1958 SMU Mustangs football team

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1958 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 TCU $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
No. 18 SMU	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Baylor	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Bill Meek, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a conference mark of 4–2, tying for second place in the SWC.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at No. 1 Ohio State*	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 20–23	63,113
October 4	No. 7 Notre Dame*	No. 17	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 6–14	61,500
October 11	at Missouri*	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 32–19	29,000
October 18	Rice	No. 16	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 7–13	39,000
October 25	Georgia Tech*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 20–0	27,000	^[1]
November 1	at No. 16 Texas		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 26–10	58,000	^[2]
November 8	Texas A&M	No. 20	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 33–0	53,000
November 15	at Arkansas	No. 15	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 6–13	28,000
November 22	Baylor		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	W 33–29	26,500
November 29	No. 7 TCU		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 20–13	49,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Mustangs blank Georgia Tech". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 26, 1958. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mustangs bomb Longhorns, 26–10". Abilene Reporter-News. November 2, 1958. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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