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SMU, A&M agree to three-game series
Mustangs head to College Station in 2005

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU has signed an agreement with Texas A&M for a three-game football series beginning with the 2005 season.

The series will begin when SMU travels to College Station for a game on Sept. 17, 2005, and will also include games for the 2011 and 2012 campaigns. The Mustangs will again travel south in 2011 before A&M visits Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas in 2012.

”We’re very excited to add an old regional rival like Texas A&M to our schedule,” said SMU Athletic Director Jim Copeland. “Along with our move to Conference USA next season, this game is just another step towards our goal of providing a challenging, fan-friendly schedule.”

SMU will open its 2004 season Saturday, Sept. 4, when SMU hosts another old Southwest Conference rival, Texas Tech, at 7 p.m. in Ford Stadium. For tickets, call the SMU Ticket Office at 214-SMU-GAME.

2011 and 2012? lord thats a bit early to announce a game

They were so lucky the last two times they played us. I still have nightmares of Crossland missing that 35 yd. FG in the Alamodome.

If memory serves correct, we played them close at their place too.

Good work for getting them on our schedule.

2011 & 2012????? OMG! I'll be eligible for a SENIOR CITIZEN discount by then!

I volunteer to run Peruna across Kyle Field for the first time in 2005!

This is fantastic to have A&M back on the schedule. First of all, it's a guaranteed sellout. And I wonder what the payout is for going down there?

And of course, we can always use it as a recruiting tool ("Aggies didn't offer you? Come play for us and show them how they messed up by scoring a few TDs on them!") Of course, by then there will be kids signing with A&M only because they didn't get that SMU offer they were hoping for!

Always good to re-establish old rivalries. Just don't let Albert "Offensive Pass Interference" Connell in the building.

Updated Future Schedule

2005
9/10 vs TCU
9/17 @ Texas A&M
9/24 vs Baylor
TBA @ UAB
TBA @ Marshall
TBA vs ECU
TBA @ Houston
TBA vs Tulane
TBA vs UTEP
TBA vs Rice
TBA @ Tulsa

2006
TBA ? Boston College
9/09 @ Northwestern
9/16 vs Wake Forest
TBA vs UAB
TBA vs Marshall
TBA @ ECU
TBA vs Houston
TBA @ Tulane
TBA @ UTEP
TBA @ Rice
TBA vs Tulsa

2007
9/01 @ Wake Forest
TBA vs Northwestern
9/22 @ TCU

2008
TBA @ Northwestern
9/20 vs TCU

2009
TBA vs Northwestern
9/26 @ TCU

2010
9/11 vs TCU

2011
TBA @ Texas A&M

2012
TBA vs Texas A&M

Hopefully, SMU will still be playing at the D1 level by 2011!

nice jog Mustangs35SMU
on the summary of the schedule.


please keep boston college so alumni up here get to see the mustangs. boston is a great city to travel to.

Ditto on the BC game, Bubba.

Possum on a gum bush!!! 5 (count 'em, FIVE!) old SWC rivals on the schedule next year. Hard not to like that.

I am really surprised about the scheduling on this deal. I had been told by a number of people that aTm wanted a regular game in Dallas for recruiting purposes. This deal certainly does not address that need.

Diehard Pony wrote:I am really surprised about the scheduling on this deal. I had been told by a number of people that aTm wanted a regular game in Dallas for recruiting purposes. This deal certainly does not address that need.

By 2011, after we have won our third straight national championship, everyone is going to want a shot at beating SMU and ending their 49 game winning streak. A&M is justing getting their foot in the door a little earlier.

Smoo Power wrote:
By 2011, after we have won our third straight national championship, everyone is going to want a shot at beating SMU and ending their 49 game winning streak. A&M is justing getting their foot in the door a little earlier.

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SMOO, well said. But I have to ask you...
after that 3rd ncaa championship...
what will PonySnob have to [deleted] about?????????

A&M has been the biggest [deleted] with regards to playing old SWC foes. Aside from former SWC rivals in the Big XII South, I can't think of a single time AGgy has scheduled Rice, TCU, SMU or Coog-ah. Sure, they played (and beat) TCU in the Houston Bowl a few years back(which tells you a lot about how good the TCU Hornfrogs are...getting beat by the lowly AGgy )

Regardless, its good to see familar faces back on the schedule, even if it's a DECADE from NOW! JEEEEZUS.

If we could pull off an upset of the Aggies, that would go lightyears toward changing the balance of power in the state when it comes to recruiting. I'm not betting the mortgage on it, but I'll always be hopeful and supportive.

SWC2010 wrote:

Smoo Power wrote: SMOO, well said. But I have to ask you...
after that 3rd ncaa championship...
what will PonySnob have to [deleted] about?????????

He'll still be [deleted] about the 2003 season