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 ...

It’s been some 40 years since Southern Methodist University was in the national title hunt at the business end of the college football season ... by Eric Dickerson, SMU earned three Southwest ...