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Bluebonnet Battle
Baylor and TCU have met 121 times since 1899. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 50-60-5
- Current streak
- TCU 1 game
- Longest streak
- TCU 8 games (1964-1971)
- Avg. margin / points
- 14.0 / 35.8
Series overview
Baylor 50-60-5 TCU. Current streak: TCU 1 game.
Last five meetings
Baylor 1 | TCU 4
Largest margin
52 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1899 through 2025.
- 115 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Oct 18, 2025.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Baylor and TCU have a tracked series that starts in 1899 and spans 121 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Bluebonnet Shield gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1899-2025
- Busiest era
- 1900s, 17 games
- Longest pause
- 10 years (1995-2006)
- 1900s17 games
- 1910s10 games
- 1930s10 games
- 1950s10 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 - Oct 18, 2025
Baylor 36, TCU 42. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1952 - Nov 1, 1952
Baylor 20, TCU 20. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2014 - Oct 11, 2014
Baylor 61, TCU 58. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
1910 - Oct 22, 1910
Baylor 52, TCU 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Baylor 1, TCU 4 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Baylor 2, TCU 8 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 35.8, average margin 14.0.
- 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.
Bryson Washington
Baylor, 2025
Rushing Yards: 788
Josh Cameron
Baylor, 2025
Receiving Yards: 872
Sawyer Robertson
Baylor, 2025
Passing Yards: 3681
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.
Dave Aranda
Baylor - 2021-2025 - 29-23
Sonny Dykes
TCU - 2022-2025 - 27-13
Gary Patterson
TCU - 2021 - 3-5
Jerry Kill
TCU - 2021 - 2-2
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 65F, 1 windy, 2 with precipitation.
Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 1 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.
Baylor team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
TCU team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Baylor season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
TCU season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Baylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | Baylor at TCU | Baylor 36, TCU 42 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | TCU |
| Nov 3, 2024 | TCU at Baylor | Baylor 37, TCU 34 | Venue unavailable | Baylor |
| Nov 18, 2023 | Baylor at TCU | Baylor 17, TCU 42 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Nov 19, 2022 | TCU at Baylor | Baylor 28, TCU 29 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Nov 6, 2021 | Baylor at TCU | Baylor 28, TCU 30 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Oct 31, 2020 | TCU at Baylor | Baylor 23, TCU 33 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Baylor at TCU | Baylor 29, TCU 23 | Venue unavailable | Baylor |
| Nov 17, 2018 | TCU at Baylor | Baylor 9, TCU 16 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Baylor at TCU | Baylor 22, TCU 45 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
| Nov 5, 2016 | TCU at Baylor | Baylor 22, TCU 62 | Venue unavailable | TCU |
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