TCU
SMU
Preview: at SMU
9/16/2024 11:34:00 AM | Football
TCU travels to Dallas for a Saturday 4 p.m. game
ABOUT THE GAME
•After winning 34-27 at Stanford in its season opener, TCU has its second road game against an ACC member in the season's first four weeks.
•The Horned Frogs are facing two ACC teams in the same season for the first tine since 2009, when they won 30-14 at Virginia and 14-10 at Clemson in the opening three contests.
•TCU has a four-game winning streak against ACC opponents.
•The Horned Frogs are 5-5 all-time against the ACC.
•TCU is playing 11 Power Four Conference opponents this season.
•The Horned Frogs and Mustangs will be meeting for the 103rd time in their history.
•TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes has been the winning head coach in each of the last four games between the Horned Frogs and Mustangs. Prior to his arrival at TCU, he guided SMU to its first back-to-back victories (2019, 2021) over the Horned Frogs since 1992-93.
•With wins the last two seasons for TCU, Dykes is 2-0 as a head coach against SMU.
•The Horned Frogs are 8-4 in road games under Dykes.
NOTING THE QB
•TCU quarterback Josh Hoover leads the nation in pass attempts (119) without an interception.
•Hoover is third in the FBS in passing yards with 1,022.
•Hoover's 69.7 completion percentage is on pace to break TCU's season record.
SERIES HISTORY
•The Horned Frogs hold a 53-42-7 edge over the Mustangs in a series that began with a 43-0 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1915.
•TCU has won 13 of the last 16 games against SMU and 19 of the past 23.
•The Horned Frogs are 24-22-2 versus the Mustangs in Dallas and 29-20-5 in Fort Worth.
•SMU is TCU's second-most played series. The Horned Frogs' 102 meetings with the Mustangs trail only Baylor (119).
THE GIFT
•TCU Head Football Coach Sonny Dykes and his wife Kate have donated $1 million to TCU Athletics.
•The Dykes' gift will be split between honoring former TCU offensive lineman Jamal Powell with his name in the weight room in the new Mike and Brenda Harrison Football Performance Center as well as recognizing Shirley Enis, late wife of TCU Trustee Hunter Enis, with an endowment in her name to support women's athletics at TCU.
•Powell was a three-year letterman (2000-02) for the Horned Frogs, earning First-Team All-Conference USA honors his senior year. He then began a collegiate coaching career with Dykes hiring Powell as his offensive line coach at SMU in 2018. They worked together for three years until Powell's passing in April 2021 at the age of 39.
•Construction began in January 2024 on the Mike and Brenda Harrison Football Performance Center with completion set for July 2025.
THE FAB FOUR
•TCU has four former FBS head coaches on its staff.
•In addition to Defensive Coordinator Andy Avalos (Boise State) and Linebackers Coach Ken Wilson (Nevada), consultants Todd Graham (Rice, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Arizona State, Hawaii) and Dana Hologorsen (West Virginia, Houston) are working under Head Coach Sonny Dykes.
TCU SUPPORT
•Since it began Big 12 play in 2012, TCU has had nearly $500 million in donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades.
•The most recent project is the $52 million Athletics Human Performance Center Renovation and Expansion projects with the four facilities set for completion in July 2025.
•The Mike and Brenda Harrison Football Performance Center will include the Jamal Powell Weight Room, while the Simpson Family Restoration and Wellness Center will make TCU the only school in the country with a Snow Room.
•Previously, the $113 million Legends Club & Suites opened in Fall 2020 on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.
