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
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
1953-10-03 |
at No. 9 Georgia Tech* |
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Grant Field • Atlanta, GA |
L 4-6 |
37,000 |
1953-10-09 |
Missouri* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 20-7 |
35,000 |
1953-10-17 |
No. 11 Rice |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 12-7 |
50,000 |
1953-10-24 |
at Kansas |
No. 13 |
Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS |
W 14-6 |
29,000 |
1953-10-31 |
Texas |
No. 11 |
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 7-16 |
51,000 |
1953-11-07 |
at Texas A&M |
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Kyle Field • College Station, TX |
W 23-0 |
20,000 |
1953-11-14 |
Arkansas |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 13-7 |
26,500 |
1953-11-21 |
at Baylor |
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Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX |
L 21-27 |
30,000 |
1953-11-28 |
at Texas Christian |
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Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX |
L 0-13 |
27,000 |
1953-12-05 |
at No. 2 Notre Dame* |
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Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN |
L 14-40 |
35,522 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
1954 Season
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
1954-10-02 |
Georgia Tech* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 7-10 |
34,504 |
1954-10-09 |
at Missouri* |
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Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO |
W 25-6 |
27,500 |
1954-10-16 |
at No. 15 Rice |
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Rice Stadium • Houston, TX |
W 20-6 |
63,500 |
1954-10-23 |
Kansas* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 36-18 |
20,037 |
1954-10-30 |
at Texas |
No. 18 |
Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
T 13-13 |
50,000 |
1954-11-06 |
Texas A&M |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 6-3 |
44,307 |
1954-11-13 |
at No. 4 Arkansas |
No. 19 |
Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR |
W 21-14 |
25,000 |
1954-11-20 |
No. 20 Baylor |
No. 11 |
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 21-33 |
47,000 |
1954-11-27 |
Texas Christian |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 21-6 |
30,022 |
1954-12-04 |
No. 4 Notre Dame* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 14-26 |
75,704 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
1955 Season
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
1955-09-24 |
at No. 11 Notre Dame* |
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Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN |
L 0-17 |
56,454 |
1955-10-01 |
at No. 3 Georgia Tech* |
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Grant Field • Atlanta, GA |
L 7-20 |
34,000 |
1955-10-07 |
Missouri* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 13-6 |
25,000 |
1955-10-14 |
No. 15 Rice |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 20-0 |
46,000 |
1955-10-22 |
at Kansas* |
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Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS |
W 33-14 |
20,000 |
1955-10-29 |
Texas |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 18-19 |
46,000 |
1955-11-05 |
at No. 12 Texas A&M |
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Kyle Field • College Station, TX |
L 2-13 |
38,000 |
1955-11-12 |
Arkansas |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 0-6 |
32,500 |
1955-11-19 |
at Baylor |
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Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX |
W 12-0 |
20,000 |
1955-11-26 |
at No. 7 Texas Christian |
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Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX |
L 13-20 |
33,000 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
1956 Season
Date |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
1956-09-22 |
No. 3 Notre Dame* |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
W 19-13 |
61,000 |
1956-09-29 |
No. 2 Georgia Tech* |
No. 5 |
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 7-9 |
46,500 |
1956-10-06 |
at Missouri* |
No. 12 |
Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO |
W 33-27 |
25,000 |
1956-10-13 |
at Duke* |
No. 19 |
Duke Stadium • Durham, NC |
L 6-14 |
25,000 |
1956-10-20 |
at Rice |
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Rice Stadium • Houston, TX |
W 14-13 |
47,000 |
1956-11-03 |
at Texas |
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Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX |
W 20-19 |
35,000 |
1956-11-10 |
No. 5 Texas A&M |
|
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 7-33 |
62,500 |
1956-11-17 |
at Arkansas |
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War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR |
L 13-27 |
34,000 |
1956-11-24 |
No. 16 Baylor |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 0-26 |
28,000 |
1956-12-01 |
No. 14 Texas Christian |
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Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX |
L 6-21 |
32,500 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
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