Some interesting factoids for tonight's game ...
* No. 4 TCU is the highest-ranked team to play SMU at home since 1983. Those were the well-financed days of the Pony Expre$$ when they played at Texas Stadium. SMU hosted No. 2 Texas in 1983.
* TCU is 43-39-7 against SMU.
* This season marks the 75th anniversary of the national championships both SMU and TCU claim to have won in 1935.
TCU was named national champs by the Williamson System; SMU was named national champs by the Dickinson and Houlgate Systems.
SMU won the head-to-head game in Fort Worth, 20-14.
That game was carried live by NBC. It featured a 10-0 SMU team and an 11-0 TCU team that featured Sammy Baugh.
SMU won, 20-14.
Wonder if Gary Patterson will show his kids the old press clippings from Grantland Rice about this loss?
* Nine of TCU's last 10 wins have been by at least 27 points.
* TCU is 33-14 in games away from Amon G. Carter Stadium since 2003, which ranks seventh nationally.
- Mac Engel
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