Overtime. 4th & 2 at the SMU 17 yard line. The Mustangs lead 40-33. TCU quarterback Casey Pachall sets himself in the backfield alone, three receivers to his right, two to his left. The snap is high. TCU wide out Brandon Carter runs a five yard hook route near the right sideline. Pachall lets it fly. The ball grazes the fingers of SMU defensive end Taylor Thompson and bounces off the chest of Carter. The ball hits the turf. Ballgame.
On that day, the Mustangs smashed the 20th ranked Horned Frogs’ streak of 22 consecutive home victories. It was SMU’s first Iron Skillet win in six seasons and only the second time the Mustangs had defeated a ranked team in the post-“Death Penalty” era.