TCU
SMU
#16 Football Ready for Rivalry Game at SMU
9/3/2018 11:02:00 PM | Football
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Date: Friday, Sept. 7, 2018
Time: 8:50 p.m. CT
Location: Dallas, Texas
Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000)
Series Record: TCU leads 50-40-7
Last Meeting: TCU won 56-36 in 2017
TV: ESPN2 Talent: Clay Matvick, Dan Orlovsky, Paul Carcaterra
Radio: WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7 FM, SiriusXM 84
Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine
Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 FM
Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos
ABOUT THE GAME
-No. 16 TCU makes the short trek across the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex for its first road game of the season when it travels to SMU. 4Four SMU coaches, including head coach Sonny Dykes, either went to TCU or were on staff with the Horned Frogs under TCU head coach Gary Patterson.
-The Horned Frogs will face SMU on a Friday night for the third time in their last five trips to Dallas. TCU won 41-24 in 2010 and 33-3 in 2016, both on Friday evenings.
-TCU's Gary Patterson is 14-2 as a head coach versus SMU and 1-0 versus current Mustangs' head coach Sonny Dykes. The Horned Frogs defeated Dykes' Louisiana Tech team 31-24 in the 2011 Poinsettia Bowl.
-TCU is looking to open its season with a 2-0 record for the 11th time in 18 seasons under Patterson. The Horned Frogs won their season opener for a fifth straight year.
-TCU's 55 points versus Southern were its most since last year's 56-36 win over SMU.
ROAD WORK
-At 37-12 (.755), TCU has the nation's fourth-best road record since 2009.
-TCU's 44-17 record (.721) in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is the nation's third-best mark.
-TCU is 17-11 on the road in Big 12 games.
SERIES HISTORY
-The Horned Frogs hold a 50-40-7 edge over the Mustangs in a series that began with a 43-0 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1915.
-TCU has won 10 of the last 11 games with SMU and 16 of 18.
-The Horned Frogs are 22-22-2 versus the Mustangs in Dallas and 28-18-5 in Fort Worth.
-SMU is TCU's second-most played series. The Horned Frogs' 97 meetings with the Mustangs trail only Baylor (113).
-Other than the two seasons (1987-88) SMU did not field a team, the 2006 campaign represented the only time TCU and SMU have not met since 1925.
FAMILY TIES
-TCU defensive end Ty Summers' younger sister, Faith Summers, is a junior on the SMU women's golf team.
FAMILIAR FACES
-TCU outside receivers coach Rusty Burns, in his 10th season, was SMU's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2004-07.
-TCU defensive end Michael Epley was at SMU two years (2014-15). He then transferred to Tyler Junior College and is in his second season at TCU.
-SMU head coach Sonny Dykes was an offensive analyst last season at TCU.
-SMU wide receivers coach David Gru was also an offensive analyst with the Horned Frogs in 2017. 4
-SMU safeties coach Trey Haverty was a TCU graduate assistant (2007-09) before serving as its safeties coach (2011) and wide receivers coach (2012).
-SMU offensive line coach Jamal Powell was an All-Conference USA offensive tackle (2000-02) at TCU.
-Former TCU safety Chris Scott (2008-11) is a defensive quality control analyst at SMU.
-Paka Davis who played four seasons (2014-17) at TCU, is in his first year as a graduate transfer defensive end at SMU. He is teammates with his brother, Mustang defensive tackle Pono Davis.
TCU NOTABLES
-TCU is one of just five programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times in the last four seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
-Over the last four seasons, the Horned Frogs' 41-13 overall record and 26-10 conference mark both rank second in the Big 12.
-Gary Patterson's 18 seasons as TCU's head coach are more than the combined tenures of the 11 other FBS head coaches in the state of Texas.
-Under Patterson, TCU has posted seven top-10 finishes and 11 in the top 25. The Horned Frogs have won at least 11 games in 10 of the last 15 seasons.
-Ten of TCU's 12 regular-season games will be played in the state of Texas. The Horned Frogs will not leave the state until their first flight of the season Oct. 26 for a game at Kansas.
-TCU is 88-5 when rushing for at least 200 yards under Patterson.
-The Horned Frogs were a plus-3 in turnover margin against Southern. Over the last 14 seasons, TCU is 106-14 when ahead (71-7) or even (35-7) in turnover margin.
