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Ohio State vs SMU Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Ohio State and SMU.

PROGRAM ONEOhio State7 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD7–1–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOSMU1 recorded wins
9Recorded meetings
1950Earliest documented
1978Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

9 games
  1. 1950
    Ohio State27 — 32SMU
    Sep 30, 1950SMU won
  2. 1951
    Ohio State7 — 0SMU
    Sep 29, 1951Ohio State won
  3. 1958
    Ohio State23 — 20SMU
    Sep 27, 1958Ohio State won
  4. 1960
    Ohio State24 — 0SMU
    Sep 24, 1960Ohio State won
  5. 1964
    Ohio State27 — 8SMU
    Sep 26, 1964Ohio State won
  6. 1968
    Ohio State35 — 14SMU
    Sep 28, 1968Ohio State won
  7. 1974
    Ohio State28 — 9SMU
    Sep 28, 1974Ohio State won
  8. 1977
    Ohio State35 — 7SMU
    Oct 1, 1977Ohio State won
  9. 1978
    Ohio State35 — 35SMU
    Oct 7, 1978Tie
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1978Ohio State vs SMU35–35Tie
1977Ohio State vs SMU35–7Ohio State won
1974Ohio State vs SMU28–9Ohio State won
1968Ohio State vs SMU35–14Ohio State won
1964Ohio State vs SMU27–8Ohio State won
1960Ohio State vs SMU24–0Ohio State won
1958Ohio State vs SMU23–20Ohio State won
1951Ohio State vs SMU7–0Ohio State won
1950Ohio State vs SMU27–32SMU won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.