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The TCU Horned Frogs
football team is the intercollegiate football
team of Texas Christian University
. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference
in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference
for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football in 1896 and has won two national championships (1935, 1938). TCU has one Heisman Trophy
winner, Davey O'Brien
, and has had 11 former players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
.
TCU was reckoned as a major power in college football throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, when it was a member of the now defunct Southwest Conference. However, the program fell from national prominence in the 1960s, and did not achieve a sustained recovery until the late 1990s. Under current head coach Gary Patterson
TCU has reclaimed a national prominence and has finished in the AP Poll
's top 10 four times in the past six years including a number 2 finish in 2010. TCU has one of the best won-loss records in the FBS in the 21st Century.
The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium
, which is located on campus in Fort Worth
.
Prior to joining the Southwest Conference in 1923, TCU amassed a record of 89–84–19. In 1912
, TCU went 8–1–0 and scored 230 points while only allowing 53 points the whole season.
In 1920
, TCU won its first conference title as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(TIAA). The Horned Frogs' 9–1–0 record earned them a spot in the Fort Worth Classic
, also known as the Dixie Bowl, against Centre College
. Although the game was played in Fort Worth, TCU lost the game 63–7.
, TCU endured a 5-game losing streak during its first year in the SWC, but it earned a 2–1–0 conference record and a 4–5–0 overall record. One loss that year was a 40–0 decision against TCU's emerging rival, the SMU Mustangs
, who went 9–0 en route to a conference championship. The next year, TCU finished last place in the conference with a 1–5 SWC record and another 4–5 overall record.
After two rough seasons, the Horned Frogs righted the ship. Prior to 1923 TCU had had a revolving door of coaches, with no coaching the football for more than two years. Following entrance to the SWC, the school established a high degree of stability, employing just four coaches over the next 43 years, and would not hit last place again until 1953
. Under those four coaches (Bell, Schmidt, Meyer, and Martin, the Frogs accumulated a record of 262–165–30.
Matty Bell, who began coaching the Frogs in 1923, had his best year in 1928
, his last year as coach. That year's only losses came at home 7–6 to the Baylor Bears
and to Texas by a score of 6–0. That year the Frogs finished in third place in the conference at 8–2–0 overall and 3–2 in conference play.
The 1929 season saw the arrival of Coach Francis Schmidt
and TCU's first SWC title. The title was won in the last game of the year on November 30, 1929 against SMU. Coming into the game TCU led SMU in the conference standings. TCU had 4 wins, while SMU's conference record was 3–0–1. Since this was the last conference game of the year for both teams, TCU could win its first SWC title with a win or a tie. The first half of the game was scoreless, but in the third quarter Weldon “Speedy” Mason tacked on 40 yards to a 16-yard pass from SMU quarterback Bob Gilbert. After the extra point, the Mustangs led 7–0. TCU would not score until its second time on the SMU] 1-yard line in the fourth quarter. That is when TCU quarterback Howard Grubbs ran behind All-SWC fullback Harlos Green and Mike Brumbelow
for the game-tying score. The Frogs left plenty of time on the clock for SMU to answer their score, but Grubbs, now playing defense, intercepted Gilbert's pass. TCU then ran the clock out to force the tie and to win its first SWC title.
began the first year for TCU coach Noah Everett. That year TCU and SMU again met to decide not only the SWC title but the first trip to the Rose Bowl for a team from the SWC. Grantland Rice of the New York Sun
called it the "Game of the Century" and reported the following:
SMU scored the first 14 points of the game. TCU, led by All-American quarterback Sammy Baugh
, tied the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, with seven minutes left in the game SMU, on a 4th and 4 on the Frogs' 37 yard-line, lined up to punt. Quarterback Bob Finley
threw a 50-yard pass to running back Bobby Wilson who made what is described as a “jumping, twisting catch that swept him over the line for the touchdown.” TCU would lose the game 14–20, but would be invited to play the LSU Tigers
in the 1936 Sugar Bowl
, where the Frogs would be victorious 3–2 at messy and muddy Tulane
Tulane Stadium
.
Even with the loss to SMU, who later lost to Stanford
in the 1936 Rose Bowl, TCU claims 1935
as a national championship year. Dan Jenkins states that one of the first statistical national polls was created by Frank G. Dickinson in 1924. By 1935
there were several other polls, and “…only one of them was big and caught on big and rivaled Dickinson. This was the Paul O. Williamson System out of New Orleans. It quickly gained nation-wide respect and a large syndicated circulation.” The Williamson System awarded TCU a shared championship with LSU in 1935, the year before the first sportswriter poll by the Associated Press
. The Dickinson poll awarded SMU the national title, and several smaller polls designated the University of Minnesota
and Princeton University
as their champions
TCU would go undefeated in 1938
under the tutelage of coach Dutch Meyer and behind TCU’s only Heisman Trophy
winner—quarterback Davey O'Brien
. That year the Frogs' closest game came against the University of Arkansas
where they beat the Razorbacks 21–14 in Fort Worth. They were invited to the 1939 Sugar Bowl and beat the Carnegie Tech Tartans
from Pittsburgh by a score of 15–7 in front of more than 50,000 spectators.
Dutch Meyer coached TCU from 1934 to 1952. His record of 109–79–13 is the highest amount of victories at TCU.
He also is responsible for three SWC championships. Meyer coached and won the first Cotton Bowl Classic game in 1937.
, became head coach at TCU. One of his three tries at a SWC title came in 1958. The Frogs only losses were to Iowa
by a score of 0–17 and at #18 SMU
, 13–20. The 1958
season ended in a scoreless tie against the Air Force Falcons
in the 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic. Martin-led TCU teams amassed a 1–3–1 record in bowl games. The lone win came in the 1957 Cotton Bowl Classic against a Jim Brown
-led Syracuse
team in front of 68,000 spectators. A blocked extra-point attempt was the difference in the game and allowed the Horned Frogs to win 28–27.
, Bill Van Fleet of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
called the Horned Frogs' 6–0 win at then-No. 1 Texas, "the season's greatest upset of the year." In 1965
, TCU traveled to El Paso
to play in the Sun Bowl
against UTEP
; the Frogs lost 13–12. The state of football at TCU eventually got so bad that from 1974 to 1983 the Frogs never won more than two games in a season.
under coach Jim Wacker
. That year TCU leaned on All-American running back Kenneth Davis. The Frogs would be invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl
in Houston for their first bowl invitation in 19 years to play the West Virginia Mountaineers
. The Frogs would lose to the Mountaineers 31–14. TCU wouldn't attend another bowl game until the 1994 Independence Bowl
in Shreveport, Louisiana
, which they lost, 20–10, to the Virginia Cavaliers
.
In 1986, the NCAA placed TCU on three year probation. They found that 6 boosters provided football recruits and football players with cash and other forms of payment. The final penalty of the NCAA was to ban TCU from post-season play for one season, a forfeiture of TV revenue for the 1983 and 1984 seasons, only 10 scholarships for the 1987–88 academic year and only 15 scholarships for the 1988–89 season. The NCAA said it would have given TCU a harsher penalty: a three-year ban from postseason play, a three-year television appearance ban and no new scholarships for two years. In the NCAA's public release they imposed a reduced penalty because TCU self-reported the violations, suspended the players in question, full cooperation with the enforcement committee and a lack of previous infractions.
(WAC), along with Rice and SMU. Houston joined the newly formed Conference USA. Coach Pat Sullivan
went 4–7 (3–5 WAC) in 1996 and then won only a single home contest vs. SMU in 1997's last game for an overall 1–10 record (WAC 1–7.)
when TCU defeated the University of Southern California in the 1998
Sun Bowl
. In the three years Coach Franchione was at TCU his bowl record was 2–0 and accumulated two WAC Championships. Franchione coached the entire 2000
regular season, but left for the head coaching position at the University of Alabama
before the 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl
.
TCU left the WAC for Conference USA
(C-USA). TCU would only stay in C-USA for four years before accepting an invitation to join their current conference, the Mountain West Conference
(MWC). The current head coach, Gary Patterson
, has won four conference championships. In 2002
, TCU won a C-USA title; in 2005
, TCU won the MWC title their first year in the league, and the Frogs claimed additional conference crowns in 2009
and 2010. Coach Patterson has had a winning season every year but 2004
when the Frogs went 5–6. TCU has gone to a bowl game every year but one since that 1998 Sun Bowl
. In the 2005 Houston Bowl
, played at Reliant Stadium
in Houston, Texas, the Horned Frogs defeated the by a score of 27–24. In the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl
TCU defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies
37–7. In 2007, the Horned Frogs returned to play in the 2007 Texas Bowl
, a revival of the old Houston Bowl
, and defeated the , 20–13. In a return to the Poinsettia Bowl
in 2008 the perpetually underrated #11 Frogs defeated unbeaten #9 Boise State
17–16. Boise State was the second to last unbeaten team in the nation in 2008 besides the Utah Utes
. TCU's Poinsettia Bowl victory helped them finish the 2008 season
ranked #7 in the country. In 2009
, TCU
again attained national prominence with its first undefeated regular season (12–0) since Dutch Meyer led the Frogs to perfection in 1938. They lost in the 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
, 17–10, to the Boise State Broncos
, on January 4, 2010—their first major-bowl appearance since the 1959 Cotton Bowl. In the following year
, the Horned Frogs capped their second consecutive perfect regular season with a win in their first Rose Bowl
, a 21–19 victory over Big 10 co-champion Wisconsin
on New Year's Day, 2011
. This capped off only the second undefeated and untied season in school history.
In the 2011 offseason the long time home for the Horned Frogs, Amon G. Carter Stadium
underwent large renovations. The re-developed Amon G. Carter Stadium will feature suites, club seats and improved fan amenities in many areas – new and more comfortable seating, wider concourses, new and improved restrooms and concessions areas, handicap accessible accommodations, elevators and escalators to move patrons among levels, and new lighting. Additionally, the stadium will feature a new press box. On October 6, 2011, the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors, acting upon a unanimous recommendation of the expansion committee, authorized negotiations with TCU to become a member of the Conference.
On October 10, 2011 TCU Board of Trustees approved the Big 12 bid and will join the conference for the 2012–2013 season.
and the other from 1938
. In 1935, TCU lost in their last game of the year to SMU
who then lost to Stanford
in the Rose Bowl. That same year TCU defeated LSU
in the Sugar Bowl
. Since the wire services didn't award national championships
until 1936, TCU recognizes a statistical poll created by Paul O. Williamson who awarded his national title to LSU and TCU for the 1935 season. The 1938 team
was undefeated and was the consensus #1 team in the nation.
National Championships
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|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#609;"| Year
! style="background:#609;"| Coach
! style="background:#609;"| Selector
! style="background:#609;"| Record
! style="background:#609;"| Bowl
! style="background:#609;"| Result
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1935|| Dutch Meyer || Williamson || 12–1 || Sugar Bowl
|| TCU 3, LSU 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1938
|| Dutch Meyer || AP, Helms, National Championship Foundation,Williamson || 11–0 || Sugar Bowl
|| TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon (PA) 7
|- style="text-align:center; background:#609;"
| colspan="4"| Total national championships
| colspan="2"| 2
|}
{| border="0" style="width:100%;"
|-
| valign="top" |
{| cellpadding="1" border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="background:#609;"| Year
! style="background:#609;"| Conference
! style="background:#609;"| Coach
! style="background:#609;"| Record
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1920
|| TIAA* || W. L. Driver
|| 9–1–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1929
|| Southwest Conference || Francis Schmidt
|| 9–0–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1932
|| Southwest Conference || Francis Schmidt || 10–0–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1938
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer
|| 11–0–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1944
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer || 7–3–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1951
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer || 6–5–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1955
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin
|| 9–2–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin || 8–2–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1959
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin || 8–3–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994|| Southwest Conference || Pat Sullivan || 7–5–0 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999
|| Western Athletic Conference
|| Dennis Franchione
|| 8–4 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
|| Western Athletic Conference || Dennis Franchione || 10–2 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
|| Conference USA
|| Gary Patterson
|| 11–2 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
|| Mountain West Conference
|| Gary Patterson || 11–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 12–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 13–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2011
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 9–2
|- style="text-align:center; background:#609;"
| colspan="2"| Total conference championships
| colspan="2"| 18
|}
. TCU has won two Sugar Bowl games. After the Frogs' last Sugar Bowl game, they would go 1–9–1 in their next 11 bowl games from 1942 to 1998. Since the '98 season, the Horned Frogs are 7–4 in bowl games. In addition to the first Cotton Bowl Classic, TCU has had the honor of playing in several other inaugural bowls, including the Bluebonnet
, Mobile Alabama, and both the Fort Worth Classic
and Fort Worth Bowl
games. They won the 2011 Rose Bowl, beating Wisconsin, 21–19.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#609; text-align:center;"
| Date || Bowl || W/L || Opponent || PF || PA
|- align=center
| January 1, 1921 || Fort Worth Classic
|| L || Centre College
|| 7 || 63
|- align=center
| January 1, 1936 || Sugar Bowl
|| W || LSU
|| 3 || 2
|- align=center
| January 1, 1937 || Cotton Bowl Classic || W || Marquette
|| 16 || 6
|- align=center
| January 2, 1939 || Sugar Bowl
|| W || Carnegie Tech
|| 15 || 7
|- align=center
| January 1, 1942 || Orange Bowl || L || Georgia || 26 || 40
|- align=center
| January 1, 1945 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Oklahoma State
|| 0 || 34
|- align=center
| January 1, 1948 || Delta Bowl || L || Ole Miss
|| 9 || 13
|- align=center
| January 1, 1952 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Kentucky
|| 7 || 20
|- align=center
| January 2, 1956 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Ole Miss || 13 || 14
|- align=center
| January 1, 1957 || Cotton Bowl Classic || W || Syracuse
|| 28 || 27
|- align=center
| January 1, 1959 || Cotton Bowl Classic || T || Air Force
|| 0 || 0
|- align=center
| December 19, 1959 || Bluebonnet Bowl
|| L || Clemson
|| 7 || 23
|- align=center
| December 31, 1965 || Sun Bowl
|| L || UTEP
|| 12 || 13
|- align=center
| December 31, 1984 || Bluebonnet Bowl
|| L || West Virginia
|| 14 || 31
|- align=center
| December 28, 1994 || Independence Bowl
|| L || Virginia
|| 10 || 20
|- align=center
| December 31, 1998 || Sun Bowl
|| W || USC || 28 || 19
|- align=center
| December 22, 1999 || Mobile Alabama Bowl || W || East Carolina || 28 || 14
|- align=center
| December 20, 2000 || Mobile Alabama Bowl || L || Southern Miss
|| 21 || 28
|- align=center
| December 28, 2001 || Galleryfurniture.com Bowl
|| L || Texas A&M
|| 9 || 28
|- align=center
| December 31, 2002 || Liberty Bowl
|| W || Colorado State
|| 17 || 3
|- align=center
| December 23, 2003 || Fort Worth Bowl
|| L || Boise State
|| 31 || 34
|- align=center
| December 31, 2005 || Houston Bowl
|| W || Iowa State
|| 27 || 24
|- align=center
| December 19, 2006 || Poinsettia Bowl
|| W || Northern Illinois
|| 37 || 7
|- align=center
| December 28, 2007 || Texas Bowl
|| W || Houston
|| 20 || 13
|- align=center
| December 23, 2008 || Poinsettia Bowl
|| W || Boise State
|| 17 || 16
|- align=center
| January 4, 2010 || Fiesta Bowl*
|| L || Boise State
|| 10 ||17
|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"
| January 1, 2011 || Rose Bowl*
|| W || Wisconsin
|| 21 || 19
|- class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center;"
| Total || 27 bowl games || 12–14–1 || || ||
|}
* denotes BCS
game
Davey O'Brien
, 1938
Sammy Baugh
, 4th in 1936
Jim Swink
, 2nd in 1955
Kenneth Davis, 5th in 1984
LaDainian Tomlinson
, 4th in 2000
Andy Dalton
, 9th in 2010
Davey O'Brien
, 1938
LaDainian Tomlinson
, 2000
Jake Kirkpatrick
, 2010
Jerry Hughes
, 2009
Jerry Hughes
, 2009
Michael Reeder, 1995
Drew Combs, 2008
LaDainian Tomlinson
, 2000
Jim Wacker
, 1984
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Jim Wacker
, 1984
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
Gary Patterson
, 2009
:
Ki Aldrich
, Center, 1960
Sammy Baugh
, Quarterback, 1951
Madison A. "Matty" Bell, Coach, 1955
Darrell Lester
, Center, 1988
Bob Lilly
, Tackle, 1981
Rags Matthews
, End, 1971
Dutch Meyer
, Coach, 1956
Davey O'Brien
, Quarterback, 1955
Francis Schmidt
, Coach, 1971
Jim Swink
, Halfback, 1980
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#609; text-align:center;"
| Year || Position || Jersey # || Name || Hometown
|- align=center
| 1927
|| E || 31 || Rags Matthews
|| Fort Worth
|- align=center
| 1929
|| G || 44 || Mike Brumbelow
|| Jacksboro
|- align=center
| 1930
|| HB || 5 || Cy Leland || Lubbock
|- align=center
| 1932
|| G || 44 || Johnny Vaught
|| Fort Worth
|- align=center
| 1934
|| C || 22 || Darrell Lester
|| Jacksboro
|- align=center
| 1935
|| C || 22 || Darrell Lester
|| Jacksboro
|- align=center
| 1935
|| QB || 45 || Sammy Baugh
|| Sweetwater
|- align=center
| 1936
|| QB || 45 || Sammy Baugh || Sweetwater
|- align=center
| 1937
|| QB || 8 || Davey O'Brien
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1937
|| T || 22 || I. B. Hale
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1937
|| C || 48 || Ki Aldrich
|| Temple
|- align=center
| 1938
|| QB || 8 || Davey O'Brien
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1938
|| T || 22 || I. B. Hale
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1938
|| C || 48 || Ki Aldrich
|| Temple
|- align=center
| 1942
|| T || 71 || Derrell Palmer
|| Albany
|- align=center
| 1944
|| T || 32 || Clyde Flowers || Perryton
|- align=center
| 1949
|| QB || 43 || Lindy Berry
|| Wichita Falls
|- align=center
| 1951
|| C || 34 || Keith Flowers || Perryton
|- align=center
| 1951
|| QB || 49 || Ray McKown || Dumas
|- align=center
| 1951
|| T || 77 || Doug Conaway || Hillsboro
|- align=center
| 1955
|| HB || 23 || Jim Swink
|| Rusk
|- align=center
| 1955
|| C || 54 || Hugh Pitts || Dumas
|- align=center
| 1956
|| T || 75 || Norman Hamilton
|| Vanderbilt
|- align=center
| 1956
|| HB || 23 || Jim Swink
|| Rusk
|- align=center
| 1958
|| T || 75 || Don Floyd
|| Midlothian
|- align=center
| 1958
|| FB || 20 || Jack Spikes
|| Snyder
|- align=center
| 1960
|| T || 72 || Bob Lilly
|| Throckmorton
|- align=center
| 1963
|| FB || 38 || Tommy Crutcher
|| McKinney
|- align=center
| 1981
|| WR || 7 || Stanley Washington || Dallas
|- align=center
| 1984
|| RB || 36 || Kenneth Davis || Temple
|- align=center
| 1991
|| TE || 86 || Kelly Blackwell || Richland Hills
|- align=center
| 1995
|| K || 17 || Michael Reeder || Sulphur, LA
|- align=center
| 2000
|| RB || 5 || LaDainian Tomlinson
|| Waco
|- align=center
| 2002
|| LB || 44 || LaMarcus McDonald
|| Waco
|- align=center
| 2003
|| K || 9 || Nick Browne || Garland
|- align=center
| 2005
|| KR || 17 || Cory Rodgers
|| Houston
|- align=center
| 2009
|| DE || 98 || Jerry Hughes
|| Sugar Land
|- align=center
| 2010
|| S || 3 || Tejay Johnson
|| Garland
|- align=center
| Total || 38 || || ||
|}
|- style="background:#609; text-align:center;"
| Year || AP rank || Coaches rank
|-
|1935
||#1 (+)||
|-
|1936
||#16||
|-
|1937
||#16||
|-
|1938
||#1 (++)||
|-
|1951
||#11||#10
|-
|1955
||#6||#6
|-
|1956
||#14||#14
|-
|1958
||#10||#9
|-
|1959
||#7||#8
|-
|2000
||#21||#18
|-
|2002
||#23||#22
|-
|2003
||#25||#24
|-
|2005
||#11||#9
|-
|2006||#22||#21
|-
|2008
||#7||#7
|-
|2009
||#6||#6
|-
|2010
||#2||#2
|}
+ Prior to AP Poll's creation – National Champions
++ National Champions
Sources: AP Poll
, Coaches Poll
|- style="background:#609; text-align:center; color:#fff;"
|Years
|Coach
|Wins
|Losses
|Ties
|Pct.
|-
|1897
||Joe Field||3||1||0||.750
|-
|1898
||James Morrison||1||3||1||.300
|-
|1902
||H. E. Hildebrand||0||5||1||.083
|-
|1904
||C.E. Cronk||1||4||1||.250
|-
|1905
–1907
||E.J. Hyde||10||11||2||.478
|-
|1908
–1909
||J.R. Langley||11||5||1||.676
|-
|1910
||Kemp Lewis||2||6||1||.278
|-
|1911
||Henry W. Lever||4||5||0||.444
|-
|1912
||W.T. Stewart||8||1||0||.889
|-
|1913
||Fred Cahoon||3||1||2||.667
|-
|1914
||S. A. Boles||4||4||2||.500
|-
|1915
||E. Y. Freeland
||4||5||0||.444
|-
|1916
–1917
||Milton Daniel||14||4||1||.763
|-
|1918
||E.M. Tipton||4||3||0||.571
|-
|1919
||T.D. Hackney||1||7||0||.125
|-
|1920
–1921
||W. L. Driver
||15||4||1||.775
|-
|1922
||John McKnight||2||5||3||.350
|-"
|1923
–1928
||Matty Bell||33||17||5||.645
|-
|1929
–1933
||Francis Schmidt
||47||5||5||.868
|-
|1934
–1952
||Dutch Meyer
||109||79||13||.575
|-
|1953
–1966
||Abe Martin||74||64||7||.534
|-
|1967
–1970
||Fred Taylor
||15||25||1||.378
|-
|1971
||Jim Pittman
||3||3||1||.500
|-
|1971
–1973
||Billy Tohill||11||15||0||.423
|-
|1974
–1976
||Jim Shofner
||2||31||0||.061
|-
|1977
–1982
||F. A. Dry
||12||51||3||.205
|-
|1983
–1991
||Jim Wacker
||40||58||2||.410
|-
|1992
–1997
||Pat Sullivan
||24||42||1||.366
|-
|1998
–2000
||Dennis Franchione
||25||10||0||.714
|-
|2000
– present||Gary Patterson
||101||30||0||.771
|}
|- "
! Name !! Title !! Position Coach
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Gary Patterson
|| Head Coach
||| none
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Jarrett Anderson || Co-Offensive Coordinator
||| Running Back
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Dick Bumpas || Defensive Coordinator
||| Defensive Line
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Rusty Burns || Assistant Coach ||| Wide Receiver
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Justin Fuente || Co-Offensive Coordinator
||| Quarterback
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Clay Jennings || Assistant Coach ||| Cornerback
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Brandon Lechtenberg || Graduate Assistant
||| Defense
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Russ Plager || Graduate Assistant
||| Offense
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Dan Sharp || Special Teams ||| Tight End
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Tony Tademy || Assistant Coach ||| Linebacker
s
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Eddie Williamson
|| Assistant Head Coach
||| Offensive Line
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Mike Sinquefield || Associate AD
||| Football
Operations
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Matt Parke || Asso. S&
C
Coach ||| Strength
and Conditioning
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Don Sommer || Head S&
C
Coach ||| Strength
and Conditioning
|}
. The admission of TCU to the Big 12 in 2012 will renew some of these famous rivalries. In the years since the SWC's demise, TCU has added a few minor rivals in both Conference USA
and the Mountain West, including Louisville
, Southern Miss
, BYU, Utah
, Air Force and a growing rivalry with Boise State
. Their three main rivals, however, remain:
Southern Methodist University
This is the main rivalry for both schools. TCU leads the football series with SMU
, 46–40–7. as of the the 2011 season's game, a surprise SMU overtime win, 40–33. These two schools play each other in football in "The Battle for the Iron Skillet
", with the winning team gaining possession of the skillet. Since 1915 when SMU was founded and subsequently started playing football, in only three years when both fielded a football team did they not meet on the field—1919, 1920 and 2006. The schools are scheduled to meet through at least 2016.
Last meeting: 2011, TCU 33 – SMU 40 (OT).
Baylor University
The series with Baylor
is tied at 50–50–7. This rivalry hearkens back to 1899 in the early days of TCU football when TCU was known as AddRan Christian University. When the series started TCU and Baylor were both located in Waco, Texas
. It is one of the most played rivalries in all of NCAA College Football. The two schools concluded a home-and-home series in 2007, and have continued their rivalry in Fort Worth in 2010 and Waco in 2011. TCU fans have long held a deep resentment for Baylor getting into the Big 12 Conference
ahead of TCU in 1996. This resentment is due to the wide spread rumor that influence from then-Texas governor Ann Richards
was the reason. Both schools will return to being conference mates and yearly football games when TCU joins the Big XII in july 2012.
Last meeting: 2011, TCU 48 – Baylor 50
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech
leads the football series dating back to 1926, 28–23–3. TCU was the first Southwest Conference team to play Texas Tech. Texas Tech was the first of the four Southwest Conference schools that left to form the Big 12 Conference
to schedule a game with TCU in the regular season in 2004. The Texas Tech University Goin' Band from Raiderland was the first college marching band to travel to an away game when Will Rogers financed their trip to accompany the Red Raiders to Fort Worth.
A prior to Texas Tech joining the SWC, a traveling trophy was exchanged between the Horned Frogs and Red Raiders. The trophy was of a miniature saddle and the game between the teams was dubbed "The West Texas Championship."Both schools will return to being conference mates and yearly football games when TCU joins the Big XII in july 2012.
Last meeting: 2006, TCU 12 – Texas Tech 3
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TCU Horned Frogs
The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University, consisting of 18 varsity teams. The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, as known as the "horned frog". The women's athletics teams are often referred to often as the Lady Frogs...
football team is the intercollegiate football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
team of Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football in 1896 and has won two national championships (1935, 1938). TCU has one Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner, Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, and has had 11 former players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
.
TCU was reckoned as a major power in college football throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, when it was a member of the now defunct Southwest Conference. However, the program fell from national prominence in the 1960s, and did not achieve a sustained recovery until the late 1990s. Under current head coach Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
TCU has reclaimed a national prominence and has finished in the AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
's top 10 four times in the past six years including a number 2 finish in 2010. TCU has one of the best won-loss records in the FBS in the 21st Century.
The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium is an open-air football stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the home stadium of the TCU Horned Frogs football team. It was named after Amon G...
, which is located on campus in Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
.
Early Years (1897–1922)
TCU's first year of football was 1896, when it still went by the name AddRan Male & Female College. TCU won its first game ever played by beating Toby’s Business College to the score of 8–6, apparently not having to use any substitutes. TCU finished its first ever season with a record of 1–1–1.Prior to joining the Southwest Conference in 1923, TCU amassed a record of 89–84–19. In 1912
1912 college football season
The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring:*Teams were given 4 downs instead of 3 downs to gain ten yards...
, TCU went 8–1–0 and scored 230 points while only allowing 53 points the whole season.
In 1920
1920 college football season
The 1920 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the California, Notre Dame, and Princeton as national champions. Only California and Princeton claim national championships for the 1920 season.-Conference standings:The...
, TCU won its first conference title as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an NCAA-affiliated Division III college athletic association for schools in Texas from 1976 to 1996....
(TIAA). The Horned Frogs' 9–1–0 record earned them a spot in the Fort Worth Classic
Fort Worth Classic
The Fort Worth Classic was a postseason college football bowl game played only once, on January 1, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, between Centre College and Texas Christian University....
, also known as the Dixie Bowl, against Centre College
Centre Praying Colonels football
The Centre Praying Colonels football team represents Centre College in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III competition as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference . Despite the school's small size , the football team has historically had success and possesses a...
. Although the game was played in Fort Worth, TCU lost the game 63–7.
Early Southwest Conference years (1923–1933)
In 19231923 college football season
The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois and Michigan The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan The 1923 college football season saw...
, TCU endured a 5-game losing streak during its first year in the SWC, but it earned a 2–1–0 conference record and a 4–5–0 overall record. One loss that year was a 40–0 decision against TCU's emerging rival, the SMU Mustangs
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
, who went 9–0 en route to a conference championship. The next year, TCU finished last place in the conference with a 1–5 SWC record and another 4–5 overall record.
After two rough seasons, the Horned Frogs righted the ship. Prior to 1923 TCU had had a revolving door of coaches, with no coaching the football for more than two years. Following entrance to the SWC, the school established a high degree of stability, employing just four coaches over the next 43 years, and would not hit last place again until 1953
1953 college football season
The 1953 college football season finished with the Maryland Terrapins capturing the AP, INS, and UPI national championship after Notre Dame held the top spot for the first nine weeks. The #4 Oklahoma Sooners defeated Maryland in the Orange Bowl, but there was no further polling after the November...
. Under those four coaches (Bell, Schmidt, Meyer, and Martin, the Frogs accumulated a record of 262–165–30.
Matty Bell, who began coaching the Frogs in 1923, had his best year in 1928
1928 college football season
The 1928 college football season had the USC Trojans recognized as champions under the Dickinson System, but the Rose Bowl was contested between the #2 and #3 teams, California and Georgia Tech...
, his last year as coach. That year's only losses came at home 7–6 to the Baylor Bears
Baylor Bears football
The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:...
and to Texas by a score of 6–0. That year the Frogs finished in third place in the conference at 8–2–0 overall and 3–2 in conference play.
The 1929 season saw the arrival of Coach Francis Schmidt
Francis Schmidt
Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tulsa , the University of Arkansas , Texas Christian University , Ohio State University , and the University of Idaho , compiling a...
and TCU's first SWC title. The title was won in the last game of the year on November 30, 1929 against SMU. Coming into the game TCU led SMU in the conference standings. TCU had 4 wins, while SMU's conference record was 3–0–1. Since this was the last conference game of the year for both teams, TCU could win its first SWC title with a win or a tie. The first half of the game was scoreless, but in the third quarter Weldon “Speedy” Mason tacked on 40 yards to a 16-yard pass from SMU quarterback Bob Gilbert. After the extra point, the Mustangs led 7–0. TCU would not score until its second time on the SMU] 1-yard line in the fourth quarter. That is when TCU quarterback Howard Grubbs ran behind All-SWC fullback Harlos Green and Mike Brumbelow
Mike Brumbelow
Lester Michael "Mike" Brumbelow was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played football and basketball for Texas Christian University from 1927 to 1929 and was the captain and most valuable player of the TCU Horned Frogs undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's...
for the game-tying score. The Frogs left plenty of time on the clock for SMU to answer their score, but Grubbs, now playing defense, intercepted Gilbert's pass. TCU then ran the clock out to force the tie and to win its first SWC title.
The Dutch Meyer era (1934–1952)
19351935 college football season
The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...
began the first year for TCU coach Noah Everett. That year TCU and SMU again met to decide not only the SWC title but the first trip to the Rose Bowl for a team from the SWC. Grantland Rice of the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
called it the "Game of the Century" and reported the following:
In a TCU Stadium that seated 30,000 spectators, over 36,000 wildly excited Texans and visitors from every corner of the map packed, jammed, and fought their way into every square foot of standing and seating space to see one of the greatest football games ever played…this tense, keyed up crowd even leaped the wire fences from the top of automobiles…”
SMU scored the first 14 points of the game. TCU, led by All-American quarterback Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
, tied the game at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then, with seven minutes left in the game SMU, on a 4th and 4 on the Frogs' 37 yard-line, lined up to punt. Quarterback Bob Finley
Bob Finley
Robert Edward Finley was an SMU back drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers a and Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1943 and 1944. He was a native of Ennis, Texas...
threw a 50-yard pass to running back Bobby Wilson who made what is described as a “jumping, twisting catch that swept him over the line for the touchdown.” TCU would lose the game 14–20, but would be invited to play the LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
in the 1936 Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
, where the Frogs would be victorious 3–2 at messy and muddy Tulane
Tulane Green Wave football
The Tulane Green Wave football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents Tulane University in New Orleans. The team is a member of Conference USA and is led by interim head coach Mark Hutson, who took over on October 18, 2011, when fifth-year head coach Bob Toledo resigned...
Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium
Tulane Stadium was an outdoor football stadium located in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1926 to 1980. Officially known as the Third Tulane Stadium, it replaced the "Second Tulane Stadium" where the Telephone Exchange Building is now located...
.
Even with the loss to SMU, who later lost to Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
in the 1936 Rose Bowl, TCU claims 1935
1935 college football season
The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...
as a national championship year. Dan Jenkins states that one of the first statistical national polls was created by Frank G. Dickinson in 1924. By 1935
1935 in sports
-American football:* Detroit Lions defeat 26–7 New York Giants for the NFL championship* SMU Mustangs national college football champions* First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago...
there were several other polls, and “…only one of them was big and caught on big and rivaled Dickinson. This was the Paul O. Williamson System out of New Orleans. It quickly gained nation-wide respect and a large syndicated circulation.” The Williamson System awarded TCU a shared championship with LSU in 1935, the year before the first sportswriter poll by the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
. The Dickinson poll awarded SMU the national title, and several smaller polls designated the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
and Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
as their champions
TCU would go undefeated in 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
under the tutelage of coach Dutch Meyer and behind TCU’s only Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner—quarterback Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
. That year the Frogs' closest game came against the University of Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
where they beat the Razorbacks 21–14 in Fort Worth. They were invited to the 1939 Sugar Bowl and beat the Carnegie Tech Tartans
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
from Pittsburgh by a score of 15–7 in front of more than 50,000 spectators.
Dutch Meyer coached TCU from 1934 to 1952. His record of 109–79–13 is the highest amount of victories at TCU.
He also is responsible for three SWC championships. Meyer coached and won the first Cotton Bowl Classic game in 1937.
The Abe Martin era (1953–1966)
When Dutch Meyer retired, his backfield assistant, Abe MartinAbe Martin
-External links:* at the Handbook of Texas...
, became head coach at TCU. One of his three tries at a SWC title came in 1958. The Frogs only losses were to Iowa
1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1958 college football season. The team was coached by Forest Evashevski and captained by fullback John Nocera...
by a score of 0–17 and at #18 SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
, 13–20. The 1958
1958 college football season
The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the two point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 yard line for 2...
season ended in a scoreless tie against the Air Force Falcons
Air Force Falcons football
The Air Force Falcons are a college football team from the United States Air Force Academy, located just outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA Division I and the Mountain West Conference.-Style:...
in the 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic. Martin-led TCU teams amassed a 1–3–1 record in bowl games. The lone win came in the 1957 Cotton Bowl Classic against a Jim Brown
Jim Brown
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News...
-led Syracuse
1956 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1956 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1956 NCAA University Division college football season. The offense scored 230 points, while the defense allowed 11 points. The Orange participated in the Cotton Bowl Classic, which was played on January 1,...
team in front of 68,000 spectators. A blocked extra-point attempt was the difference in the game and allowed the Horned Frogs to win 28–27.
Taylor, Pittman, Tohill, Shofner, & Dry (1967–1982)
After TCU won the 1959 SWC championship, the Horned Frogs wouldn't earn another share of the conference title until 1994. During this time, TCU played the role of the underdog. In 19611961 in sports
1961 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* AFL Championship – Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers* NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants...
, Bill Van Fleet of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a major U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. Its area of domination is checked by its main rival, The Dallas Morning News, which is published from the eastern half of the Metroplex. It is owned...
called the Horned Frogs' 6–0 win at then-No. 1 Texas, "the season's greatest upset of the year." In 1965
1965 college football season
During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press was the most popular,...
, TCU traveled to El Paso
El Paso
El Paso, a city in the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Mexico.El Paso may also refer to:-Geography:Colombia:* El Paso, CesarSpain:*El Paso, Santa Cruz de TenerifeUnited States:...
to play in the Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
against UTEP
UTEP Miners
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso. Informally, the UTEP Miners have also been referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas-El Paso. UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in...
; the Frogs lost 13–12. The state of football at TCU eventually got so bad that from 1974 to 1983 the Frogs never won more than two games in a season.
Jim Wacker (1983–1991) and NCAA Probation
TCU would have a successful year in 19841984 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Brigham Young University winning their first national championship by beating an unranked Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl...
under coach Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University , North Dakota State University , Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University–San Marcos, , Texas Christian University ,...
. That year TCU leaned on All-American running back Kenneth Davis. The Frogs would be invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
in Houston for their first bowl invitation in 19 years to play the West Virginia Mountaineers
1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with a 8–4 record and played in the Bluebonnet Bowl, where they beat Texas Christian 31–14.-1984 Schedule:...
. The Frogs would lose to the Mountaineers 31–14. TCU wouldn't attend another bowl game until the 1994 Independence Bowl
Independence Bowl
The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976....
in Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, which they lost, 20–10, to the Virginia Cavaliers
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
.
In 1986, the NCAA placed TCU on three year probation. They found that 6 boosters provided football recruits and football players with cash and other forms of payment. The final penalty of the NCAA was to ban TCU from post-season play for one season, a forfeiture of TV revenue for the 1983 and 1984 seasons, only 10 scholarships for the 1987–88 academic year and only 15 scholarships for the 1988–89 season. The NCAA said it would have given TCU a harsher penalty: a three-year ban from postseason play, a three-year television appearance ban and no new scholarships for two years. In the NCAA's public release they imposed a reduced penalty because TCU self-reported the violations, suspended the players in question, full cooperation with the enforcement committee and a lack of previous infractions.
Pat Sullivan (1992–1997) and the breakup of the SWC
Coach Sullivan led the Frogs to a Southwest Conference championship in the conference's last season of existence. The breakup of the Southwest Conference (SWC) sent TCU to the Western Athletic ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
(WAC), along with Rice and SMU. Houston joined the newly formed Conference USA. Coach Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan (American football)
Patrick Joseph Sullivan is an American football coach and former player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 playing quarterback for the Auburn Tigers and then played in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan is currently the head coach at Samford University...
went 4–7 (3–5 WAC) in 1996 and then won only a single home contest vs. SMU in 1997's last game for an overall 1–10 record (WAC 1–7.)
Dennis Franchione (1998–2000) and Renaissance
The revival of TCU football began under the watch of Dennis FranchioneDennis Franchione
Dennis Wayne Franchione , also known as Coach Fran, is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Texas State University, a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed in 2011...
when TCU defeated the University of Southern California in the 1998
1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL...
Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
. In the three years Coach Franchione was at TCU his bowl record was 2–0 and accumulated two WAC Championships. Franchione coached the entire 2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....
regular season, but left for the head coaching position at the University of Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide football
|TeamName = Alabama football |Image = Alabama Crimson Tide Logo.svg |ImageSize = 110 |Helmet = Alabama Football.png |ImageSize2 = 150 |CurrentSeason = 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team...
before the 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl
2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl
The 2000 GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the second edition of the game...
.
The Gary Patterson era (2000–present)
In 20012001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time.The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker, who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami's offensive coordinator under Butch Davis...
TCU left the WAC for Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
(C-USA). TCU would only stay in C-USA for four years before accepting an invitation to join their current conference, the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
(MWC). The current head coach, Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, has won four conference championships. In 2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...
, TCU won a C-USA title; in 2005
2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...
, TCU won the MWC title their first year in the league, and the Frogs claimed additional conference crowns in 2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
and 2010. Coach Patterson has had a winning season every year but 2004
2004 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game, triggering controversy. In the 2003 season, no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished the season with one loss...
when the Frogs went 5–6. TCU has gone to a bowl game every year but one since that 1998 Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
. In the 2005 Houston Bowl
2005 Houston Bowl
The 2005 EV1.net Houston Bowl was the sixth and final edition of the college football bowl games and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the from the Big 12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Mountain West Conference...
, played at Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Houston, Texas, USA. Reliant Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,500, a total square footage of with of natural grass playing surface....
in Houston, Texas, the Horned Frogs defeated the by a score of 27–24. In the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl
2006 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2006 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the on December 19, 2006 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. TCU defeated Northern Illinois 37–7 in this game, which was the second year in the bowl's existence.-References:...
TCU defeated the Northern Illinois Huskies
Northern Illinois Huskies football
The Northern Illinois Huskies football team represents Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference of the NCAA's Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision.-History:...
37–7. In 2007, the Horned Frogs returned to play in the 2007 Texas Bowl
2007 Texas Bowl
The 2007 Texas Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 28, 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas....
, a revival of the old Houston Bowl
Houston Bowl
The Houston Bowl is a now-defunct NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was played annually in Houston, Texas from 2000 to 2005. The game was originally known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in 2000 and 2001...
, and defeated the , 20–13. In a return to the Poinsettia Bowl
2008 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Tuesday, December 23, 2008...
in 2008 the perpetually underrated #11 Frogs defeated unbeaten #9 Boise State
2008 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf". The blue turf was new for the 2008...
17–16. Boise State was the second to last unbeaten team in the nation in 2008 besides the Utah Utes
2008 Utah Utes football team
The 2008 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah in the college football season of 2008–2009. The team, coached by 4th year head football coach Kyle Whittingham, plays its home games in Rice–Eccles Stadium...
. TCU's Poinsettia Bowl victory helped them finish the 2008 season
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...
ranked #7 in the country. In 2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
, TCU
2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season...
again attained national prominence with its first undefeated regular season (12–0) since Dutch Meyer led the Frogs to perfection in 1938. They lost in the 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
2010 Fiesta Bowl
The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #4 TCU Horned Frogs, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the #6 Boise State Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played Monday, January 4, 2010, at University of...
, 17–10, to the Boise State Broncos
2009 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2009 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2009 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf"...
, on January 4, 2010—their first major-bowl appearance since the 1959 Cotton Bowl. In the following year
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
, the Horned Frogs capped their second consecutive perfect regular season with a win in their first Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...
, a 21–19 victory over Big 10 co-champion Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
on New Year's Day, 2011
2011 Rose Bowl
The 2011 Rose Bowl was the 97th edition of the annual bowl game played on January 1, 2011, as part of the 2010 college football season. Played in Pasadena, California, the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference defeated the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. The Pasadena...
. This capped off only the second undefeated and untied season in school history.
In the 2011 offseason the long time home for the Horned Frogs, Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium is an open-air football stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the home stadium of the TCU Horned Frogs football team. It was named after Amon G...
underwent large renovations. The re-developed Amon G. Carter Stadium will feature suites, club seats and improved fan amenities in many areas – new and more comfortable seating, wider concourses, new and improved restrooms and concessions areas, handicap accessible accommodations, elevators and escalators to move patrons among levels, and new lighting. Additionally, the stadium will feature a new press box. On October 6, 2011, the Big 12 Conference Board of Directors, acting upon a unanimous recommendation of the expansion committee, authorized negotiations with TCU to become a member of the Conference.
On October 10, 2011 TCU Board of Trustees approved the Big 12 bid and will join the conference for the 2012–2013 season.
Conference affiliations
- 1896–1913: IndependentNCAA Division I-A independent schoolsNCAA Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do...
- 1914–1920: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationTexas Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationThe Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an NCAA-affiliated Division III college athletic association for schools in Texas from 1976 to 1996....
- 1921–22: Independent
- 1923–95: Southwest Conference
- 1996–2000: Western Athletic ConferenceWestern Athletic ConferenceThe Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
- 2001–2004: Conference USAConference USAConference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
- 2005–2012: Mountain West ConferenceMountain West ConferenceThe Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
- 2012–Present: Big 12 ConferenceBig 12 ConferenceThe Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
National championships
TCU recognizes two national championships, one from 19351935 college football season
The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...
and the other from 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
. In 1935, TCU lost in their last game of the year to SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
who then lost to Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
in the Rose Bowl. That same year TCU defeated LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
in the Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
. Since the wire services didn't award national championships
Mythical National Championship
A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to question the validity of national championship recognition that is not explicitly competitive...
until 1936, TCU recognizes a statistical poll created by Paul O. Williamson who awarded his national title to LSU and TCU for the 1935 season. The 1938 team
1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer and finished with an undefeated season. At season's end, Davey O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy and the Horned Frogs were crowned as national...
was undefeated and was the consensus #1 team in the nation.
National Championships
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| 1935|| Dutch Meyer || Williamson || 12–1 || Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
|| TCU 3, LSU 2
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| 1938
1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1938 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 1938 college football season. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer and finished with an undefeated season. At season's end, Davey O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy and the Horned Frogs were crowned as national...
|| Dutch Meyer || AP, Helms, National Championship Foundation,Williamson || 11–0 || Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
|| TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon (PA) 7
|- style="text-align:center; background:#609;"
| colspan="4"| Total national championships
| colspan="2"| 2
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Conference championships
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| 1920
1920 college football season
The 1920 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the California, Notre Dame, and Princeton as national champions. Only California and Princeton claim national championships for the 1920 season.-Conference standings:The...
|| TIAA* || W. L. Driver
W. L. Driver
William Lloyd "Billy" Driver was an American football and basketball coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Washburn University, the University of Mississippi, Texas Christian University, the University of California, Davis, and Loyola College of Los Angeles, now...
|| 9–1–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1929
1929 college football season
The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents; Notre Dame was recognized as national champion under the Dickinson system...
|| Southwest Conference || Francis Schmidt
Francis Schmidt
Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tulsa , the University of Arkansas , Texas Christian University , Ohio State University , and the University of Idaho , compiling a...
|| 9–0–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1932
1932 college football season
The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose...
|| Southwest Conference || Francis Schmidt || 10–0–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer
Dutch Meyer
Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University from 1934 to 1952, compiling a record of 109–79–13. His TCU Horned Frogs football teams of 1935 and 1938 have been recognized...
|| 11–0–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1944
1944 college football season
The 1944 college football season was played during the Second World War. The football team of the United States Military Academy, more popularly known as Army, was crowned as the nation’s #1 team by 95 of the 121 writers who participated in the AP poll...
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer || 7–3–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1951
1951 college football season
The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, with the Vols having a plurality of first place...
|| Southwest Conference || Dutch Meyer || 6–5–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1955
1955 college football season
The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami,...
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin
Abe Martin
-External links:* at the Handbook of Texas...
|| 9–2–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1958
1958 college football season
The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the two point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 yard line for 2...
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin || 8–2–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1959
1959 college football season
The 1959 college football season saw Syracuse University crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services. Mississippi , which had outscored its opponents 350-21, finished #2 in both polls, and its only loss during the regular season had been to LSU, which ultimately...
|| Southwest Conference || Abe Martin || 8–3–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1994|| Southwest Conference || Pat Sullivan || 7–5–0 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1999
1999 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl.Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the...
|| Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
|| Dennis Franchione
Dennis Franchione
Dennis Wayne Franchione , also known as Coach Fran, is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Texas State University, a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed in 2011...
|| 8–4 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....
|| Western Athletic Conference || Dennis Franchione || 10–2 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...
|| Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
|| Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
|| 11–2 (tie)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2005
2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...
|| Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
|| Gary Patterson || 11–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 12–1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 13–0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2011
2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...
|| Mountain West Conference || Gary Patterson || 9–2
|- style="text-align:center; background:#609;"
| colspan="2"| Total conference championships
| colspan="2"| 18
|}
- Note that the 1920 TIAA Championship was disputed between TCU and Austin College. Although TCU defeated the Kangaroos 9–7 on October 9, 1920, one of the TCU players, Allen Rowson, was declared ineligible after the 1920 Season due to transfer rules.
Bowl games
TCU competed in and won the first Cotton Bowl Classic under coach Dutch MeyerDutch Meyer
Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University from 1934 to 1952, compiling a record of 109–79–13. His TCU Horned Frogs football teams of 1935 and 1938 have been recognized...
. TCU has won two Sugar Bowl games. After the Frogs' last Sugar Bowl game, they would go 1–9–1 in their next 11 bowl games from 1942 to 1998. Since the '98 season, the Horned Frogs are 7–4 in bowl games. In addition to the first Cotton Bowl Classic, TCU has had the honor of playing in several other inaugural bowls, including the Bluebonnet
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
, Mobile Alabama, and both the Fort Worth Classic
Fort Worth Classic
The Fort Worth Classic was a postseason college football bowl game played only once, on January 1, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, between Centre College and Texas Christian University....
and Fort Worth Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is an annual postseason college football bowl game that was inaugurated in 2003 as the Fort Worth Bowl under corporate sponsorship of PlainsCapital Bank. In 2005, the game was without corporate sponsorship...
games. They won the 2011 Rose Bowl, beating Wisconsin, 21–19.
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| Date || Bowl || W/L || Opponent || PF || PA
|- align=center
| January 1, 1921 || Fort Worth Classic
Fort Worth Classic
The Fort Worth Classic was a postseason college football bowl game played only once, on January 1, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, between Centre College and Texas Christian University....
|| L || Centre College
Centre Praying Colonels football
The Centre Praying Colonels football team represents Centre College in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III competition as a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference . Despite the school's small size , the football team has historically had success and possesses a...
|| 7 || 63
|- align=center
| January 1, 1936 || Sugar Bowl
1936 Sugar Bowl
The 1936 Sugar Bowl, part of the 1935 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1936, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. The competing teams were the , representing the Southeastern Conference , and the , representing the Southwest Conference...
|| W || LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
|| 3 || 2
|- align=center
| January 1, 1937 || Cotton Bowl Classic || W || Marquette
Marquette Golden Eagles
The Marquette Golden Eagles are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Marquette University....
|| 16 || 6
|- align=center
| January 2, 1939 || Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
|| W || Carnegie Tech
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
|| 15 || 7
|- align=center
| January 1, 1942 || Orange Bowl || L || Georgia || 26 || 40
|- align=center
| January 1, 1945 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State Cowboys football
The Oklahoma State Cowboys football program represents Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in college football. The team is a member of the Big 12 Conference and completes at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Cowboys are led by Mike Gundy, who is in his seventh year as...
|| 0 || 34
|- align=center
| January 1, 1948 || Delta Bowl || L || Ole Miss
Ole Miss Rebels
University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood" , were re-named the Rebels in 1936 and compete in the twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red and navy blue , purposely chosen to mirror the school...
|| 9 || 13
|- align=center
| January 1, 1952 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Kentucky
1951 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1951 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1951 college football season. The Wildcats scored 314 points while allowing 121 points...
|| 7 || 20
|- align=center
| January 2, 1956 || Cotton Bowl Classic || L || Ole Miss || 13 || 14
|- align=center
| January 1, 1957 || Cotton Bowl Classic || W || Syracuse
1956 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1956 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1956 NCAA University Division college football season. The offense scored 230 points, while the defense allowed 11 points. The Orange participated in the Cotton Bowl Classic, which was played on January 1,...
|| 28 || 27
|- align=center
| January 1, 1959 || Cotton Bowl Classic || T || Air Force
Air Force Falcons football
The Air Force Falcons are a college football team from the United States Air Force Academy, located just outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA Division I and the Mountain West Conference.-Style:...
|| 0 || 0
|- align=center
| December 19, 1959 || Bluebonnet Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
|| L || Clemson
Clemson Tigers football
The Clemson Tigers football team is an American football team from Clemson University in South Carolina. It competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
|| 7 || 23
|- align=center
| December 31, 1965 || Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
|| L || UTEP
UTEP Miners
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso. Informally, the UTEP Miners have also been referred to as the Miners, UTEP, or Texas-El Paso. UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice, Tulsa, and SMU in...
|| 12 || 13
|- align=center
| December 31, 1984 || Bluebonnet Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
|| L || West Virginia
1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1984 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the season with a 8–4 record and played in the Bluebonnet Bowl, where they beat Texas Christian 31–14.-1984 Schedule:...
|| 14 || 31
|- align=center
| December 28, 1994 || Independence Bowl
Independence Bowl
The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, so named because it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976....
|| L || Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
|| 10 || 20
|- align=center
| December 31, 1998 || Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl
The Sun Bowl is an annual U.S. college football bowl game that is usually played at the end of December in El Paso, Texas. The Sun Bowl, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl are the second-oldest bowl games in the country, behind the Rose Bowl...
|| W || USC || 28 || 19
|- align=center
| December 22, 1999 || Mobile Alabama Bowl || W || East Carolina || 28 || 14
|- align=center
| December 20, 2000 || Mobile Alabama Bowl || L || Southern Miss
Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program represents the University of Southern Mississippi in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Eagles are members of Conference USA and player their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...
|| 21 || 28
|- align=center
| December 28, 2001 || Galleryfurniture.com Bowl
Houston Bowl
The Houston Bowl is a now-defunct NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A college football bowl game that was played annually in Houston, Texas from 2000 to 2005. The game was originally known as the galleryfurniture.com Bowl in 2000 and 2001...
|| L || Texas A&M
2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 2001 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 8-4 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 4-4.-Schedule:-McNeese State:-Wyoming:-Oklahoma State:-Notre Dame:-Baylor:-Colorado:...
|| 9 || 28
|- align=center
| December 31, 2002 || Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003...
|| W || Colorado State
Colorado State Rams football
The Colorado State Rams football program, established in 1893, represents Colorado State University and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mountain West Conference under head coach Steve Fairchild...
|| 17 || 3
|- align=center
| December 23, 2003 || Fort Worth Bowl
2003 Fort Worth Bowl
The 2003 edition to the Fort Worth Bowl, the inaugural edition of the game, featured the Boise State Broncos, and the TCU Horned Frogs. The title sponsor for the game was PlainsCapital Bank....
|| L || Boise State
2003 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2003 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2003 college football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho...
|| 31 || 34
|- align=center
| December 31, 2005 || Houston Bowl
2005 Houston Bowl
The 2005 EV1.net Houston Bowl was the sixth and final edition of the college football bowl games and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game pitted the from the Big 12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Mountain West Conference...
|| W || Iowa State
Iowa State Cyclones football
The Iowa State Cyclones football team represents Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones compete in the Big 12 Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. ISU started playing football in 1892, however, it did not become an official sport until 1894...
|| 27 || 24
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| December 19, 2006 || Poinsettia Bowl
2006 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2006 Poinsettia Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the on December 19, 2006 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. TCU defeated Northern Illinois 37–7 in this game, which was the second year in the bowl's existence.-References:...
|| W || Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Huskies football
The Northern Illinois Huskies football team represents Northern Illinois University in the Mid-American Conference of the NCAA's Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision.-History:...
|| 37 || 7
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| December 28, 2007 || Texas Bowl
2007 Texas Bowl
The 2007 Texas Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 28, 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas....
|| W || Houston
Houston Cougars football
The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" . The UH football program is currently a member of the Conference USA intercollegiate athletic conference, and is coached by...
|| 20 || 13
|- align=center
| December 23, 2008 || Poinsettia Bowl
2008 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game started at 5 PM US PST on Tuesday, December 23, 2008...
|| W || Boise State
2008 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf". The blue turf was new for the 2008...
|| 17 || 16
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| January 4, 2010 || Fiesta Bowl*
2010 Fiesta Bowl
The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #4 TCU Horned Frogs, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the #6 Boise State Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played Monday, January 4, 2010, at University of...
|| L || Boise State
2009 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2009 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2009 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf"...
|| 10 ||17
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| January 1, 2011 || Rose Bowl*
2011 Rose Bowl
The 2011 Rose Bowl was the 97th edition of the annual bowl game played on January 1, 2011, as part of the 2010 college football season. Played in Pasadena, California, the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference defeated the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. The Pasadena...
|| W || Wisconsin
2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium...
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| Total || 27 bowl games || 12–14–1 || || ||
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Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system that creates five bowl match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , including an opportunity for the top two to compete in the BCS National Championship Game.The BCS relies on a combination of...
game
Retired numbers
- Davey O'BrienDavey O'BrienRobert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, #8 in 1939 - Sammy BaughSammy BaughSamuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
, #45 in 1993 - LaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, #5 in 2005
National award winners – players
- Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
Winner
Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, 1938
- Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
finalists
Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
, 4th in 1936
Jim Swink
Jim Swink
Jim Swink is a former All-American halfback at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.Swink grew up in Rusk, Texas, which led to his nickname, "The Rusk Rambler"...
, 2nd in 1955
Kenneth Davis, 5th in 1984
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, 4th in 2000
Andy Dalton
Andy Dalton (American football)
Andrew Gregory Dalton is an American professional football quarterback for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Texas Christian University...
, 9th in 2010
- Maxwell AwardMaxwell AwardThe Maxwell Award is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best football player in the United States. The...
Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, 1938
- Doak Walker AwardDoak Walker AwardThe Doak Walker Award, first awarded in 1990, honors the United States's top college football running back. It is named after the Southern Methodist and Detroit Lions football player Doak Walker...
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, 2000
- Rimington Trophy
Jake Kirkpatrick
Jake Kirkpatrick
Jacob Daniel Kirkpatrick is an American football center for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Texas Christian University. Kirkpatrick was a 2009 All-American selection by Sports...
, 2010
- Lott TrophyLott TrophyThe Lott IMPACT Trophy is presented annually to the college football Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. IMPACT is an acronym for: integrity, maturity, performance, academics, community, and tenacity. The award purports to equally recognize the personal character of the winning player as well as...
Jerry Hughes
Jerry Hughes
-2011 season:During the week 8 game against the Tennessee Titans Hughes missed a block on a punt by Pat McAfee. The punt was blocked and the Titans scored a touchdown. This was the first blocked punt of McAfee's career.-External links:*...
, 2009
- Ted Hendricks AwardTed Hendricks AwardThe Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. The award is named after Ted Hendricks, who is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is presented by his own 501 foundation, called the Ted Hendricks...
Jerry Hughes
Jerry Hughes
-2011 season:During the week 8 game against the Tennessee Titans Hughes missed a block on a punt by Pat McAfee. The punt was blocked and the Titans scored a touchdown. This was the first blocked punt of McAfee's career.-External links:*...
, 2009
- Lou Groza AwardLou Groza AwardThe Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza.-Winners:...
Michael Reeder, 1995
- Rudy Award(Rudy Ruettiger Notre Dame, namesake of the award)
Drew Combs, 2008
- Jim Brown Trophy
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, 2000
National award winners – coaches
- Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year AwardBobby Dodd Coach of the Year AwardThe Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. The award is named for Bobby Dodd, longtime head football coach at Georgia Tech and was...
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University , North Dakota State University , Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University–San Marcos, , Texas Christian University ,...
, 1984
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- Walter Camp Coach of the YearWalter Camp Coach of the YearThe Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football head coach adjudged by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors under the auspices of the Walter Camp Football...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- George Munger AwardGeorge Munger AwardThe George Munger Award was presented to the NCAA Division I college football coach of the year by the Maxwell Football Club from 1989 to 2009. The award was named after former University of Pennsylvania head coach George Munger...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- Eddie Robinson Coach of the YearEddie Robinson Coach of the YearThe Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award is given annually to a college football coach by the Football Writers Association of America. The award honors Eddie Robinson, former coach at Grambling State who holds the second best record for most Division I wins with 408 behind only Joe...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- AFCA Coach of the YearAFCA Coach of the YearThe AFCA Coach of the Year award is given annually to a college football coach by the American Football Coaches Association . The award has had several different sponors over the years, including Eastman Kodak Corporation, and thus also been named the Kodak Coach of the Year Award.-Football Bowl...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- The Woody Hayes TrophyTouchdown Club of ColumbusThe Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1956 by Sam B. Nicola at the request of State Auditor James A. Rhodes, who later became governor of the state. Nicola served as the club's president until his death in 1993. More than a decade later, his son Sam Nicola, Jr...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- Sporting News College Football Coach of the YearSporting News College Football Coach of the YearThe Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Award is an award that is given annually to NCAA college football's national coach of the year. The Sporting News established the award beginning in 1963...
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University , North Dakota State University , Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University–San Marcos, , Texas Christian University ,...
, 1984
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year AwardAssociated Press College Football Coach of the Year AwardThe Associated Press College Football Coach of the Year Award is an award that is given annually since 1998 to NCAA college football's national coach of the year. The award is voted on by the Associated Press voters that participate in the weekly college football AP Poll. The current award holder...
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
- Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year AwardLiberty Mutual Coach of the Year AwardThe Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is an annual college football award given to the a head coach from each NCAA division. The award honors coaches who succeed on and off the field, displaying sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility, and excellence....
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
, 2009
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
The following Horned Frogs have been inducted into the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
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Ki Aldrich
Ki Aldrich
Charles Collins "Ki" Aldrich was an American football player. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.-Early life:...
, Center, 1960
Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
, Quarterback, 1951
Madison A. "Matty" Bell, Coach, 1955
Darrell Lester
Darrell Lester
Darrell George Lester was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU...
, Center, 1988
Bob Lilly
Bob Lilly
Robert Lewis Lilly is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and photographer. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.-College career:...
, Tackle, 1981
Rags Matthews
Rags Matthews
Raymond "Rags" Matthews was an All-American football player at Texas Christian University in the 1920s, playing end on both offense and defense....
, End, 1971
Dutch Meyer
Dutch Meyer
Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University from 1934 to 1952, compiling a record of 109–79–13. His TCU Horned Frogs football teams of 1935 and 1938 have been recognized...
, Coach, 1956
Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, Quarterback, 1955
Francis Schmidt
Francis Schmidt
Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tulsa , the University of Arkansas , Texas Christian University , Ohio State University , and the University of Idaho , compiling a...
, Coach, 1971
Jim Swink
Jim Swink
Jim Swink is a former All-American halfback at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.Swink grew up in Rusk, Texas, which led to his nickname, "The Rusk Rambler"...
, Halfback, 1980
AP 1st-Team All-Americans
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| 1927
1927 college football season
The 1927 college football season ended with the Illini of the University of Illinois being recognized as champion under the Dickinson system. In the Rose Bowl, the Pittsburgh Panthers were invited to play against the Pacific Coast Conference champion...
|| E || 31 || Rags Matthews
Rags Matthews
Raymond "Rags" Matthews was an All-American football player at Texas Christian University in the 1920s, playing end on both offense and defense....
|| Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
|- align=center
| 1929
1929 college football season
The 1929 college football season saw a number of unbeaten and untied teams. Purdue, Tulane, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh all finished the regular season with wins over all their opponents; Notre Dame was recognized as national champion under the Dickinson system...
|| G || 44 || Mike Brumbelow
Mike Brumbelow
Lester Michael "Mike" Brumbelow was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played football and basketball for Texas Christian University from 1927 to 1929 and was the captain and most valuable player of the TCU Horned Frogs undefeated 1929 football team that won the school's...
|| Jacksboro
Jacksboro, Texas
Jacksboro is a city in Jack County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,533 at the 2000 census. Jacksboro is located at the junction of U.S...
|- align=center
| 1930
1930 college football season
The 1930 college football season saw Notre Dame repeat as national champion under the Dickinson system, and a post-season Rose Bowl matchup between two unbeaten teams, Washington State and Alabama, ranked #2 and #3, respectively...
|| HB || 5 || Cy Leland || Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
|- align=center
| 1932
1932 college football season
The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose...
|| G || 44 || Johnny Vaught
Johnny Vaught
John Howard Vaught was an American college football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973....
|| Fort Worth
|- align=center
| 1934
1934 college football season
The 1934 college football season saw the addition of not one, but two New Year's Day football games to rival the venerable Rose Bowl. On February 15, Warren V. Miller and Joseph M. Cousins had organized the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association and by October, the group had enough funds to...
|| C || 22 || Darrell Lester
Darrell Lester
Darrell George Lester was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU...
|| Jacksboro
|- align=center
| 1935
1935 college football season
The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...
|| C || 22 || Darrell Lester
Darrell Lester
Darrell George Lester was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU...
|| Jacksboro
|- align=center
| 1935
1935 college football season
The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...
|| QB || 45 || Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
|| Sweetwater
Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is the county seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2000 census.-History:Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway started service in 1881, with the first train arriving on March 12 of that year, beginning...
|- align=center
| 1936
1936 college football season
The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936...
|| QB || 45 || Sammy Baugh || Sweetwater
|- align=center
| 1937
1937 college football season
The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation’s #1 team by 30 of the 33 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll...
|| QB || 8 || Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1937
1937 college football season
The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation’s #1 team by 30 of the 33 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll...
|| T || 22 || I. B. Hale
I. B. Hale
Insall Bailey "I. B." Hale was an American football offensive tackle at Texas Christian University who was voted an All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but never played football professionally.Hale later became a FBI agent in Fort...
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1937
1937 college football season
The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation’s #1 team by 30 of the 33 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll...
|| C || 48 || Ki Aldrich
Ki Aldrich
Charles Collins "Ki" Aldrich was an American football player. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.-Early life:...
|| Temple
Temple, Texas
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. In the 2010 Census, Temple's population was 66,102, an...
|- align=center
| 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
|| QB || 8 || Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
|| T || 22 || I. B. Hale
I. B. Hale
Insall Bailey "I. B." Hale was an American football offensive tackle at Texas Christian University who was voted an All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but never played football professionally.Hale later became a FBI agent in Fort...
|| Dallas
|- align=center
| 1938
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
|| C || 48 || Ki Aldrich
Ki Aldrich
Charles Collins "Ki" Aldrich was an American football player. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.-Early life:...
|| Temple
Temple, Texas
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. In the 2010 Census, Temple's population was 66,102, an...
|- align=center
| 1942
1942 college football season
The 1942 college football season saw the Buckeyes of Ohio State University named as the nation’s #1 team by a majority of the voters in the AP poll, followed by the Georgia Bulldogs as the runner-up...
|| T || 71 || Derrell Palmer
Derrell Palmer
Derrell Palmer was an American football offensive tackle and defensive tackle who played eight seasons in the All-America Football Conference and in the National Football League, mainly with the Cleveland Browns....
|| Albany
Albany, Texas
Albany is a city in Shackelford County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Shackelford County.-History:...
|- align=center
| 1944
1944 college football season
The 1944 college football season was played during the Second World War. The football team of the United States Military Academy, more popularly known as Army, was crowned as the nation’s #1 team by 95 of the 121 writers who participated in the AP poll...
|| T || 32 || Clyde Flowers || Perryton
Perryton, Texas
Perryton is a city in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ochiltree County.-Geography:Perryton is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1949
1949 college football season
The 1949 college football season finished with four teams that were unbeaten and untied-- Notre Dame, Oklahoma, #3 California and Army had won all their games at season’s end. Notre Dame, however, was the overwhelming choice for national champion, with 172 of 208 first place votes...
|| QB || 43 || Lindy Berry
Lindy Berry
Lindy Berry is an American former gridiron football quarterback. He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University. Berry was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft, and played professional football for two seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos in what later became the Canadian...
|| Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...
|- align=center
| 1951
1951 college football season
The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, with the Vols having a plurality of first place...
|| C || 34 || Keith Flowers || Perryton
Perryton, Texas
Perryton is a city in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,774 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ochiltree County.-Geography:Perryton is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1951
1951 college football season
The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, with the Vols having a plurality of first place...
|| QB || 49 || Ray McKown || Dumas
Dumas, Texas
Dumas is a city in Moore County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,747 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Moore County. Located approximately fifty miles north of Amarillo, the city is named for...
|- align=center
| 1951
1951 college football season
The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Spartans, with the Vols having a plurality of first place...
|| T || 77 || Doug Conaway || Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Texas
Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 8,232 at the 2000 census.Hillsboro, located on Interstate 35 where I-35E and I-35W meet south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, is the primary center for trade and commerce in Hill County...
|- align=center
| 1955
1955 college football season
The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami,...
|| HB || 23 || Jim Swink
Jim Swink
Jim Swink is a former All-American halfback at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.Swink grew up in Rusk, Texas, which led to his nickname, "The Rusk Rambler"...
|| Rusk
Rusk, Texas
Rusk is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,085 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.-Geography:Rusk is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1955
1955 college football season
The 1955 college football season saw the Oklahoma Sooners win the national championship after going 10-0-0. Although the final poll was taken before the postseason bowl games, Oklahoma played against the nation's other unbeaten and untied team, the Maryland Terrapins, at the Orange Bowl in Miami,...
|| C || 54 || Hugh Pitts || Dumas
Dumas, Texas
Dumas is a city in Moore County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,747 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Moore County. Located approximately fifty miles north of Amarillo, the city is named for...
|- align=center
| 1956
1956 college football season
The 1956 college football season saw the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship....
|| T || 75 || Norman Hamilton
Norman Hamilton
Norman Hamilton, OBE is the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. He has also been minister of the Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in Belfast for twenty-two years....
|| Vanderbilt
Lolita, Texas
Lolita is a census-designated place in Jackson County, Texas, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lolita is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1956
1956 college football season
The 1956 college football season saw the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma finish a third consecutive season unbeaten and untied to again win the national championship....
|| HB || 23 || Jim Swink
Jim Swink
Jim Swink is a former All-American halfback at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.Swink grew up in Rusk, Texas, which led to his nickname, "The Rusk Rambler"...
|| Rusk
Rusk, Texas
Rusk is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,085 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.-Geography:Rusk is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1958
1958 college football season
The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the two point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 yard line for 2...
|| T || 75 || Don Floyd
Don Floyd
Donald Wayne Floyd was a professional American football defensive end who played in the American Football League . Born in Abilene, Texas, He played his high school football in Midlothian, Texas, for the Midlothian Panthers. Midlothian named a stadium in his honor, but built a new one...
|| Midlothian
Midlothian, Texas
Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. It is the hub for the cement industry in North Texas as it is the home to three separate cement production facilities, as well as a steel mill. Midlothian is also a fast growing community with a growth rate of 142% since 2000...
|- align=center
| 1958
1958 college football season
The 1958 college football season was the first to feature the two point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 yard line for 2...
|| FB || 20 || Jack Spikes
Jack Spikes
Jack Erwin Spikes is a former American collegiiate and Professional Football running back and placekicker. He played in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, and the Buffalo Bills...
|| Snyder
Snyder, Texas
Snyder is a city in and the county seat of Scurry County, Texas, United States. The population was 10,653 at the 2010 census. It is located on Deep Creek, a minor tributary of the Colorado River of Texas. Snyder is approximately 150 km southeast of Lubbock.Located in Snyder is the Scurry County...
|- align=center
| 1960
1960 college football season
The 1960 college football season marked the last time that the University of Minnesota was a national champion on the gridiron. Murray Warmath's Minnesota Gophers were not in the Top 20 in preseason polling, but received the AP Trophy at the end of the regular season...
|| T || 72 || Bob Lilly
Bob Lilly
Robert Lewis Lilly is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and photographer. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.-College career:...
|| Throckmorton
Throckmorton, Texas
Throckmorton is a town in Throckmorton County, Texas, United States. The population was 828 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Throckmorton County.-Geography:Throckmorton is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1963
1963 college football season
During the 20th Century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA Football Guide, however, did note an "unofficial national champion" based on the top ranked teams in the "wire service" polls...
|| FB || 38 || Tommy Crutcher
Tommy Crutcher
Tommy Joe Crutcher Tommy Joe Crutcher with 10.5 speed, was one of the finest fullbacks and defensive linebackers in Texas High School football during the late 1950s...
|| McKinney
McKinney, Texas
McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States, and the second in population to Plano. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 131,117 The Census Bureau listed McKinney as the nation's fastest growing city from 2000 to 2003 and again in...
|- align=center
| 1981
1981 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Clemson Tigers, unbeaten and untied, taking the national championship after a victory over traditional power Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. This was also the first year of the California Bowl, played in Fresno, California; this game fancied...
|| WR || 7 || Stanley Washington || Dallas
|- align=center
| 1984
1984 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Brigham Young University winning their first national championship by beating an unranked Michigan team in the Holiday Bowl...
|| RB || 36 || Kenneth Davis || Temple
Temple, Texas
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco. In the 2010 Census, Temple's population was 66,102, an...
|- align=center
| 1991
1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season. Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll...
|| TE || 86 || Kelly Blackwell || Richland Hills
Richland Hills, Texas
Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,801 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Richland Hills is located at ....
|- align=center
| 1995
1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Alliance and was a relatively calm year compared to the early 1990s.Tom Osborne led Nebraska to its second straight national title with a victory over Florida in the Fiesta Bowl....
|| K || 17 || Michael Reeder || Sulphur, LA
Sulphur, Louisiana
Sulphur is a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 22,512 at the 2000 census. Sulphur is a suburb of Lake Charles, and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
|- align=center
| 2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....
|| RB || 5 || LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tomlinson
LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
|| Waco
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
|- align=center
| 2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...
|| LB || 44 || LaMarcus McDonald
LaMarcus McDonald
LaMarcus DeWayne McDonald is a former All American linebacker at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas....
|| Waco
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
|- align=center
| 2003
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate....
|| K || 9 || Nick Browne || Garland
Garland, Texas
-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
|- align=center
| 2005
2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...
|| KR || 17 || Cory Rodgers
Cory Rodgers
Dacor Tremaine "Cory" Rodgers is a professional football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played collegiately for Texas Christian University.-High School Years:...
|| Houston
|- align=center
| 2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
|| DE || 98 || Jerry Hughes
Jerry Hughes
-2011 season:During the week 8 game against the Tennessee Titans Hughes missed a block on a punt by Pat McAfee. The punt was blocked and the Titans scored a touchdown. This was the first blocked punt of McAfee's career.-External links:*...
|| Sugar Land
Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent in the last decade. In the time period of 2000–2007, Sugar Land also enjoyed a...
|- align=center
| 2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
|| S || 3 || Tejay Johnson
Tejay Johnson
Tejay Johnson is an American football safety. He currently attends Texas Christian University in his senior year. Johnson is considered one of the best safety prospects for the 2011 NFL Draft....
|| Garland
Garland, Texas
-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
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|}
Top 25 finishes
{| class="wikitable"|- style="background:#609; text-align:center;"
| Year || AP rank || Coaches rank
|-
|1935
1935 in sports
-American football:* Detroit Lions defeat 26–7 New York Giants for the NFL championship* SMU Mustangs national college football champions* First Heisman Trophy presented to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago...
||#1 (+)||
|-
|1936
1936 in sports
-American football:* Minnesota Golden Gophers are the National college football champions* Green Bay Packers defeated Boston Redskins 21–6 for the NFL championship...
||#16||
|-
|1937
1937 in sports
-American football:* First Cotton Bowl Classic is played in Dallas.* Washington Redskins win the NFL title in their first year at Washington after moving from Boston...
||#16||
|-
|1938
1938 in sports
-American football:* New York Giants 23–17 Green Bay Packers for the NFL title.* First High School Oil Bowl is played.-Association football:World Cup* 1938 World Cup held in France – Italy retain their title, beating Hungary 4-2 in the final....
||#1 (++)||
|-
|1951
1951 in sports
1951 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 14 – The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game ....
||#11||#10
|-
|1955
1955 in sports
-American football:* NFL Championship – Cleveland Browns won 38-14 over the Los Angeles Rams* Oklahoma Sooners - college football champions.-England:* First Division - Chelsea win the 1954-55 title.* FA Cup - Newcastle United beat Manchester City 3-1....
||#6||#6
|-
|1956
1956 in sports
1956's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* The men's Olympic Gold Medal:** Downhill: Toni Sailer, Austria** Slalom: Toni Sailer, Austria** Giant Slalom: Toni Sailer, Austria* The women's Olympic Gold Medal:** Downhill: Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland...
||#14||#14
|-
|1958
1958 in sports
1958 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – December 28 the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants in overtime. The game is later called the "Greatest game ever played"....
||#10||#9
|-
|1959
1959 in sports
1959 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – Baltimore Colts won 31-16 over the New York Giants* August 14 - The American Football League is founded...
||#7||#8
|-
|2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....
||#21||#18
|-
|2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...
||#23||#22
|-
|2003
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate....
||#25||#24
|-
|2005
2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...
||#11||#9
|-
|2006||#22||#21
|-
|2008
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...
||#7||#7
|-
|2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
||#6||#6
|-
|2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...
||#2||#2
|}
+ Prior to AP Poll's creation – National Champions
++ National Champions
Sources: AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
, Coaches Poll
Coaches Poll
The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
Head coaches
{| class="wikitable sortable"|- style="background:#609; text-align:center; color:#fff;"
|Years
|Coach
|Wins
|Losses
|Ties
|Pct.
|-
|1897
1897 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Penn Quakers and Yale Bulldogs -Association football:England...
||Joe Field||3||1||0||.750
|-
|1898
1898 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Princeton Tigers Events* The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and is the sport's oldest professional team.-Association football:England*...
||James Morrison||1||3||1||.300
|-
|1902
1902 in sports
1902 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines and Yale Bulldogs Events...
||H. E. Hildebrand||0||5||1||.083
|-
|1904
1904 in sports
1904 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers and Penn Quakers -Association football:England...
||C.E. Cronk||1||4||1||.250
|-
|1905
1905 in sports
1905 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Chicago Maroons and Yale Bulldogs Events...
–1907
1907 in sports
1907 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England...
||E.J. Hyde||10||11||2||.478
|-
|1908
1908 in sports
1908 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson, LSU Tigers and Penn Quakers -Association football:England...
–1909
1909 in sports
1909 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs-Association football:England...
||J.R. Langley||11||5||1||.676
|-
|1910
1910 in sports
1910 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship –Auburn Tigers, Harvard Crimson and Pittsburgh Panthers -Association football:England...
||Kemp Lewis||2||6||1||.278
|-
|1911
1911 in sports
1911 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Penn State Nittany Lions and Princeton Tigers -Association football:England...
||Henry W. Lever||4||5||0||.444
|-
|1912
1912 in sports
1912 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Penn State Nittany Lions -Association football:England...
||W.T. Stewart||8||1||0||.889
|-
|1913
1913 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Auburn Tigers, Chicago Maroons and Harvard Crimson -Association football:England...
||Fred Cahoon||3||1||2||.667
|-
|1914
1914 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship –Auburn Tigers, Army Black Knights, Illinois Fighting Illini and Texas Longhorns -Association football:England...
||S. A. Boles||4||4||2||.500
|-
|1915
1915 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Cornell Big Red, Oklahoma Sooners and Pittsburgh Panthers -Association football:England...
||E. Y. Freeland
E. Y. Freeland
-External links:* at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com...
||4||5||0||.444
|-
|1916
1916 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Army Black Knights and Pittsburgh Panthers -Association football:Europe* There is no major football in Europe due to World War ISouth America...
–1917
1917 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets -Association football:Europe* There is no major football in Europe due to World War I...
||Milton Daniel||14||4||1||.763
|-
|1918
1918 in sports
1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Most sport was curtailed due to a combination of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic.-American football:College championship...
||E.M. Tipton||4||3||0||.571
|-
|1919
1919 in sports
-American football:College championship* College football national championship – Centre Praying Colonels, Harvard Crimson, Illinois Fighting Illini, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Texas A&M Aggies...
||T.D. Hackney||1||7||0||.125
|-
|1920
1920 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* 17 September — the National Football League is founded as the American Professional Football Association at Canton, Ohio; it is a coalition of teams primarily from the Ohio League, New York Pro Football League, the Chicago football circuit, and other teams in...
–1921
1921 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Chicago Staleys win the 1921 American Professional Football Association title, albeit not without dispute...
||W. L. Driver
W. L. Driver
William Lloyd "Billy" Driver was an American football and basketball coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Washburn University, the University of Mississippi, Texas Christian University, the University of California, Davis, and Loyola College of Los Angeles, now...
||15||4||1||.775
|-
|1922
1922 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Canton Bulldogs wins the APFA title with a record of 10 wins, 0 losses and 2 ties.* The American Professional Football Association renames itself as the National Football League.College championship...
||John McKnight||2||5||3||.350
|-"
|1923
1923 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Canton BulldogsCollege championship* College football national championship – California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red, Illinois Fighting Illini and Michigan Wolverines -Association football:England...
–1928
1928 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Providence Steam Roller wins the National Football League titleCollege championship* College football national championship – University of Detroit Titans, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and USC Trojans...
||Matty Bell||33||17||5||.645
|-
|1929
1929 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* Green Bay Packers wins National Football League titleCollege championship* College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pittsburgh Panthers and USC Trojans Events...
–1933
1933 in sports
-Alpine skiing:Events* Taft Slalom, the first racing trail in North America, is cut on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire-American football:NFL championship...
||Francis Schmidt
Francis Schmidt
Francis Albert Schmidt was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tulsa , the University of Arkansas , Texas Christian University , Ohio State University , and the University of Idaho , compiling a...
||47||5||5||.868
|-
|1934
1934 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* New York Giants 30–13 Chicago Bears in the NFL championship gameCollege championship* College football national championship – Minnesota Golden Gophers-Association football:International...
–1952
1952 in sports
1952 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – Detroit Lions win 17–7 over the Cleveland BrownsGeorgia Tech wins national college football championship-England:...
||Dutch Meyer
Dutch Meyer
Leo R. "Dutch" Meyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Texas Christian University from 1934 to 1952, compiling a record of 109–79–13. His TCU Horned Frogs football teams of 1935 and 1938 have been recognized...
||109||79||13||.575
|-
|1953
1953 in sports
1953 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* NFL Championship – Detroit Lions won 17–16 over the Cleveland Browns-England:* First Division – Arsenal win the 1952–53 title....
–1966
1966 in sports
1966 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships –** Men's combined champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France** Women's combined champion: Marielle Goitschel, France-American football:...
||Abe Martin||74||64||7||.534
|-
|1967
1967 in sports
1967 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* The first Alpine Skiing World Cup is organised for the three ski events: Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom:** Men's overall champion: Jean-Claude Killy, France...
–1970
1970 in sports
1970 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion – Karl Schranz, Austria** Women's overall season champion – Michèle Jacot, France-American football:...
||Fred Taylor
Fred Taylor (football coach)
Fred Taylor was an American football coach. He served as head coach at Texas Christian University from 1967-1970. Taylor compiled a 15–25–1 overall, and was fired after the 1970 season....
||15||25||1||.378
|-
|1971
1971 in sports
1971 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...
||Jim Pittman
Jim Pittman
-References:...
||3||3||1||.500
|-
|1971
1971 in sports
1971 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...
–1973
1973 in sports
1973 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Gustav Thöni, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:* O.J...
||Billy Tohill||11||15||0||.423
|-
|1974
1974 in sports
1974 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Piero Gros, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Annemarie Pröll, Austria-American football:...
–1976
1976 in sports
1976 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Rosi Mittermaier, West Germany-American football:...
||Jim Shofner
Jim Shofner
Jim Shofner is a former football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. He was twice a head coach: first at Texas Christian University from 1974-1976, then in an interim capacity with the Cleveland Browns in 1990.Shofner was a four-sport star at North Side High School in...
||2||31||0||.061
|-
|1977
1977 in sports
1977 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden** Women's overall season champion: Lise-Marie Morerod, Switzerland-American football:...
–1982
1982 in sports
1982 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, United States** Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland-American football:...
||F. A. Dry
F. A. Dry
F. A. Dry is a former American football coach. He was the head football coach for Tulsa University from 1972 to 1976. During his tenure there, he compiled a 31-18-1 record. He also served as the head football coach for Texas Christian University, where he compiled a 12-51-3 record.-References:...
||12||51||3||.205
|-
|1983
1983 in sports
1983 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, United States** Women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, United States-American football:...
–1991
1991 in sports
1991 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...
||Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University , North Dakota State University , Southwest Texas State University, now Texas State University–San Marcos, , Texas Christian University ,...
||40||58||2||.410
|-
|1992
1992 in sports
1992 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup* Men's overall season champion: Paul Accola, Switzerland* Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria-American football:...
–1997
1997 in sports
1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France** Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden-American football:...
||Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan (American football)
Patrick Joseph Sullivan is an American football coach and former player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 playing quarterback for the Auburn Tigers and then played in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan is currently the head coach at Samford University...
||24||42||1||.366
|-
|1998
1998 in sports
1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany-American football:...
–2000
2000 in sports
2000 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Renate Götschl, Austria-American football:...
||Dennis Franchione
Dennis Franchione
Dennis Wayne Franchione , also known as Coach Fran, is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Texas State University, a position he held from 1990 to 1991, when the school was known as Southwest Texas State University, and resumed in 2011...
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2000 in sports
2000 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Renate Götschl, Austria-American football:...
– present||Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
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Current coaching staff
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| Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson
Gary Patterson is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs college football team. He grew up in Rozel, Kansas and played football at Dodge City Community College and Kansas State University. Patterson is married to Kelsey Patterson . He has three sons: Josh, Cade and Blake...
|| Head Coach
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| Jarrett Anderson || Co-Offensive Coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
||| Running Back
Running back
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| Dick Bumpas || Defensive Coordinator
Defensive coordinator
A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a gridiron football team who is in charge of the defense. Generally, along with his offensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
||| Defensive Line
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| Rusty Burns || Assistant Coach ||| Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
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| Justin Fuente || Co-Offensive Coordinator
Offensive coordinator
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense. Generally, along with his defensive counterpart, he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach...
||| Quarterback
Quarterback
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| Clay Jennings || Assistant Coach ||| Cornerback
Cornerback
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| Brandon Lechtenberg || Graduate Assistant
Graduate assistant
A graduate assistant is a position who serves in a support role at a university, usually while completing post-graduate education. The individual typically assists professors or with instructional responsibilities as teaching assistants, coaches with an athletic team, or university department...
||| Defense
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Russ Plager || Graduate Assistant
Graduate assistant
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||| Offense
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| Dan Sharp || Special Teams ||| Tight End
Tight end
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| Tony Tademy || Assistant Coach ||| Linebacker
Linebacker
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| Eddie Williamson
Eddie Williamson
Eddie Williamson is an American football coach and former player. He was the 24th head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for four seasons, from 1985 until 1988. His career coaching record at VMI was 10 wins, 33...
|| Assistant Head Coach
Head coach
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||| Offensive Line
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Mike Sinquefield || Associate AD
Athletic director
An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs...
||| Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Operations
Operations management
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| Matt Parke || Asso. S&
Strength training
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Physical exercise
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Coach ||| Strength
Strength training
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and Conditioning
Physical exercise
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|- style="text-align:center;"
| Don Sommer || Head S&
Strength training
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Coach ||| Strength
Strength training
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and Conditioning
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Rivalries
Because TCU was a member of the Southwest Conference for 72 years, they remain rivals with all of the schools in that conference, most of which are located within the state of TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. The admission of TCU to the Big 12 in 2012 will renew some of these famous rivalries. In the years since the SWC's demise, TCU has added a few minor rivals in both Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
and the Mountain West, including Louisville
Louisville Cardinals football
The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in college football as a member of the Big East Conference. Howard Schnellenberger started the program's rise to relevancy after winning the Miami Hurricanes' first national championship...
, Southern Miss
Southern Miss Golden Eagles football
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football program represents the University of Southern Mississippi in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The Eagles are members of Conference USA and player their home games at M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi...
, BYU, Utah
Utah Utes football
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...
, Air Force and a growing rivalry with Boise State
Boise State Broncos football
This page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...
. Their three main rivals, however, remain:
Southern Methodist University
This is the main rivalry for both schools. TCU leads the football series with SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
, 46–40–7. as of the the 2011 season's game, a surprise SMU overtime win, 40–33. These two schools play each other in football in "The Battle for the Iron Skillet
Battle for the Iron Skillet
The Battle for the Iron Skillet is the name of the college football rivalry between the Southern Methodist University Mustangs and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. The campuses are located 40 miles apart in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex...
", with the winning team gaining possession of the skillet. Since 1915 when SMU was founded and subsequently started playing football, in only three years when both fielded a football team did they not meet on the field—1919, 1920 and 2006. The schools are scheduled to meet through at least 2016.
Last meeting: 2011, TCU 33 – SMU 40 (OT).
Baylor University
The series with Baylor
Baylor Bears football
The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.-History:...
is tied at 50–50–7. This rivalry hearkens back to 1899 in the early days of TCU football when TCU was known as AddRan Christian University. When the series started TCU and Baylor were both located in Waco, Texas
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
. It is one of the most played rivalries in all of NCAA College Football. The two schools concluded a home-and-home series in 2007, and have continued their rivalry in Fort Worth in 2010 and Waco in 2011. TCU fans have long held a deep resentment for Baylor getting into the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
ahead of TCU in 1996. This resentment is due to the wide spread rumor that influence from then-Texas governor Ann Richards
Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was...
was the reason. Both schools will return to being conference mates and yearly football games when TCU joins the Big XII in july 2012.
Last meeting: 2011, TCU 48 – Baylor 50
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech
Texas Tech Red Raiders football
Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a college football team that represents Texas Tech University . The team competes, as a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
leads the football series dating back to 1926, 28–23–3. TCU was the first Southwest Conference team to play Texas Tech. Texas Tech was the first of the four Southwest Conference schools that left to form the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
to schedule a game with TCU in the regular season in 2004. The Texas Tech University Goin' Band from Raiderland was the first college marching band to travel to an away game when Will Rogers financed their trip to accompany the Red Raiders to Fort Worth.
A prior to Texas Tech joining the SWC, a traveling trophy was exchanged between the Horned Frogs and Red Raiders. The trophy was of a miniature saddle and the game between the teams was dubbed "The West Texas Championship."Both schools will return to being conference mates and yearly football games when TCU joins the Big XII in july 2012.
Last meeting: 2006, TCU 12 – Texas Tech 3
Future non-conference opponents
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|vs. Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
||Aug. 31 vs. Southeastern Louisiana||Sep. 6 vs. LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
||at Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
||vs. Arkansas
Arkansas Razorbacks football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program is a college football team that represents the University of Arkansas. The team is a member of the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, which is in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
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|vs. Grambling
Grambling State Tigers football
The Grambling State Tigers are the college football team representing the Grambling State University. The Tigers play in NCAA Division I Football Championship as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.-Black College Football National Championships:...
||Sep. 7 at LSU
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
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Oklahoma Sooners football
The Oklahoma Sooners football program is a college football team that represents the University of Oklahoma . The team is currently a member of the Big 12 Conference, which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
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SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
||vs. SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
||at SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
||vs. SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
||at SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
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Horned Frogs in Professional Football
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Sammy BaughSammy BaughSamuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
, QB (1963) Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
1937–1952 - Bob LillyBob LillyRobert Lewis Lilly is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and photographer. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.-College career:...
, DT (1980) Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
1961–1974
National Football League Most Valuable Player award
- LaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, RB (2006) San Diego ChargersSan Diego ChargersThe San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award
- Larry BrownLarry Brown (cornerback)Larry Brown, Jr. is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders. He is mostly known for being named the MVP of Super Bowl XXX. Brown was a starting cornerback on all three Dallas Cowboys championship teams of the nineties...
, CB (1996) Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player award
- Casey PrintersCasey PrintersCasey J. Printers was a professional American football and Canadian football player. He played college football at Texas Christian University from 1999 to 2001, leading his team to three straight bowl games, before transferring to Florida A&M for his senior year...
, QB (2004) BC LionsBC LionsThe BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...
Horned Frogs Currently in the NFL
- Drew ColemanDrew ColemanDrew A. Coleman is an American football cornerback who currently plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. Coleman was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
, CB Jacksonville JaguarsJacksonville JaguarsThe Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - LaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian TomlinsonLaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian.Tomlinson, often referred to by his initials, L...
, RB New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Marvin WhiteMarvin WhiteMarvin L. White is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round of the 2007 NFL Draft...
, FS Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL... - David HawthorneDavid HawthorneDavid Hawthorne is an American football linebacker who is currently with the Seattle Seahawks. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at TCU...
, LB Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... - Aaron BrownAaron Brown (running back)Aaron Brown is an American football running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played at the collegiate level for Texas Christian University .-College career:Once at TCU, Brown made an immediate impact...
, RB Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and... - Jason Phillips, LB Baltimore RavensBaltimore RavensThe Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...
- Jerry HughesJerry Hughes-2011 season:During the week 8 game against the Tennessee Titans Hughes missed a block on a punt by Pat McAfee. The punt was blocked and the Titans scored a touchdown. This was the first blocked punt of McAfee's career.-External links:*...
, DE Indianapolis ColtsIndianapolis ColtsThe Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League .... - Daryl WashingtonDaryl WashingtonDaryl Washington is an American football linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals. He attended Texas Christian University. Washington was chosen by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 2010 NFL Draft.-High school career:...
, LB Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Clint GreshamClint GreshamClint Gresham is an American football long snapper. Originally signed for the 2010 season by the New Orleans Saints, Gresham was picked up on waivers by the Seattle Seahawks on August 1, 2010. He wears #49 for the Seahawks....
, LS Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... - Marshall NewhouseMarshall NewhouseMarshall Edward Newhouse is an American football guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.-Early years:...
, OG, Green Bay PackersGreen Bay PackersThe Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions... - Andy DaltonAndy Dalton (American football)Andrew Gregory Dalton is an American professional football quarterback for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Texas Christian University...
, QB Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL... - Jeremy KerleyJeremy KerleyJeremy Kerley is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at TCU....
, WR/KR, New York JetsNew York JetsThe New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Colin JonesColin Jones (American football)Colin Jones is an American Football safety who is currently a member of the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at TCU.-External links:**...
, S San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and... - Marcus CannonMarcus CannonMarcus Darell Cannon is an American football offensive guard with the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Prior to the 2011 NFL Draft, Cannon was considered one of the top offensive guard prospects; the Patriots selected Cannon in the fifth round with the 138th pick...
, OG New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... - Malcolm WilliamsMalcolm WilliamsMalcolm Williams is an American football defensive back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots with the 219th overall pick in the 7th round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Christian University....
, CB New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National... - Bart Johnson, WR Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
- Curtis Clay, WR Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
- Jimmy Young, WR Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...