Southern Methodist University, a school based in Dallas, is the only program ever to receive the death penalty in college football. The Mustangs were hit with the harsh punishment in 1987 as a ...

“SMU’s athletic story is unlike any other.” SMU’s death penalty was the worst birthday present Bill Armstrong ever received. The 1982 SMU alum was living in Denver, starting his family and ...

Here's a look back at SMU receiving the "death penalty" in the 1980s as the Mustangs head up to Happy Valley to take on Penn State in the first round of the College Football Playoffs. The NCAA ...

Editor of United Methodist Insight says the lawsuit involving SMU and the United Methodist Church is the latest in a ...

That was Tuesday at SMU, the only school to ever get the so-called NCAA death penalty for a pay-for-play scandal during the Mustangs' best seasons before their debut in the Atlantic Coast ...

Before the end of the decade, however, SMU was handed the death penalty by the NCAA for recruiting violations, and the 1987 and 1988 seasons were canceled. The epic fall led to SMU managing only ...

Advertising SMU also had a long climb back to relevance. One of the nation’s top programs in the 1980s, the Mustangs received the death penalty from the NCAA in 1987 for a pay-to-play scandal.

It may have come down to an ill-fated penalty. Finishing the year at 9-3 ... who believed they had strong claims to the CFP over 11-2 SMU. Ultimately, however, the presence of three such teams ...

That was Tuesday at SMU, the only school to ever get the so-called NCAA death penalty for a pay-for-play scandal during the Mustangs' best seasons before their debut in the Atlantic Coast Conference ...