TCU vs. UNLV

TCU and UNLV have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1996; TCU leads the series 9–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s TCU 9–⁠1, and TCU has won the last 8.

TCU wins
9
UNLV wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1996
Longest streak
8 TCU
Current streak
8 TCU
Last 10 meetings
TCU 9–⁠1
Most recent
2011

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1990s2–⁠1
2000s5–⁠0
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
28 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At TCU
5–⁠0 TCU’s record at home
At UNLV
1–⁠4 UNLV’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. TCU’s biggest win2005: TCU 51, UNLV 3by 48 points
  2. UNLV’s biggest win1997: UNLV 21, TCU 19by 2 points

Coach against coach

YearsTCUSeriesUNLV
2005–⁠2009Gary Patterson5–⁠0Mike Sanford Sr.

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from TCU’s side (Patterson 5–⁠0 against Sanford). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of TCU and UNLV, 1996 on130015001700200020052010201520202025

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.

Every game

Dec 3, 201118TCU 56, UNLV 9at TCU
Oct 30, 20104TCU 48, UNLV 6at UNLV
Oct 31, 20098TCU 41, UNLV 0at TCU
Nov 1, 200812TCU 44, UNLV 14at UNLV
Nov 17, 2007TCU 34, UNLV 10at TCU
Nov 4, 2006TCU 25, UNLV 10at UNLV
Nov 12, 200518TCU 51, UNLV 3at TCU
Nov 21, 1998TCU 41, UNLV 18at UNLV
Oct 11, 1997UNLV 21, TCU 19at UNLV
Nov 2, 1996TCU 42, UNLV 34at TCU

Every game is listed as played on the field.