TCU vs. Texas A&M
89 of their 92 meetings are on file: they first met in 1897, and the earliest on file is 1903; officially, Texas A&M leads 56–29–7; as played, 54–28–7 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Texas A&M 10–0, and Texas A&M has won the last 24. The official count covers every meeting. Share
- Official series
- Texas A&M leads 56–29–7
- TCU wins on file
- 28
- Texas A&M wins on file
- 54
- Ties
- 7
- Earliest on file
- 1903 first met 1897
- Longest streak
- 24 Texas A&M
- Current streak
- 24 Texas A&M
- Last 10 meetings
- Texas A&M 10–0
- Most recent
- 2001
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–10–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–5 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 7–2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 6–4 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 4–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 5–3–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–6 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: TCU 0, Texas A&M 1
- Average margin
- 16.7 points; 26 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At TCU
- 14–21–3 TCU’s record at home
- At Texas A&M
- 32–14–4 Texas A&M’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 TCU first
- Shutouts
- 24
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- TCU’s biggest win1959: TCU 39, Texas A&M 6by 33 points
- Texas A&M’s biggest win1986: Texas A&M 74, TCU 10by 64 points
- Upset1944: TCU 13, Texas A&M 7TCU had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1955: Texas A&M 19, TCU 16Texas A&M had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1925: TCU 3, Texas A&M 0TCU had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1956: Texas A&M 7, TCU 6No. 4 TCU at No. 14 Texas A&M
Coach against coach
| Years | TCU | Series | Texas A&M |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905–1906 | E.J. Hyde | 0–4 | Walter Bachman |
| 1924–1928 | Madison Bell | 2–1–2 | Dana Bible |
| 1929–1933 | Francis Schmidt | 5–0 | Madison Bell |
| 1934–1947 | Dutch Meyer | 7–6–1 | Homer Norton |
| 1948–1950 | Dutch Meyer | 2–1 | Harry Stiteler |
| 1954–1957 | Abe Martin | 1–3 | Bear Bryant |
| 1958–1961 | Abe Martin | 3–0–1 | Jim Myers |
| 1962–1964 | Abe Martin | 2–0–1 | Hank Foldberg |
| 1967–1970 | Fred Taylor | 2–2 | Gene Stallings |
| 1974–1976 | Jim Shofner | 0–3 | Emory Bellard |
| 1978–1981 | F. Dry | 0–4 | Tom Wilson |
| 1983–1988 | Jim Wacker | 0–6 | Jackie Sherrill |
| 1989–1991 | Jim Wacker | 0–3 | R.C. Slocum |
| 1992–1995 | Pat Sullivan | 0–4 | R.C. Slocum |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from TCU’s side (Hyde 0–4 against Bachman). 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.
From the newspapers

1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 18, 1938

1948 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1948

1949 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 16, 1949

1951 · Evening star, Oct 21, 1951

1953 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1953
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.
Every game
| Dec 28, 2001 | Texas A&M 28, TCU 9 | Neutral site | Galleryfurniture.com Bowl | |
| Nov 25, 1995 | 15Texas A&M 38, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 19, 1994 | 9Texas A&M 34, TCU 17 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 20, 1993 | 10Texas A&M 59, TCU 3 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 21, 1992 | 4Texas A&M 37, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 9, 1991 | 12Texas A&M 44, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 24, 1990 | Texas A&M 56, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Sep 16, 1989 | 22Texas A&M 44, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 19, 1988 | Texas A&M 18, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 21, 1987 | 16Texas A&M 42, TCU 24 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 22, 1986 | 13Texas A&M 74, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 23, 1985 | 19Texas A&M 53, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 24, 1984 | Texas A&M 35, 17TCU 21 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 19, 1983 | Texas A&M 20, TCU 10 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 20, 1982 | Texas A&M 34, TCU 14 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 21, 1981 | Texas A&M 37, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 22, 1980 | Texas A&M 13, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 24, 1979 | Texas A&M 30, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 25, 1978 | Texas A&M 15, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 19, 1977 | 14Texas A&M 52, TCU 23 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 20, 1976 | 11Texas A&M 59, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 18, 1975 | 5Texas A&M 14, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 19, 1974 | 8Texas A&M 17, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 20, 1973 | Texas A&M 35, TCU 16 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 21, 1972 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1971 | TCU 14, Texas A&M 3 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 17, 1970 | TCU 31, Texas A&M 15 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 18, 1969 | TCU 16, Texas A&M 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 19, 1968 | Texas A&M 27, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 21, 1967 | Texas A&M 20, TCU 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 15, 1966 | Texas A&M 35, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1965 | TCU 17, Texas A&M 9 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 17, 1964 | TCU 14, Texas A&M 9 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 19, 1963 | TCU 14, Texas A&M 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 20, 1962 | TCU 20, Texas A&M 14 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 21, 1961 | TCU 15, Texas A&M 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 15, 1960 | Texas A&M 14, TCU 14 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 17, 1959 | TCU 39, Texas A&M 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 18, 1958 | 20TCU 24, Texas A&M 8 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 19, 1957 | 3Texas A&M 7, TCU 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 20, 1956 | 14Texas A&M 7, 4TCU 6 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 15, 1955 | Texas A&M 19, TCU 16 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 16, 1954 | TCU 21, Texas A&M 20 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 17, 1953 | Texas A&M 20, TCU 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 18, 1952 | Texas A&M 7, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 20, 1951 | TCU 20, 6Texas A&M 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 21, 1950 | Texas A&M 42, TCU 23 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 15, 1949 | TCU 28, Texas A&M 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 16, 1948 | TCU 27, Texas A&M 14 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | TCU 26, Texas A&M 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 19, 1946 | Texas A&M 14, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 20, 1945 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 12 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 21, 1944 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1943 | 18Texas A&M 13, TCU 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 17, 1942 | 17TCU 7, Texas A&M 2 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 18, 1941 | 14Texas A&M 14, TCU 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 19, 1940 | 2Texas A&M 21, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 21, 1939 | 9Texas A&M 20, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 15, 1938 | TCU 34, Texas A&M 6 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1937 | TCU 7, Texas A&M 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 17, 1936 | Texas A&M 18, TCU 7 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 19, 1935 | TCU 19, Texas A&M 14 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 20, 1934 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 21, 1933 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 15, 1932 | TCU 17, Texas A&M 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 17, 1931 | TCU 6, Texas A&M 0 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 18, 1930 | TCU 3, Texas A&M 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 19, 1929 | TCU 13, Texas A&M 7 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 20, 1928 | TCU 6, Texas A&M 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 22, 1927 | TCU 0, Texas A&M 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 6, 1926 | Texas A&M 13, TCU 13 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 7, 1925 | TCU 3, Texas A&M 0 | at TCU | ||
| Nov 8, 1924 | Texas A&M 28, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 8, 1919 | Texas A&M 48, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1915 | Texas A&M 13, TCU 10 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 17, 1914 | Texas A&M 40, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 5, 1910 | Texas A&M 23, TCU 6 | at TCU | ||
| Oct 8, 1910 | Texas A&M 35, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 16, 1909 | Texas A&M 0, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 31, 1908 | Texas A&M 13, TCU 10 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 5, 1907 | Texas A&M 32, TCU 5 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 10, 1906 | Texas A&M 22, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 27, 1906 | Texas A&M 42, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 4, 1905 | Texas A&M 24, TCU 11 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Sep 30, 1905 | Texas A&M 20, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 22, 1904 | Texas A&M 29, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 28, 1903 | Texas A&M 14, TCU 6 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Nov 14, 1903 | Texas A&M 16, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M | ||
| Oct 10, 1903 | Texas A&M 11, TCU 0 | at Texas A&M |
Every game is listed as played on the field.