Safeway Bowl

Safeway Bowl
SportFootball
First meetingOctober 7, 1922
SMU 66, North Texas State Normal 0
Latest meetingNovember 10, 2023
SMU 45, North Texas 21
Statistics
Meetings total43
All-time seriesSMU leads 36–6–1 (.849)[1]
Largest victorySMU, 68–0 (1927)
Longest win streakSMU, 11 (1934–1976)
Current win streakSMU, 5 (2019–present)
Locations of North Texas and SMU

The Safeway Bowl is the name given to the North Texas–SMU football rivalry.[2] It is a college football rivalry game between the Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team and the University of North Texas Mean Green football team, two universities in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference series was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Safeway Bowl returns to Denton for the 5th time in 96 years – North Texas Daily". August 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Gregory, Dekota (September 1, 2018). "North Texas shines in all phases, thumping SMU in Safeway Bowl". Underdog Dynasty.