TCU’s season-opening game scheduled for 8 p.m. next Friday vs. SMU has been postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests inside the Horned Frog program.

A statement from TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati released a statement Friday afternoon.

“We are disappointed to announce that our upcoming football game against SMU will not be played as scheduled on September 11. We have agreed with SMU to monitor dates throughout the season to potentially make up the game.

In the course of following CDC guidelines and our aggressive testing and contact tracing strategy, we discovered that some student-athletes and support staff in our football program have tested positive for COVID-19. Those individuals were notified immediately and are currently abiding by CDC protocols.

No one is currently facing serious health issues, and we intend to continue our enforcement of strict standards to protect the program and our community. Everyone’s health and safety remains our top priority. We share in your disappointment, but firmly believe we will be ready to resume football activities soon. We will continue to follow prevention and testing protocols and look forward to our Big 12 Conference opener against Iowa State on September 26.”

TCU and SMU currently have no correlating bye weeks on the schedule so it will be a challenge to play the 100th iteration of the Battle for the Iron Skillet.