1982 SMU Mustangs football team

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The 1982 SMU Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first year for the team under head coach Bobby Collins and the Mustangs finished undefeated at 11–0–1, and were Southwest Conference champions (7–0–1). The Mustangs won their first ten games, the last of which came on a miraculous 91-yard kickoff return lateral-play in the final seconds against Texas Tech to preserve the unbeaten and untied season to that point. In the regular season finale the following week, a tie against No. 9 Arkansas caused the voters in both polls to drop SMU from second to fourth, costing the Mustangs the national championship. The tie was attributed in part to a lengthy and highly questionable pass interference call on Arkansas late in the game that allowed SMU to score the game-tying touchdown, a call that announcer Keith Jackson stated on air was a bad call by the officials. Trailing by a point, head coach Collins opted not...

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