Southern Miss vs. TCU

Southern Miss and TCU have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1989; TCU leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s TCU 4–⁠2.

Southern Miss wins
2
TCU wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1989
Longest streak
2 TCU
Current streak
1 TCU
Last 10 meetings
TCU 4–⁠2
Most recent
2004

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
2000s2–⁠3
Average margin
13 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Southern Miss
1–⁠1 Southern Miss’s record at home
At TCU
3–⁠0 TCU’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Southern Miss first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Southern Miss’s biggest win2003: Southern Miss 40, TCU 28by 12 points
  2. TCU’s biggest win2002: TCU 37, Southern Miss 7by 30 points

Coach against coach

YearsSouthern MissSeriesTCU
2000–⁠2004Jeff Bower2–⁠3Gary Patterson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Southern Miss’s side (Bower 2–⁠3 against Patterson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Southern Miss and TCU, 1989 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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

Named most valuable

TCU RB LaDainian Tomlinson2000

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Nov 20, 2004TCU 42, Southern Miss 17at TCU
Nov 20, 2003Southern Miss 40, 10TCU 28at Southern Miss
Oct 30, 2002TCU 37, Southern Miss 7at TCU
Dec 7, 2001TCU 14, Southern Miss 12at Southern Miss
Dec 20, 2000Southern Miss 28, 13TCU 21Neutral siteMobile Alabama Bowl
Sep 23, 1989TCU 19, Southern Miss 17at TCU

Every game is listed as played on the field.