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TCU Horned Frogs football
2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team
File:TCU Horned Frogs Logo.svg
First season1896
Head coach
11th season, 110–30–0 (.786)
StadiumAmon Carter Stadium
(capacity: 44,008)
Field surfaceGrass
LocationFort Worth, Texas
Past conferencesTexas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southwest Conference
Western Athletic Conference
Conference USA
All-time record848–396–17 (.679)
Bowl record21–12–0 (.636)
Claimed national titles2[1]
Heisman winners1
Consensus All-Americans17[2]
Current uniform
File:MWC-Uniform-TCU.png
ColorsPurple and white
   
Fight songTCU Fight
MascotSuper Frog
RivalsBaylor Bears
SMU Mustangs
WebsiteGoFrogs.com

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 a share in two split national championships (1935 and 1938). TCU has one Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien, and has had 28 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. TCU suffered set backs in the program starting in the 1960s but has seen a recent resuragance under current head coach Gary Patterson. TCU has finished in the AP Poll's Top 10 seven times in the past ten years.

The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.

History

See also: List of TCU Horned Frogs football seasons

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 12–0–0. [clarification needed][3]

Prior to joining the Southwest Conference in 1923, TCU amassed a record of 165–15–0. 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 won the game 63–7.[4]

Early Southwest Conference years (1923–1933)

In 1923, TCU endured a 5-game winning streak during its first year in the SWC, but it earned a 2–1–0 conference record and a 5–4–0 overall record. One loss that year was a 40–21 decision against TCU's emerging rival, the SMU Mustangs, who went 9–0 en route to a conference championship.[5] The next year, TCU finished second place in the conference with a 5–1 SWC record and another 5–2 overall record.[6]

After two great 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.[4] 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 second place in the conference at 8–2–0 overall and 3–2 in conference play.[7]

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.[8]

The Dutch Meyer era (1934–1952)

1935 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:

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…”[9]

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.”[9] TCU would lose the game 20–14, 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.[10]

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.”[11] 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[12] 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.[13]

Dutch Meyer coached TCU from 1934 to 1952. His record of 109–47– is the highest amount of victories at TCU.[14] He also is responsible for seven 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 Martin, 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.[15] 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 4–1–1 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.[16] A blocked extra-point attempt was the difference in the game and allowed the Horned Frogs to win 28–27.[citation needed]

Pittman Era (1967–1982)

After TCU won the 1959 SWC championship, the Horned Frogs earn another share of the conference title in twenty years. During this time, TCU played the role of the underdog. In 1961, 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."[17] In 1965, TCU traveled to El Paso to play in the Sun Bowl against UTEP; the Frogs won 13–12. The state of football at TCU eventually declined and in the 1980s to 1983 the Frogs never won more than two games in three seasons.

Jim Wacker (1983–1991) and NCAA Probation

TCU would have a successful year in 1984 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 bowl invitation to play the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Frogs would win against the Mountaineers 31–14. TCU wouldn't attend another bowl game until the 1987 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, which they won, 20–10, to the Virginia Cavaliers.

In 1986, the NCAA placed TCU on three year probation.[18] 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.[18] 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.[18]

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 Conference (WAC), along with Rice and SMU. Houston joined the newly formed Conference USA. Coach Pat Sullivan went 7–3 (5–1 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

TCU football began under the watch of Dennis Franchione 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 three 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.

The Gary Patterson era (2000–present)

In 2001 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 the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The current head coach, Gary Patterson, has won five conference championships. In 2002, TCU won two 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. TCU has gone to a bowl game every year. In the 2005 Houston Bowl, played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, the Horned Frogs defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 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 University of Houston Cougars, 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 second 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. After going 11-2 and winning the Mountain West title again in 2011, the Horned Frogs played Louisiana Tech, once again in the Poinsettia Bowl, defeating them 31-24 in a somewhat lackluster performance after narrowly (and somewhat controversially) missing their third BCS Bowl bid in a row.[19]

On October 10, 2011 the TCU Board of Trustees approved an invitation to join the Big 12, and will enter that conference on July 1, 2012. The move to the Big 12 is a return "home" in a sense for the Horned Frogs, as they will renew many of their rivalries from the old Southwest Conference.

In the 2012 offseason the long time home for the Horned Frogs, Amon G. Carter Stadium was concluding 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. The stadium was used during the 2011 season while being renovated, and will be completely ready for TCU's move to the Big 12 in the 2012-13 season.[20]

Conference affiliations

Awards

Team awards

National championships

TCU recognizes two national championships, one from 1935 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

Year Coach Selector Record Bowl Result
1935 Dutch Meyer Williamson 12–1 Sugar Bowl TCU 3, LSU 2
1938[21] Dutch Meyer AP, Helms, National Championship Foundation,Williamson 11–0 Sugar Bowl TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon (PA) 7
Total national championships 2

Conference championships

TCU has won a combined 17 conference championships in 5 different conferences

Year Conference Coach Record
1920 TIAA* W. L. Driver 9–1–0
1929 Southwest Conference Francis Schmidt 9–0–1
1932 Southwest Conference Francis Schmidt 10–0–1
1938 Southwest Conference Dutch Meyer 11–0–0
1944 Southwest Conference Dutch Meyer 8–3–0
1951 Southwest Conference Dutch Meyer 6–5–0
1955 Southwest Conference Abe Martin 9–2–0
1958 Southwest Conference Abe Martin 8–2–1
1959 § Southwest Conference Abe Martin 8–3–0
1994 § Southwest Conference Pat Sullivan 7–5–0
1999 § Western Athletic Conference Dennis Franchione 8–4
2000 § Western Athletic Conference Dennis Franchione 10–2
2002 § Conference USA Gary Patterson 11–2
2005 Mountain West Conference Gary Patterson 11–1
2009 Mountain West Conference Gary Patterson 12–1
2010 Mountain West Conference Gary Patterson 13–0
2011 Mountain West Conference Gary Patterson 11–2
Total conference championships 17
  • 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.

§ – Conference co-champions

Bowl games

The 2010 Fiesta Bowl with Boise State against TCU

TCU competed in and won the first Cotton Bowl Classic under coach Dutch Meyer. TCU has won two Sugar Bowl games. After the Frogs' last Sugar Bowl game, they would go 10–3–1 in their next 11 bowl games from 1942 to 1998. Since the '98 season, the Horned Frogs are 9–4 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. TCU is one of just eleven teams who have competed in all of the modern day BCS games (Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange) and they have a combined 3-2 record in the bowls. They won the 2011 Rose Bowl, beating Wisconsin, 21–19.

Date Bowl W/L Opponent PF PA
January 1, 1921 Fort Worth Classic W Centre College 7 63
January 1, 1936 Sugar Bowl W LSU 3 2
January 1, 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic W Marquette 16 6
January 2, 1939 Sugar Bowl W Carnegie Tech 15 7
January 1, 1942 Orange Bowl W Georgia 26 40
January 1, 1945 Cotton Bowl Classic L Oklahoma State 0 34
January 1, 1948 Delta Bowl L Ole Miss 9 13
January 1, 1952 Cotton Bowl Classic L Kentucky 7 20
January 2, 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic L Ole Miss 13 14
January 1, 1957 Cotton Bowl Classic W Syracuse 28 27
January 1, 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic T Air Force 0 0
December 19, 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl L Clemson 7 23
December 31, 1965 Sun Bowl L UTEP 12 13
December 31, 1984 Bluebonnet Bowl L West Virginia 14 31
December 28, 1994 Independence Bowl L Virginia 10 20
December 31, 1998 Sun Bowl W USC 28 19
December 22, 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl W East Carolina 28 14
December 20, 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl L Southern Miss 21 28
December 28, 2001 Galleryfurniture.com Bowl L Texas A&M 9 28
December 31, 2002 Liberty Bowl W Colorado State 17 3
December 23, 2003 Fort Worth Bowl L Boise State 31 34
December 31, 2005 Houston Bowl W Iowa State 27 24
December 19, 2006 Poinsettia Bowl W Northern Illinois 37 7
December 28, 2007 Texas Bowl W Houston 20 13
December 23, 2008 Poinsettia Bowl W Boise State 17 16
January 4, 2010 Fiesta Bowl* L Boise State 10 17
January 1, 2011 Rose Bowl* W Wisconsin 21 19
December 21, 2011 Poinsettia Bowl W Louisiana Tech 31 24
Total 28 bowl games 13–14–1

* denotes BCS game

Individual awards

Retired numbers

National award winners – players

National award winners – coaches

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

The following Horned Frogs have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame:

AP 1st-Team All-Americans

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all hometowns are in Texas.

Year Position Jersey # Name Hometown
1927 E 31 Rags Matthews Fort Worth
1929 G 44 Mike Brumbelow Jacksboro
1930 HB 5 Cy Leland Lubbock
1932 G 44 Johnny Vaught Fort Worth
1934 C 22 Darrell Lester Jacksboro
1935 C 22 Darrell Lester Jacksboro
1935 QB 45 Sammy Baugh Sweetwater
1936 QB 45 Sammy Baugh Sweetwater
1937 QB 8 Davey O'Brien Dallas
1937 T 22 I. B. Hale Dallas
1937 C 48 Ki Aldrich Temple
1938 QB 8 Davey O'Brien Dallas
1938 T 22 I. B. Hale Dallas
1938 C 48 Ki Aldrich Temple
1942 T 71 Derrell Palmer Albany
1944 T 32 Clyde Flowers Perryton
1949 QB 43 Lindy Berry Wichita Falls
1951 C 34 Keith Flowers Perryton
1951 QB 49 Ray McKown Dumas
1951 T 77 Doug Conaway Hillsboro
1955 HB 23 Jim Swink Rusk
1955 C 54 Hugh Pitts Dumas
1956 T 75 Norman Hamilton Vanderbilt
1956 HB 23 Jim Swink Rusk
1958 T 75 Don Floyd Midlothian
1958 FB 20 Jack Spikes Snyder
1960 T 72 Bob Lilly Throckmorton
1963 FB 38 Tommy Crutcher McKinney
1981 WR 7 Stanley Washington Dallas
1984 RB 36 Kenneth Davis Temple
1991 TE 86 Kelly Blackwell Richland Hills
1995 K 17 Michael Reeder Sulphur, LA
2000 RB 5 LaDainian Tomlinson Waco
2002 LB 44 LaMarcus McDonald Waco
2003 K 9 Nick Browne Garland
2005 KR 17 Cory Rodgers Houston
2009 DE 98 Jerry Hughes Sugar Land
2010 S 3 Tejay Johnson Garland
Total 39

Top 25 finishes

Year AP rank Coaches rank
1935 #1 (+)
1936 #12
1937 #8
1938 #1 (++)
1958 #10 #9
1958 #10 #9
1958 #19 16
1951 #11 #10
1955 #6 #6
1956 #8 #7
1958 #10 #9
1958 #10 #9
1958 #10 #9
1958 #10 #9
1958 #10 #9
2000 #9 #11
2002 #10 #11
2003 #25 #24
2005 #6 #9
2006 #22 #21
2008 #7 #7
2009 #6 #6
2010 #2 #2
2011 #14 #13

+ Prior to AP Poll's creation – National Champions
++ National Champions

Sources: AP Poll,[23][24] Coaches Poll[25]

Coaches

Head coaches

Gary Patterson, current head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs.
Years Coach Wins Losses Ties Pct.
1897 Joe Field 28 1 0 .750
1898 James Morrison 35 3 1 .300
1902 H. E. Hildebrand 30 2 1 .083
1904 C.E. Cronk 8 3 1 .250
1905–1907 E.J. Hyde 53 9 2 .478
1908–1909 J.R. Langley 45 5 1 .676
1912 W.T. Stewart 12 0 .889
1913 Fred Cahoon 11 2 .667
1914 S. A. Boles 10 4 .500
1915 E. Y. Freeland 10 3 0 .444
1916–1917 Milton Daniel 13 1 .763
1918 E.M. Tipton 4 1 0 .571
1919 T.D. Hackney 7 1 0 .125
1920–1921 W. L. Driver 41 2 .775
1922 John McKnight 28 5 0 .350
1923–1928 Matty Bell 58 3 .645
1929–1933 Francis Schmidt 69 2 .868
1934–1952 Dutch Meyer 109 32 0 .575
1953–1966 Abe Martin 108 20 .534
1967–1970 Fred Taylor 35 4 .378
1971 Jim Pittman 3 3 1 .500
1971–1973 Billy Tohill 10 0 .423
1974–1976 Jim Shofner 31 2 0 .061
1977–1982 F. A. Dry 77 3 .205
1983–1991 Jim Wacker 3 0 .410
1992–1997 Pat Sullivan 62 13 1 .366
1998–2000 Dennis Franchione 35 17 0 .714
2000– present Gary Patterson 109 30 0 .784

Current coaching staff

Name Title Position Coach
Gary Patterson Head Coach none
Jarrett Anderson Co-Offensive Coordinator Running Backs
Dick Bumpas Defensive Coordinator Defensive Line
Rusty Burns Assistant Coach Quarterbacks
Jeremiah Fiscus Graduate Assistant Offense
Chad Glasgow Assistant Coach Safeties
Trey Haverty Assistant Coach Wide receivers
Clay Jennings Assistant Coach Cornerbacks
Ryan McInerney Graduate Assistant Defense
Dan Sharp Assistant Coach Tight Ends/Special Teams
Tony Tademy Assistant Coach Linebackers
Eddie Williamson Assistant Head Coach Offensive Line
Mike Sinquefield Director of Football Operations Football Operations
Danielle Bartelstein Asst. Director of Football Operations Football Operations
Don Sommer Head S&C Coach Strength and Conditioning
Matt Parker Asso. S&C Coach Strength and Conditioning

Rivalries

Because TCU was a member of the Southwest Conference for 72 years, rivalries remain with many of the schools that once participated in that conference. Most of former Southwest Conference members are located within the state of Texas.

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 rivalry is prominent for both schools. TCU leads the football series with SMU, 70–21-1. as of the 2011 season's game, a surprise SMU overtime win, 40–33.[26] The SMU - TCU football game is called "The Battle for the Iron Skillet", with the winning team gaining possession of a ceremonial iron skillet. Since 1915, when SMU was founded and began football competition, the game has not been played in only three years when both fielded football teams — 1919, 1920 and 2006. The schools are scheduled to compete through at least 2016. Because they are no longer members of the same conference, annual meetings may or may not be scheduled after 2016.

Baylor University
TCU is tied in its series with Baylor at 55–45-1. 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 (then AddRan) and Baylor were both located in Waco, Texas. One well-remembered incident in the rivalry occurred in 1971. TCU coach Jim Pittman collapsed and died on the sideline during the 1971 TCU at Baylor football game, the only time in collegiate history that a coach died while a game in progress. TCU-Baylor is one of the most played rivalries in all of NCAA College Football despite a near 16 year break after the collapse of the Southwest Conference in 1995. Some TCU fans have long held a deep resentment resulting from the politics that enabled Baylor to take a spot in the new Big 12 Conference ahead of TCU, in 1996. 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 and Baylor return to being conference mates with yearly football games scheduled, when TCU begins Big XII Conference participation for the 2012 season.


Texas Tech University
TCU leads the football series dating back to 1926, 30–27–3.[27] TCU was the first Southwest Conference team to play Texas Tech. 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.[28] [29]

After the collapse of the Southwest Conference, Texas Tech was the first of the schools that joined the Big XII Conference in 1996, to schedule a non-conference game with TCU. This first post-Southwest Conference game between TCU and its former conference mate was played in the regular season in 2004.

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."[30] TCU and Texas Tech return to being conference mates, competing in football annually, in 2012.

Future non-conference opponents

TCU has released a partial list of non-conference opponents for the near future:[31] [32]

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
vs Grambling State vs Southeastern Louisiana vs LSU vs SMU at SMU vs SMU
vs Virginia at LSU at SMU at Arkansas vs Arkansas
at SMU vs SMU

Horned Frogs in Professional Football

LaDainian Tomlinson with the Chargers

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees

National Football League Most Valuable Player award

Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award

Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player award

Grey Cup Most Valuable Player award

Horned Frogs Currently in the NFL

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  26. ^ CFB Data Warehouse Head-to-Head TCU vs. SMU
  27. ^ CFB Data Warehouse Head-to-Head TCU vs. Texas Tech
  28. ^ http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/goinband/History.asp
  29. ^ http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/texas_tech/yearly_results.php?year=1925
  30. ^ http://lubbockonline.com/editorial-columnists/2011-10-16/pettit-tcus-return-re-stirs-memories-days-left-behind#.Tpr9WpuAqU8
  31. ^ "TCU Football Future Schedule". Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  32. ^ "TCU Horned Frogs Football Schedules and Future Schedules". fbschedules.com. Retrieved 2012-2-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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