 7–9

1935	Matty Bell	Rose Bowl	Stanford	L 0–7

1947	Matty Bell	Cotton Bowl Classic	Penn State	T 13–13

1948	Matty Bell	Cotton Bowl Classic	Oregon	W 21–13

1963	Hayden Fry	Sun Bowl	Oregon	L 14–21

1966	Hayden Fry	Cotton Bowl Classic	Georgia	L 9–24

1968	Hayden Fry	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Oklahoma	W 28–27

1980	Ron Meyer	Holiday Bowl	BYU	L 45–46

1982	Bobby Collins	Cotton Bowl Classic	Pittsburgh	W 7–3

1983	Bobby Collins	Sun Bowl	Alabama	L 7–28

1984	Bobby Collins	Aloha Bowl	Notre Dame	W 27–20

2009	June Jones	Hawaiʻi Bowl	Nevada	W 45–10

2010	June Jones	Armed Forces Bowl	Army	L 14–16

2011	June Jones	BBVA Compass Bowl	Pittsburgh	W 28–6

2012	June Jones	Hawaiʻi Bowl	Fresno State	W 43–10

2017	Sonny Dykes	Frisco Bowl	Louisiana Tech	L 10–51

Sentence(s)

Despite a losing record in 1963, the Mustangs played in the Sun Bowl, their first since the 1948 season against the Oregon losing 14–21.

final_sentence: Despite a losing record in 1963, the Mustangs played in the Sun Bowl, their first since the 1948 season against the Oregon losing 14–21.