From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American college football season
The 2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Dennis Franchione throughout the regular seasons. Gary Patterson took over as interim head coach in December. TCU played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs finished the 10–2 and 7–1 in conference play to share the Western Athletic Conference championship with UTEP.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|
September 9 | 3:05 p.m. | at Nevada | No. 22 | | ESPN+ | W 41–10 | 19,797 |
September 16 | 11:00 a.m. | Northwestern* | No. 21 | | FSN | W 41–14 | 30,976 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Arkansas State* | No. 19 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| | W 52–3 | 32,167 |
September 30 | 11:00 a.m. | at Navy* | No. 18 | | FSN | W 21–0 | 28,477 |
October 7 | 11:00 a.m. | Hawaii | No. 14 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| FSNSW | W 41–21 | 31,896 |
October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | at Tulsa | No. 10 | | ESPN+ | W 17–3 | 20,034 |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Rice![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 11 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| ESPN+ | W 37-0 | 30,762 |
November 4 | 9:05 p.m. | at San Jose State | No. 9 | | ESPN2 | L 24–27 | 15,681 |
November 11 | 2:30 p.m. | Fresno State | No. 17 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| FSN | W 24–7 | 29,116 |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | UTEP | No. 16 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| FSNSW | W 47–14 | 41,068 |
November 24 | 7:30 p.m. | at SMU* | No. 13 | | FSN | W 62–7 | 26,551 |
December 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Southern Miss* | No. 16 | | ESPN2 | L 21–28 | 40,300 |
|
Roster
2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
|
Players
|
Coaches
|
Offense
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster Last update: 2000-12-17
|
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
---|
Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
---|
AP | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 21 |
---|
Coaches Poll | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
---|
BCS | Not released | 13 | 9 | — | — | 14 | 14 | 14 | Not released |
---|
Game summaries
at Nevada
Awards and honors
Players drafted into the NFL
[2]
References
|
---|
Venues | |
---|
Bowls & rivalries | |
---|
Culture & lore | |
---|
People | |
---|
Seasons | |
---|
National championship seasons in bold |