2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2010 TCU Horned Frogs football
MWC champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 21–19 vs. Wisconsin
Conference Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
2010 record 13–0 (8–0 MWC)
Head coach Gary Patterson (10th as head coach, 12th overall year)
Co-offensive coordinator Jarrett Anderson (2nd as coordinator, 13th overall year)
Co-offensive coordinator Justin Fuente (2nd as coordinator, 3rd overall year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Dick Bumpas (7th year)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 44,358)
Uniform
2010 Mountain West football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#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  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

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

[1]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 6:45 PM vs. No. 24 Oregon State* No. 6 Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, TX (Cowboys Classic) ESPN W 30–21   46,138[2]
September 11 6:00 PM Tennessee Tech* No. 4 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 62–7   37,117[3]
September 18 3:30 PM Baylor* No. 4 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Versus W 45–10   47,493[4]
September 24 7:00 PM at SMU* No. 4 Gerald J. Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet) ESPN W 41–24   35,481[5]
October 2 1:00 PM at Colorado State No. 5 Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO the mtn. W 27–0   22,553[6]
October 9 2:30 PM Wyoming No. 5 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX CBSCS W 45–0   38,081[7]
October 16 3:00 PM BYU No. 4 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Versus W 31–3   40,416[8]
October 23 7:00 PM Air Forcedagger No. 4 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX CBSCS W 38–7   46,096[9]
October 30 10:00 PM at UNLV No. 4 Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV CBSCS W 48–6   16,745[10]
November 6 2:30 PM at No. 6 Utah No. 4 Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT CBSCS W 47–7   46,522[11]
November 13 3:00 PM San Diego State No. 3 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Versus W 40–35   45,694[12]
November 27 3:00 PM at New Mexico No. 4 University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM Versus W 66–17   18,640[13]
January 1 4:10 PM vs. No. 4 Wisconsin* No. 3 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) ESPN/ESPN 3D W 21–19   94,118[14]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.

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

#24 Oregon State vs. #6 TCU
1 234Total
Oregon State 7 770 21
• TCU 7 1472 30

Andy Dalton won his 30th career victory as TCU's starting quarterback, surpassing the school record of Sammy Baugh.[15]

Rose Bowl

2011 Rose Bowl
1 234Total
Wisconsin 10 306 19
• TCU 14 070 21

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

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. ( )= first place votes received
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
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

  1. ↑ "2010-2011 SCHEDULE". The Official Website of TCU Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Oregon State Beavers vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Baylor Bears vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. Southern Methodist Mustangs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
  6. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. Colorado State Rams Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Wyoming Cowboys vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Brigham Young Cougars vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Air Force Falcons vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  10. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. UNLV Rebels Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  11. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. Utah Utes Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  12. ↑ "San Diego State Aztecs vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  13. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. New Mexico Lobos Box Score". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  14. ↑ "TCU Horned Frogs vs. Wisconsin Badgers Box Score". TCU. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  15. ↑
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