1991 SMU Mustangs football team

The 1991 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Tom Rossley, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the SWC.^[1]

1991 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Texas A&M $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
TCU	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
SMU	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	7:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		L 6–17	49,216
September 14	6:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 11–14	31,104	^[2]
September 28	12:00 p.m.	No. 12 Baylor	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	Raycom	L 7–45	22,239
October 5	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 31–17	19,708	^[3]
October 12	2:00 p.m.	Texas Tech	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX		L 14–38	22,412
October 19	4:00 p.m.	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)		L 20–49	17,339
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Texas	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		L 0–34	26,000
November 2	2:00 p.m.	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		L 10–18	24,021
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Rice	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)		L 10–31	13,100
November 23	2:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 6–65	52,523
November 30	2:00 p.m.	No. 22 Tulsa*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX		L 26–31	7,900
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time