The iron skillet won’t be up for grabs in 2020.

TCU football will not be playing SMU for just the second time this century, a source confirmed.

With the Big 12’s new “plus-one” scheduling format for the 2020 season, conference teams are required to play one home nonconference game followed by a nine-game conference schedule.

A source said that will cancel the TCU-SMU game. TCU had been scheduled to play at SMU on Sept. 26 in Dallas. It was scheduled to be the 100th meeting between the teams.

The rivalry dates to 1915 with TCU leading the all-time series 51-41-7. The two schools have met every season this century except for 2006. The programs also didn’t play in 1987-88, 1925 and 1919-20.

SMU upset TCU last season 41-38 in Fort Worth. It was just the third time TCU coach Gary Patterson fell to the Mustangs in his career.

This story was originally published August 3, 2020 at 10:16 PM.

Drew Davison

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Drew Davison was a TCU and Big 12 sports writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram until 2022. He covered everything in DFW from Rangers to Cowboys to motor sports.