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Rivalry History

Battle for the Iron Skillet

SMU and TCU have met 104 times since 1915. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
42-54-7
Current streak
TCU 1 game
Longest streak
SMU 15 games (1972-1986)
Avg. margin / points
-3.6 / 37.2

Series overview

SMU 42-54-7 TCU. Current streak: TCU 1 game.

Last five meetings

SMU 2 | TCU 3

Largest margin

56 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1915 through 2025.
  • 103 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Sep 20, 2025.

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Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Sep 20, 2025SMU at TCUSMU 24, TCU 35Amon G. Carter StadiumTCU
Sep 21, 2024TCU at SMUSMU 66, TCU 42Venue unavailableSMU
Sep 23, 2023SMU at TCUSMU 17, TCU 34Venue unavailableTCU
Sep 24, 2022TCU at SMUSMU 34, TCU 42Venue unavailableTCU
Sep 25, 2021SMU at TCUSMU 42, TCU 34Venue unavailableSMU
Sep 21, 2019SMU at TCUSMU 41, TCU 38Venue unavailableSMU
Sep 8, 2018TCU at SMUSMU 12, TCU 42Venue unavailableTCU
Sep 16, 2017SMU at TCUSMU 36, TCU 56Venue unavailableTCU
Sep 24, 2016TCU at SMUSMU 3, TCU 33Venue unavailableTCU
Sep 20, 2015SMU at TCUSMU 37, TCU 56Venue unavailableTCU