The Zeitgeist List · rivalries
Battle for the Iron Skillet
See both programs’ full 91-year Zeitgeist History, side by side →TCU leads the all-time series 54–42–7. They've met 103 times since 1915. SMU once took 15 straight.
Stature & the series, 1915–2025
Both programs’ standing over time in their colors, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won.
all-time
42–54–7
TCU leads
streak
1
TCU in a row
longest run
15
SMU
biggest win
56
TCU, 2014
first met
1915
103 meetings
The coaching duels
Madison Bell vs Dutch Meyer4–4–3
June Jones vs Gary Patterson1–6
Bill Meek vs Abe Martin1–3–1
Hayden Fry vs Abe Martin1–4
Tom Rossley vs Pat Sullivan3–2
Recent meetings
2025TCU35–24
2024SMU66–42
2023TCU34–17
2022TCU42–34
2021SMU42–34
2019SMU41–38
2018TCU42–12
2017TCU56–36
2016TCU33–3
2015TCU56–37
2014TCU56–0
2013TCU48–17
2012TCU24–16
2011SMU40–33