1994 smu football

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1994 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Briefing
Tape	1–ix–one (0–half-dozen–1 SWC)
Head jitney	Tom Rossley (quaternary flavour)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Wade (4th every bit OC, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Jon Tenuta (5th as DC, 6th overall season)
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium (c. 23,783)
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Southwest Conference football standings
5 t east	Conf					Overall
Squad	West		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Texas A&G*	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	one
No. 25 Texas +	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Baylor +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
TCU +	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech +	4	–	iii	–	0	half-dozen	–	6	–	0
Rice +	4	–	iii	–	0	5	–	vi	–	0
Houston	1	–	6	–	0	i	–	10	–	0
SMU	0	–	half dozen	–	ane	1	–	9	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions *Texas A&M ineligible for championship and post-flavor due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) every bit a member of the Southwest Briefing (SWC) during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football flavor. Led by 4th-year head motorbus Tom Rossley, the Mustangs compiled an overall tape of 1–9–1 with a mark of 0–6–1 in conference play, placing last out of 8 teams in the SWC.^[ane]

The highlight of the campaign was a 21-21 necktie vs. Texas A&M, which went 10-0-1 merely was ineligible to win the SWC title and participate in a bowl game (and was too banned from idiot box) due to harsh penalties enforced by the NCAA for numerous rule violations. Information technology was the last tie for the Mustangs and Aggies, as the NCAA adopted overtime for regular season games starting in 1996.

This was the terminal season SMU played home games at Ownby Stadium, although the Mustangs moved their dwelling game with Houston to the nearby Cotton Bowl. The scheduled home game with Texas A&M was shifted to the Alamodome in San Antonio for a guarantee of the gate; nigh of the crowd of over 51,000 wore the Aggies' Maroon and White.

The regular flavor finale vs. TCU was the Mustangs' last on-campus home game until the opening of Gerald J. Ford Stadium.

Schedule [edit]

Date	Fourth dimension	Opponent	Site	Telly	Result	Attendance
September three	three:00 p.one thousand.	at Arkansas*	War Memorial Stadium Petty Rock, AR		L 14–34	51,180
September x	half-dozen:30 p.one thousand.	at No. 13 UCLA*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		Fifty x–17	forty,638
September 17	12:00 p.m.	New United mexican states*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	Raycom	West 34–31	11,100
September 24	2:00 p.grand.	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 7–35	29,521
Oct 1	ii:00 p.m.	No. xviii North Carolina*	Ownby Stadium Academy Park, TX		L 24–28	eighteen,200
October viii	ane:00 p.one thousand.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 10–44	34,869
October 15	12:00 p.m.	Houston	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	Raycom	L 33–39	11,400
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	Raycom	Fifty 20–42	61,307
October 29	two:00 p.thousand.	vs. No. seven Texas A&M	Alamodome San Antonio, TX		T 21–21	51,056
Nov 5	12:00 p.m.	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	Raycom	Fifty x–17	17,800
November 12	2:00 p.yard.	TCU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)		Fifty 14–35	20,463
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time