Baylor vs. TCU
116 of their 121 meetings are on file: they first met in 1899, and the earliest on file is 1903; officially, TCU leads 60–54–7; as played, 61–50–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s TCU 8–2, and TCU has won the last 2. The winner takes home the Bluebonnet Shield. TCU holds it. The official count covers every meeting. Share
- Official series
- TCU leads 60–54–7
- Baylor wins on file
- 50
- TCU wins on file
- 61
- Ties
- 5
- Earliest on file
- 1903 first met 1899
- Longest streak
- 8 TCU
- Current streak
- 2 TCU
- Last 10 meetings
- TCU 8–2
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7–8–2 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–5 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 3–6–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–8 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 4–6 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–6 |
- Both ranked
- 2 meetings: Baylor 1, TCU 1; 1 both in the top 10
- Average margin
- 14 points; 44 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 30–31–3 Baylor’s record at home
- At TCU
- 30–20–2 TCU’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 28
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Bluebonnet Shield
- Played for since
- —
- Held by
- TCU
Who holds it comes from the games on file: the winner of the latest regular-season meeting (bowl rematches aren’t played for it); a tie leaves it with the holder (the usual rule; the article doesn’t say). From Wikipedia’s list of rivalry games and the rivalry’s article (CC BY-SA). More on the Bluebonnet Shield.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win1910: Baylor 52, TCU 0by 52 points
- TCU’s biggest win2016: TCU 62, Baylor 22by 40 points
- Upset1993: TCU 38, Baylor 13TCU had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1987: TCU 24, Baylor 0TCU had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1930: Baylor 35, TCU 14Baylor had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2014: Baylor 61, TCU 58No. 9 TCU at No. 5 Baylor
- Ranked showdown2015: TCU 28, Baylor 21No. 7 Baylor at No. 15 TCU
Coach against coach
| Years | Baylor | Series | TCU |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Sol Metzger | 1–1–1 | C.E. Cronk |
| 1905 | Archie Webb | 1–2 | E.J. Hyde |
| 1907 | Luther Burleson | 1–1–1 | E.J. Hyde |
| 1908–1909 | Enoch Mills | 2–4 | J.R. Langley |
| 1926–1928 | Morley Jennings | 1–1–1 | Madison Bell |
| 1929–1933 | Morley Jennings | 2–3 | Francis Schmidt |
| 1934–1940 | Morley Jennings | 2–5 | Dutch Meyer |
| 1941–1946 | Frank Kimbrough | 1–3 | Dutch Meyer |
| 1947–1949 | Bob Woodruff | 2–1 | Dutch Meyer |
| 1950–1952 | George Sauer | 1–1–1 | Dutch Meyer |
| 1953–1955 | George Sauer | 2–1 | Abe Martin |
| 1956–1958 | Sam Boyd | 0–3 | Abe Martin |
| 1959–1966 | John Bridgers | 2–6 | Abe Martin |
| 1974–1976 | Grant Teaff | 3–0 | Jim Shofner |
| 1977–1982 | Grant Teaff | 5–1 | F. Dry |
| 1983–1991 | Grant Teaff | 6–3 | Jim Wacker |
| 1993–1995 | Chuck Reedy | 2–1 | Pat Sullivan |
| 2010–2015 | Art Briles | 3–3 | Gary Patterson |
| 2017–2019 | Matt Rhule | 1–2 | Gary Patterson |
| 2022–2026 | Dave Aranda | 1–4 | Sonny Dykes |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Baylor’s side (Metzger 1–1–1 against Cronk). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Bryce Petty Baylor | 28 of 55, 510 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT | 2014 Passing | |
| Robert Griffin III Baylor | 21 of 27, 359 yards, 5 TD | 2011 Passing | |
| Mat Boesen TCU | 10 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 5.5 for loss | 2017 Defense | |
| Kyle Hicks TCU | 26 carries, 192 yards, 5 TD | 2016 Rushing | |
| Bryson Washington Baylor | 26 carries, 196 yards, 4 TD | 2024 Rushing | |
| Terrel Bernard Baylor | 19 tackles, 1 sack, 3 for loss, 1 INT | 2019 Defense |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1937

1938 · Evening star, Oct 30, 1938

1939 · The Nome nugget, Nov 6, 1939

1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 3, 1940

1945 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1945
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
On television
| 2025 | ESPN2 | 0.4 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Oct 17, 2026 | TCU 17, Baylor 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 18, 2025 | TCU 42, Baylor 36 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 2, 2024 | Baylor 37, TCU 34 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 18, 2023 | TCU 42, Baylor 17 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 19, 2022 | 4TCU 29, Baylor 28 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 6, 2021 | TCU 30, 14Baylor 28 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 31, 2020 | TCU 33, Baylor 23 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 9, 2019 | 11Baylor 29, TCU 23 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 17, 2018 | TCU 16, Baylor 9 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 24, 2017 | 10TCU 45, Baylor 22 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 5, 2016 | TCU 62, 13Baylor 22 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 27, 2015 | 15TCU 28, 7Baylor 21 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 11, 2014 | 5Baylor 61, 9TCU 58 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 30, 2013 | 9Baylor 41, TCU 38 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 13, 2012 | TCU 49, Baylor 21 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 2, 2011 | Baylor 50, 14TCU 48 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 18, 2010 | 4TCU 45, Baylor 10 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 1, 2007 | 22TCU 27, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 3, 2006 | 22TCU 17, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 28, 1995 | Baylor 27, TCU 24 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 1, 1994 | Baylor 42, TCU 18 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 23, 1993 | TCU 38, Baylor 13 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 10, 1992 | Baylor 41, TCU 20 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 26, 1991 | 22Baylor 26, TCU 9 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 27, 1990 | Baylor 27, 24TCU 21 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 28, 1989 | Baylor 27, TCU 9 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 22, 1988 | TCU 24, Baylor 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 24, 1987 | TCU 24, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 25, 1986 | Baylor 28, TCU 17 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 26, 1985 | 13Baylor 45, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 27, 1984 | TCU 38, Baylor 28 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 22, 1983 | Baylor 56, TCU 21 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 23, 1982 | TCU 38, Baylor 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 24, 1981 | Baylor 34, TCU 21 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 25, 1980 | 11Baylor 21, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 27, 1979 | Baylor 16, TCU 3 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 28, 1978 | Baylor 28, TCU 21 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 26, 1977 | Baylor 48, TCU 9 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 27, 1976 | Baylor 24, TCU 19 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 1, 1975 | Baylor 24, TCU 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 2, 1974 | Baylor 21, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 3, 1973 | TCU 34, Baylor 28 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 4, 1972 | Baylor 42, TCU 9 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 30, 1971 | TCU 34, Baylor 27 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 31, 1970 | TCU 24, Baylor 17 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 1, 1969 | TCU 31, Baylor 14 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 2, 1968 | TCU 47, Baylor 14 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 4, 1967 | TCU 29, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 29, 1966 | TCU 6, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 30, 1965 | TCU 10, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 31, 1964 | TCU 17, Baylor 14 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 2, 1963 | Baylor 32, TCU 13 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 3, 1962 | TCU 28, Baylor 26 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 4, 1961 | Baylor 28, TCU 14 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 29, 1960 | TCU 14, 7Baylor 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 31, 1959 | 15TCU 14, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 1, 1958 | 18TCU 22, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 2, 1957 | TCU 19, Baylor 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 3, 1956 | TCU 7, 15Baylor 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 29, 1955 | TCU 28, Baylor 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 30, 1954 | Baylor 12, 17TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 31, 1953 | 3Baylor 25, TCU 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 1, 1952 | TCU 20, Baylor 20 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 3, 1951 | TCU 20, 8Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 4, 1950 | Baylor 20, TCU 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 29, 1949 | 10Baylor 40, TCU 14 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 30, 1948 | 20Baylor 6, TCU 3 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 1, 1947 | TCU 14, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 28, 1946 | TCU 19, Baylor 16 | at TCU | ||
| Sep 29, 1945 | TCU 7, Baylor 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 31, 1942 | Baylor 10, 9TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 1, 1941 | TCU 23, Baylor 12 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | TCU 14, Baylor 12 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 4, 1939 | Baylor 27, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | 4TCU 39, Baylor 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | 6Baylor 6, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 31, 1936 | TCU 28, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 2, 1935 | TCU 28, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 3, 1934 | TCU 34, Baylor 12 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 4, 1933 | Baylor 7, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 29, 1932 | TCU 27, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 21, 1931 | TCU 19, Baylor 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 22, 1930 | Baylor 35, TCU 14 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 23, 1929 | TCU 34, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 3, 1928 | Baylor 7, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 29, 1927 | TCU 14, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 9, 1926 | Baylor 7, TCU 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 10, 1925 | Baylor 7, TCU 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 13, 1920 | TCU 21, Baylor 9 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 27, 1919 | Baylor 7, TCU 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 28, 1918 | TCU 12, Baylor 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 29, 1917 | TCU 34, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 30, 1916 | Baylor 32, TCU 14 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 25, 1915 | Baylor 51, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 7, 1914 | Baylor 28, TCU 14 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 19, 1912 | TCU 22, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 28, 1911 | Baylor 12, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 19, 1910 | Baylor 10, TCU 3 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 22, 1910 | Baylor 52, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 25, 1909 | Baylor 6, TCU 3 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 13, 1909 | TCU 11, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 23, 1909 | TCU 9, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 26, 1908 | Baylor 23, TCU 8 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 24, 1908 | TCU 10, Baylor 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 3, 1908 | TCU 15, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 23, 1907 | Baylor 16, TCU 8 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 26, 1907 | TCU 11, Baylor 10 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 5, 1907 | Baylor 6, TCU 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Nov 11, 1905 | TCU 17, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 28, 1905 | Baylor 10, TCU 6 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 23, 1905 | TCU 16, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 24, 1904 | TCU 5, Baylor 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 29, 1904 | Baylor 17, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 1, 1904 | TCU 0, Baylor 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 31, 1903 | Baylor 5, TCU 0 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 3, 1903 | Baylor 12, TCU 0 | at Baylor |
Every game is listed as played on the field.