Rivalry leaderboard
Battle for the Iron Skillet Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 52/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 103
- Series record
- SMU 42-54-7 TCU
- Tracked years
- 1915-2025
- Trophy
- Iron Skillet
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
11 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1982Week 4
TCU at SMU
TCU 13, SMU 16
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. No. 6 SMU · 3-point margin
Ranking 20/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
52
Game score
- 1955Week 11
SMU at TCU
SMU 13, TCU 20
Winner: TCU
Unranked SMU vs. No. 7 TCU · 7-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1983Week 5
SMU at TCU
SMU 21, TCU 17
Winner: SMU
No. 13 SMU vs. Unranked TCU · 4-point margin
Ranking 13/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1984Week 6
TCU at SMU
TCU 17, SMU 26
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. No. 10 SMU · 9-point margin
Ranking 16/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1959Week 12
SMU at TCU
SMU 0, TCU 19
Winner: TCU
Unranked SMU vs. No. 7 TCU · 19-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 2003Week 15
TCU at SMU
TCU 20, SMU 13
Winner: TCU
No. 19 TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 7-point margin
Ranking 7/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1961Week 12
TCU at SMU
TCU 28, SMU 28
Result: Tie
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1948Week 12
SMU at TCU
SMU 7, TCU 7
Result: Tie
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked TCU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1947Week 12
TCU at SMU
TCU 19, SMU 19
Result: Tie
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1936Week 11
SMU at TCU
SMU 0, TCU 0
Result: Tie
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked TCU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1931Week 12
TCU at SMU
TCU 0, SMU 0
Result: Tie
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1929Week 11
TCU at SMU
TCU 7, SMU 7
Result: Tie
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1922Week 11
TCU at SMU
TCU 0, SMU 0
Result: Tie
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1926Week 11
TCU at SMU
TCU 13, SMU 14
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1973Week 14
TCU at SMU
TCU 19, SMU 21
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1971Week 12
TCU at SMU
TCU 18, SMU 16
Winner: TCU
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1969Week 5
TCU at SMU
TCU 17, SMU 19
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1941Week 11
SMU at TCU
SMU 13, TCU 15
Winner: TCU
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked TCU · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1997Week 14
SMU at TCU
SMU 18, TCU 21
Winner: TCU
Unranked SMU vs. Unranked TCU · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1996Week 14
TCU at SMU
TCU 24, SMU 27
Winner: SMU
Unranked TCU vs. Unranked SMU · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.