When Southern Methodist University plays Michigan this Saturday, it will be the second ever matchup between the two teams. The first happened 65 years ago, with the Maize and Blue winning 27-16 in Ann Arbor.
This column focuses on recent history, but there is not a whole lot of bad blood — or any blood — between the programs.
The only meeting between the Wolverines and Mustangs came while SMU was still a member of the Southwest Conference, but they now find themselves in the somewhat new American Athletic Conference. This is good news for Michigan, who has found success in recent encounters with SMU’s peers in the AAC.