SMU Mustangs football under Woody Woodard

Woody Woodard was the coach of the Southern Methodist University's football team from 1953 to 1956. He compiled a 19–20–1 record, and was succeeded by Bill Meek.

1953 Season

1953 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1953 record	5-5 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
1953-10-03	at #9 Georgia Tech*		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 4-6	37,000
1953-10-09	Missouri*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 20-7	35,000
1953-10-17	#11 Rice		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 12-7	50,000
1953-10-24	at Kansas	#13	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 14-6	29,000
1953-10-31	Texas	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-16	51,000
1953-11-07	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 23-0	20,000
1953-11-14	Arkansas		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 13-7	26,500
1953-11-21	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	L 21-27	30,000
1953-11-28	at Texas Christian		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 0-13	27,000
1953-12-05	at #2 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 14-40	35,522
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1954 Season

1954 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
1954 record	6-3-1 (4–1-1 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
1954-10-02	Georgia Tech*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-10	34,504
1954-10-09	at Missouri*		Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 25-6	27,500
1954-10-16	at #15 Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 20-6	63,500
1954-10-23	Kansas*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 36-18	20,037
1954-10-30	at Texas	#18	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	T 13-13	50,000
1954-11-06	Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 6-3	44,307
1954-11-13	at #4 Arkansas	#19	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 21-14	25,000
1954-11-20	#20 Baylor	#11	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 21-33	47,000
1954-11-27	Texas Christian		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 21-6	30,022
1954-12-04	#4 Notre Dame*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 14-26	75,704
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1955 Season

1955 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1955 record	4-6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
1955-09-24	at #11 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0-17	56,454
1955-10-01	at #3 Georgia Tech*		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 7-20	34,000
1955-10-07	Missouri*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 13-6	25,000
1955-10-14	#15 Rice		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 20-0	46,000
1955-10-22	at Kansas*		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 33-14	20,000
1955-10-29	Texas		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 18-19	46,000
1955-11-05	at #12 Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 2-13	38,000
1955-11-12	Arkansas		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 0-6	32,500
1955-11-19	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	W 12-0	20,000
1955-11-26	at #7 Texas Christian		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	L 13-20	33,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1956 Season

1956 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1956 record	4-6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Woody Woodard
Home stadium	Cotton Bowl (c. 75,504)

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
1956-09-22	#3 Notre Dame*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	W 19-13	61,000
1956-09-29	#2 Georgia Tech*	#5	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-9	46,500
1956-10-06	at Missouri*	#12	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 33-27	25,000
1956-10-13	at Duke*	#19	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 6-14	25,000
1956-10-20	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 14-13	47,000
1956-11-03	at Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	W 20-19	35,000
1956-11-10	#5 Texas A&M		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 7-33	62,500
1956-11-17	at Arkansas		War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 13-27	34,000
1956-11-24	#16 Baylor		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 0-26	28,000
1956-12-01	#14 Texas Christian		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	L 6-21	32,500
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.