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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.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 42-54-7
- Current streak
- TCU 1 game
- Longest streak
- SMU 15 games (1972-1986)
- Avg. margin / points
- 14.4 / 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.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
SMU and TCU have a tracked series that starts in 1915 and spans 104 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Iron Skillet gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1915-2025
- Busiest era
- 1930s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 3 years (1917-1921)
- 1930s10 games
- 1940s10 games
- 1950s10 games
- 1960s10 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2025 - Sep 20, 2025
SMU 24, TCU 35. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1961 - Dec 2, 1961
SMU 28, TCU 28. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2024 - Sep 21, 2024
SMU 66, TCU 42. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
2014 - Sep 27, 2014
SMU 0, TCU 56. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- SMU 2, TCU 3 across 5 games
- Last ten
- SMU 3, TCU 7 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 37.2, average margin 14.4.
- Current streak
- TCU 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Jordan Hudson
SMU, 2025
Receiving Yards: 766
Kevin Jennings
SMU, 2025
Passing Yards: 3641
TJ Harden
SMU, 2025
Rushing Yards: 787
Eric McAlister
TCU, 2025
Receiving Yards: 1190
Jeremy Payne
TCU, 2025
Rushing Yards: 623
Josh Hoover
TCU, 2025
Passing Yards: 3472
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
Rhett Lashlee
SMU - 2022-2025 - 29-12
Sonny Dykes
TCU - 2022-2025 - 27-13
Jim Leavitt
SMU - 2021 - 0-0
Sonny Dykes
SMU - 2021 - 8-4
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 89F, 1 windy.
Ranking context is available through the rankings archive and team season-result pages.
SMU team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
TCU team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
SMU season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
TCU season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
SMU weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
TCU weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
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
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2025 | SMU at TCU | SMU 24, TCU 35 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | TCU |
| Sep 21, 2024 | TCU at SMU | SMU 66, TCU 42 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Sep 23, 2023 | SMU at TCU | SMU 17, TCU 34 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Sep 24, 2022 | TCU at SMU | SMU 34, TCU 42 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Sep 25, 2021 | SMU at TCU | SMU 42, TCU 34 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Sep 21, 2019 | SMU at TCU | SMU 41, TCU 38 | Venue unavailable | SMU |
| Sep 8, 2018 | TCU at SMU | SMU 12, TCU 42 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Sep 16, 2017 | SMU at TCU | SMU 36, TCU 56 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Sep 24, 2016 | TCU at SMU | SMU 3, TCU 33 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Sep 20, 2015 | SMU at TCU | SMU 37, TCU 56 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
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