TCU at SMU
Friday, Sept. 23 • 8 p.m. • ESPN
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (32,000/FieldTurf)
Dallas, Texas
Television
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LIVE STATS
Adam Amin, Mack Brown and Dawn Davenport
SMU Radio
KTCK-FM 96.7 (flagship)
THE GAME • THE IRON SKILLET
Friday’s game will be the 96th meeting between SMU and TCU … The Horned Frogs hold a 48-40-7 series lead … The schools have met every year since 1925, with the exception of 1987-88, when SMU did not field a team … The schools competed together in the Southwest Conference from 1923-96.
rv/21 TCU
2-1, 1-0 Big 12
Head Coach
Gary Patterson (Kansas State ’83)
145-48, 16th season
NOTES
TCU began the Big 12 portion of its schedule with a 41-29 win against Iowa State in Fort Worth behind RB Kyle Hicks, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown … The Horned Frogs opened the season with a 59-41 win against South Dakota State and dropped a 41-38 decision to Arkansas in double-overtime in Week 2 … The trip to Dallas to face SMU will be TCU’s first road game of the season … Hick has rushed for 225 yards and five touchdowns on 38 attempts (5.9 yards per carry) … QB Kenny Hill has completed 88 of 135 passes for 1,035 yards and four touchdowns and has a team-high six rushing TDs … The Horned Frogs have four players with at least 10 receptions on the year … The defense is led by LB Ty Summers, who has a team-high 26 tackles, and DE Aaron Curry, who leads the team with 2.5 sacks.
SMU
2-1, 0-0 American
Head Coach
Chad Morris (Texas A&M ’92)
4-11, second season
NOTES
SMU is off to a 2-1 start for the first time since the 2011 season after the Mustangs scored a 29-14 win against Liberty at Ford Stadium … The Mustangs played their first two games on the road before back-to-back home dates against Liberty and TCU … RB Braden West has 332 rushing yards and two TDs on the year and leads The American in rushing (110.7 ypg)… QB Ben Hicks made his second straight start after QB Matt Davis was lost for the year with a knee injury in the season-opener … Hicks has thrown for 583 yards and two TDs with five interceptions … WR Courtland Sutton has 13 catches for 336 yards and four touchdowns … SMU has nine defensive interceptions this season after finishing with 10 in the entire 2015 season … S Jordan Wyatt and CB Horace Richardson have three picks each.