Safeway Bowl

North Texas Mean Green

SMU Mustangs

Sport

Football

First meeting

October 7, 1922
SMU 66, North Texas 0

Latest meeting

September 3, 2016
SMU 34, North Texas 21

Next meeting

September 9, 2017

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

SMU leads 30–5–1 (.847)

Largest victory

SMU, 68–0 (1927)
North Texas, 43–6 (2014)

Longest win streak

SMU, 11 (1934–76)

Current win streak

SMU, 2 (2015–present)

SMU

Locations in Texas

The Safeway Bowl is a college football rivalry game between the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs football team and the University of North Texas (UNT) Mean Green football team, two universities in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its name is derived from a challenge from then UNT head coach Matt Simon issued in 1994 after a two-year break in the series, stating "I'd like to play because I think we could beat them, and my players feel the same way. If they'd like to play on a Safeway parking lot ... just give us a date and time."^[1]

The schools have played 35 times dating back to 1922 with two hiatuses from 1992–2006 and from 2007–2014. The most recent meetings between the two teams occurred in 2016, when the Mustangs defeated the Mean Green 34-21. In 2013, North Texas announced that the teams would play each other each year between 2014 and 2025, alternating home fields between each year.^[2]

Game results

SMU victories	North Texas victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 7, 1922	Armstrong Field	SMU	66–0
2	February 29, 1923	Armstrong Field	SMU	41–0
3	September 27, 1924	Armstrong Field	SMU	7–0
4	September 26, 1925	Armstrong Field	SMU	48–0
5	September 24, 1926	Ownby Stadium	SMU	42–0
6	September 24, 1927	Ownby Stadium	SMU	68–0
7	September 22, 1928	Ownby Stadium	SMU	60–6
8	September 21, 1929	Ownby Stadium	SMU	13–3
9	September 26, 1931	Ownby Stadium	SMU	13–0
10	September 24, 1932	Ownby Stadium	Tie	0–0
11	September 23, 1933	Ownby Stadium	North Texas	7–0
12	September 22, 1934	Ownby Stadium	SMU	33–0
13	September 21, 1935	Ownby Stadium	SMU	39–0
14	September 26, 1936	Ownby Stadium	SMU	6–0
15	September 25, 1937	Ownby Stadium	SMU	14–0
16	September 24, 1938	Ownby Stadium	SMU	34–7
17	October 7, 1939	Ownby Stadium	SMU	16–0
18	October 5, 1940	Ownby Stadium	SMU	20–0
19	September 27, 1941	Ownby Stadium	SMU	54–0

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
20	September 26, 1942	Ownby Stadium	SMU	26–7
21	September 14, 1974	Cotton Bowl	SMU	7–6
22	September 25, 1976	Cotton Bowl	SMU	38–31
23	September 17, 1977	Texas Stadium	North Texas	24–13
24	September 22, 1979	Texas Stadium	SMU	20–9
25	September 13, 1980	Texas Stadium	SMU	28–9
26	September 12, 1981	Texas Stadium	SMU	34–7
27	October 2, 1982	Texas Stadium	SMU	38–10
28	September 22, 1984	Texas Stadium	SMU	24–6
29	October 28, 1989	Ownby Stadium	SMU	35–9
30	October 6, 1990	Fouts Field	North Texas	14–7
31	September 12, 1992	Ownby Stadium	SMU	28–14
32	September 9, 2006	Fouts Field	North Texas	24–6
33	September 8, 2007	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	SMU	45–31
34	September 6, 2014	Apogee Stadium	North Texas	43–6
35	September 12, 2015	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	SMU	31–13
36	September 3, 2016	Apogee Stadium	SMU	34–21
Series: SMU leads 30–5–1

References

↑ Watkins, Calvin (2005-02-08). "SMU, North Texas to Resume Football Series". The Dallas Morning News.
↑ Capper, Eric (2013). "Future Non-Conference Schedules". North Texas 2013 Football Prospectus (PDF) (Prospectus). Denton, Texas: University of North Texas. p. 13.

North Texas Mean Green football

Venues	Fouts Field (1952–2010) Apogee Stadium (2011–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games SMU: Safeway Bowl UTSA

Culture & lore	Marching band 2007 Navy game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

SMU Mustangs football

Venues	Ownby Stadium (1926–48, 1989–94) Cotton Bowl (1932–78, 1995–2000) Texas Stadium (1972–73, 1979–86) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet

Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Southern Methodist University football scandal

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

American Athletic Conference football rivalries

Conference	Civil Conflict (Connecticut–UCF) East Carolina–UCF Houston–SMU Houston–Tulsa Gansz Trophy (SMU–Navy) War on I-4 (USF-UCF)

Non-conference	Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) Connecticut–Massachusetts Ramnapping Trophy (Connecticut–Rhode Island) East Carolina–Marshall East Carolina–NC State Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Louisville–Memphis Paint Bucket Bowl (Memphis–Arkansas State) Memphis–Ole Miss Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) Army–Navy Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Navy–Air Force–Army) Crab Bowl Classic (Navy–Maryland) Navy–Notre Dame Rice–SMU Safeway Bowl (SMU–North Texas) SMU–TCU Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova) Tulane–Auburn Georgia Tech–Tulane Ole Miss–Tulane Battle for the Bell (Tulane–Southern Miss) Battle for the Rag (Tulane–LSU) Oklahoma State–Tulsa

Conference USA football rivalries

Conference	100 Miles of Hate (Middle Tennessee-Western Kentucky) North Texas–UTSA Rivalry in Dixie (Louisiana Tech–Southern Miss) Shula Bowl (FIU–Florida Atlantic) Southern Miss-UAB

Non-conference	Battle for the Bell (Marshall–Ohio) Battle for the Bell (Southern Miss–Tulane) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle for the Red Belt (Murray State–Western Kentucky) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Bluegrass (Eastern Kentucky–Western Kentucky) Louisiana Tech–ULM Bayou Bucket Classic (Houston–Rice) Black and Blue Bowl (Memphis–Southern Miss) East Carolina–Marshall Friends of Coal Bowl (Marshall–West Virginia) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Mayor's Cup (Rice–SMU) Safeway Bowl (North Texas–SMU) Rice–Texas

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