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cooperation saved SMU from the full death penalty; had this happened, SMU would have had its football program shut down until 1989 and would have also lost its right to vote at NCAA conventions until 1990. However, it said that it felt compelled to impose the death penalty in order to "eliminate a program that was built on a legacy of wrongdoing, deceit and rule violations". SMU's compliance record, the committee said, was "nothing short of abysmal", and the school had made no effort to reform itself over the past decade. The committee also found that SMU had gained a "great competitive advantage" over its opponents as a result of its cheating, and the death penalty was one way of rectifying this advantage.
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Stanley family. When Parker said he had not sent anything and then backtracked when confronted with evidence, Hansen was sure Parker was hiding something. Hansen later admitted that if Parker had simply lied about the contents of the envelopes, Hansen's investigation would have been stopped cold. Years after the incident, Hansen said "That was the defining moment. All had to say was, 'I'm glad you asked, I sent him an insurance form', and we would've had to start all over, because every dot that we connected started from the premise that we know he sent something."
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1984 to 1987. He was hired in the spring of 1988 and inherited a team made up mostly of freshmen and walk-ons. Gregg's new charges were mostly undersized and underweight; he was taller and heavier than all but a few of the players on the 70-man squad. The new squad was particularly short on offensive linemen; Gregg had to have several prospective wide receivers bulk up and move to the line. By nearly all accounts, it would have been unthinkable for SMU to have allowed such a roster to play a competitive schedule in 1988, though the NCAA had previously given its permission.
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3–95–0 (.031) on the road against teams that went on to finish their seasons with a winning record. SMU has played 62 games in which they scored 7 points or less, while playing 16 games in which they surrendered 7 points or less. SMU's record against teams that ended their seasons with a winning record for the year is 24–160–1 (0.130). The
Mustangs have played twenty-seven games against Top 15 opponents, with a record of 1–25–1.
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vacated the first ten games of the 1998 season.) The NCAA's infractions committee "concluded that the assistant football coach initially suggested that the prospective student-athlete should participate in academic fraud, actively assisted in the initial fraudulent ACT, had actual knowledge of the fraud in the second ACT and finally, had reason to know that the prospect, after enrolling at the university and becoming a student-athlete, was ineligible to compete by reason of the academic fraud".
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had been sent by him or through the office and Parker said yes. A moment later, Parker decided to take a second look and put on a pair of reading glasses. He then changed his answer, pointing out the letters were printed by hand onto the envelope and then showed
Collins and Hitch, who went along with him; when pressed a second time, Parker said the envelope had not come from him directly, saying "... 'cause I don't write that way."
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two envelopes that had been allegedly sent to
Stanley and his family with money in them. One of the envelopes showed particularly damning evidence; the envelope, addressed to "Mrs. Harley Stanley", not only had come directly from the recruiting office, but the initials HLP were printed in black ink on the upper left corner in the same handwriting that the Stanleys' home address was written in. Furthermore, the envelope carried a
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stated that he questioned whether some of his teammates had even played high school football. Expected to have a winless season, the 1989 Mustangs were able to achieve a late comeback victory on
September 16, 1989 over Connecticut, 31–30; that game is now remembered by fans as "The Miracle on Mockingbird".
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who had been a star at SMU in the early 1950s. Gregg had also been the head coach for three NFL teams prior to his arrival as coach at SMU: the
Cleveland Browns from 1975 to 1977, the Cincinnati Bengals (whom he led to the Super Bowl game in his second season), from 1980 to 1983, and the Packers from
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The "naughty nine" were a group of SMU boosters who the NCAA banned from giving any further financial aid to the university after they continued to provide secret payments (to slush funds or to individual players) despite knowing the team was on probation. One of those boosters was known to be Dallas
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Collins received no personal sanctions from the NCAA for his role in the scandal, though the final report criticized him for not providing a convincing explanation for why players were still being paid after the school assured the NCAA that the payments had stopped. Nonetheless, his reputation
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Clements apologized for his role in continuing the payments in March 1987. He said that the board had "reluctantly and uncomfortably" decided to continue the payments, feeling it had to honor previous commitments. However, he said, in hindsight "we should have stopped immediately" rather than
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Berst said years later that in the committee's view, the
Mustang football program was so riddled with corruption that "there simply didn't seem to be any options left". Several members of the committee that imposed the sanctions later said that when the NCAA first enacted the "repeat violator" rules,
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Six weeks after the professors' petition, Clements admitted that he had learned about the slush fund in 1984. An investigation by the SMU Board of
Governors revealed players had been paid to play since the mid-1970s. According to Clements, the board secretly agreed to phase out the fund by the end of
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The NCAA came down significantly harder on SMU than they previously had. The school was not allowed to grant any new football scholarships for the 1985 season, and limited to fifteen for 1986. The Mustangs were also barred from postseason play for two seasons and banned from live television for 1986.
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Collins cut Stanley from the team after the 1984 season. Stanley continued to attend SMU for some time afterward but, when he was getting close to obtaining his degree, his substance abuse led the school to rescind the remainder of his scholarship. He tried to appeal the decision but SMU stood firm.
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and only a handful of scholarship athletes and continuing players". Under these circumstances, Stallcup and other officials felt the players would have faced "an undue risk of serious injury". By this time, more than half of the Mustangs' scholarship players had transferred to other schools. Also,
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The Mustangs' on-field performance almost immediately suffered. Entering 1985 as the third-ranked team by the Associated Press, SMU fell to No. 16 in the poll following a surprising blowout loss to unranked Arizona, and then fell out of the published rankings the next week after losing to conference
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Thirteen SMU players needed knee surgery after the 1989 season, compared to the usual three or four. Gregg, who left coaching to become SMU's athletic director in 1991, said years later, "I never coached a group of kids that had more courage. They thought that they could play with anyone. They were
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The players had received a total of $ 47,000 during the 1985–86 school year. Eight of those players were paid an additional $ 14,000 from September to December 1986. The payments were made with the full knowledge and approval of athletic department staff, and there was a plan to
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During his initial questioning, Hansen asked Parker if he had ever sent mail to the Stanley family. When Parker said he had not, Hansen handed the two envelopes to him. After pointing specifically to the second one, which bore the initials HLP in the upper left corner, Hansen asked if the envelopes
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joined in dissenting. Both of those schools had also recently been under NCAA investigation for improper practices. In 1982 Texas had been cited for recruiting violations, and was caught for the same thing again in 1986. Houston was paying players as well; this led to the forced retirement of their
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As a result of the death penalty, a full release was granted to every player on the team, allowing them to transfer to another school without losing any eligibility; most immediately announced they were considering going elsewhere. As soon as the NCAA announced its decision, hundreds of recruiters
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It soon became apparent, however, that the infractions committee was not willing to let SMU off lightly, even though both the enforcement staff and SMU had agreed on the above proposed sanctions. Kliever and Berst were subjected to stern questioning, and the committee stayed in session longer than
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Albert Reese was living rent-free in a Dallas apartment paid for by George Owen, one of the boosters who had already been banned from the athletic program for his role in the events leading up to the 1985 probation. Reese was suspended for the last two games of the season pending an investigation.
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After this and the results of the polygraph tests, Hansen came up with one final damning piece of evidence; he had Parker submit a sample of his handwriting for analysis. The expert Hansen consulted with confirmed that the submitted sample and the writing on the envelope came from the same person,
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Hansen later said this was the moment where he "had" Parker. Since all Hansen had had to go on was the word of Stanley and his mother, he could not have known for sure if there really had been money in the envelope. Hansen had not mentioned money when he produced the envelopes, only asking whether
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from 1973 to 1975. Though the "death penalty" had always been an option available to the NCAA, the new rule clarified its use and in some cases changed the way it would be applied. Once a school qualified as a repeat violator, the NCAA could no longer postpone judgement; it had to either hand down
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to deal with the rash of cheating that had been uncovered in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At that meeting, the NCAA Council implemented several new rules to combat the problem. Among the decisions made at that meeting was one that reinforced the NCAA's power to shut down athletic programs found
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On December 13, 2000, the NCAA placed SMU on two years' probation for Malin's fraud, as well as vacating the results of ten games of SMU's 1998 season in which Donaldson had played, which reduced SMU's record to 1–1 for the year. (SMU's 2005 media guide indicates that the NCAA
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Further supporting the idea that such a penalty is still a possibility, the NCAA handed down a "death penalty" to Morehouse in 2003 for what it deemed "a complete failure" to comply with NCAA rules and regulations, even though it was Morehouse's first major case of infractions. In the Penn State
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Since resuming play in 1989, SMU has played a total of 393 regular-season games, with an overall record of 143–247–3 (.367), including a record of 6–54–1 (.100) against top-25 ranked opponents. The Mustangs have gone
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The 1989 Mustangs bore almost no resemblance to their slush-fund-supported predecessors, which had been consistently ranked and had contended for the national championship as recently as 1982. The new players were younger, smaller, and less experienced than their opponents; one team captain later
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Combined with the year-plus ban on off-campus recruiting, this led to speculation that SMU's football team would not be ready to play in 1988. Indeed, as early as February 27—two days after the sanctions were announced—school officials expressed doubt that SMU would have enough players to field a
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The far-reaching effect of imposing the "death penalty" on SMU has reportedly made the NCAA reluctant to issue another one. Since 1987, 31 schools have each committed two major violations within a five-year period, thus making them eligible for it. In that time, however, the NCAA has seriously
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followed, with the team finishing 6–5 for the year. In 1986, the team did not do better. A 5–1 start was followed by a three-game losing streak, and SMU again finished at 6–5 despite breaking into the top 20 of the AP at midseason and
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focused on a university football team in a predicament very similar to the one SMU faced four years earlier. The team was forced to start the season with an almost entirely new team after the previous staff and all but one player were banned due to violations similar to the ones found at SMU.
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as state governor as a result of admitting his role in the payments; two state legislators argued that he would have never been elected had he honestly addressed his role in the scandal. Though he was not impeached, the scandal effectively ended Clements' political career; he did not run for
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As a result, the NCAA canceled SMU's 1987 season, the first time it had canceled a member's entire football season. The university opted to sit out the 1988 season as well due to concerns it would be unable to field a competitive team. The two-year hiatus had long-term effects on the program.
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in the NFL) about his size until Dickerson finally had enough. He grabbed Stanley and threatened physical violence against him, reminding him that he was a high school student talking to a professional football player and had not earned the right to talk down to Dickerson. After the meeting,
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The committee praised SMU for cooperating with the investigation, saying that Kliever's efforts "went far beyond what could fairly be expected of a single faculty athletics representative". It also praised SMU's stated intent to operate within the rules when it returned to the field. This
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the university launched a media campaign which caused its average home attendance to double from 26,000 to 52,000. Even as attendance grew, however, SMU's win–loss record was not significantly improving; through Meyer's first four years there, the team's record was
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developer George Owen, who was outright banned from the NCAA. It was initially said that the other names would never be revealed, but they were soon identified: John Appleton, Sherwood Blount, Ken Andrews, Ronnie Horowitz, Jack Ryan, Reid Ryan, William Stevens, and George Wilmont.
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later identified the booster as Dallas real-estate developer Sherwood Blount, Jr., who had played for the Mustangs from 1969 to 1971 (though according to Parker, other boosters were almost certainly involved in it as well). Blount had served as agent for SMU running back
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During the fraud investigation, the NCAA also discovered violations regarding recruiting and tryouts dating back to 1995, and mandated the extension of several self-imposed sanctions SMU had made on coaches' recruiting and official campus visits by high school recruits.
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On April 11, 1987, SMU formally canceled its 1988 football season. Acting president William Stallcup said that under the circumstances, SMU could not possibly field a competitive team in 1988. The only way SMU could have returned that year, Stallcup said, was with
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16–27 and they had not had a winning season. Reasoning that the team still lacked talent and size, he turned more of his attention to recruiting the biggest and best new players he could get. His first major find had been
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viable team in 1988. That day, acting athletic director Dudley Parker said that the football team would not return in 1988 "unless we can really have a team" rather than merely "a bunch of youngsters (who) aren't capable of competing".
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resigned for health reasons; Hitch and Collins followed suit a few days later. According to a later United Methodist Church investigation, SMU paid Hitch, Collins and Parker $ 850,000 each to maintain their silence on the matter.
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it never anticipated that a situation meriting a death penalty would happen. However, they said their investigation of SMU revealed a program completely out of control. The director of enforcement for the NCAA at the time was
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usual. On February 20, Berst told Kliever that SMU would indeed get a "death penalty." Ultimately, the committee voted unanimously to cancel SMU's entire 1987 football season and all four of its scheduled home games in 1988.
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that when they met, the first thing Stanley did was remark that Dickerson (who was 6'3", taller than Stanley by two inches) was "not that big" in his eyes. Stanley kept needling Dickerson (who was in his rookie year with the
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at the school. In a 2022 interview, McIlhenny said that he had once confronted his coach about other players receiving envelopes of cash, and the next day discovered US$ 700 (equivalent to $ 2,210 in 2023) in his locker.
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The SWC suffered greatly as a result of the scandal. It already had a dubious reputation from the number of NCAA violations at its member schools (at one point, only three of its nine members—Arkansas, Baylor, and Rice—were
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Stopperich had nagging injuries carrying over from his high school days. He left SMU in 1985 and returned home to Pittsburgh. When the University of Pittsburgh would not offer him another scholarship, he enrolled at
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When the NCAA became aware of the payments, SMU was placed on probation and excluded from bowl games and television for a year; under these conditions the team won the SWC championship and was ranked fifth in the
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Next to the cancellation of two seasons, the most severe sanction in the long term was the loss of 55 scholarships over four years. As a result, the Mustangs did not have a full complement of scholarships until
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SMU had been placed on their most recent probation. If there was proof that Parker or the recruiting office had sent money to the Stanleys on October 4, it would subject the school to the Repeat Violator Rule.
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as part of that conference's own major expansion. The collapse of the SWC likely ruined any chance that SMU might quickly recover from the death penalty. Later, SMU moved with Rice and fellow Texas WAC member
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the 1986 season (rather than ending it sooner) because the members felt duty-bound to honor commitments to players who had already been promised payments. A 1987 investigation by the College of Bishops of the
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two weeks earlier, announced that the school would tighten its admissions standards for all athletes, and that they would drop the football program entirely if necessary to restore the school's integrity.
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The nature of the violations led to speculation about the possibility of SMU receiving the death penalty. The revelations had come at a time of general concern over the integrity of US college sports.
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for payments to recruits and players from the early 1970s onward. In early 1987, the NCAA investigated SMU's football program for these and other violations, and imposed what is referred to as the "
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on probation), and the discovery of SMU's persistent cheating was a blow from which the conference never recovered. Arkansas left the conference after the 1991 athletic season to join the
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in Fort Worth, the game was held at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Despite playing this game on home turf, they lost 16–14. In 2011, the Mustangs were invited to the
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SMU's next probation came as the result of an investigation into the recruiting practices of several assistant coaches and boosters. NCAA investigators learned from Sean Stopperich, an
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revealed that Clements had met with Hitch in 1985, and the two agreed that despite the probation, the payments had to continue because the football program had "a payroll to meet".
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case, the NCAA said that the death penalty was primarily reserved for repeat violators that neither cooperated with the NCAA nor made any effort to implement corrective measures.
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announced it was looking to expand its membership and looked to the SWC for candidates. SMU was not one of them; the Big Eight invited Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and
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who had been a highly sought-after recruit, was part of the same 1983 recruiting class as Sean Stopperich. When he arrived at SMU, Stanley was also dealing with a
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football and men's basketball in 2012. It has handed down a "death penalty" only twice since 1987, both to smaller schools—
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on November 11, 1989. The Mustangs lost the game 59–6; defensive coordinator
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Clements apologizes for SMU role; governor fails to name others involved in football payments
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quality people. It was one of the most pleasurable experiences in my football life. Period."
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2639:"SMU dismisses coach, imposes sanctions after independent investigation of rules violations"
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that director Thaddeus Matula, himself an SMU alumnus, tried to contact both former coach
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Penn State President Erickson on NCAA sanctions: 'We had our backs to the wall on this'
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documentary series profiled the SMU football scandal in one of its productions.
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in 1988 and was cut after three games. He died in his sleep in 2005 at age 41.
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1351:"Southern Methodist University Anniversary Records: A Guide to the Collection"
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1934:"SoonerFamily • View topic – Dan Beebe named Big 12 Conference Commissioner"
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2416:"SMU returns to AP Top 25 for first time since getting NCAA death penalty"
2259:"Southern Methodist University has extended sanctions against only one..."
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SMU May Sit Out Through '88; Inability to Compete Under Sanctions Is Cited
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2665:"1998 SMU Mustangs Stats - College Football at Sports-Reference.com"
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1543:"In NIL era, does SMU's Pony Express legacy deserve another look?"
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later referred to Meyer as the greatest salesman he had ever met.
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2641:. Southern Methodist University. December 8, 1999. Archived from
2180:"SMU's Death Penalty: The recruiting scandal that refuses to die"
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games on the radio for many years and grew up in Texas watching
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was ruined. Though he was a finalist for a coaching position at
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getting as high as #18. Their losses included a shutout against
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penalties near the goal line to avoid scoring more touchdowns.
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guilty of egregious violations—a power popularly known as the "
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threw six touchdown passes against SMU in the first half, and
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Once-powerful SMU program still struggles to regain relevance
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from 80 universities—including such powerhouses as Oklahoma,
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at the end of the 1986 season, and later to stiff penalties.
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Padron's record 460 yards spur SMU to 1st bowl win since '84
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Bobby Collins, Bob Hitch, and Henry Lee Parker caught lying
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In November 1999, twelve years after SMU's death penalty,
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2688:"Southern Methodist University Public Infractions Report"
2121:"Sean Stopperich and the SMU Death Penalty – Brian Cuban"
1569:"Eric Dickerson Admits Origin of Legendary Gold Trans Am"
1376:"Southern Methodist: .500 or Lower Seasons (Min 8 Games)"
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and was willing to testify under oath that they matched.
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the penalty or explain why it was choosing not to do so.
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re-election in 1990. He died in 2011 at the age of 94.
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was already struggling to compete with its rival paper
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https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-stanldav001
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since 1968 with a high-powered running offense led by
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SMU considers scrapping its 1988 football season, too
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In addition to the media personalities, head coaches
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unethical methods of recruiting and retaining players
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2096:"Pittsburgh Prep Star's Story Led to SMU Penalties"
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University of Southern California athletics scandal
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SMU lost 55 new scholarship positions over 4 years.
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1404:Director: Thaddeus D. Matula (December 11, 2010).
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1378:. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from
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1443:"Coach Who Revived S.M.U. Looks Back With Pride"
1221:during his brief period there in the early 1980s
3707:John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
2524:NCAA imposes postseason bans for Texas Southern
2162:"Coroner rules cocaine killed ex-football star"
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21:Southern Methodist University football scandal
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2747:"NCAA slaps SMU with additional sanctions"
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4000:1987 Southwest Conference football season
3657:Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
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2541:NCAA's once-rabid watchdog loses its bite
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259:. Losses to Arkansas, Texas A&M and
29:National Collegiate Athletic Association
3985:1980 controversies in the United States
2554:"Legislative Services Database – LSDBi"
2470:"Legislative Services Database – LSDBi"
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1859:"Legislative Services Database – LSDBi"
1819:Bears ignore clouded past of No. 2 pick
1795:"20 years after SMU's football scandal"
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295:Southwestern Louisiana men's basketball
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2441:Stevenson, Stefan (December 2, 2023).
2422:. Associated Press. September 29, 2019
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3576:National championship seasons in bold
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1955:Frank, Peter H. (February 28, 1987).
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1056:Misconduct in SMU football after 1987
552:SMU bribes Hitch, Collins, and Parker
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2572:A small school gets a big punishment
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897:Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
2062:"SMU BOOSTERS KEEP SWC POT BOILING"
2025:'88 football season canceled by SMU
1738:Embry, Jason (September 27, 2018).
1670:Chronology of the SMU Investigation
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1237:, longtime Dallas sports radio host
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293:in 1952–53 and
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3856:George W. Bush Presidential Center
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2094:Robbins, Danny (August 25, 1985).
1711:Sullivan, Robert; and Craig Neff.
1541:Cowlishaw, Tim (August 12, 2022).
1303:Penn State child sex abuse scandal
1042:investigation of Baylor basketball
745:Short-term effects on SMU football
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690:in 1990 (which eventually went to
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2335:Norcross, Don (October 1, 2021).
2291:"'Death Penalty' Still Hurts SMU"
1602:"Daring to Take on the Home Team"
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322:David Stanley, a former Mustangs
90:In the winter of 1975, SMU hired
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2745:Cash, Rana (December 14, 2000).
1880:NCAA cancels SMU's 1987 football
1600:Taafe, William (March 9, 1987).
1280:reporter Barry Horn's review of
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2289:Drago, Mike (August 11, 1996).
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1353:. Southern Methodist University
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113:Little Rock Central High School
96:University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4020:College football controversies
1903:SMU death penalty announcement
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867:to join what would become the
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268:, giving up 61 points against
208:Escalation under Bobby Collins
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3616:Southern Methodist University
2958:Best Dressed Band in the Land
2719:. p. 147. Archived from
2717:SMU Football 2005 Media Guide
2144:"Ex-football star found dead"
1441:Drape, Joe (August 1, 2012).
1337:
1159:director of player personnel
728:; he made the roster for the
396:was eventually bought by the
343:Campisi's Egyptian Restaurant
33:Southern Methodist University
25:SMU Mustangs football program
3886:McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
2142:Belser, Ann (July 1, 1995),
1957:"SCOUTS SEEK S.M.U. PLAYERS"
1610:. p. 30. Archived from
893:American Athletic Conference
749:SMU returned to football in
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192:late in the fourth quarter.
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2317:Rebuilding a Shattered Team
1837:Booster linked to SMU graft
1689:Revolt in a Football Palace
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1139:, and hall of fame coaches
970:at No. 24 on September 29,
940:Conference USA Championship
873:Western Athletic Conference
35:(SMU), located in suburban
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3677:Lyle School of Engineering
3672:Perkins School of Theology
3667:Meadows School of the Arts
2963:1935 "Game of the Century"
2182:. Fortune. August 29, 2013
1085:More recruiting violations
1061:Steve Malin academic fraud
877:Texas Christian University
86:Beginnings under Ron Meyer
23:occurred in 1987 when the
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3831:SMU–Rice football rivalry
3826:SMU–Navy football rivalry
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3712:Maguire Center for Ethics
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2690:. NCAA. December 13, 2000
1745:Austin American-Statesman
1516:Whitford, David (2013) .
997:Texas Southern University
913:Atlantic Coast Conference
345:. Dickerson recounted in
291:Kentucky men's basketball
3836:SMU–TCU football rivalry
2810:video-based oral history
1800:San Antonio Express-News
1414:. Season 1. Episode 30.
1313:
891:In 2013, SMU joined the
808:'s hand after the game.
726:Canadian Football League
245:University of Pittsburgh
218:1983 Cotton Bowl Classic
182:Brigham Young University
154:National Football League
3995:1980 in sports in Texas
3906:Pot Creek Cultural Site
2341:San Diego Union-Tribune
2148:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1547:The Dallas Morning News
1115:As noted above, ESPN's
1067:The Dallas Morning News
1030:dropped the (atom) bomb
854:Southeastern Conference
761:lineman with the NFL's
514:United Methodist Church
448:revealed that starting
389:The Dallas Morning News
3785:Gerald J. Ford Stadium
3652:Cox School of Business
2893:Gerald J. Ford Stadium
2889:(1972–1973, 1979–1986)
2883:(1932–1978, 1995–1999)
2877:(1926–1948, 1989–1994)
2043:SMU cancels '88 season
1913:McCullough, J. Brady.
1038:
1017:men's tennis in 2005.
956:Amon G. Carter Stadium
835:Long-term consequences
779:Gerald J. Ford Stadium
662:Effects on individuals
423:dated October 4, 1985—
4030:SMU Mustangs football
2903:Bowls & rivalries
2848:SMU Mustangs football
2710:"Records and Results"
2131:on February 24, 2015.
1069:reported on possible
1026:
1022:University of Florida
730:Winnipeg Blue Bombers
565:SMU's "death penalty"
540:, was drafted by the
415:, which they passed.
3936:Alumni and attendees
3821:SMU football scandal
3662:Dedman School of Law
2543:. ESPN, 2002-11-28.
1920:The Kansas City Star
1298:Death penalty (NCAA)
875:along with Rice and
861:Big Eight Conference
769:Games were moved to
525:Tampa Bay Buccaneers
457:Professors' petition
276:Repeat Violator Rule
202:New England Patriots
135:Kashmere High School
41:Southwest Conference
2999:Statistical leaders
2779:. December 4, 2010.
2757:on January 24, 2001
2751:Dallas Morning News
2726:on November 7, 2011
2613:Dallas Morning News
2448:Dallas Morning News
2315:Woodbury, Richard.
2048:The Washington Post
1993:The Washington Post
1885:The Washington Post
1775:The Washington Post
1675:The Washington Post
1567:Coleman, Madeline.
1101:Necessary Roughness
993:Penn State football
986:Effects on the NCAA
964:Birmingham, Alabama
627:No football in 1988
479:Slush fund revealed
379:Dallas Times Herald
212:Meyer's successor,
4015:Cheating in sports
3769:Women's volleyball
3749:Women's basketball
2946:Culture & lore
2619:on January 6, 2002
2499:Centre Daily Times
2493:2012-07-26 at the
2297:. Associated Press
2208:. January 11, 1987
2125:www.briancuban.com
1961:The New York Times
1936:. Soonerfamily.com
1807:on August 3, 2009.
1725:Sports Illustrated
1718:2008-07-20 at the
1657:Sports Illustrated
1607:Sports Illustrated
1573:Sports Illustrated
1494:Sports Illustrated
1488:2008-10-13 at the
1447:The New York Times
1174:, who also called
1094:In popular culture
533:. A third player,
4010:Academic scandals
3972:
3971:
3941:Faculty and staff
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2973:2022 Houston game
2798:
2486:Minemeyer, Chip.
2364:(July 23, 2012).
2295:The Seattle Times
2206:Los Angeles Times
2166:Observer-Reporter
2100:Los Angeles Times
2011:Chicago Sun-Times
1842:Chicago Sun-Times
1824:Chicago Sun-Times
1768:Munoz, T. James.
1713:Shame on you, SMU
1527:978-0-8032-4885-4
1518:A Payroll to Meet
1483:What Price Glory?
1481:Reed, William F.
1382:on August 7, 2008
1199:Chuck Cooperstein
1015:MacMurray College
1004:Morehouse College
960:BBVA Compass Bowl
948:Armed Forces Bowl
911:, SMU joined the
869:Big 12 Conference
763:Green Bay Packers
713:Temple University
688:Mississippi State
558:L. Donald Shields
360:Dallas–Fort Worth
233:offensive lineman
224:and a win in the
186:1980 Holiday Bowl
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