Houston–SMU rivalry

The Houston–SMU rivalry is a college rivalry between the University of Houston Cougars and Southern Methodist University Mustangs. When Houston joined the Southwest Conference in 1972, the two schools were conference mates until the conference dissolved in 1996. After a brief hiatus, SMU would join Conference USA in 2005 and the rivalry would continue when both schools moved to the American Athletic Conference in the midst of 2010–2014 NCAA conference realignment. The two schools are the only Texas universities in the American, making the in-state rivalry all the more competitive.[1][2]

Houston–SMU rivalry

Houston Cougars

SMU Mustangs

Sports Football, basketball, others
Originated 1975
Locations of Houston and SMU

The rivalry has intensified recently, especially in football. Following SMU's upset against No. 11 Houston in 2016, the school put up a billboard only one mile away from Houston's campus as part of a new statewide marketing campaign.[3] Houston football coach Dana Holgorsen said of Houston–SMU, “I think it’s a rivalry right now. It’s been Rice for years and years and years (although the Bayou Bucket is no longer played annually). When we were in the same conference it made a lot of sense. Our rivalry right now is SMU.”[4]

Football
Houston–SMU football rivalry
Houston Cougars
SMU Mustangs
SportFootball
First meetingSeptember 27, 1975
Houston 16, SMU 27
Latest meetingOctober 24, 2019
No. 16 SMU 34, Houston 31
Next meetingNovember 21, 2020
Statistics
Meetings total35
All-time seriesHouston leads, 21–13–1
Largest victoryHouston, 95–21 (1989)
Longest win streakHouston, 6 (2006–11)
Current win streakSMU, 2 (2018–present)
Football Comparison
Houston SMU
First Season 19461915
NCAA Championships 03
Bowl Appearances 2717
Bowl Wins 117
Conference Titles 1111
All-Americans 816
Heisman Winners 11
See also: Houston Cougars football and SMU Mustangs football

Series history

The first game took place on September 27, 1975, in Houston, Texas, and the two schools have continued to play each other with few interruptions since. Houston and SMU spent much of their athletic histories as members of the same conference: the Southwest Conference from 1977 to 1995, the Conference USA from 2005 to 2012, and their current conference of the American Athletic Conference since 2013.[5] As of the end of the 2019 season, Houston leads the series 21–13–1.[6]

Notable Games

November 26, 1983: The Tokyo bowl known as the Mirage Bowl was the longest road trip for both schools in their school history. A crowd of 62,000 watched as Lance McIlhenny led the Mustangs with two touchdown passes and along with the mistakes of the Cougars, which helped SMU take the victory 34–12.[7][8]

October 20, 1984: No. 6 SMU entered the game looking for an easy win over the 3–2 Cougars. However, Houston would pull of the upset, handing the Mustangs an unlikely 29–20 loss.[9]

October 21, 1989: SMU was playing in its first season back from the death penalty while Houston was coming off of a strong 9-3 campaign in 1988. However, Houston was hit with a two year bowl ban starting in 1989 for recruiting violation, so the Cougars were out for blood during the regular season. Eventual Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware would throw for 517 yards, only playing in the first half. No. 16 Houston would break a number of NCAA records, finally embarrassing the sanction weakened Mustangs 95–21.[10]

October 22, 2016: The 2016 Houston Cougars football team were picked by many experts to obtain the Group of Five's New Year's Six bowl bid, having only one close loss to Navy earlier in the season. However, the #11-ranked Cougars were upset by SMU 16 to 38 and the Cougars dropped out of the AP Poll the following week. It represented the Mustangs' first win over a ranked team since 2011.[11]

Game results
Houston victoriesSMU victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
1 September 27, 1975 Houston SMU 27 Houston 16
2 October 16, 1976 Dallas No. 19 Houston 29 SMU 6
3 October 15, 1977 Houston SMU 37 No. 19 Houston 23
4 October 21, 1978 Dallas No. 11 Houston 42 SMU 28
5 October 20, 1979 Houston No. 5 Houston 37 SMU 10
6 October 18, 1980 Irving Houston 13 SMU 11
7 October 17, 1981 Houston No. 10 SMU 38 Houston 22
8 October 16, 1982 Irving No. 5 SMU 20 Houston 14
9 November 26, 1983 Tokyo No. 6 SMU 34 Houston 12
10 October 20, 1984 Irving Houston 29 No. 6 SMU 20
11 October 19, 1985 Houston SMU 37 Houston 13
12 October 18, 1986 Irving No. 20 SMU 10 Houston 3
13 October 21, 1989 Houston No. 16 Houston 95 SMU 21
14 October 20, 1990 Dallas No. 9 Houston 44 SMU 17
15 October 19, 1991 Houston Houston 49 SMU 20
16 November 7, 1992 Dallas SMU 41 Houston 16
17 October 16, 1993 Houston Tie28Tie28
18 October 15, 1994 Dallas Houston 39 SMU 33
No.DateLocationWinning teamLosing team
19 October 21, 1995 Houston Houston 38 SMU 15
20 September 30, 2000 Houston Houston 17 SMU 15
21 November 19, 2005 Houston SMU 29 Houston 24
22 November 11, 2006 Dallas Houston 37 SMU 27
23 November 4, 2007 Houston Houston 38 SMU 28
24 October 18, 2008 Dallas Houston 44 SMU 38
25 October 24, 2009 Houston No. 17 Houston 38 SMU 15
26 October 23, 2010 Dallas Houston 45 SMU 20
27 November 19, 2011 Houston No. 11 Houston 37 SMU 7
28 October 18, 2012 Dallas SMU 72 Houston 42
29 November 29, 2013 Houston Houston 34 SMU 0
30 November 28, 2014 Dallas Houston 35 SMU 9
31 October 8, 2015 Houston Houston 49 SMU 28
32 October 22, 2016 Dallas SMU 38 No. 11 Houston 16
33 October 7, 2017 Houston Houston 35 SMU 22
34 November 3, 2018 Dallas SMU 45 No. 17 Houston 31
35 October 24, 2019 Houston No. 16 SMU 34 Houston 31
Series: Houston leads 21–13–1

[12]

Men's Basketball
Houston–SMU men's basketball rivalry
Houston Cougars
SMU Mustangs
SportBasketball
First meetingMarch 16, 1956
SMU 89 – Houston 74
Latest meetingFebruary 15, 2020
SMU 73 – Houston 72
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total86
All-time seriesHouston leads, 53–33
Largest victoryHouston, 95–55 (February 13, 1978)
Longest win streakHouston, 9 (February 11, 2006–February 13, 2010)
Current win streakSMU, 1 (February 15, 2020–present)
Men's Basketball Comparison
Houston SMU
First Season 19461916
NCAA Final Fours 51
NCAA Tournament Appearances 2112
Conference Championships 916
Conference Tournament Championships 63
Consensus 1st Team All-Americans 41
Conference Player of the Year 612
See also: Houston Cougars men's basketball and SMU Mustangs men's basketball

Series History

Houston & SMU would meet three times in the NCAA Tournament before playing in a regular season game, first in 1972. Throughout their shared time in the Southwest Conference, the Cougars and Mustangs would meet seven times in the Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, with SMU leading 4-3 in their meetings then. The teams have also been conference mates in Conference USA and the American Athletic Conference, meeting once each in the tournaments for each conference. As of the end of the 2018–19 season, Houston leads the all time series 52–32.

Notable Games

March 16, 1956: In the team's first ever meeting, they first played at Allen Fieldhouse in the 1956 NCAA Sweet Sixteen. All–American Jim Krebs would score 27 points to lead the No. 9 Mustangs to victory 89–74 and an eventual Final Four.[13]

March 13, 1965: In the team's second meeting, Houston and SMU met to play in the 1965 NCAA Regional Third Place Game. Behind the 27 points of Carroll Hooser, the Mustangs would again pull out a win against the Cougars, 89–87.[14]

March 18, 1967: In the third meeting in the NCAA Tournament, a Final Four was on the line as the teams met in the 1967 NCAA Elite Eight. This time, fortune would favor the Cougars, led by the 31 points from Elvin Hayes, Houston would gain their first series win to a score of 83–75 .[15]

January 16, 1982: In the first year of Phi Slama Jama, SMU visited No. 10 Houston and upset the Cougars 67–66. Houston would go onto the 1982 Final Four, while SMU had a horrendous 6–21 record.

March 12, 1983: After beating the Mustangs twice in the regular season, Houston would meet SMU once again in the 1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals. Houston would maintain their streak against SMU, winning 75–59. Houston would win the Conference Tournament and make a NCAA run before finally losing to NC State in the 1983 NCAA Finals.

March 3, 1985: The days of Phi Slama Jama behind them, the tables turned in favor of SMU with the Mustangs beating No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 5 North Carolina during the 1984-85 season. The No. 13 Mustangs headed to Houston for the final regular season game, only to be handed a 79–76 upset loss.

February 1, 2016: No. 12 SMU seemed to be heading in the right direction under the leadership of coach Larry Brown, visiting the Cougars with a 19–1 record on the season and having beaten the Cougars already on the season. Coach Kelvin Sampson would earn his first win against SMU, when the Cougars pulled the upset to win 71–68. It was the Cougars' biggest victory since January 1996, when they defeated No. 3 Memphis.[16]

Game results
Houston victoriesSMU victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 March 16, 1956A Allen Fieldhouse No. 7 SMU 89–74
2 March 13, 1965B Ahearn Field House SMU 89–87
3 March 18, 1967C Allen Fieldhouse No. 7 Houston 83–75
4 December 29, 1972 Hofheinz Pavilion No. 13 Houston 115–102
5 January 26, 1976 Moody Coliseum SMU 87–75
6 February 24, 1976 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 100–98
7 January 29, 1977 Moody Coliseum Houston 103–102
8 February 10, 1977 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 115–83
9 January 23, 1978 Moody Coliseum SMU 76–75
10 February 13, 1978 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 95–55
11 January 22, 1979 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 82–78
12 February 12, 1979 Moody Coliseum Houston 101–94
13 February 24, 1979D Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 74–67
14 January 12, 1980 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 96–81
15 February 2, 1980 Moody Coliseum Houston 71–70
16 January 13, 1981 Moody Coliseum SMU 72–70
17 February 3, 1981 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 96–81
18 January 16, 1982 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 67–66
19 February 6, 1982 Moody Coliseum Houston 73–71
20 January 8, 1983 Hofheinz Pavilion No. 19 Houston 105–71
21 February 9, 1983 Moody Coliseum No. 6 Houston 85–68
22 March 12, 1983E Reunion Arena No. 1 Houston 75–59
23 January 4, 1984 Moody Coliseum No. 7 Houston 60–59
24 February 4, 1984 Hofheinz Pavilion No. 6 Houston 76–57
25 January 30, 1985 Moody Coliseum No. 4 SMU 85–78
26 March 3, 1985 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 79–76
27 March 8, 1985F Reunion Arena No. 20 SMU 84–72
28 January 25, 1986 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 71–66
29 February 26, 1986 Moody Coliseum SMU 78–71
30 January 21, 1987 Moody Coliseum Houston 75–65
31 February 22, 1987 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 79–73
32 January 19, 1988 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 69–65
33 February 20, 1988 Moody Coliseum SMU 87–84
34 March 12, 1988G Reunion Arena SMU 98–76
35 January 21, 1989 Moody Coliseum Houston 84–83
36 February 22, 1989 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 88–85
37 January 24, 1990 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 64–47
38 February 24, 1990 Moody Coliseum Houston 71–63
39 January 26, 1991 Moody Coliseum SMU 81–75
40 February 27, 1991 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 85–58
41 March 8, 1991H Reunion Arena SMU 65–62
42 February 5, 1992 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 67–50
43 March 7, 1992 Moody Coliseum Houston 69–62
44 March 13, 1992I Reunion Arena Houston 73–62
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
45 January 23, 1993 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 85–75
46 January 30, 1993 Moody Coliseum SMU 70–60
47 January 26, 1994 Moody Coliseum SMU 70–64
48 February 24, 1994 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 89–80
49 January 28, 1995 Moody Coliseum Houston 73–71
50 March 4, 1995 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 79–74
51 January 8, 1996 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 63–62
52 February 28, 1996 Moody Coliseum Houston 62–59
53 March 7, 1996J Reunion Arena SMU 62–57
54 November 27, 1999 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 94–80
55 December 17, 2000 Moody Coliseum SMU 94–69
56 February 11, 2006 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 69–57
57 January 13, 2007 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 82–67
58 February 7, 2007 Moody Coliseum Houston 64–49
59 January 16, 2008 Moody Coliseum Houston 99–71
60 February 16, 2008 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 69–47
61 February 11, 2009 Moody Coliseum Houston 99–71
62 March 7, 2009 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 89–77
63 March 11, 2009K FedExForum Houston 85–76
64 February 13, 2010 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 66–60
65 February 27, 2010 Moody Coliseum SMU 94–83
66 January 15, 2011 Moody Coliseum Houston 70–68
67 February 16, 2011 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 65–51
68 January 18, 2012 Moody Coliseum SMU 70–54
69 February 25, 2012 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 62–59
70 January 9, 2013 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 78–67
71 February 2, 2013 Moody Coliseum Houston 84–80OT
72 January 26, 2014 Hofheinz Pavilion SMU 75–68
73 February 19, 2014 Moody Coliseum SMU 68–64
74 March 13, 2014L FedExForum Houston 68–64
75 January 24, 2015 Moody Coliseum SMU 80–59
76 February 12, 2015 Hofheinz Pavilion No. 25 SMU 75–69
77 January 19, 2016 Moody Coliseum No. 8 SMU 77–73
78 February 1, 2016 Hofheinz Pavilion Houston 71–68
79 January 21, 2017 Moody Coliseum SMU 85–64
80 February 18, 2017 Hofheinz Pavilion No. 19 SMU 76–66
81 February 2, 2018 H&PE Arena Houston 67–58
82 February 28, 2018 Moody Coliseum No. 25 Houston 69–56
83 January 16, 2019 Moody Coliseum No. 21 Houston 69–58
84 March 7, 2019 Fertitta Center No. 12 Houston 90–79
85 January 15, 2020 Fertitta Center Houston 71–62
86 February 15, 2020 Moody Coliseum SMU 73–72OT
Series: Houston leads 53–33

[17]

Notes

A 1956 NCAA Sweet Sixteen
B 1965 NCAA Regional Third Place Game
C 1967 NCAA Elite Eight
D 1979 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
E 1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
F 1985 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
G 1988 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
H 1991 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
I 1992 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
J 1996 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
K 2009 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
L 2014 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Wins by location
CategoryHoustonSMU
Dallas, TX2021
Houston, TX3010
Lawrence, KS11
Manhattan, KS01
Memphis, TN20

Wins by venue
CategoryHoustonSMU
Ahearn Field House01
Allen Fieldhouse11
FedExForum20
Hofheinz Pavilion
Fertitta Center		2910
HP&E Arena10
Moody Coliseum1916
Reunion Arena24

See also

References
  1. "UH rivalries you should know about". The Daily Cougar. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. "UH rivalries you should know about". The Daily Cougar. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  3. Joseph Duarte. "Rivalry confirmed: SMU places billboard a mile from UH campus". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  4. Joseph Duarte. "A new chapter in UH-SMU rivalry set for Thursday". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. "Old Big East now American Athletic". ESPN. April 4, 2013.
  6. "Houston Game by Game against Opponents". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  7. "S.M.U. Turns Back Houston in Tokyo". New York Times. November 28, 1983.
  8. "Pony Express goes to Japan in 1983". New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  9. "Houston at SMU Box Score, October 20, 1984". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  10. Andrew Nostvick (October 6, 2017). "Remember When: Houston Dropped 95 on SMU in the Astrodome". The Open Man.
  11. "Tom Herman made fun of SMU. Months later, SMU shocked Houston by 22 points". SB Nation. Oct 22, 2016.
  12. "Rivalry Finder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 16, 1956". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  14. "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 13, 1965". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  15. "Southern Methodist vs. Houston Box Score, March 18, 1967". Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  16. Bill Nichols. "Nichols: Raucous crowd wills Houston to overcome 11-point deficit, upset No. 12 SMU". Dallas News. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  17. "Matchup Finder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.