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TCU Horned Frogs
TCU Horned Frogs athletic logo
UniversityTexas Christian University
NicknameHorned Frogs
Team ColorsPurple and White
Head CoachGary Patterson
LocationFort Worth, TX
ConferenceMountain West Conference
NCAADivision I-A
StadiumAmon Carter Stadium
MascotSuper Frog
WebsiteTCU Football Official Website

The Texas Christian University is affiliated with the Mountain West Conference and is represented by the TCU Horned Frogs in NCAA's Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football tournament. TCU's football program started way back in 1896 as an independent team when the school was still known as AddRan College. In the team's debut season, it recorded an even 1-1-1 record. The team remained independent for 18 seasons before joining the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Under Coach Billy Driver, the Horned Frogs captured its first conference title in 1920 when it finished the season with a 9-1 card. The following year TCU wrote another page in its history, appearing in its first postseason bowl game (Forth Worth Classic). Its stint with TIAA though was short-lived and in 1921 and 22, TCU competed independent once more before joining the Southwest Conference in 1923. Its first taste of success in SWC came in 1929 when it finished with a 9-0-1 record enroute to its first Southwest Conference championship. Coach Francis Schmidt would outdo himself three years later in 1932 via his second undefeated season (10-0-1 record), his second conference title, and the team's first national championship selection (Ray Bryne). In 1934, coach Leo Meyer, who coached the Horned Frogs for the longest time, succeeded Coach Schmidt and led the team to a 12-1-0 record in 1935 and a national championship selection from Ray Bryne and the Williamson System. In 1938, there was no denying TCU of the national title after posting an impressive 11-0 undefeated season. The team then went on to the Sugar Bowl where it defeated Carnegie Mellon for its third bowl game victory in four tries. In its 73 seasons with the Southwest Conference, the Horned Frogs has its share of ups and downs, collecting nine SWC titles and appearing in a handful of postseason bowl games along the way. When the SWC broke up at the end of the 1995 season, TCU was absorbed by the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Horned Frogs struggled in its earlier years with the WAC, going 5-17 in the its first 2 years. But the team came out strong in 1998 under the tutelage of Coach Dennis Franchione, finishing the year with a 7-5 win-loss record and a Sun Bowl victory over Southern California. It was a consistent progress since for the 'Frogs that brought them two WAC championships in 1999 and 2000. TCU would then join Conference USA in 2001 and although registering a 6-6 record, TCU managed to be in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, losing to Texas A&M. The team would capture the C-USA title in 2002, before accepting an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference in 2005. TCU flourished in its new home, compiling 22 wins in 25 games in its first two seasons, topped by a Mountain West Conference Championship in its debut year.

TCU has thus far compiled a .515 winning percentage, with a wire national title, 14 Conference championships, and 23 postseason bowl game appearances. TCU is also home to a Heisman winner and 36 All-Americans. The Horned Frogs also have existing rivalries with Southern Methodist University (the rival game is coined "The Battle for the Iron Skillet", TCU leads series, 40-39-7), Baylor University (Baylor leads series 48-49-7), and Texas Tech University (Texas Tech leads series, 28-23-3).


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[edit] Ranking

Year Record AP Rank Coach Rank
1936 9-2-2 16
1937 4-4-2 16
1938 11-0-0 1
1951 6-5-0 11 10
1955 9-2-0 6 6
1956 8-3-0 14 14
1958 8-2-1 10 9
1959 8-3-0 7 8
2000 10-2-0 21 18
2002 10-2-0 23 22
2003 11-2-0 25 24
2005 11-1-0 11 9
2006 11-2-0 22 21

[edit] Scouting Report

Category MWC Rank Nat'l Rank
Scoring Offense 4 70
Scoring Defense 3 10
Total Offense 3 64
Total Defense 3 15
Turnover Margin 8 99
Pass Efficiency Defense 2 11
Kickoff Returns 6 77
Net Punting 3 23
Passing Offense 4 60
Passing Defense 7 45
Passing Efficiency 7 84
Punt Returns 1 12
Rushing Offense 4 46
Rushing Defense 2 11

[edit] Championships

National Championships

  • 1938 - CFBDW Recognized National Champions

Conference Championships

  • 1920 - Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
  • 1929 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1932 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1938 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1944 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1951 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1955 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1958 - Southwest Conference Champions
  • 1959 - Southwest Conference Co-Champions
  • 1994 - Southwest Conference Co-Champions
  • 1999 - Western Athletic Conference Co-Champions
  • 2000 - Western Athletic Conference Co-Champions
  • 2002 - Conference USA Co-Champions
  • 2005 - Mountain West Conference Champions

Other National Championship Selections

  • 1932 Ray Bryne
  • 1935 Ray Bryne, Williamson System

[edit] TCU Bowl History

Date Bowl Game Result Opponent Score
Dec 23, 2008 Poinsettia Bowl W Boise State 17-16
Dec 28, 2007 Texas Bowl W Houston 20-13
Dec 19, 2006 Poinsettia Bowl W Northern Illinois 37-7
Dec 31, 2005 Houston Bowl W Iowa State 27-24
Dec 23, 2003 Fort Worth Bowl L Boise State 31-34
Dec 31, 2002 Liberty Bowl W Colorado State 17-3
Dec 28, 2001 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl L Texas A&M 9-28
Dec 20, 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl L Southern Miss 21-28
Dec 22, 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl W East Carolina 28-14
Dec 31, 1998 Sun Bowl W USC 28-19
Dec 28, 1994 Independence Bowl L Virginia 10-20
Dec 31, 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl L West Virginia 14-31
Dec 31, 1965 Sun Bowl L UTEP 12-13
Dec 19, 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl L Clemson 7-23
Jan 1, 1959 Cotton Bowl T Air Force 0-0
Jan 1, 1957 Cotton Bowl W Syracuse 28-27
Jan 2, 1956 Cotton Bowl L Ole Miss 13-14
Jan 1, 1952 Cotton Bowl L Kentucky 7-20
Jan 1, 1948 Delta Bowl L Ole Miss 9-13
Jan 1, 1945 Cotton Bowl L Oklahoma State 0-34
Jan 1, 1942 Orange Bowl L Georgia 26-40
Jan 2, 1939 Sugar Bowl W Carnegie Mellon 15-7
Jan 1, 1937 Cotton Bowl W Marquette 16-6
Jan 1, 1936 Sugar Bowl W LSU 3-2
Jan 1, 1921 Fort Worth Classic L Centre College 7-63

[edit] Highlights

The Great White Hit. In 2006, the Texas Christian Horned Frogs limited the Texas Tech Red Raiders to their lowest output, 3 total points in a game, since Tech lost to Nebraska in 2000. This game also featured what fans refer to as the "great white hit" in which TCU Safety Marvin White delivered a strong hit to Texas Tech's Robert Johnson.


[edit] Schedule

TCU Horned Frogs 2008 Games Schedule
Date Opponent Location Result
08.30.08 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. W, 26-3
09.06.08 Stephen F. Austin Fort Worth, Tx. W, 67-7
09.13.08 Stanford Fort Worth, Tx. W, 31-14
09.20.08 Southern Methodist Dallas, Tx. W, 48-7
09.27.08 #2 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. L, 10-35
10.04.08 San Diego State Fort Worth, Tx. W, 41-7
10.11.08 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. W, 13-7
10.16.08 #9 BYU Fort Worth, Tx. W, 32-7
10.25.08 Wyoming Fort Worth, Tx. W, 54-7
11.01.08 UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. W, 44-14
11.06.08 #10 Utah Salt Lake City, Ut. L, 10-13
11.22.08 Air Force Fort Worth, Tx. W, 44-10
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
12.23.08 #9 Boise State San Diego, Calif. W, 17-16

[edit] Roster

TCU Horned Frogs 2008 Roster
No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School)
1 Walter Bryant 6-4 206 WR SR San Angelo, Texas (Central)
2 Donald Massey 5-11 172 WR SR Hillsboro, Texas (Hillsboro)
3 Tejay Johnson 6-1 195 S SO Garland, Texas (South Garland)
4 Steven Coleman 6-3 204 S SR Dallas, Texas (Lake Highlands)
4 Landry Lawson 6-1 162 P/K JR Grand Prairie, Texas (Pantego Christian)
6 Kagen Elenburg 6-0 185 WR JR Jacksboro, Texas (Jacksboro)
6 Bart Johnson 6-1 190 WR SO Brownwood, Texas (Brownwood)
7 Greg McCoy 5-10 172 CB RS FR Dallas, Texas (Woodrow Wilson)
7 Curtis Clay 180 WR SO Lockhart, Texas (Lockhart)
9 Eric Herbel 6-3 195 QB RS FR McKinney, Texas (McKinney North)
9 Alex Ibiloye 6-0 170 CB SO Garland, Texas (South Garland)
10 Rafael Priest 5-10 163 CB JR Dallas, Texas (Madison)
10 John Brown 6-0 180 WR RS FR Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley NW High School)
11 Marcus Jackson 6-1 216 QB JR Houston, Texas (Westside)
12 Jake Pray 5-11 167 PK JR Winfield, Kan. (Southwestern College)
14 Andy Dalton 6-3 210 QB SO Katy, Texas (Katy)
14 Emmanuel Asalou 6-1 170 WR SO Fort Worth, Texas (Dunbar)
16 Andy Burrell 6-2 198 S SR Fort Worth, Texas (Southern Arkansas)
16 Andy Bohlig 6-0 180 QB RS FR Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie)
17 Cole Frederick 6-1 200 QB RS FR Brenham, Texas (Houston Christian)
17 Tyler Luttrell 6-1 195 WR SO Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford)
18 Ryan Christian 5-11 188 WR JR Aledo, Texas (Aledo)
19 Corderra Hunter 6-2 202 S JR Longview, Texas (Longview)
20 Nick Sanders 5-10 174 CB JR Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore)
21 Camron Murphy 5-9 170 CB SO Miami, Fla. (Country Day)
21 Johnny Fobbs 6-0 190 S RS FR Fort Worth, Texas (Everman)
22 Tekerrein Cuba 6-4 197 S RS FR Tyler, Texas (Rober E. Lee)
23 Aaron Brown 6-1 196 TB SR Katy, Texas (Mayde Creek)
24 Taylor Roncancio 6-0 197 S SO Missouri City, Texas (Palomar College)
24 Joseph Turner 6-1 226 TB JR Austin, Texas (LBJ)
25 Sir Demarco Bledsoe 6-2 175 S RS FR Piedmont, Okla. (Piedmont)
26 Jai Cavness 5-8 175 TB RS FR Houston, Texas (Thurgood Marshall)
27 Austin Galifaro 6-0 175 WR JR San Antonio, Texas (James Madison)
28 Mark Trevino 5-8 150 PK SO North Richland Hills, Texas (Richland)
28 Colin Jones 6-0 205 S SO Bridgeport, Texas (Bridgeport)
29 Stephen Hodge 6-0 212 S SR Tatum, Texas (Tatum)
29 Ryan Hightower 5-9 215 FB SO Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva)
30 Jercell Fort 5-11 175 CB RS FR Los Angeles, Calif. (Hamilton)
30 William Cage 6-4 202 WR SR Falfurrias, Texas (Woodberry Forest, Va.)
31 Chris Goodson 6-0 210 LB JR San Bernardino, Calif. (San Bernardino Valley)
32 Justin Watts 5-10 195 TB SR Center, Texas (Center)
32 Evan Kern 5-10 175 CB RS FR Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette University)
33 Kris Gardner 6-1 220 LB RS FR Arlington, Texas (Arlington Martin)
34 Garrett Winsett 5-9 178 WR RS FR Austin, Texas (McNeil)
35 Chez Thomas 5-10 180 S RS FR Kennedale, Texas (Kennedale)
36 Chris Smith 5-11 231 FB JR Navasota, Texas (Navasota)
38 Kevin Sharples 5-9 170 PK RS FR Conroe, Texas (Oak Ridge)
39 Jason Phillips 6-1 234 LB SR Waller, Texas (Waller)
40 Thomas Ward 5-11 178 CB SO Waco, Texas (University)
41 Daryl Washington 6-3 228 LB JR Irving, Texas (Irving)
42 Matt Panfil 6-2 232 DE SR Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley)
43 Tank Carder 6-2 215 LB RS FR Sweeny, Texas (Sweeny)
47 Alan Jones 6-0 220 LB RS FR Austin, Texas (Manor)
47 Anson Kelton 6-4 260 P RS FR Fort Worth, Texas (Aledo)
48 Luke Shivers 6-0 205 FB RS FR Whitehouse, Texas (Whitehouse)
49 James Gleaton 6-0 239 LB SR Early, Texas (Early)
50 Tyler Marrou 6-5 268 C JR Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen)
51 Robert Henson 6-1 228 LB SR Longview, Texas (Longview)
53 Ryan Wyatt 6-3 286 OG JR Spring Branch, Texas (Smithson Valley)
54 Clint Gresham 6-3 225 DS JR Corpus Christi, Texas (Oklahoma)
55 James Vess 6-3 282 NT SR Fort Worth, Texas (Boswell)
56 Cody Moore 6-1 292 DT SR Comfort, Texas (Comfort)
57 Cory Grant 6-2 303 DT SO Houston, Texas (Alief Elsik)
58 Drew Combs 6-3 225 K JR Houston, Texas (Arkansas)
58 Brennan Gordon 5-11 210 LB SO New Orleans, La. (St. Stanislaus)
60 Preston Phillips 6-6 293 OG SR Amarillo, Texas (Tascosa)
61 Marcus Cannon 6-5 319 OT SO Odessa, Texas (Odessa)
62 Jeff Olson 6-4 253 OT RS FR McKinney, Texas (McKinney North)
63 Heath Raetz 6-5 315 OT SR Burleson, Texas (Burleson)
65 Giles Montgomery 6-5 295 OG SR Sweetwater, Texas (Sweetwater)
66 Robert Clark 6-6 255 OT SR Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford)
67 Sean Haight 5-11 213 DS JR San Diego, Calif. (Westview)
69 Kelly Griffin 6-1 280 NT SO Irving, Texas (MacArthur)
70 Marshall Newhouse 6-3 317 OT JR Dallas, Texas (Lake Highlands)
71 Austin Sulak 6-1 290 OL FR Cameron, Texas (C.H. Yoe)
72 Kyle Dooley 6-3 310 OL RS FR Papillion, Neb. (La Vista)
73 Josh Karlin 6-4 280 OG JR Shawnee, Kansas (Rockhurst)
75 Blake Schlueter 6-3 272 C SR Ganado, Texas (Ganado)
76 Jake Kirkpatrick 6-3 273 C SO Tyler, Texas (Robert E. Lee)
77 Spencer Thompson 6-4 270 OG RS FR Plainview, Texas (Plainview)
78 Josh Vernon 6-2 295 OG SO Irving, Texas (MacArthur)
79 Nic Richmond 6-8 298 OT JR Garland, Texas (South Garland)
80 Logan Brock 6-3 230 TE RS FR Copperas Cove, Texas (Copperas Cove)
81 Willie Leiss 6-0 170 WR FR Hurst, Texas (L.D. Bell)
82 Clint Renfro 6-0 175 WR SO Southlake, Texas (Carroll)
83 Jonathan Jones 6-4 197 WR RS FR Fort Worth, Texas (Everman)
84 Evan Frosch 6-4 235 TE SO Midland, Texas (Robert E. Lee)
85 Jeremy Kerley 5-10 185 WR SO Hutto, Texas (Hutto)
85 Billy Pizor 6-0 175 WR SO Katy, Texas (Taylor)
86 Shae Reagan 6-4 261 TE SR Idalou, Texas (Idalou)
87 Robert Deck 6-4 255 TE RS FR Crowley, Texas (Nolan Catholic)
88 Jimmy Young 6-1 200 WR SO Monroe, La. (Ouachita Parish)
89 David Hinton 6-3 220 WR FR Midland, Texas (Midland Classical Academy)
90 Ryan Benge 6-2 235 TE JR Mineral Wells, Texas (Navarro College)
90 John Fonua 5-10 270 DT SR Van Nuys, Calif. (Los Angeles Valley College)
91 Allen Christopher 6-4 236 DE JR Jacksonville, Texas (Jacksonville)
92 Joseph Bates 6-2 225 SN FR Cherry Hill, N.J. (Monmouth)
93 Brandon Lane 6-4 315 DL SO Brooklyn, N.Y. (Marshall)
94 Henry Niutei 6-4 292 DT SO Euless, Texas (Trinity)
95 Clarence Leatch 6-4 238 DE SO Longview, Texas (Tatum)
96 Wayne Daniels 6-2 240 DE SO Kilgore, Texas (Kilgore)
98 Jerry Hughes 6-2 248 DE JR Sugar Land, Texas (Austin)
99 Braylon Broughton 6-6 250 DE RS FR Dallas, Texas (Hillcrest)
Blaize Foltz 6-4 295 OL FR Rose Hill, Kan. (Rose Hill HS)
Marques Parker 5-11 179 WR JR Mason City, Iowa (North Iowa Area CC)
James Fry 6-3 269 OL FR Spring Branch, Texas (Smithson Valley HS)
Sam Shutt 6-0 178 WR FR Savannah, Tenn. (Hardin County HS)
Jeremy Coleman 6-2 266 DT FR Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall HS)
Greg Burks 6-1 205 LB FR Houston, Texas (Spring Woods HS)
Walker Dille 6-3 217 TE FR Sugar Land, Texas (Clements HS)
Justin Moreaux 6-2 189 WR FR Lake Charles, La. (St. Louis Catholic HS)
Chris Scott 5-10 178 S FR Baton Rouge, La. (Southern Lab HS)
Ross Evans 5-8 173 PK FR Burnet, Texas (Burnet HS)
Trevius Jones 6-3 293 OL FR Tyler, Texas (Robert E. Lee HS)
Zach Roth 6-5 298 OL JR Garden City, Kansas (Garden City CC)
Bud Patterson 6-0 180 CB FR Bastrop, La. (Bastrop HS)
Edward Wesley 5-9 185 RB FR Irving, Texas (MacArthur HS)
Yogi Gallegos 6-0 182 QB FR Irving, Texas (Irving HS)
Corey Fuller 6-5 219 TE FR La Vernia, Texas (La Vernia HS)

[edit] Coaches/Team Officials

[edit] Notable Alumni in NFL

TCU Horned Frogs in NFL

[edit] References

[edit] External Links


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