SMU Mustangs football under Woody Woodard

Woody Woodard was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1953 to 1956. He compiled a 19–20–1 record, and was succeeded by Bill Meek.^[1]

1953 Season

1953 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1953 record	5-5 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1953-10-03	at #9 Georgia Tech*		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 4-6	37,000
1953-10-09	Missouri*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 20-7	35,000
1953-10-17	#11 Rice		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 12-7	50,000
1953-10-24	at Kansas	#13	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 14-6	29,000
1953-10-31	Texas	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-16	51,000
1953-11-07	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 23-0	20,000
1953-11-14	Arkansas		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 13-7	26,500
1953-11-21	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	L 21-27	30,000
1953-11-28	at Texas Christian		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 0-13	27,000
1953-12-05	at #2 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 14-40	35,522
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1954 Season

1954 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
1954 record	6-3-1 (4–1-1 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1954-10-02	Georgia Tech*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-10	34,504
1954-10-09	at Missouri*		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 25-6	27,500
1954-10-16	at #15 Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 20-6	63,500
1954-10-23	Kansas*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 36-18	20,037
1954-10-30	at Texas	#18	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	T 13-13	50,000
1954-11-06	Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 6-3	44,307
1954-11-13	at #4 Arkansas	#19	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 21-14	25,000
1954-11-20	#20 Baylor	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 21-33	47,000
1954-11-27	Texas Christian		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 21-6	30,022
1954-12-04	#4 Notre Dame*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 14-26	75,704
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1955 Season

1955 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1955 record	4-6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1955-09-24	at #11 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0-17	56,454
1955-10-01	at #3 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7-20	34,000
1955-10-07	Missouri*	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 13-6	25,000
1955-10-14	#15 Rice	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 20-0	46,000
1955-10-22	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 33-14	20,000
1955-10-29	Texas	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 18-19	46,000
1955-11-05	at #12 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 2-13	38,000
1955-11-12	Arkansas	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 0-6	32,500
1955-11-19	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	W 12-0	20,000
1955-11-26	at #7 Texas Christian	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 13-20	33,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1956 Season

1956 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1956 record	4-6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
1956-09-22	#3 Notre Dame*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 19-13	61,000
1956-09-29	#2 Georgia Tech*	#5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-9	46,500
1956-10-06	at Missouri*	#12	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 33-27	25,000
1956-10-13	at Duke*	#19	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 6-14	25,000
1956-10-20	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 14-13	47,000
1956-11-03	at Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 20-19	35,000
1956-11-10	#5 Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-33	62,500
1956-11-17	at Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 13-27	34,000
1956-11-24	#16 Baylor		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 0-26	28,000
1956-12-01	#14 Texas Christian		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 6-21	32,500
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf

"2008 Football Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Athletic Department. p. 145.

SMU Mustangs football

Venues	Ownby Stadium (1926–48, 1989–94) Cotton Bowl (1932–78, 1995–2000) Texas Stadium (1972–73, 1979–86) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet

Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Southern Methodist University football scandal

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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