AUSTIN, Texas — Ron Meyer, the football coach behind SMU’s powerhouse “Pony Express” teams and whose call for a snowplow to clear a spot so the New England Patriots could kick the game-winning field goal against Miami in one of the NFL’s most memorable moments, has died at the age of 76.

Meyer died Tuesday in Austin, said Rev. Bobbi Kaye Jones of Tarrytown United Methodist Church. Details on Meyer’s death, which was first announced by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and former SMU and NFL star Eric Dickerson on social media, were not immediately available.

Dickerson played for Meyer at SMU from 1979-1981.

That was SMU’s heyday, when the Mustangs, led by running backs Dickerson and Craig James, turned a middling program into a Southwest Conference champion before it skidded toward the NCAA’s “death penalty” ruling for jaw-dropping rules violations.