Cotton Bowl/SMU

[Mustangs35SMU]

Hey Everybody. Well Im goin to the Cotton Bowl but only because of SMU and I was gonna make an SMU sign and at the bottom I was gonna put Winner of the ____ Cotton Bowls! Does Anybody know the years of when we won the Cotton Bowl?

[SmooPower]

1983 SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3
1949 SMU 21, Oregon 13

[Mustangs35SMU]

Ok well does anybody know about all the bowl games we have been in?

[This message has been edited by Mustangs35SMU (edited 12-12-2002).]

[PK]

Check here and see if this helps you out any.

<A HREF="http://www.smumustangs.com/football/history/history.asp" TARGET=_blank>www.smumustangs.com/football/history/history.asp</A>

[Charleston Pony]

SMU has played in 4 Cotton Bowls. In addition to the two mentioned above, SMU tied Penn State 13-13 in 1948 and lost to Georgia 24-9 in 1966. The ponies 1st bowl appearance was the 1936 Rose Bowl, where we lost to Stanford 7-0. We played in two Sun Bowl games, losing 21-14 to Oregon in 1963 and 28-7 to Alabama in 1983. On a brighter note in SMU football history, we defeated Oklahoma 28-27 in the 1968 Bluebonnet Bowl and beat Notre Dame 27-20 in the 1984 Aloha Bowl. Finally, how can anyone forget (ESPN Classics wont let us) the heartbreaking 46-45 loss to BYU in the 1980 Holiday Bowl. All-time record in bowl games is 4-5-1. I'd say we are way overdue for another appearance...somewhere!

[Mustangs35SMU]

how could our first bowl apperance be in 1936 when we won the National Title in 1935?

[Grider]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mustangs35SMU:
<B>how could our first bowl apperance be in 1936 when we won the National Title in 1935?</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The game was played in January 1936.

[Mustangs35SMU]

OOOO ok! my bad! Dont we just have to get in the top 3 of the WAC and we go to a Bowl Game?

[PX]

Maybe, but not neccessarily. The WAC has 3 bowl bids, but only the conference champion is guaranteed a bid to the Humanitarian Bowl. The other 2 bowl games are on the west coast, and they can select any bowl eligible WAC team they want. Becuase of geography and the ssize and travel habits of our respective fan bases, those west coast bowls would strongly prefer to have Hawaii or Fresno State if those teams are eligible, rather than SMU.