SMU·American Athletic

2019 — The Ten-Win Year

SMU's 2019 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Lost the Boca Raton Bowl
AP final #21 post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Arka Sta 37-30 W vs Nort Tex 49-27 W vs Texa Sta 47-17 W @ TCU 41-38 W @ Sout Flo 48-21 W vs Tulsa 43-37 W vs Temple 45-21 W @ Houston 34-31 L @ Memphis 48-54 W vs East Car 59-51 L @ Navy 28-35 W vs Tulane 37-20 L @ Flor Atl 28-52 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2019.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2019 season's largest margin: SMU 47, Texas State 17. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: SMU 28, Florida Atlantic 52. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: SMU fell to Florida Atlantic 28-52 in the postseason.

"Pony up"
— SMU fanbase voice · 2019· synthesized
What it meant

2019 is a middle chapter for SMU — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.