TCU and SMU will meet for the 93rd time on Saturday. Here are 15 facts and figures about the teams and the series:
0: Number of times TCU has done a color block at a football game. TCU athletics is encouraging fans to wear purple or white depending on their seat location. Last season, TCU had a “blackout” against Kansas State.
3: Years TCU and SMU have not played each other since 1925. The Mustangs didn’t have teams in 1987 and 1988. The Frogs and Mustangs chose not to meet in 2006.
7: Wins in a row for TCU following bye weeks since 2006.
11: Wins for TCU over the last 13 games in the series. The Frogs have taken five of the last six contests, including last year’s rain-soaked game in Dallas.
25: Years since a TCU quarterback ran for 100 yards in a game before Trevone Boykin posted a team-high 101 yards against Texas Tech. Scott Ankrom did it against Baylor in 1988.
37.67: Completions per game for SMU quarterback Garrett Gilbert, which leads the nation. Gilbert also ranks seventh in passing yards (338.3 per game) and total offense (372.7).
75: Points TCU has scored this season while allowing 74. The Frogs have outscored their opponents in the third (24-14) and fourth quarters (24-20) this season.
1-6: SMU head coach Junes Jones’ record against TCU. The coach’s lone win came in 2011.
9-2: Patterson’s record against SMU as TCU’s head coach. As an assistant coach versus SMU, he went 4-2 in stints at Navy, New Mexico and TCU.
16-0: SMU’s record when scoring first over the team’s past 31 games. The Mustangs are 0-15 when they don’t score first.
40-33: Final score of the last Battle for the Iron Skillet in Fort Worth. SMU won the game in overtime on a 19-yard touchdown pass from quarterback J.J. McDermott to receiver Jeremy Johnson.
45-40-7: TCU’s overall record against the Mustangs. The series started in 1915 with a 43-0 TCU win in Fort Worth.
75-12: TCU’s record in games played on Saturdays over the past nine years.
1936: The year SMU and TCU claimed the national championship. Both teams are recognized as the champion in the NCAA record books. SMU won the head-to-head match up that year, 20-14.
2004-07: Seasons TCU co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Rusty Burns roamed the SMU sidelines. Burns held the same positions at SMU.
