1990 SMU Mustangs football team

1990 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 SWC)
Head coach	Forrest Gregg (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Kueck (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Run and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Jon Tenuta (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium

1990 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Houston	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Texas A&M	5	–	2	–	1			9	–	3	–	1
Baylor	5	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Rice	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
SMU	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Forrest Gregg in his second and final year as head coach, 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. SMU opened the season with a 44–7 win over Vanderbilt, but struggled the remainder of the season still recovering from the NCAA's death penalty, which barred SMU from competing in 1987 and 1988. The Mustangs offense scored 197 points while the defense allowed 426 points. Gregg, who retired after the season to serve full-time as SMU's athletic director, was carried off the field following a loss to Arkansas in the season finale.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Vanderbilt*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 44–7	18,700
September 15	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 7–43	20,434
September 29	TCU	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	L 21–42	20,100
October 6	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX (rivalry)	L 7–14	22,750
October 13	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	L 17–52	30,134
October 20	No. 9 Houston	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	L 17–44	23,250
October 27	at No. 13 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 3–52	65,128
November 3	Texas A&M	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	L 17–38	23,783
November 10	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 28–30	17,900
November 17	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 7–62	31,355
November 24	Arkansas	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	L 29–42	17,100
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game