With SMU football playing in the College Football Playoff, here's a look back at the Mustangs' death penalty violation from ...

Southern Methodist University, a school based in Dallas, is the only program ever to receive the death penalty in college football. The Mustangs were hit with the harsh punishment in 1987 as a ...

Former spokesperson for Gov. Bill Clemens remembers SMU football’s “death penalty” in 1987 and cheers for the mustangs in ...

The SMU Mustangs were once a dominant football program before the NCAA's "death penalty" ceased their future. Now after more than 30 years, SMU has returned to their championship form. This ...

There was a time when all SMU football was known for was "the death penalty" it received from the NCAA in 1987 for the ...

Front page of The Dallas Morning News in February 1987, the day after SMU football got the death penalty. NCAA sanctions forced cancellation of football for a season, and allowed only away games ...

With 22 wins over two years and a CFP appearance, SMU redefined the program and changed its identity for future generations.

the NCAA’s Death Penalty that barred the school from fielding a team in 1987 and the ensuing decades of purgatory. Advertisement SMU was another investment for Loyd, but a more personal one.

The SMU football program's success has raised the national profile of the school and many people online have questions.

Matula’s father was an SMU professor, and Thaddeus was 8 when SMU received the Death Penalty. The man loves his alma mater, and it was his efforts to tell the entire story of SMU that allowed ...