8/15/2020 11:34:00 AM | Football
Horned Frogs and Mustangs will be meeting for the 100th time
FORT WORTH --Â TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati has announced the Horned Frogs will open their 2020 football season with a Sept. 12 home game against SMU. A kickoff time and TV coverage will be announced later.
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The game will mark the 100th meeting in the series between TCU and SMU.
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TCU's opening in its schedule came about Friday when Tennessee Tech canceled. Per the Big 12's scheduling model this season, member institutions are playing nine conference games and one home non-conference game.
"There continues to be a lot of uncertainty about the season, but I am thrilled we were able to continue our annual series with longtime rival SMU," Donati said.
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TCU and SMU will meet again next year in Fort Worth in a previously scheduled game before the series returns to Dallas in 2022. Â
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SMU is TCU's second-most played series in its history. The Horned Frogs' 99 meetings with the Mustangs trail only Baylor (115). Other than the two seasons (1987-88) SMU did not field a team, the 2006 campaign represented the only time the Horned Frogs and Mustangs have not met since 1925. The Horned Frogs hold a 51-41-7 edge over the Mustangs in a series that began with a 43-0 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1915. TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson is 15-3 versus SMU. TCU has won 11 of the last 13 games in the series and 17 of 20.
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TCU will have an open date after the SMU game before beginning Big 12 play with a Sept. 26 home contest versus Iowa State.
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The game will mark the 100th meeting in the series between TCU and SMU.
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TCU's opening in its schedule came about Friday when Tennessee Tech canceled. Per the Big 12's scheduling model this season, member institutions are playing nine conference games and one home non-conference game.
"There continues to be a lot of uncertainty about the season, but I am thrilled we were able to continue our annual series with longtime rival SMU," Donati said.
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TCU and SMU will meet again next year in Fort Worth in a previously scheduled game before the series returns to Dallas in 2022. Â
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SMU is TCU's second-most played series in its history. The Horned Frogs' 99 meetings with the Mustangs trail only Baylor (115). Other than the two seasons (1987-88) SMU did not field a team, the 2006 campaign represented the only time the Horned Frogs and Mustangs have not met since 1925. The Horned Frogs hold a 51-41-7 edge over the Mustangs in a series that began with a 43-0 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1915. TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson is 15-3 versus SMU. TCU has won 11 of the last 13 games in the series and 17 of 20.
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TCU will have an open date after the SMU game before beginning Big 12 play with a Sept. 26 home contest versus Iowa State.
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