TCU vs. Wyoming

TCU and Wyoming have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1998; TCU leads the series 6–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s TCU 6–⁠2, and TCU has won the last 4.

TCU wins
6
Wyoming wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1998
Longest streak
4 TCU
Current streak
4 TCU
Last 10 meetings
TCU 6–⁠2
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
1990s0–⁠1
2000s4–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
23.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At TCU
3–⁠1 TCU’s record at home
At Wyoming
1–⁠3 Wyoming’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 win2008: TCU 54, Wyoming 7by 47 points
  2. Wyoming’s biggest win1998: Wyoming 34, TCU 27by 7 points

Coach against coach

YearsTCUSeriesWyoming
2005–⁠2008Gary Patterson3–⁠1Joe Glenn
2009–⁠2011Gary Patterson3–⁠0Dave Christensen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from TCU’s side (Patterson 3–⁠1 against Glenn). 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 Wyoming, 1998 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jimmy Young TCU5 catches, 226 yards, 3 TD2008 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Nov 5, 2011TCU 31, Wyoming 20at Wyoming
Oct 9, 20105TCU 45, Wyoming 0at TCU
Nov 21, 20094TCU 45, Wyoming 10at Wyoming
Oct 25, 200815TCU 54, Wyoming 7at TCU
Oct 6, 2007Wyoming 24, TCU 21at Wyoming
Oct 28, 2006TCU 26, Wyoming 3at TCU
Oct 8, 2005TCU 28, Wyoming 14at Wyoming
Oct 31, 1998Wyoming 34, TCU 27at TCU

Every game is listed as played on the field.