In football, there has only ever been one occurrence ... Meyer set out to convince the best talent in the area to come to SMU, and in 1979, that meant going after running back Eric Dickerson.

Tale of the Tape: Despite playing football for a combined 233 years, Penn State and SMU have played each other all of twice. Once in 1979 and once in 1948. In 1979, Penn State beat SMU 26-21 ...

SMU’s trip to the College Football Playoff next week is the culmination ... in 1982 and a No. 2 ranking overall. The stretch from 1979-86 was the longest that the Mustangs went earning a spot ...

Though SMU agreed to the arrangement ... patron saint of college football, the man who said in 1979 he wouldn’t leave the game to “the Switzers and the Sherrills.” Paterno had turned ...