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When the SMU football program was given the death penalty on February 25th of 1987, it was the first (and to-date the only) one of its kind. After 2 years of not having any football at all in 1987 and 1988, the 1989 SMU team consisted of 70 Freshmen and one ....... ONE Senior who was the lone player to stay at the school after it was given the death penalty. That 1989 team lost all 9 games against Division I-A teams, with their 2 lone wins coming against I-AA teams (UCONN and North Texas State.) One of those 9 losses was a historic 95-21 drubbing at the hands of the University of Houston, which was led by Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware. So what happened after than 1989 season ??? For starters, SMU did not win a conference championship until 2023 ...... their 35th season of playing after returning from the death penalty. Their first winning season was in 1997, when they went 6-5. Their first bowl game was in 2009 ...... their 21st season of playing after returning from the death penalty. But lo and behold, the 2024 SMU football team ...... their 36th season since returning from the death penalty ...... went 11-1 in the regular season, and barely lost to Clemson in overtime in the ACC championship game. Their lone loss prior to the ACC title game was another nail-biter, an 18-15 verdict to BYU back on September 6th. All of that was good enough to earn them a #10 national ranking, and an at-large berth in the first-ever 12-team playoff for Division I-A college football. So congratulations to SMU football ...... a program that has somehow managed to rise from the disgrace of one of the worst scandals in the history of college football to once again being a nationally-ranked power for the first time since they were led by Eric Dickerson and Craig James in the early 1980's. ![]() ![]() o
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