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Safeway Bowl Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 40/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 43
- Series record
- North Texas 6-36-1 SMU
- Tracked years
- 1922-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
6 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1936Week 2
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 0, SMU 6
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 15 SMU · 6-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1932Week 2
SMU at North Texas
SMU 0, North Texas 0
Result: Tie
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked North Texas · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1940Week 4
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 7, SMU 20
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 14 SMU · 13-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1974Week 2
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 6, SMU 7
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1984Week 5
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 6, SMU 24
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 11 SMU · 18-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 17/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1939Week 4
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 0, SMU 16
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 13 SMU · 16-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 19/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1979Week 4
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 9, SMU 20
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 19 SMU · 11-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1990Week 7
SMU at North Texas
SMU 7, North Texas 14
Winner: North Texas
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked North Texas · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1976Week 4
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 31, SMU 38
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1933Week 2
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 7, SMU 0
Winner: North Texas
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1924Week 2
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 0, SMU 7
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1982Week 5
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 10, SMU 38
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. No. 7 SMU · 28-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15
26
Game score
- 1929Week 1
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 3, SMU 13
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 10-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
25
Game score
- 1977Week 3
SMU at North Texas
SMU 13, North Texas 24
Winner: North Texas
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked North Texas · 11-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 24/35 · Overtime 0/15
24
Game score
- 1931Week 3
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 0, SMU 13
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 13-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 22/35 · Overtime 0/15
22
Game score
- 1992Week 3
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 14, SMU 28
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 14-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
21
Game score
- 1937Week 2
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 0, SMU 14
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 14-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
21
Game score
- 1980Week 3
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 9, SMU 28
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 19-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
16
Game score
- 1942Week 3
North Texas at SMU
North Texas 7, SMU 26
Winner: SMU
Unranked North Texas vs. Unranked SMU · 19-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
16
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.