2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team
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| Coaches | No. 2 |
| AP | No. 2 |
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| No. 2 TCU $ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth-year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. They were members of the Mountain West Conference and were defending conference champions.
After a perfect regular season record, another Mountain West title and a #3 BCS ranking, the team was selected by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses to play Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference in the 97th edition of the Rose Bowl. They defeated the Badgers 21–19, capping off their first undefeated and untied season since 1938, and only the second overall in the school's 115-year football history.
Schedule
September 46:45 PMvs. No. 24 Oregon State*No. 6
ESPNW 30–21 46,138[2] September 116:00 PMTennessee Tech*No. 4
W 62–7 37,117[3] September 183:30 PMBaylor*No. 4
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 45–10 47,493[4] September 247:00 PMat SMU*No. 4
ESPNW 41–24 35,481[5] October 21:00 PMat Colorado StateNo. 5
the mtn.W 27–0 22,553[6] October 92:30 PMWyomingNo. 5
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
CBSCSW 45–0 38,081[7] October 163:00 PMBYUNo. 4
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 31–3 40,416[8]
October 237:00 PMAir Force
No. 4
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
CBSCSW 38–7 46,096[9] October 3010:00 PMat UNLVNo. 4
CBSCSW 48–6 16,745[10] November 62:30 PMat No. 6 UtahNo. 4
CBSCSW 47–7 46,522[11] November 133:00 PMSan Diego StateNo. 3
- Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 40–35 45,694[12] November 273:00 PMat New MexicoNo. 4
VersusW 66–17 18,640[13] January 14:10 PMvs. No. 4 Wisconsin*No. 3
ESPN/ESPN 3DW 21–19 94,118[14]
Notes
TCU finished the regular season as the conference leader in scoring offense (520 points, 43.3 average) and scoring defense (137 points, 11.4 average). The Frogs were led by senior quarterback Andy Dalton, who completed 194 of 293 passes for 2638 yards for 26 touchdowns, and tailback Ed Wesley, who carried for 162 times for 1065 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.
Game notes
Oregon State
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Andy Dalton won his 30th career victory as TCU's starting quarterback, surpassing the school record of Sammy Baugh.[15]
Rose Bowl
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The Horned Frogs made their way to Pasadena as the first team from a non-BCS school to play in the Rose Bowl in the BCS era. The team has recorded two consecutive perfect regular seasons and has appeared in six straight bowl games. The Rose Bowl was their second consecutive BCS bowl game.
Both teams scored double digit points in the first quarter, a Rose Bowl record. The game was close throughout, and was not decided until Wisconsin failed to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter to tie the game. The game marks second time that the Rose Bowl was decided by two points, joining the 1966 game (UCLA 14, Michigan State 12).
Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final |
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| AP | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 (1) | 4 (3) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 2 (3) |
| Coaches | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Harris | Not released | 4 | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 4 | 3 (5) | 4 (3) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | ||||||
| BCS | Not released | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
References
- ^ "2010-2011 SCHEDULE". The Official Website of TCU Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Oregon State Beavers vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
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- ^ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. New Mexico Lobos Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
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