NINE BOWL GAMES LAST 10 YEARS 160 FROG HISTORY 2008 TCU FOOTBALL 4GENERAL TCU is ready to embark upon its 112th year of Horned Frog football. Through all the years, with the exception of 1900, Purple ballclubs have competed on an organized basis. Even during the war years, as well as through the Great Depression, each fall Horned Frog football squads have done battle on the gridiron each fall. 4BEGINNINGS The newfangled game of football, created in the East, made a quiet and unofcial appearance on the TCU campus (AddRan College as it was then known and lo- cated in Waco, Texas, or nearby Thorp Spring) in the fall of 1896. It was then that several of the college’s more robust students, along with the enthusiastic support of a couple of young “profs,” Addison Clark, Jr., and A.C. Easley, banded together to form a team. Three games were actually played that season ... all after Thanksgiving. The first contest was an 8-6 victory over Toby’s Business College of Waco and the other two games were with the Houston Heavyweights, a town team. By 1897 the new sport had progressed and AddRan enlisted its first coach, Joe J. Field, to direct the team. Field’s ballclub won three games that autumn, including a first victory over Texas A&M. The only loss was to the University of Texas, 18-10. Those games with the Aggies and Longhorns launched football feuds that carried forth for 99 years. In 1899, the first game with Baylor was played to launch still another traditional rivalry. By 1902, the name of the school had been changed to Texas Christian Univer- sity. The nickname, “Horned Frogs,” had been added a few years earlier because “of the abundance of those creatures around campus.” 4TIAA ERA In 1909, the university became a member of the old TIAA (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association). Several TCU teams recorded outstanding records, including the 1912 Horned Frog unit, which had an 8-1 mark with the lone loss coming against Texas, a team that the Frogs did not beat until 1929. In 1920, a post-World War I team produced TCU’s best record to date, winning nine straight games in the regular season. However, a post season bowl (the Dixie Bowl) contest was booked in Fort Worth with the famed “Prayin’ Colonels” of Centre College. That proved to be a mistake as Centre trounced the Purples, 63-7. L.R. (Dutch) Meyer was an end on that TCU grid eleven. 4SWC EARLY YEARS In 1923, TCU was admitted to the still-infant Southwest Athletic Conference, a league which was destined to be- come the major collegiate league of the Southwest. In their initial season in the SWC, the Horned Frogs played three games and posted a record of two wins and one loss. Though a young member of the SWC, over the next few years the Horned Frogs still ofered some excellent results. In 1924, they won one and lost five games to finish in the cellar for the only time until 1953. In 1929, under the late Francis Schmidt, TCU claimed its first SWC title. Led by a brilliant young quarterback, Howard Grubbs, who later became the executive secretary of the Southwest Con- ference and the Horned Frogs’ first in a line of great passers, TCU won four straight league games. The Frogs clinched their first title with a 7-7 tie against SMU in the final contest of ‘29. During Schmidt’s regime, which lasted through the 1933 campaign, the Frogs were double tough. They finished third in 1930, second in ‘31 and won the SWC title again in 1932 with a perfect 6-0 record. It was the first time that one Southwest Conference team had defeated all the others, since a round robin had not been played in any of the previous seasons. 4THE 1970s The decade of the 1970s was, for the most part, one of disappointment for the fans of TCU football. Fred Taylor, the successor to Abe Martin in 1966, guided Horned Frog teams through four seasons, with the best record being a modest 4-6. Jim Pittman was hired from a successful bowl campaign at Tulane, but tragedy struck midway through the 1971 season when Pittman was felled by a fatal heart attack during the Baylor game. His chief aide, Billy Tohill, took over and piloted TCU through the 1973 season. Then another former Frog great, Jim Shofner, returned from the NFL and led the Horned Frogs until 1977. The coach- ing door then swung open for F. A. Dry, who brought some impressive credentials from Tulsa. Dry’s TCU teams became known for hard-ball defense and impressive aerial displays, but a 3-8 mark in 1982 proved to be Dry’s best in six seasons and yet another change of direction was mandated. Similarly, the increase of 11,062 folks per game (a 42.5 percent increase) was one of the nation’s best in 1994. Sullivan resigned in November 1997 after six seasons at the Horned Frog grid helm. 4THE WAC YEARS TCU Football in 1996 was almost a double-dose of euphoria. Not only did it mark the 100th-year celebration for the sport, but the University ofcially became a new member of the expanded Western Athletic Conference as well. The Horned Frog program joined teams from Rice, SMU and Tulsa to form Quadrant 1 of the Mountain Division. Quadrant 2 members were Air Force, UNLV, Colorado State and Wyoming. Pacific Division members of the WAC were New Mexico, UTEP, BYU, along with Fresno State, San Jose State, Hawai’i and San Diego State. 4CONFERENCE USA The Frogs took on a new look in 2001 as they made the move into Conference USA. The 11-member football league included Army, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, South Florida, Tulane and UAB. Despite the change in leagues, TCU continued its strong run with a school record six consecutive bowl game appearances and back-to-back top 25 finishes for the first time since the 1950s. 4MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TCU began Mountain West Conference play in 2005 and immediately posted a record-breaking campaign. The Frogs, picked to finish sixth, went 8-0 in their debut season to claim their first outright conference title since 1958. TCU became just the third team in MWC history to go undefeated and the first to be 8-0. The Frogs are 18-6 in their opening three seasons of MWC play, which ranks second among all league teams. TCU FOOTBALL THROUGH THE AGES Slingin’ Sammy Baugh (No. 45) led TCU to its first of two national championships in the 1930s under Head Coach Dutch Meyer. Dutch Meyer (left) and Abe Martin helped deliver seven of TCU’s 15 conference titles and 12 of the program’s 23 all-time bowl appearances.
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4GENERALTCU is ready to embark upon its 112th year of Horned Frog football. Through all the years, with the ex cep tion of 1900, Purple ballclubs have com pet ed on an or ga nized basis. Even during the war years, as well as through the Great Depres sion, each fall Horned Frog football squads have done bat tle on the gridiron each fall.
4BEGINNINGSThe newfangled game of foot ball, created in the East, made a quiet and un of cial ap pear ance on the TCU campus (AddRan Col lege as it was then known and locat ed in Waco, Tex as, or nearby Thorp Spring) in the fall of 1896. It was then that sev er al of the col lege’s more ro bust stu dents, along with the en thu si as tic sup port of a cou ple of young “profs,” Addison Clark, Jr., and A.C. Easley, band ed to gether to form a team. Three games were ac tu al ly played that season ... all af ter Thanks giv ing. The first con test was an 86 vic to ry over Toby’s Busi ness College of Waco and the other two games were with the Houston Heavy weights, a town team.
By 1897 the new sport had progressed and AddRan enlisted its first coach, Joe J. Field, to direct the team. Field’s ballclub won three games that autumn, including a first victory over Texas A&M. The only loss was to the Univer si ty of Tex as, 1810. Those games with the Aggies and Longhorns launched foot ball feuds that car ried forth for 99 years. In 1899, the first game with Baylor was played to launch still an oth er tra di tion al ri val ry. By 1902, the name of the school had been changed to Texas Chris tian Uni versi ty. The nick name, “Horned Frogs,” had been added a few years earlier because “of the abun dance of those crea tures around campus.”
4TIAA ERAIn 1909, the uni ver si ty be came a member of the old TIAA (Tex as In ter col le giate Ath let ic As so ci a tion). Sev er al TCU teams re cord ed outstanding records, in clud ing the 1912 Horned Frog unit, which had an 81 mark with the lone loss coming against Tex as, a team that the Frogs did not beat until 1929.
In 1920, a postWorld War I team produced TCU’s best record to date, win ning nine straight games in the regular sea son. How ev er, a post season bowl (the Dixie Bowl) con test was booked in Fort Worth with the famed “Prayin’ Colonels” of Centre Col lege. That proved to be a mis take as Centre trounced the Pur ples, 637. L.R. (Dutch) Meyer was an end on that TCU grid elev en.
4SWC EARLY YEARSIn 1923, TCU was ad mit ted to the stillin fant Southwest Ath let ic Con fer ence, a league which was des tined to become the ma jor collegiate league of the South west. In their ini tial sea son in the SWC, the Horned Frogs played three games and posted a record of two wins and one loss.
Though a young mem ber of the SWC, over the next few years the Horned Frogs still of ered some ex cel lent re sults. In 1924, they won one and lost five games to fin ish in the cel lar for the only time until 1953. In 1929, under the late Francis Schmidt, TCU claimed its first SWC title. Led by a bril liant young quar ter back, Howard Grubbs, who later became the ex ec u tive sec re tary of the South west Conference and the Horned Frogs’ first in a line of great passers, TCU won four straight league games.
The Frogs clinched their first ti tle with a 77 tie against SMU in the final contest of ‘29. During Schmidt’s re gime, which last ed through the 1933 campaign, the Frogs were dou ble tough. They fin ished third in 1930, sec ond in ‘31 and won the SWC title again in 1932 with a perfect 60 record. It was the first time that one Southwest Con fer ence team had de feat ed all the oth ers, since a round robin had not been played in any of the previous seasons.
4THE 1970sThe decade of the 1970s was, for the most part, one of disappointment for the fans of TCU football. Fred Taylor, the suc ces sor to Abe Martin in 1966, guided Horned Frog teams through four seasons, with the best record being a modest 46. Jim Pittman was hired from a successful bowl campaign at Tulane, but tragedy struck mid way through the 1971 season when Pittman was felled by a fatal heart attack during the Baylor game. His chief aide, Billy Tohill, took over and pi lot ed TCU through the 1973 sea son. Then another former Frog great, Jim Shofner, returned from the NFL and led the Horned Frogs until 1977. The coaching door then swung open for F. A. Dry, who brought some impressive credentials from Tulsa. Dry’s TCU teams became known for hardball defense and im pres sive aerial dis plays, but a 38 mark in 1982 proved to be Dry’s best in six seasons and yet another change of direction was mandated.
Similarly, the increase of 11,062 folks per game (a 42.5 percent increase) was one of the nation’s best in 1994. Sullivan resigned in November 1997 after six seasons at the Horned Frog grid helm.
4THE WAC YEARSTCU Football in 1996 was almost a doubledose of euphoria. Not only did it mark the 100thyear celebration for the sport, but the University ofcially became a new
member of the expanded Western Athletic Conference as well. The Horned Frog program joined teams from Rice, SMU and Tulsa to form Quadrant 1 of the Mountain Division. Quadrant 2 members were Air Force, UNLV, Colorado State and Wyoming. Pacific Division members of the WAC were New Mexico, UTEP, BYU, along with Fresno State, San Jose State, Hawai’i and San Diego State.
4CONFERENCE USAThe Frogs took on a new look in 2001 as they made the move into Conference USA. The 11member football league included Army, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Southern Miss, South Florida, Tulane and UAB. Despite the change in leagues, TCU continued its strong run with a school record six consecutive bowl game appearances and backtoback top 25 finishes for the first time since the 1950s.
4MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCETCU began Mountain West Conference play in 2005 and immediately posted a recordbreaking campaign.The Frogs, picked to finish sixth, went 80 in their debut season to claim their first outright conference title since 1958. TCU became just the third team in MWC history to go undefeated and the first to be 80. The Frogs are 186 in their opening three seasons of MWC play, which ranks second among all league teams.
TCU FOOTBALL THROUGH THE AGES
Slingin’ Sammy Baugh (No. 45) led TCU to its first of two national championships in the 1930s under Head Coach Dutch Meyer.
Dutch Meyer (left) and Abe Martin helped deliver seven of TCU’s 15 conference titles and 12 of the program’s 23 all-time bowl appearances.
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4DUTCH MEYER ERAIn 1934, with Schmidt being lured to Ohio State, Leo R. (Dutch) Meyer be came the Horned Frog grid coach. For the next 19 years, Meyer turned out top teams and pro duced a bevy of in di vid u al standouts, in clud ing Sammy Baugh, Davey O’Brien, Ki Aldrich, Darrell Lester and many oth ers.During Baugh’s college days, the Frogs won 12, lost one in 1935; and won nine, lost two and tied a pair in 1936. As a junior, Baugh led TCU to a 32 victory in the Sugar Bowl and a national title, but was never able to help the Frogs claim a SWC title.
His successor, Davey O’Brien, took over lead er ship of the Frogs for the 1937 and 1938 sea sons, and during his senior year, paced the Purples to their best record in history. That mag nifi cent ‘38 ballclub was con sid ered one of the South west Con fer ence’s finest some 50 years later. That fall, Meyer’s Horned Frogs rolled to 11 straight wins, includ ing a 157 tri umph over Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl. The club outscored its op po nents – 269 to 60 – and never found it self be hind, ex cept briefly in the Sugar Bowl en coun ter. After the Sugar Bowl, the Frogs were crowned national cham pi ons.
In 1941, TCU fin ished a solid sec ond place in the SWC and won another cham pi on ship in ‘44. The Dutchman’s final league crown came in 1951, two years be fore he became fulltime athletics di rec tor (Meyer would later re tire as TCU’s A.D. in 1963).
4ABE MARTIN ERAWhen Meyer retired from coaching in 1953, his backfield as sis tant, Othol (Abe) Mar tin, took over the coach ing reins. Abe in stalled the popular Tformation, and in just three short years had found the cham pi on ship for mula. His 1955 TCU ballclub, led by AllAmer i can Jim Swink, waltzed to nine vic to ries in 10 games, the only loss be ing to Tex as A&M. In 1958, Martin found the vic to ry for mu la again with good quarterbacking and defense. In 1959, the Frogs disproved the crit ics to tie Texas and Ar kan sas for the crown, post ing a 51 league record.
During his 14year re gime, Mar tin com piled a 76647 mark in Frogland, di rect ed the Pur ples to five postseason bowl games, and pro duced seven AllAmer i cans.
4JIM WACkER ERAFrom 1983 through 1991, Horned Frog grid fortunes were in the hands of former NCAA Division II coach ing leg end Jim Wacker, who left opulent marks as well as two pairs of national cham pi on ship trophies at both South west Texas State and Texas Lutheran. Wacker’s first cam paign at TCU produced only 182 re sults, but he steered the Horned Frogs to a dramatic 84 turn around in 1984 en route to a Blue b on net Bowl date. Several na tion al, as well as Southwest Conference Coach of the Year honors, ul ti mate ly were awarded to the bubbly Wacker. However, an NCAA probation for discovered infractions in 1985 afected the Frogs’ rise over the next several sea sons.
4PAT SULLIvAN ERAOn January 2, 1992, Pat Sullivan was introduced as the 27th head coach in TCU football history. Sullivan prob ably is best re mem bered as a college quarterbacking great at Au burn, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1971. Sullivan instilled confidence along with an ap pre ci a tion for selfdiscipline into the TCU grid makeup during his initial cam paign with the Horned Frogs.
Though the Sullivan influence on TCU’s program was obvious from the outset, tangible proof of his impact in Frogland became somewhat pronounced during 1994. For the Horned Frog faithful it was a campaign of sweet memories and bona fide successes beginning in early fall with the ofcial dedication of TCU’s Walsh Complex, an ultraimpressive athletic training and weightconditioning center. Powered by the most prolific ofense in the Southwest Conference, an attack spearheaded by quarterback Max Knake and tailback Andre Davis, the Frogs fashioned a 74 regularseason mark. En route, they captured a share of the school’s ninth SWC football championship, along with an invitation to the Poulan/WeedEater Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
Further, thanks largely to Fort Worth’s Committee of 100, TCU’s homegame attendance records were shattered. The pergame home average of 37,174 far exceeded any previous mark.
ALL-TIME COACHES
Years* Coach Record Pct.1897 Joe Field 310 .7501898 James Morrison 131 .3001902 H. E. Hildebrand 051 .0831904 C. E. Cronk 141 .2501905–1907 E. J. Hyde 10112 .4781908–1909 J. R. Langley 1151 .6761910 Kemp Lewis 261 .2781911 Henry W. Lever 450 .4441912 W. T. Stewart 810 .8891913 Fred Cahoon 312 .6671914 S. A. Boles 442 .5001915 E. Y. Freeland 450 .4441916–1917 Milton Daniel 1441 .7631918 E. M. Tipton 430 .5711919 T. D. Hackney 170 .1251920–1921 W. L. Driver 1541 .7751922 John McKnight 253 .3501923–1928 Madison A. Bell 33175 .6451929–1933 Francis A. Schmidt 4755 .8681934–1952 Dutch Meyer 1097913 .5751953–1966 Abe Martin 74647 .5341967–1970 Fred Taylor 15251 .3781971 Jim Pittman 331 .5001971–1973 Billy Tohill 11150 .4231974–1976 Jim Shofner 2310 .0611977–1982 F. A. Dry 12513 .2051983–1991 Jim Wacker 40582 .4101992–1997 Pat Sullivan 24421 .3661998–2000 Dennis Franchione 25100 .7142000–present Gary Patterson 62-25-0 .713Overall Record 546-509-57 .491*1896, 1899, 1901, 1903 — no coaches listed
4COACHING HISTORY
Driver Pittman Tohill Shofner
Ki Aldrich (left) a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, helped TCU post the nation’s top win total of any program during the decade of the 1930s. Max Knake (right) shattered the Frog record books while helping lead the program to a Southwest Conference title and its first bowl game in a decade during the 1994 season.
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4DENNIS FRANCHIONE ERAIn three seasons under Dennis Franchione, the TCU football program took a giant leap forward. In his first season, Fran led the Frogs to a 75 record, which included an upset win over USC in the Sun Bowl.
The Frogs, who were 110 in 1997 under Pat Sullivan, tied Louisville for the biggest turnaround in the country with the sixwin improvement in 1998. Although many believed the Frogs stood no chance, Franchione guided the Frogs to a 2819 win over the vaunted Trojans. The victory was the first bowl win since 1957, when TCU defeated Syracuse in the Cotton Bowl.
Then in 1999, TCU claimed a share of the WAC title, earning a trip to the inaugural Mobile Alabama Bowl, where TCU knocked of East Carolina, 2814. Tailback LaDainian Tomlinson led the country in rushing in 1999, averaging over 168 yards per game for a season total of 1,850 yards.The Frogs came back with one of the best seasons in school history as the new millennium got underway. Moving as high in the polls as No. 9 and carrying the nation’s longest winning streak for a stretch, the Frogs put together a 102 campaign. Tomlinson again led the nation in rushing, this time with over 2,000 yards, en route to the Doak Walker Award. Following the season he was the fifth player selected in the NFL Draft.
4GARY PATTERSON ERAGary Patterson has posted four 10win seasons in the last six years, including three 11win campaigns since 2003. No other head coach in TCU history has reached 10 victories more than twice.
In just seven years, Patterson has a 6225 record to place third on the Horned Frogs’ career victory chart. His .713 winning percentage is fourth alltime among TCU coaches with more than 20 games under their belt. Patterson has had TCU ranked in the final Top 25 in four of his seven campaigns, including a No. 9 position in 2005 for the Frogs’ highest appearance in a seasonending poll since 1959.
In his tenure, Patterson has coached 75 AllConference selections, five AllAmericans, seven Freshman AllAmericans and one Academic AllAmerican. He has had 16 players drafted with 36 in NFL camps. Patterson was the 2002 Conference USA and 2005 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year. He was also a 2003 finalist for Bobby Dodd and Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year honors. He appeared on the 2006 Bobby Dodd Watch List.
TCU has garnered national attention in nearly every season. The 2003 Frogs won their opening 10 games in making a BCS run, while the 2005 squad opened the campaign with a 1710 victory at No. 5 Oklahoma. The Frogs are 51 versus Big 12 opponents the last two seasons. TCU has recorded victories in the 2002 Liberty Bowl, 2005 Houston Bowl, 2006 Poinsettia Bowl and 2007 Texas Bowl.
ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES
1. Dutch Meyer 1092. Abe Martin 743. Gary Patterson 624. Francis Schmidt 475. Jim Wacker 406. Madison A. Bell 337. Dennis Franchione 258. Pat Sullivan 249. W. L. Driver 15 Fred Taylor 1511. Milton Daniel 1412. F. A. Dry 1213. Billy Tohill 11 J. R. Langley 1115. E. J. Hyde 10
4CAREER vICTORIES1. Dutch Meyer 2012. Abe Martin 1453. Jim Wacker 1004. Gary Patterson 87 5. Pat Sullivan 676. F. A. Dry 667. Francis Schmidt 578. Madison A. Bell 559. Fred Taylor 4110. Dennis Franchione 3511. Jim Shofner 3312. Billy Tohill 2613. E. J. Hyde 23 14. W. L. Driver 20
4GAMES COACHED
Abe Martin, Gary Patterson, Francis Schmidt, Jim Wacker, Madison Bell, Dennis Franchione, Pat Sullivan, Fred Taylor and F.A. Dry.
Dennis Franchione (top left), with the help of 1,000-yard rusher Basil Mitchell (top right), guided the Frogs to a Sun Bowl victory over USC in his first season at TCU in 1998. Gary Patterson (bottom left) has led the Frogs to four double-digit win seasons in seven years while helping to hone the talents of such defensive standouts as Chase Ortiz (bottom right).
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1929 (No. 7)TCU’s first Southwest Conference championship team, led by halfback Cy Leland, quarterback Howard Grubbs and AllAmerica guard Mike Brumbelow, finished the season undefeated (901) and was placed No. 7 in the nation in an unofcial AP ranking. The familiar AP poll of today was not originated until 1936.
1932 (No. 4)The undefeated Horned Frogs (1001) rose to true national prominence in ‘32 as they romped through the Southwest Conference race with ease and wound up No. 4 in the country in the final rankings of Illustrated Football magazine, the game’s leading authority of the era. Six members of the starting line, anchored by AllAmerica guard Johnny Vaught, were named allconference, as were both halfbacks, Blanard Spearman and Red Oliver. When Pittsburgh was invited to the Rose Bowl over TCU, the Frogs tried to arrange a postseason game against Tulane, another highly regarded team, but nothing came of it.
1933 (No. 9)Coach Francis Schmidt produced three teams in the nation’s Top 10 during his five seasons at TCU. The 1933 squad was the third. Paced by halfback Charlie Casper, the Frogs rolled to a 921 record but closed fast with stunning victories over Texas (300), Rice (263) and SMU (266). This finish impressed the syndicated sportswriter Grantland Rice so much he put TCU No. 9 in the final national rankings of his popular annual ratings service known as Grantland Rice’s Cities Service Football Guide.
1935 (No. 1 • NatioNal ChampioNs)As a TCU lineup produced two AllAmericans for the first time – quarterback Sammy Baugh and center Darrell Lester – the Christians reached the zenith of a national championship in the thrilling season of ‘35. The Frogs were tabbed No. 1 after the bowl games by the Williamson Rating System, the most authoritative poll in the land at the time. TCU wound up No. 1 after its 32 victory over powerful LSU in the Sugar Bowl. The Frogs’ only loss had been a narrow one (2014) to SMU in “The Game of the Century.” But when the Mustangs were upset by Stanford 70 in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, the same afternoon that the Purple whipped LSU in New Orleans, Williamson crowned TCU No. 1.
1936 (No. 5)Injuries, freaky upsets and a couple of foulweather scoreless ties couldn’t keep Sammy Baugh from repeating as an AllAmerican and leading the Frogs to No. 5 in the nation in the final Williamson Rating System. Along the way, Baugh knocked of conference champion Arkansas, rudely upset the nation’s last remaining perfectrecord team, Santa Clara, and then won a duel with Marquette in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic. All of that left the Frogs with a 922 record.
1938 (No. 1 • NatioNal ChampioNs)A dream season. This incredible Frog team handily went 110, including the 157 victory over No. 5 Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl. TCU captured every meaningful No. 1 ranking – AP, Williamson, Helms – turned out eight allconference players on various selections, and three AllAmericans, quarterback Davey O’Brien, center Ki Aldrich, and tackle I.B. Hale. To say nothing of O’Brien winning the Heisman, Maxwell and Camp trophies. As the true national champions, the Frogs outpolled three other undefeated elevens in ‘38 – Tennessee, Oklahoma and Duke.
1941 (No. 10)Quarterback cohorts Kyle Gillespie and Emery Nix led the Frogs to a 721 record with the aid of AllAmerica tackle Derrell Palmer and allconference end Bruce Alford. Their only losses were to Top 10 teams, No. 6 Fordham and No. 9 Texas A&M. But later, Nix sparked TCU to a memorable 147 upset of No. 1ranked Texas, the Life century team. Ultimately, at the end of the regular season, the Williamson Rating System thought highly enough of the Frogs to rank them No. 10 in the nation. They became the first Southwest Conference team to play in the Orange Bowl, where they lost a wild one to Georgia, 4026.
1951 (No. 10)Sophomore Ray McKown, running and passing out of the old Dutch Meyer spread formation, carried the Frogs to their most surprising conference title with only a 64 record. Still, these Frogs were ranked No. 10 in the nation in the UPI poll at the season’s end. In so doing, McKown earned AllAmerica honors, as did Keith Flowers and tackle Doug Conaway. In the Cotton Bowl game, TCU outgained Bear Bryant’s Kentucky team by a huge margin, but saw no fewer than five drives stall inside Kentucky’s 10yard line, and were outscored 207.
1955 (No. 5) Jim Swink set rushing and scoring records galore as the Frogs loitered the whole season among the nation’s elite and won the Southwest Conference championship. In the end, with a 91 regular season record, they were ranked No. 3 by the Litkenhouse System, No. 5 by UPI, and No. 6 by AP. Swink was a unanimous AllAmerica halfback and runnerup for the Heisman Trophy and center Hugh Pitts also made AllAmerica.
1958 (No. 9) The Frogs breezed to an 82 record and the conference crown behind the passing of Hunter Enis, the running of Jack Spikes and Marvin Lasater, and the line play of AllAmerica tackle Don Floyd. TCU was ranked No. 9 in the final UPI poll and No. 10 by the AP. In the Cotton Bowl game they fought undefeated and No. 6ranked Air Force to a 00 tie.
1959 (No. 7) These Frogs basically put three AllAmericas on the field with fullback Jack Spikes and tackles Don Floyd, a repeat selection, and Bob Lilly, who would be a unanimous choice in ‘60. They bruised their way to another 82 record, tying Texas and Arkansas for the conference title. When all the votes were in from the final polls, TCU was ranked No. 7 by AP and No. 8 by UPI.
2000 (No. 18 ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES; No. 21 AP) LaDainian Tomlinson became one of college football’s greatest ball carriers – only the second player in history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season and more than 5,000 in a career. Behind “LT,” the Frogs sped to a 102 season record and the WAC championship. This performance enticed the Dunkel Index, one of the eight selectors for the Bowl Championship Series, to rate the Frogs No. 7 in the nation, their highest ranking in 40 seasons.
2002 (No. 22 ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES; No. 23 AP) After a seasonopening overtime loss at Cincinnati, the Frogs reeled of 10 wins in their next 11 games. The Frogs gained a share of the Conference USA title and posted an AXA Liberty Bowl win over Colorado State. Linebacker LaMarcus McDonald, the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, led a squad that ranked first in the nation in both total defense and in stopping the run.
2003 (No. 24 ESPN/USA TODAY COACHES; No. 25 AP) The Frogs reeled of 10 straight wins to open the season, climbing as high as number 10 in the national rankings. Their success, which included five threepoint wins, caught the attention of the nation, as they moved to sixth in the BCS Standings, the highest ranking ever for a school from a nonBCS conference. A late season loss at Southern Miss kept the Frogs from winning their second straight conference title. The Horned Frogs hosted nationallyranked Boise State in the inaugural PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl and dropped an exciting 3431 contest. Nick Browne was the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year and earned AllAmerica accolades. Defensive end Bo Schobel set a school record for sacks while earning secondteam AllAmerica honors from the Associated Press. Head coach Gary Patterson was one of three finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year honors.
2005 (No. 9 USA TODAY COACHES; No. 11 AP) TCU (111, 80) closed the season ranked ninth by USA Today for its highest appearance in a final poll since finishing seventh in the 1959 campaign. The Frogs, one of just seven teams in the nation with 11 wins, concluded the year with 10 straight victories. It was the secondlongest winning streak in the nation behind only national champion Texas (20). TCU opened and closed 2005 with victories over Big 12 bowl teams, winning at Oklahoma and then defeating Iowa State. Overall, the Frogs were 50 against bowl teams. TCU led the nation in interceptions (26), takeaways (40) and turnover margin (1.75, +21). TCU set a singleseason school record with 50 touchdowns, while its 398 points scored ranked second in Frog history. TCU, in its first season of Mountain West Conference play, became just the third team in league history to post an undefeated record (80). In the process, TCU captured its first outright league championship since sweeping through the Southwest Conference en route to the 1938 national title. TCU paced the Mountain West Conference with 18 allconference selections with Cory Rodgers a consensus AllAmerican at kick returner. Gary Patterson was the MWC Coach of the Year with tailback Aaron Brown named Freshman of the Year. Linebacker Jason Phillips and defensive end Tommy Blake were Freshman and Sophomore AllAmericans, respectively. Phillips, a secondteam selection, became the first freshman defensive player in league history to be first or secondteam AllMWC.
2006 (No. 21 USA TODAY COACHES; No. 22 AP) TCU (112, 62) posted its fourth 10win season in the last five years. The Frogs became one of only five teams in the nation to reach 11 victories three times in the last four campaigns. With victories over Baylor and Texas Tech, TCU improved to 40 against Big 12 opponents in the last two seasons and 81 in its past nine games against teams from BCS conferences. The Frogs closed the year by winning their final eight games for the fourthlongest current streak in the nation. Earlier in the season, in a carryover from 2005, TCU won 13 in a row for the longest winning streak in the country. The Frogs finished the campaign ranked 21st by the Associated Press and 22nd in the USA Today poll. It represented the fifth time in the past seven years that TCU closed the season in the top 25. The Frogs ranked second nationally in total defense (234.9 yards per game) and run defense (60.8 yards per game) while placing third in scoring defense (12.3 points per game). TCU was one of three teams nationally to not allow a 100yard rushing game by an opposing running back. Ofensively, the Frogs were ninth nationally in rushing (194.6 yards per game) and 17th in total ofense (408.5 yards per game). Thirteen Frogs combined for a total of 14 AllMWC selections. Safety Brian Bonner was a firstteam pick as a return specialist and a secondteam choice on defense. TCU placed four players on the firstteam defense, including unanimous selection Tommy Blake at defensive end.
TCU IN THE NATIONAL RANkINGS
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1935NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
TCU was tabbed No. 1 in the nation by the Williamson System, the only rating organization to publish a list after the New Year’s Day Bowl contest, and ranked among the top five teams in the country by all rating services at the conclusion of the regular season. Featuring stars Sammy Baugh and Darrell Lester, the Frogs won 10 straight games before falling to SWC Champion SMU in the nexttolast game of the regular season. The Horned Frogs later defeated LSU, 32, in the 1936 Sugar Bowl. TCU ended the year with a record of 121.
This remarkable Frog combine was ranked No. 1 by all the rating systems. TCU’s only undefeated and untied team won the SWC Championship, then followed that feat with a Sugar Bowl victory over Carnegie Tech, 157. The 1938 lineup included three AllAmericans – Davey O’Brien, who was the first footballer to win the Walter Camp, Heisman and Maxwell trophies the same year, plus Ki Aldrich and I.B. Hale. The Frogs ended the season with a record of 110.
1938
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1938QB #8 Davey O’Brien, DallasC #48 ki Aldrich, TempleT #22 I. B. Hale, Dallas
1942T #71 Derrell Palmer, Albany
1944T #32 Clyde Flowers, Perryton
1949QB #43 Lindy Berry, Wichita Falls
1951C #34 Keith Flowers, PerrytonQB #49 Ray McKown, DumasT #77 Doug Conaway, Hillsboro
1955HB #23 Jim Swink, RuskC #54 Hugh Pitts, Woodville
1956T #75 Norman Hamilton, VanderbiltHB #23 Jim Swink, Rusk
1958T #75 Don Floyd, Midlothian
1959T #75 Don Floyd, MidlothianFB #20 Jack Spikes, Snyder
1960T #72 Bob Lilly, Throckmorton
1963FB #38 Tommy Crutcher, McKinney
1981SE #7 Stanley Washington, Dallas
1984RB #36 kenneth Davis, Temple
1991TE #86 kelly Blackwell, Richland Hills
1995Pk #17 Michael Reeder, Sulphur, La.
2000TB #5 LaDainian Tomlinson, Waco
2002LB #44 LaMarcus McDonald, Waco
2003Pk #9 Nick Browne, Garland
2005KR #17 Cory Rodgers, Houston
FROG ALL-AMERICANS
4All-AMERICA SELECTIONS First-Team Selections (consensus choices in bold)
1952T Marshall Harris, Deland, Fla.
1955C Hugh Pitts, WoodvilleHB Jim Swink, Rusk
1956HB Jim Swink, Rusk
1957E John Nikkel, Dalhart
1961WR Buddy Iles, New London
1968G Jim Ray, Aspermont
1972C Scott Walker, Abilene
1974S Terry Drennan, Decatur
1980T John McLean, Abilene
2002PK Nick Browne, Garland
2003PK Nick Browne, Garland
4ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Academic All-America teams have been selected by CoSIDA since 1952.
1938HEISMAN TROPHY
WALTER CAMP OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL PLAYER
MAXWELL AWARD
FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
1937-38ALL-SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
1955NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
HALL OF FAME
1956 TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME
1939TCU JERSEY #8 RETIRED
1936FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA,
1935-1936ALL-SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
NINE-TIME NFL ALL-PRO
1951COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME,
1963PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
1999 COTTON BOWL HALL OF FAME
1993TCU JERSEY #45 RETIRED
8Davey O’Brien
4TCU’S RETIRED NUMBERS
45Sammy Baugh
Rags Mathews, TCU’s first All-American, also is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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1925Johnny Washmon, C, Fort WorthHarold Brewster, T, Mineral WellsHerman Clark, QB, Fort Worth
1926Johnny Washmon, C, Fort WorthHorace Brewster, T, Mineral WellsLuther Scarborough, T, Fort WorthRaymond Wolf, G, HoustonRags Matthews, E, Fort WorthBernard Williams, FB, Fort WorthHerman Clark, QB, Fort Worth
1925 Herman Clark, QB1926 Rags Matthews, E1927 Merlin Toler, HB1928 Howard Grubbs, QB1929 Mike Brumbelow, G1930 Noble Atkins, C1931 Harlos Green, FB1932 Johnny Vaught, G1933 Charley Casper, HB1934 Darrell Lester, C1935 Jimmy Lawrence, HB1936 Sam Baugh, QB1937 Mason Mayne, G1938 David O’Brien, QB1939 Durward Horner, E1940 Bobby Sherrod, G1941 Bill Crawford, G1942 Bruce Alford, E1943 Clyde Flowers, T1944 James Cooper, C1945 Harry Mullins, E1946 Fred Taylor, E1947 Carl Knox, HB1948 Lindy Berry, QB1949 Don Narrell, T1950 Max Eubank, C1951 Keith Flowers, LB1952 Wayne Martin, E
1953 Morgan Williams, G1954 Johnny Crouch, E1955 Bryan Engram, E1956 Chuck Curtis, QB1957 Jim Shofner, HB1958 Dale Walker, C1959 Jack Spikes, FB1960 Robert Lilly, T1961 Sonny Gibbs, QB1962 Tommy Joe Crutcher, FB1963 Steve Garmon, G1964 Jim Fauver, HB1965 Larry Perry, DE1966 John Richards, DE1967 Cubby Hudler, DB1968 Larry Adams, DT1969 Linzy Cole, FL1970 Bob Creech, DE1971 Steve Judy, QB1972 Mike Luttrell, HB1973 Gary Whitman, LB1974 Terry Drennan, DB1975 Lee Cook, QB1976 Mike Renfro, WR1977 Mike Renfro, WR1978 Marshall Harris, DT1979 Steve Barnes, SS1980 Bobby Stewart, WR
1981 Steve Stamp, QB1982 Joe Hines, LB1983 Kyle Clifton, LB1984 Kenneth Davis, RB1985 WC Nix III, C1986 WC Nix III, C1987 David Spradlin, DE1988 Falanda Newton, DB1989 Fred Washington, DT1990 Jason Cauble, LB1991 Roosevelt Collins, DE1992 Tony Rand, CB1993 Royal West, DT1994 Barret Robbins, C1995 Michael Reeder, PK1996 Ryan Tucker, C1997 Scott Taft, LB1998 Joseph Phipps, LB1999 LaDainian Tomlinson, TB2000 LaDainian Tomlinson, TB2001 Adrian Madise, WR2002 LaMarcus McDonald, LB2003 Nick Browne, PK Bo Schobel, DE2004 Cory Rodgers, WR2005 Jef Ballard, QB2006 Jef Ballard, QB2007 Chase Ortiz, DE
4ROGERS TROPHY WINNERS
The TCU Most Valuable Player award is named in honor of Dan Rogers, a very successful TCU grad and former TCU trustee. He gave his first MVP ring in 1925. Mr. Rogers loved and always supported TCU Athletics.
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EAST-WEST SHRINE1927 __________ Rags Matthews, E (MVP)1930 _____________ Mike Brumbelow, G1930 _________________ Noble Atkins, C1944 ________________ Clyde Flowers, T1949 __________________ Don Narrell, T1949 _________________ Lindy Berry, QB1952 __________________ Robert Blair, E1954 ______________ Morgan Williams, T1955 ________________ Ron Clinkscale, B1957 _________________ Jim Shofner, RB1960 ____________ Ramon Armstrong, G1960 ___________________ Don Floyd, T1960 __________________Jack Spikes, FB1960 _________________ Arvie Martin, G1960 _____________________ Bob Lilly, T1961 ___________________ Ray Pinion, G1961 ______________ Robert Plummer, T1961 ___________________ Buddy Iles, E1962 ________________ Sonny Gibbs, QB1963 _____________ Tommy Crutcher, FB1963 ______________ Robert Mangum, G1965 ________________Steve Garmon, G1965 __________________Ken Henson, C1966 ________________ Frank Horak, DB1968 ___________ Ross Montgomery, HB1971 _________________ Bob Creech, DE1980 __________________ Chris Judge, S1985 _______________ Sean Thomas, DB1989 _____________ Falanda Newton, DB1992 _______________ Kelly Blackwell, TE1996 _________________Andre Davis, RB1998 _____________ Chance McCarty, DE1998 _________________Matt Harper, DE2000 _____________ Patrick Batteaux, WR2000 ________ Dennis Franchione, coach2001 ______________ Aaron Schobel, DE2001 _____________ Shawn Worthen, DT2001 _______________ Cedric James, WR2002 ________________ Charlie Owens, S2002 ________________ Matt Schobel, TE2004 _________________ Bo Schobel, DE2006 _______________ Quincy Butler, CB2006 ___________ Michael Toudouze, OT2007 _________________ Herb Taylor, OT2007 _________________ Marvin White, S2008 _______________ Tommy Blake, DE2008 _________________ Chase Ortiz, DE2008 _________________ David Roach, S
HULA BOWL1954 ______________ Morgan Williams, T1956 ___________________ Hugh Pitts, C1957 __________________ Jim Swink, HB1957 _____________ Norman Hamilton, T1960 __________________Jack Spikes, FB1961 _____________________ Bob Lilly, T1961 _________________ Arvie Martin, C1962 ___________________ Buddy Iles, E1962 _______________Bobby Plummer, T1963 ________________ Sonny Gibbs, QB1964 __________ Tommy Joe Crutcher, FB1965 __________________Ken Henson, C1967 _______________ John Richards, DB1968 _________________ F.A. Gresham, C1969 ___________ Ross Montgomery, HB1982 __________Stanley Washington, WR1984 ______________ James Maness, WR1986 _________________ W.C. Nix III, C/G1989 ______________ Falanda Newton, S1992 _______________ Kelly Blackwell, TE1994 __________________Royal West, DT1994 _______________ Jimmy Oliver, WR1995 _________________Andre Davis, RB1997 _________________ Mike Brown, TE1997 _______________ Michael Reeder, K1999 _________________ Reggie Hunt, S2000 __________________ Curtis Fuller, S2004 _________________ Nick Browne, K2004 ____________Gary Patterson, coach2005 _____________ Martin Patterson, LB2007 _________________ Jef Ballard, QB2008 _________________ David Roach, S
COACHES ALL-AMERICA1960 _______________ Merlin Priddy, HB1960 ______________ Marvin Lasater, HB1961 _____________________ Bob Lilly, T1962 ___________________ Ray Pinion, G1964 __________ Tommy Joe Crutcher, FB1964 ______________ Robert Mangum, G1973 __________________ Guy Morriss, C1974 ________________ Berl Simmons, K1974 ________________ Charlie Davis, DT1976 ________________Ronald Parker, TE
GRIDIRON CLASSIC2000 _________________ David Bobo, OT2000 ___________________ Jef Garner, C2001 ________________ Victor Payne, OG2002 ______________ Adrian Madise, WR
JAPAN BOWL1982 ________________ Steve Stamp, QB1983 ______________Greg Townsend, DT
COLLEGE ALL-STAR1933 __________________ Ben Boswell, T1936 _____________Jimmy Lawrence, HB1936 _________________ Darrell Lester, C1936 ________________ Tillie Manton, RB1937 ______________ Sammy Baugh, QB1938 _______________Davey O’Brien, QB1938 _____________________ I.B. Hale, T1938 ____________________Ki Aldrich, C1942 _________________ Bill Crawford, G1945 ________________ Clyde Flowers, T1945 _________________ Merle Gibson, E1946 ________________ Derrell Palmer, T1946 _______________ Bobby Sherrod, G1948 ______________ Weldon Edwards, T1954 ______________ Morgan Williams, T1956 ___________________ Hugh Pitts, C1958 _________________Jim Shofner, HB1961 _____________________ Bob Lilly, T1963 ________________ Sonny Gibbs, QB1964 _____________ Tommy Crutcher, FB1973 __________________ Guy Morriss, C
SENIOR BOWL1957 _______________ Charles Curtis, QB1957 __________________Joe Williams, C1958 _________________ John Groom, G1960 ___________________ Don Floyd, T1966 ________________ Frank Horak, DB1969 ___________ Ross Montgomery, HB1973 __________________ Guy Morriss, C1977 __________________ Mike Renfro, E1983 _________________ Kyle Clifton, LB1984 ______________ James Maness, WR1984 _______________ Sean Thomas, DB1985 _______________Kenneth Davis, RB1988 _________________ Chris Becker, P1988 _____________ Mitchell Benson, DT1989 ____________ Fred Washington, DT1992 ____________ Roosevelt Collins, DE1994 _______________ Barret Robbins, C1995 _________________Andre Davis, RB2000 ___________ L. Tomlinson, RB (MVP)2000 _______________ Mike Keathley, OT2002 __________ LaMarcus McDonald, LB
PARADISE BOWL2002 _________________ Jason Goss, CB2002 ______________ Kenneth Hilliard, S2002 ________________ Jamal Powell, OL
BLUE-GREY GAME1940 _______________ Bobby Sherrod, G1942 __________________Bruce Alford, E1942 ________________ Derrell Palmer, T1946 ___________________ Fred Taylor, E1948 ________________George Brown, G1949 __________________ Jack Archer, B1949 _______________ Roger McAulley, T1950 _________________ Max Eubanks, C1960 _____________ Harry Moreland, HB1961 _________________ Don Jackson, T1963 _____________Marvin Chipman, HB1964 ________________Larry Bulaich, HB1964 __________________Jim Fauver, HB1966 ________________Doyle Johnson, E1966 _______________ John Richards, HB1966 _______________ Porter Williams, G1969 ___________________ Linzy Cole, E1971 ________________ Bobby Davis, FB1971 __________________Steve Judy, QB1972 _________________ Billy Sadler, HB1972 __________________Guy Morriss, G1977 ________________ James Wright, TE1980 ________________ Stan Talley, P/TE1982 __________Stanley Washington, WR1982 ___________________ Joe Hines, LB1983 ________________ Allanda Smith, S1986 _________________ W.C. Nix III, G/C1987 ______________ David Spradlin, DE1987 __________________ Clint Hailey, C1989 ____________ Robert McWright, DB1989 ____________ Fred Washington, DT1990 ___________ Larry Brown, DB (MVP)1990 ______________ Cedric Jackson, RB1991 ____________ Roosevelt Collins, DE1992 ________________ Tunji Bolden, LB1993 ________________John Oglesby, FB1997 _____________ Chance McCarty, DE1997 _________________ Mike Brown, TE
ALL-STAR GAME SELECTIONS
David Roach was selected to play in both the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl in 2008.
Tommy Blake was one of three Frogs to participate in the 2008 East-West Shrine Game.
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ACharlie Abel ____________________197779Tony Accomando ________________197677Ab Acker _______________________192527Will H. Acker ____________________191820Scott Ackroyd ___________________198588Earl W. Adams _____________________ 1968Homer Adams _______________ 1921, 2324Larry Adams ____________________196668Mike Adams ______________________ 1966Robby Adams ___________________198789Trotter Adams _____________________ 1942Woodrow Adams ________________193941Harry Akers _______________________ 1928Anthony Alabi ___________________200104Ki Aldrich _______________________193638Bill Alexander ___________________195355Bob Alexander ____________________ 1928Bret Alexander __________________198890Clarence Alexander ______________193840Clif Alexander ___________________200204C.T. Alexander _______________ 189798, ‘00Ivan Alexander __________________192122Bruce Alford ____________________194042Bruce Alford, Jr. __________________196466Rex Alford ______________________194749Andrew Allan ___________________197577Anthony Allen ___________________198182Cedric Allen _____________________199396 Egypt Allen _____________________198284Jimmy Allen ____________________197779Marcus Allen ____________________199295Richard G. Allen ___________________ 1939Ricky Allen __________________197778, 80Tony Allen ________________________ 1985Richard Allison ____________________ 1933Angel Alvarez _____________________ 1991Jim Amburg ______________________ 1950Henry Anders _____________________ 1989Carl Anderson ___________________193940Duke Anderson ____________________ 1926E.N. Anderson ___________________191011Eric Anderson ___________________199798Grantland Anderson ______________190910Greg Anderson __________________197274John Anderson ____________________ 1914Marcus Anderson ________________199598Reggie Anderson __________ 199091, 9394Shirley Anderson __________________ 1943Theo Anderson ____________________ 2000Chad Andrus ______________ 200203, 0506Ben Angeley ____________________200405Scott Ankrom _____________ 198485, 8788John Archer ____________________194849Ramon Armstrong _______________195759Greg Arterberry _________________198183Mitch Ashley ______________________ 1991Stuart Ashley____________________199700Charles Ashmore _____________190405, 09Noble Atkins ____________________192830J.T. Aughinbaugh ________________200102Chad Avery _____________________199395Phillip Ayres ____________________192224
IAlex Ibiloye _______________________ 2007Buddy Iles ______________________195861Jason Illian _____________________199598Darius Ingram ___________________200507Guy Inman _______________________ 1897Michael Isaac ___________________195861Michael Isaac ___________________197779Rich Isel ________________________197475
JLindsey Jacks ___________________192124Cedric Jackson __________________198890Charlie Jackson ______________ 1946, ‘4850Don Jackson ____________________196061G.P. Jackson _______________________ 1920Marcus Jackson __________________200607Michael Jackson _________________198992Ralph Jackson _____________________ 1982Ransom Jackson ___________________ 1944Sadd Jackson ___________________199093William Jackson _________________200407Henry Jacot _______________________ 1980Steve Jamail ____________________196567Cedric James ____________________199700
Detrick James ___________________200506Royal James ______________________ 1943Terence James __________________200304Michael Janak ___________________199396Chris Jefery ______________________ 1995 Tony Jefery _____________________198487Ron Jiles _______________________198689Akili Johnson _____________________ 1996Brandon Johnson ________________200103Chase Johnson __________________200104Charles Johnson ___________________ 2007Darryl Johnson ____________________ 1995 David Johnson ____________________ 1982Doyle Johnson __________________196466Ed Johnson _______________________ 2002Fred Johnson _____________________ 1993 Joe Johnson ____________________198586Lawrence Johnson _________________ 1981Timothy Johnson __________________ 2007Mike Johnson ___________________198081Dale Johnston ___________________196667Billy Jones ______________________198386Bird Jones ______________________199900Bobby Jones ______________________ 1991Calvin Jones ____________________199093 Charles Jones _____________________ 1997Colin Jones _______________________ 2007Dan Jones ______________________196365Dub Jones ________________________ 1905Glen Jones _____________________195152Gregg Jones ____________________198587H. Jones __________________________ 1918Jimmy Jones ______________________ 1945Lenoy Jones ____________________199295Lorenzo Jones _____________________ 2005Paul Jones ______________________198284Reuben Jones ___________________198082Bob Jordan _______________________ 1937Robert Jordan _____________________ 1934Charles Joslin ___________________194548Chris Judge _____________________197679Keith Judy ______________________197475Steve Judy ______________________196971
kJosh Karlin ______________________200607Danny Kasper ___________________197577Chris Kaylakie ___________________199800Mike Keathley ___________________199700Tracey Kellow ___________________193335Jason Kelly _____________________199294 Robert Kemp______________________ 1977James Kennedy ____________________ 1987Enis Kerlee______________________193840Jeremy Kerley _____________________ 2007Bill Kerr __________________________ 1924Jared Kesler _____________________200405Calvin Kiker _______________________ 1917Carlton Kile _______________________ 1977Kyle Killough ____________________197677Harold Kilman ___________________194749Bill Kinder ________________________ 1977Billy King _________________________ 1996 Bryan King______________________197375David King _____________________199295Doug King ______________________197576Shawn King _______________________ 1980Gerald Kirby ____________________196870Jacob Kirkpatrick __________________ 2007Johnny Kitchen __________________193233David Kline _______________________ 1966Forrest Kline ____________________193638George Kline ____________________193335Max Knake _____________________199295H.H. Knight _____________________190407Carl Knox _______________________194647H.C. Knox _________________________ 1952Walter Knox_______________________ 1922Carl Koch _______________________194547Alexander Kornegay ______________191516Frank Kring _____________________193941Mark Krug __________________ 197475, ‘77Joe Kucera ________________________ 1944Kyle Kummer ___________________200405Troy Kunkel _______________________ 2000La Juan Kyles ____________________198890
W Wayne Waddy ___________________198487John Wade _____________________197778Wallace Wade _____________________ 1905Robert Waggaman _________________ 1913Howard Wagner ___________________ 1968Keith Wagner ___________________198991Ray Wakefield _____________________ 1908Kent Waldrep _____________________ 1974Bubba Walker ___________________198889Dale Walker _____________________195658Elbert Walker ______________________ 1933Jimmy Walker _____________________ 1962Mark Walker ____________________200104Pat Walker ______________________196769 Ralph Walker ____________________192829Scott Walker ____________________197072Brad Wallace ____________________198992J.H.J. Wallace ____________________191213J.O. Wallace _____________________190607Jewell Wallace ___________________193233Robert Wallace __________________199798Malcolm Wallas __________________195254Greg Walls ______________________199700Willie Walls _____________________193436Charlie Walton ____________________ 1912Kenneth Walton _________________198790Merle Wang _____________________197274Andrew Ward ___________________200405Trix Ward _______________________192325Tom Warden ____________________197576Bryan F. Ware ____________________191112Logan Ware _____________________193840Scott Warren ______________________ 1979Derek Wash _____________________200607Daryl Washington ________________200607Fred Washington ________________1986 89George Washington ______________197475John Washington ________________199396L.B. Washington _________________198184Stanley Washington ______________197982Johnny Washmon ________________192426H.H. Watson ______________________ 1903Justin Watts _____________________200507W.T. Watts ________________________ 1898Sam Weatherford __________________ 1942Greg Webb _____________________196871Ronnie Webb ___________________197273Billy Weems _______________________ 1991Vernon Wells ____________________197576Rico Wesley _____________________199093 Royal West ______________________199194 Richard Westbrook _________________ 1965Marty Whelan ___________________196769Allie White ______________________193638Bob White ________________________ 1953Godfrey White ___________________199496Marvin White ___________________200506
Gary Whitman ___________________197173Dan Wilde ______________________194950Dean Wilkerson __________________196870Jef Wilkinson ___________________199092Ward Wilkinson __________________193638Bernard Williams _________________192527Brandon Williams ________________200103Charlie Williams _________________193739Chris Williams _____________________ 1982DeJuan Williams ___________________ 2004Derryl Williams __________________199495 Fred Williams____________________197879Jake Williams ____________________192628Jarrarcea Williams ________________200406Jess Williams ____________________198588Joe Williams ____________________195456John Williams _____________________ 1996Kyle Williams ____________________199699Lance Williams __________________199598Lee Williams ______________________ 1974Lionel Williams __________________198081Lynwood Williams__________________ 1982Morgan Williams _________________195153O’Day Williams __________________195456Porter Williams __________________196466Raymond Williams _________________ 1977Ricky Williams ___________________196263Scott Williams ___________________198082Steve Williams ___________________197879Terran Williams __________________200002Troy Williams ______________________ 1995 Willie Williams _______________ 1977, ‘7981Lee Willie _________________________ 1916Billy Willingham _________________194850Frank Willis _____________________198283Chuck Wills _____________________199394 Lorance Wills ______________________ 1976J.W. Wilson _____________________199699Steve Wilson ____________________197981Travis Wilson ____________________199597Vaughn Wilson ____________________ 1919Frank Windegger ________________195556Ken Wineburg ___________________195456Chris Wingate ___________________200203Oscar Wise ______________________191011Richard Wiseman ________________197072Raymond (Bear) Wolf _____________192526A. F. Wood ________________________ 1898Larry Wood _____________________196667Mike Wood _______________________ 1974Raymond Woodard_________________ 1975James Woodfin __________________194142Richard Woodley_________________199093Ronnie Woodman __________________ 1969Audie Woods ____________________197677Koi Woods ______________________199396Vance Woolwine _________________192932J.N. Wooten _____________________189899Richard Wooten ___________________ 1993 Shawn Worthen _________________199700Charles Wrenn_____________________ 1952Fred Wright _______________________ 1966G.A. Wright _______________________ 1904James Wright ___________________197577Larry Wright ____________________196869L.C. Wright ______________________190407Mike Wright ____________________197980Ricky Wright ____________________197576Buddy Wyatt ____________________198689Randall Wylie _____________________ 1960Mike Wyman ____________________197375Mike Wynn _____________________200204
YArmen Yates ____________________190809Cameron Young _________________197679Charles Young ___________________196567Chester Young __________________197374Clarence Young ____________________ 1958Jimmy Young _____________________ 2007Jimmy Don Young _______________197476Joe Young ______________________198284Bill Yung _______________________195355
Offensive line of the 1932 TCU team that went 10-0-1: (L to R): Dan Salkeld, Foster Howell, Johnny Vaught, J.W. Townsend, Lon Evans, Ben Boswell, Madison Pruitt.
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ARkANSAS STATE (2-0-0) 1999 ________ @ 2421 _________ W 2000 ________ 523 ____________ W
ARMY (6-0-0) 2001 ________ 3820 ___________ W 2002 ________ @ 4627 _________ W 2003 ________ 270 ____________ W 2004 ________ @ 2117 _________ W 2005 ________ 3817 ___________ W 2006 ________ @3117 _________ W
EAST CAROLINA (1-2-0) 1999 ________ 2814* __________ W 2001 ________ 3037 ____________L 2002 ________ @ 2831 __________L*Mobile Alabama Bowl
EAST DALLAS (1-0-0) 1897 ________ @ 60 ___________ W
EAST TExAS STATE (4-0-0) 1924 ________ 430 ____________ W 1925 ________ 310 ____________ W 1928 ________ 210 ____________ W 1930 ________ 400 ____________ W
EPWORTH (0-1-0) 1910 ________ 030 _____________L
FIRST TExAS ARTILLERY (1-0-0) 1917 ________ 147 ____________ W
FLORIDA STATE (2-1-0) 1963 ________ @ 130 __________ W 1964 ________ 010 _____________L 1965 ________ 73 _____________ W
Total Ofense: 636 in 1985Yards Rushing: 467 in 1985Yards Passing: 372 in 1972
SMU INDIvIDUAL GAME RECORDSYards Ofense: 330, Mike Livingston, 1967
Yards Rushing: 195, Paul Page, 1945Yards Passing: 372, Dan Freiburger,1992Pass Receptions: 10, Korey Beard, 1992
4THE IRON SkILLET: TCU-SMU SERIES
During the postWorld War II college football boom, the TCU and SMU student body created a traveling trophy called the Iron Skillet that was presented to the winner of the annual football game between the rivals. The tradition eventually died, and the skillet was lost. In 1993, the tradition was revived as SMU defeated TCU, 2115. The skillet is presented to the winning team after each game.
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111 AMBULANCE (1-0-0) 1917 ________ @ 60 ___________ W
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS
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1896 – (1-1-1)Coach: none______ Toby’s Business College ____ W ____86______ at Houston Heavyweights ___ L ___022______ Houston Heavyweights _____ T ____00
1897 – (3-1)Coach: Joe J. Field______ at East Dallas ____________ W ____60______ at Texas __________________ L _ 1018______ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___306______ at Ft. Worth University _____ W ___320
1898 – (1-3-1)Coach: James Morrison______ Texas ____________________ L ___015______ at Toby’s Business Coll._____ W ___410______ Ft. Worth University ________ T ____00______ at Texas __________________ L ___029______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___016
1899 – (0-0-1)Coach: none______ at Baylor _________________ T ____00
1900 NO GAMES PLAYED
1901 – (1-2-1)Coach: none______ Baylor ___________________ L ___036______ Trinity ___________________ T ____00______ Baylor ___________________ L ___042______ Taylor __________________ W ____50
1902 – (0-5-1)Coach: H. E. Hildebrand______ Trinity University __________ L ___028______ at Baylor _________________ T ____00______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___022______ Baylor ___________________ L ____06______ at Trinity _________________ L ___017______ Baylor ___________________ L ___020
1903 – (0-7)Coach: none______ Baylor ___________________ L ___014______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___614______ at Trinity _________________ L ___030______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___016______ Baylor ___________________ L ____05______ at Daniel Baker ____________ L ___510______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___011
1904 – (1-4-1)Coach: C.E. Cronk______ Baylor ___________________ T ____00______ at Texas __________________ L ___040______ at Ft. Worth University ______ L ____04______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___029______ Baylor ___________________ L ___017______ at Baylor ________________ W ____50
1905 – (4-4)Coach: E. J. Hyde______ Baylor __________________ W ___160______ at Texas __________________ L ___011______ at Austin College _________ W ___210______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___020______ Baylor ___________________ L ___610______ Trinity __________________ W ____60______ Texas A&M _______________ L _ 1124______ Baylor __________________ W ___170
1906 – (2-5)Coach: E. J. Hyde______ Ft. Worth University ________ L ____06______ at Texas __________________ L ___022______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___042______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___022______ at Daniel Baker ____________ L ____04______ Deaf & Dumb Institute _____ W ___176______ Fort Worth University _____ W ____96
1907 – (4-2-2)Coach: E. J. Hyde______ at Fort Worth Univ. _________ T ____00______ at Baylor _________________ T ____66______ at Austin College _________ W ___270______ at Trinity ________________ W ___270______ at Baylor ________________ W _ 1110______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___532______ at Trinity ________________ W ____65______ at Baylor _________________ L ___816
1908 – (6-3)Coach: J.R. Langley______ Deaf & Dumb Institute _____ W ___590______ Baylor __________________ W ___150______ at Texas __________________ L ___611______ at Trinity ________________ W _ 1110______ Baylor __________________ W ___106______ Texas A&M _______________ L _ 1013______ Trinity __________________ W ___220______ at Southwestern _________ W ___145______ Baylor ___________________ L ___823
1909 – (5-2-1)Coach: J.R. Langley______ at Polytechnic ___________ W ___420______ at Texas A&M _____________ T ____00______ at Baylor ________________ W ____90______ at Texas __________________ L ___024______ at Austin College _________ W ___183______ at Baylor ________________ W ___110______ at Southwestern__________ W ___120______ at Baylor _________________ L ____36
1910 – (2-6-1)Coach: Kemp Lewis______ Polytechnic_______________ T ____66______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___035______ at Baylor _________________ L ___052______ Trinity __________________ W ___186______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___623______ at Trinity ________________ W ____90 ______ at Southwestern___________ L ___325______ Baylor ___________________ L ___310______ Epworth _________________ L ___030
1911 – (4-5)Coach: Henry W. Lever______ Trinity __________________ W ___300______ at Southwestern___________ L ___021______ at Austin College __________ L ___039______ at Baylor _________________ L ___012______ Austin College ____________ L ___818______ Polytechnic_______________ L ___316______ FW Central High __________ W ___240______ at SW Oklahoma _________ W ___250______ at SW Oklahoma _________ W ___240
1912 – (8-1)Coach: W. T. Stewart______ at Britten Training School __ W ___160______ at Texas __________________ L _ 1030______ at Southwestern__________ W ___200______ Baylor __________________ W ___220______ at Austin College _________ W ____70______ Polytechnic______________ W ___333______ Howard Payne ___________ W ___530______ at Trinity ________________ W _ 4813______ Polytechnic______________ W ___217
1913 – (3-1-2)Coach: Fred Cahoon______ at SW Oklahoma __________ T ____00______ Dallas ___________________ T ____00______ at Howard Payne _________ W ____60______ at Burleson College _______ W ___250______ at North Texas State _______ W ___130______ at Dallas _________________ L ____06
1914 – (4-4-2)Coach: S. A. Boles______ North Texas State _________ W ___400______ Okla. School of Mines _____ W ___200______ at Southwestern __________ L ___910______ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___040______ at Rice ___________________ T ____00______ at Baylor _________________ L _ 1428______ Austin College ___________ W ___130______ at Daniel Baker ____________ L ___033______ at Howard Payne _________ W ___140______ Trinity ___________________ T ____77
1915 – (4-5)Coach: E. Y. Freeland______ at Texas __________________ L ___072______ SMU ___________________ W ___430______ Texas A&M _______________ L _ 1013______ at Austin College _________ W ___280______ at Rice ___________________ L ___333______ at Trinity ________________ W ___250______ Southwestern ____________ W ___210______ Oklahoma A&M ___________ L ___013______ at Baylor _________________ L ___051
1916 – (6-2-1)Coach: Milton Daniel______ at Meridian ______________ W ____70______ Austin College ___________ W ___282______ at SMU _________________ W ___483______ Rice _____________________ T ____77______ Trinity __________________ W ___350______ at Southwestern State ______ L _ 1341______ at Daniel Baker ___________ W ___230______ at Howard Payne _________ W ___420______ Baylor ___________________ L _ 1432
1917 – (8-2)Coach: Milton Daniel______ Meridian ________________ W ___200______ at Rice ___________________ L ___026______ First Texas Artillery ________ W ___147______ SMU ___________________ W ___210______ at Trinity ________________ W ___206______ Southwestern ____________ W ___206______ at Austin College _________ W ___590______ 2nd TX 132nd Infantry ______ L ___714______ at 111 Ambulance ________ W ____60______ Baylor __________________ W ___340
1918 – (4-3)Coach: E. M. Tipton______ at Texas __________________ L ___019______ Carruthers Field ___________ L ____67______ at SMU (forfeit) ____________ L ____01______ at Southwestern _________ W ___146______ North Texas State _________ W ___390______ Austin College ___________ W ___250______ at Baylor ________________ W ___127
1919 – (1-7)Coach: T. D. Hackney______ North Texas State __________ L ___614______ at Decatur Baptist _________ L ___020______ Oklahoma A&M ___________ L ___714______ Southwestern ____________ L ___010______ at Trinity ________________ W ____70______ at Austin College __________ L ____06______ Texas A&M _______________ L ___048______ Baylor ___________________ L ____07
1920 – (9-1 TIAA CHAMPIONS)Coach: W. L. Driver______ Southeast Oklahoma ______ W ___200______ Austin College ___________ W ____97______ at Arkansas ______________ W ___192______ at Trinity ________________ W ___207______ Phillips _________________ W ____30______ Missouri Osteopaths ______ W ___193______ at Baylor ________________ W ___219______ HardinSimmons _________ W ___312______ Southwestern ___________ W _ 2116 Fort Worth Dixie Classic01/01 _ at Centre College __________ L ___763
1921 – (6-3-1)Coach: W. L. Driver______ West Texas State __________ W ___300______ at HardinSimmons ________ L ___710______ at Oklahoma A&M _________ L _ 2128______ Trinity __________________ W ___193______ Tulsa ___________________ W ___160______ at Phillips University _______ T ____00______ Missouri Osteopaths ______ W ____70______ at SMU _________________ W ___136______ Haskell __________________ L ___01411/24 _ Arkansas ________________ W _ 1914
1922 – (2-5-3)Coach: John McKnight______ at Dallas ________________ W ___216______ at HardinSimmons ________ T ____77______ Daniel Baker ______________ L _ 1321______ at Tulsa __________________ L ___021______ Oklahoma A&M __________ W _ 2214______ at Austin College __________ L ___720______ Howard Payne ____________ L _ 1426______ at Trinity _________________ T ____77______ at Kansas State ____________ L ___045______ SMU ____________________ T ____00
1923 – (4-5)Coach: Madison A. Bell10/06 _ at Oklahoma A&M ________ W ____7610/13 _ HardinSimmons _________ W ___16010/20 _ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___47610/27 _ Centenary ________________ L ___02311/04 _ at SMU __________________ L ___04011/10 _ Austin College ____________ L ___02611/17 _ at Howard Payne __________ L ___72011/24 _ Trinity ___________________ L _ 101611/29 _ at Rice __________________ W ____60
1924 – (4-5)Coach: Madison A. Bell09/27 _ East Texas State __________ W ___43010/04 _ Daniel Baker _____________ W _ 131210/11 _ Oklahoma A&M __________ W _ 171010/18 _ at HardinSimmons _______ W ____7010/25 _ Rice _____________________ L ____3711/01 _ SMU ____________________ L ____0611/07 _ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___02811/15 _ Texas ____________________ L ___01311/27 _ Arkansas _________________ L ___020
1925 – (7-1-1)Coach: Madison A. Bell______ East Texas State __________ W ___310______ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___12010/13 _ Baylor (@Dallas) ___________ T ____77______ Hardin Simmons _________ W _ 281610/24 _ at Oklahoma A&M _________ L ___72210/31 _ Abilene Christian _________ W ___21911/07 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ____3011/14 _ Arkansas ________________ W ____30______ Austin College ___________ W ___210
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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F R O G H I S T O R Y 2 0 0 8 T C U F O O T B A L L
1926 – (6-1-2)Coach: Madison A. Bell______ Daniel Baker _____________ W ____53______ Centenary _______________ W _ 241410/12 _ Baylor (@Dallas) ___________ T ____77______ Austin College ___________ W ____70______ Oklahoma A&M __________ W ____30______ Texas Tech ______________ W _ 281611/05 _ at Texas A&M _____________ T _ 131311/13 _ at Arkansas ______________ W ___10711/25 _ at SMU __________________ L _ 1314
1927 – (4-3-2)Coach: Madison A. Bell______ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___27010/01 _ at Texas __________________ T ____00______ Texas Tech ______________ W ___166______ Austin College ___________ W _ 201310/22 _ Texas A&M _______________ T ____0010/29 _ at Baylor ________________ W ___14011/05 _ Arkansas _________________ L ___310______ at Centenary______________ L ____3711/24 _ SMU ____________________ L ___628
1928 – (8-2)Coach: Madison A. Bell09/22 _ East Texas State __________ W ___21009/29 _ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___21010/06 _ at HardinSimmons _______ W ___19310/13 _ Austin College ___________ W ___21010/20 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ____6010/27 _ Texas Tech ______________ W ___28611/03 _ Baylor ___________________ L ____6711/10 _ at Rice __________________ W ____7011/17 _ Texas ____________________ L ____0611/29 _ at SMU _________________ W ___156
1929 – (9-0-1 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Francis A. Schmidt09/28 _ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___61010/05 _ at HardinSimmons _______ W ___20010/12 _ at Centenary_____________ W ___28010/19 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ___13710/26 _ at Texas Tech ____________ W ___22011/02 _ North Texas State _________ W ___25011/09 _ Rice ____________________ W ___24011/16 _ at Texas _________________ W _ 151211/23 _ at Baylor ________________ W ___34711/30 SMU _____________________ T ____77
1930 – (9-2-1)Coach: Francis A. Schmidt09/19 _ at North Texas State _______ W ___47009/20 _ East Texas State __________ W ___40009/27 _ Austin College ___________ W ___33710/04 _ at HardinSimmons ________ T ____0010/11 _ Arkansas ________________ W ___40010/18 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ____3010/25 _ Texas Tech ______________ W ___26011/12 _ Abilene Christian _________ W ___620______ Rice ____________________ W ___20011/15 _ Texas ____________________ L ____0711/22 _ Baylor ___________________ L _ 143511/29 _ at SMU _________________ W ___130
1931 – (9-2-1)Coach: Francis A. Schmidt09/18 _ at Texas Military __________ W ___40009/19 _ North Texas State _________ W ___33609/26 _ LSU ____________________ W ____3010/03 _ at Tulsa __________________ L ___01310/10 _ Austin College ___________ W ___38010/17 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ____6010/23 _ at HardinSimmons _______ W ____6010/31 _ at Arkansas ______________ W ____7011/07 _ Rice ____________________ W ____7611/14 _ at Texas __________________ L ___01011/21 _ at Baylor ________________ W ___19611/28 _ SMU ____________________ T ____00
1932 – (10-0-1 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Francis A. Schmidt09/17 _ North Texas State _________ W ___14209/24 _ at LSU ___________________ T ____3310/01 _ Daniel Baker _____________ W ___55010/08 _ Arkansas ________________ W _ 341210/15 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___17010/22 _ Austin College ___________ W ___68010/29 _ Baylor __________________ W ___27011/04 _ at HardinSimmons _______ W ___27011/11 _ Texas ___________________ W ___14011/19 _ at Rice __________________ W ___16611/26 _ at SMU _________________ W ____80
1933 – (10-1-1)Coach: Francis A. Schmidt09/15 _ at Austin College _________ W ___33009/22 _ at Daniel Baker ___________ W ___28609/29 _ at North Texas State _______ W ___13010/07 _ at Arkansas (forfeit) ________ L ___01310/14 _ HardinSimmons _________ W ___20010/21 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ___13710/28 _ at Centenary______________ T ____0011/04 _ at Baylor _________________ L ____0711/11 _ North Dakota ____________ W ___19711/18 _ at Texas _________________ W ___30011/25 _ Rice ____________________ W ___26312/02 _ SMU ___________________ W ___266
1934 – (8-4)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/21 _ at Daniel Baker ___________ W ___33709/29 _ North Texas State _________ W ___27010/06 _ Arkansas _________________ L _ 102410/13 _ at Tulsa _________________ W _ 141210/20 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___13010/27 _ at Centenary______________ L ___01311/03 _ Baylor __________________ W _ 341211/10 _ at Loyola (N.O.) ___________ W ____7011/17 _ Texas ____________________ L _ 192011/24 _ at Rice __________________ W ____7212/01 _ at SMU __________________ L ___01912/08 _ Santa Clara ______________ W ____97
1935 – (12-1 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/21 _ Howard Payne ___________ W ___41009/28 _ North Texas State _________ W _ 281110/05 _ at Arkansas ______________ W ___13710/12 _ at Tulsa _________________ W ___13010/19 _ Texas A&M ______________ W _ 191410/26 _ at Centenary_____________ W ___27711/02 _ at Baylor ________________ W ___28011/09 _ at Loyola (N.O.) ___________ W ___14011/16 _ at Texas _________________ W ___28011/23 _ Rice ____________________ W ___27611/30 _ SMU ____________________ L _ 142012/07 _ Santa Clara (@SF) _________ W ___106 Sugar Bowl01/01 _ LSU ____________________ W ____32
1936 – (9-2-2)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/18 _ at Howard Payne _________ W ____6009/26 _ at Texas Tech _____________ L ____0710/03 _ Arkansas ________________ W _ 181410/10 _ at Tulsa _________________ W ___10710/17 _ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___71810/24 _ Miss. St. (@Dallas) __________ T ____0010/31 _ Baylor __________________ W ___28011/07 _ Texas ___________________ W ___27611/14 _ (18) Centenary ___________ W ___26011/21 _ (18) at Rice ______________ W ___13011/28 _ at SMU __________________ T ____0012/12 _ (16) Santa Clara (@SF) _____ W ____90 Cotton Bowl01/01 _ Marquette ______________ W ___166
1937 – (4-4-2)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/25 _ at Ohio State _____________ L ___01410/02 _ at Arkansas _______________ T ____7710/09 _ Tulsa ___________________ W _ 201310/16 _ Texas A&M _______________ T ____7710/23 _ Fordham (@NYC) __________ L ____6710/30 _ at Baylor (5) ______________ L ____0611/06 _ at Centenary______________ L ___91011/13 _ at Texas _________________ W ___14011/20 _ Rice ____________________ W ____7211/27 _ (14) SMU ________________ W ____30
1938 – (11-0 SWC & NATIONAL CHAMPS)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/24 _ Centenary _______________ W ___13010/01 _ Arkansas ________________ W _ 211410/08 _ at Temple _______________ W ___28610/15 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___34610/22 _ (7) at Marquette __________ W ___21010/29 _ (4) Baylor _______________ W ___39711/05 _ (2) at Tulsa ______________ W ___21011/12 _ (1) Texas ________________ W ___28611/19 _ (2) at Rice _______________ W ___29711/26 _ (2) at SMU _______________ W ___207 Sugar Bowl01/02 _ (1) Carnegie Tech _________ W ___157
1939 – (3-7)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/29 _ at UCLA (7) _______________ L ____2610/07 _ at Arkansas _______________ L _ 131410/14 _ at Temple ________________ L _ 111310/21 _ Texas A&M (1) _____________ L ___62010/28 _ at Centenary_____________ W ___21011/04 _ at Baylor _________________ L ___02711/11 _ Tulsa ___________________ W ___16011/18 _ at Texas __________________ L _ 192511/25 _ Rice ____________________ W ___21012/02 _ SMU ____________________ L ___714
1940 – (3-7)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/28 _ Centenary _______________ W ___41610/06 _ Arkansas ________________ W ___20010/12 _ at North Carolina __________ L _ 142110/19 _ at Texas A&M (6) ___________ L ___72110/26 _ at Tulsa __________________ L ____0711/02 _ Baylor __________________ W _ 141211/09 _ at Detroit ________________ L ____0311/16 _ Texas ____________________ L _ 142111/23 _ at Rice ___________________ L ___61411/30 _ at SMU (16) _______________ L ___016
1941 – (7-3-1)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/27 _ Tulsa ___________________ W ____6010/04 _ at Arkansas ______________ W ____9010/11 _ at Indiana _______________ W _ 201410/18 _ Texas A&M (9) _____________ L ___01410/25 _ Fordham (@NYC) __________ L _ 142811/01 _ at Baylor ________________ W _ 231211/08 _ Centenary _______________ W ___35711/15 _ at Texas (1) ______________ W ___14711/22 _ (19) Rice _________________ T ____0011/29 _ SMU ___________________ W _ 1513 Orange Bowl01/01 _ Georgia _________________ L _ 2640
1942 – (7-3)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/25 _ at UCLA (13) _____________ W ____7610/03 _ Arkansas ________________ W ___13610/10 _ Kansas _________________ W ___41610/17 _ (17) at Texas A&M (9) ______ W ____7210/24 _ (12) at Pensacola NAS _____ W ___21010/31 _ (9) Baylor ________________ L ___71011/07 _ at Texas Tech _____________ L ___61311/14 _ Texas (8) ________________ W ___13711/21 _ (18) at Rice _______________ L ___02611/28 _ at SMU _________________ W ___146
1943 – (2-6)Coach: Dutch Meyer10/02 _ Arkansas (@LR) ___________ W ___13010/16 _ Texas A&M _______________ L ___01310/23 _ Okla. A&M (@OKC) ________ W ___25010/30 _ at LSU ___________________ L ___01411/06 _ Texas Tech _______________ L _ 204011/13 _ at Texas (16) ______________ L ___74611/20 _ Rice ______ ______________ L ___61311/27 _ SMU ____________________ L ___020
1944 – (7-3-1 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/23 _ at Kansas _______________ W ____7009/30 _ South Plains AAF _________ W ___34010/07 _ Arkansas _________________ T ____6610/21 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___13710/28 _ Oklahoma (@OKC) _________ L _ 193411/04 _ at Chatham AAF __________ W ___19711/11 _ Texas Tech ______________ W ___14011/18 _ Texas ___________________ W ____7611/25 _ at Rice __________________ W ____9612/02 _ at SMU __________________ L ____69 Cotton Bowl01/01 _ Oklahoma A&M ___________ L ___034
1945 – (5-5)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/25 _ at Kansas _______________ W ___18009/29 _ at Baylor ________________ W ____7610/06 _ at Arkansas _______________ L _ 142710/20 _ Texas A&M ______________ W _ 131210/27 _ Oklahoma A&M ___________ L _ 122511/03 _ at Oklahoma_____________ W ___13711/10 _ at Texas Tech _____________ L ___01211/17 _ at Texas (17) ______________ L ___02011/24 _ Rice ____________________ W _ 141312/01 _ SMU ____________________ L ___034
1946 – (2-7-1)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/21 _ Kansas (@KC) _____________ T ____0009/28 _ Baylor __________________ W _ 191610/05 _ Arkansas _________________ L _ 143410/12 _ at Miami _________________ L _ 122010/19 _ at Texas A&M _____________ L ___01410/26 _ Okla. A&M (@OKC) _________ L ____6711/09 _ Oklahoma ________________ L _ 121411/16 _ Texas (6) ________________ W ___14011/23 _ at Rice ___________________ L ___01311/30 _ at SMU __________________ L _ 1330
1947 – (4-5-2)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/20 _ Kansas (@KC) _____________ T ____0009/27 _ Oklahoma A&M ___________ L ___71410/04 _ at Arkansas _______________ L ____0610/11 _ at Miami ________________ W ___19610/18 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ___26010/25 _ at Oklahoma_____________ W ___20711/01 _ at Baylor ________________ W ___14711/15 _ at Texas (7) _______________ L ___02011/22 _ Rice _____________________ L ____0711/29 _ SMU (3) __________________ T _ 1919 Delta Bowl01/01 _ Mis sis sip pi (13) ____________ L ___913
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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N AT I O N ’ S 1 0 T H - M O S T W I N S S I N C E 2 0 0 5 1 8 5
1948 – (4-5-1)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/18 _ at Kansas _______________ W _ 141309/25 _ at Oklahoma A&M ________ W _ 211410/02 _ Arkansas _________________ L _ 142710/09 _ at Indiana _______________ W ____7610/16 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W _ 271410/23 _ Oklahoma ________________ L _ 182110/30 _ Baylor (20) ______________ L ____3611/13 _ Texas ____________________ L ___71411/20 _ at Rice ___________________ L ___72111/27 _ at SMU (10) _______________ T ____77
1949 – (6-3-1)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/17 _ at Kansas _______________ W ___28009/24 _ Oklahoma A&M ___________ T _ 333310/01 _ at Arkansas _______________ L ___72710/08 _ at Indiana _______________ W ___13610/15 _ Texas A&M ______________ W ___28610/22 _ Mississippi ______________ W _ 332710/29 _ at Baylor (10) _____________ L _ 144011/12 _ at Texas (13) _____________ W _ 141311/19 _ Rice _____________________ L _ 142011/26 _ SMU ___________________ W _ 2113
1950 – (5-5)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/23 _ at Kansas _______________ W ___14709/30 _ at Oklahoma A&M _________ L ___71810/07 _ Arkansas ________________ W ___13610/14 _ Texas Tech ______________ W ___19610/21 _ at Texas A&M _____________ L _ 234210/28 _ at Mississippi _____________ L ___71911/04 _ Baylor ___________________ L _ 142011/18 _ Texas (6) _________________ L ___72111/25 _ at Rice __________________ W _ 261412/02 _ at SMU _________________ W _ 2713
1951 – (6-5 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Dutch Meyer______ Kansas __________________ L _ 132709/29 _ at Nebraska (12) __________ W ___28710/06 _ Arkansas (@LR) ___________ W ___17710/13 _ at Texas Tech _____________ L _ 193310/20 _ Texas A&M ______________ W _ 201410/27 _ at Southern Cal ___________ L _ 262811/03 _ at Baylor (8) _____________ W ___20711/17 _ at Texas (15) ______________ L _ 213211/24 _ Rice ____________________ W ___22612/01 _ SMU ___________________ W ___132 Cotton Bowl01/01 _ Kentucky ________________ L ___720
1952 – (4-4-2 SWC)Coach: Dutch Meyer09/20 _ (9) at Kansas (17) __________ L ___01309/27 _ at UCLA (6) _______________ L ___01410/04 _ Arkansas ________________ W ___13710/11 _ at Trinity ________________ W ___47010/18 _ at Texas A&M _____________ T ____7711/01 _ Baylor ___________________ T _ 202011/08 _ Wake Forest _____________ W ___27911/15 _ Texas (9) _________________ L ___71411/22 _ at Rice ___________________ L ___61211/29 _ at SMU _________________ W ___147
1953 – (3-7; 1-5 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/19 _ Kansas _________________ W ___13010/03 _ at Arkansas _______________ L ___61310/10 _ at Michigan State __________ L _ 192610/17 _ Texas A&M _______________ L ___72010/24 _ at Penn State _____________ L _ 212710/31 _ at Baylor (3) ______________ L ___72511/07 _ at Washington State ______ W ___21711/13 _ at Texas (10) ______________ L ___31311/21 _ Rice _____________________ L ___61911/28 _ SMU ___________________ W ___130
1954 – (4-6; 1-5 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/18 _ at Kansas _______________ W ___27609/25 _ (20) at Oklahoma __________ L _ 162110/02 _ Arkansas _________________ L _ 132010/08 _ at Southern California _____ W ___20710/16 _ at Texas A&M ____________ W ___21710/23 _ (17) Penn State ___________ W ___20710/30 _ Baylor ___________________ L ___71211/13 _ Texas ____________________ L _ 343511/20 _ at Rice ___________________ L ____0611/27 _ at SMU __________________ L ___621
1955 – (9-2; 5-1 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Abe Martin09/18 _ Kansas __________ W _4714 __25,00009/24 _ at Texas Tech _____ W _ 320 _______10/01 _ (10) at Arkansas ___ W _ 260 _______10/08 _ (8) at Alabama ____ W _ 210 _______10/15 _ (7) Texas A&M (11) _ L __1619 _______10/21 _ (18) at Miami _____ W _2119 __44,04510/29 _ (14) at Baylor _____ W _ 286 __32,22211/12 _ (8) at Texas _______ W _4720 __55,00011/19 _ (7) Rice __________ W _ 350 _______11/26 _ (7) SMU __________ W _2013 __33,000 Cotton Bowl01/02 _ (6) Mississippi ____ L __1314 __75,504
1956 – (8-3, 5-1 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/23 _ (7) at Kansas ______ W _ 320 __28,00010/06 _ (8) Arkansas ______ W _ 416 _______10/13 _ (4) at Alabama ____ W _ 236 _______10/20 _ (4) at Texas A&M (5) L ___67 ___42,00010/27 _ (10) Miami (Fla.) ___ L __ 014 __25,00011/03 _ (10) Baylor _______ W __76 ________11/10 _ (17) at Texas Tech __ L __ 721 _______11/17 _ Texas ____________ W _ 460 _______11/24 _ (18) at Rice _______ W _2017 _______12/01 _ (14) at SMU _______ W _ 216 __32,500 Cotton Bowl01/01 _ (14) Syracuse (8) ___ W _2827 __68,000
1957 – (5-4-1; 2-4 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/21 _ Kansas __________ T __1313 __20,00009/28 _ at Ohio State _____ W _1814 __81,78410/05 _ (18) Arkansas (@ LR) L __ 720 __37,00010/12 _ Alabama _________ W _ 280 __20,00010/19 _ Texas A&M (1) _____ L ___07 ___47,00010/26 _ at Marquette _____ W _ 267 __10,92511/02 _ at Baylor _________ W _ 196 __30,00011/16 _ (17) at Texas ______ L __ 214 __30,00011/23 _ Rice _____________ L __ 020 __20,00011/30 _ SMU ____________ W _ 210 __25,000
1958 – (8-2-1 5-1 SWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Abe Martin09/20 _ (8) at Kansas ______ W _ 420 __20,00009/27 _ (6) at Iowa ________ L __ 017 __54,50010/04 _ Arkansas _________ W _ 127 __25,00010/11 _ Texas Tech _______ W _ 260 __22,00010/18 _ (20) at Texas A&M __ W _ 248 __26,50011/01 _ (18) Baylor _______ W _ 220 _______11/08 _ (11) Marquette ____ W _ 368 _______11/15 _ (9) Texas (16) ______ W _ 228 __39,00011/22 _ (7) at Rice ________ W _2110 __55,00011/29 _ (7) at SMU (18) ____ L __1320 __49,000 Cotton Bowl01/01 _ (10) Air Force _____ T ___00 ___75,504
1959 – (8-3; 5-1 SWC CO-CHAMPIONS)Coach: Abe Martin09/19 _ (13) Kansas _______ W _ 147 __25,00009/26 _ (9) at LSU ________ L __ 010 __67,00010/03 _ at Arkansas _______ L ___03 ___21,00010/10 _ at Texas Tech _____ W _ 148 __23,00010/17 _ Texas A&M _______ W _ 396 _______10/24 _ (16) at Pittsburgh __ W _ 133 __27,39710/31 _ (15) at Baylor _____ W _ 140 __26,00011/14 _ (18) at Texas (2)____ W _ 149 __43,00011/21 _ (10) Rice _________ W _ 356 _______11/ 28 (8) SMU __________ W _ 190 __40,000 Bluebonnet Bowl12/19 _ (7) Clemson ______ L __ 723 __55,000
1960 – (4-4-2; 3-3-1 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/17 _ (11) at Kansas ____ L __ 721 __32,00009/24 _ at USC ___________ W __76 ___31,47510/01 _ Arkansas (14) _____ L ___07 ___38,00010/08 _ Texas Tech _______ W _ 217 __25,00010/15 _ at Texas A&M _____ T __1414 __16,00010/22 _ Pittsburgh _______ T ___77 ___25,00010/29 _ Baylor (7) ________ W _ 146 __35,00011/12 _ Texas (11) ________ L ___23 ________11/19 _ at Rice (10) _______ L __ 023 _______11/26 _ at SMU __________ W _ 130 __20,000
1961 – (3-5-2; 2-4-1 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/23 _ Kansas (8) ________ W _1716 __27,00009/30 _ at Ohio State _____ T ___77 ___82,87810/07 _ Arkansas (@LR) ____ L __ 328 __41,00010/14 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __ 010 __25,50010/21 _ Texas A&M _______ W _1514 __43,00011/04 _ at Baylor (9) ______ L __1428 __23,00011/11 _ at UCLA (16) ______ L __ 728 __29,23011/18 _ at Texas (1) _______ W __60 ___50,00011/25 _ Rice _____________ L __1635 __22,00012/02 _ SMU ____________ T __2828 __20,000
1962 – (6-4; 5-2 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/22 _ at Kansas ________ W __63 ___35,00009/29 _ at Miami (Fla.) _____ L __2021 __51,25110/06 _ Arkansas (15) _____ L __1442 __42,53610/13 _ Texas Tech _______ W _3513 __22,00010/20 _ at Texas A&M _____ W _2014 __23,00011/03 _ Baylor ___________ W _2826 __20,00011/10 _ at LSU ___________ L ___05 ___66,50011/17 _ Texas (5) _________ L __ 014 __43,39211/24 _ at Rice ___________ W _ 307 _______12/01 _ at SMU __________ W _ 149 __15,400
1963 – (4-5-1; 2-4-1 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/21 _ Kansas __________ W _ 103 __28,00009/28 _ at Florida State ____ W _ 130 __16,00010/05 _ at Arkansas (12) ___ L __ 318 __32,00010/12 _ at Texas Tech _____ W _ 353 __31,50010/19 _ Texas A&M _______ T __1414 __37,37211/02 _ at Baylor _________ L __1332 __36,00011/09 _ at LSU ___________ L __1428 __67,00011/16 _ at Texas (1) _______ L __ 017 __58,00011/30 _ SMU ____________ W _2215 __19,29412/07 _ Rice _____________ L __ 733 __13,000
1964 – (4-6; 3-4 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/19 _ at Kansas ________ L ___37 ___38,00009/26 _ Florida State ______ L __ 010 __20,00010/03 _ Arkansas (11) _____ L __ 629 __20,00010/10 _ Texas Tech _______ L __1025 __23,90210/17 _ at Texas A&M _____ W _ 149 __21,50010/24 _ Clemson _________ W _1410 __14,15410/31 _ Baylor ___________ W _1714 __22,11911/14 _ Texas (5) _________ L __1328 __36,00011/21 _ at Rice ___________ L __ 031 __25,00011/28 _ at SMU __________ W _ 176 __12,000
1965 – (6-5; 5-2 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/18 _ at Nebraska (1) ____ L __1434 __52,65009/25 _ Florida State ______ W __73 ___18,50610/02 _ Arkansas (4) (@LR) _ L __ 028 __47,00010/09 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __2428 __35,00010/16 _ Texas A&M (9) _____ W _ 179 __35,09610/23 _ at Clemson _______ L ___03 ___33,00010/30 _ at Baylor _________ W _ 107 __32,00011/13 _ at Texas __________ W _2510 __51,50011/20 _ Rice _____________ W _4214 __16,60611/27 _ SMU ____________ W _ 107 __19,000 Sun Bowl12/19 _ Texas Western ____ L __1213 __27,450 1966 – (2-8; 2-5 SWC)Coach: Abe Martin09/17 _ at Nebraska (3) ____ L __1014 __60,97409/24 _ at Ohio State _____ L __ 714 __75,37410/01 _ Arkansas (7) ______ L __ 021 __44,41510/08 _ Texas Tech _______ W __63 ___25,06410/15 _ at Texas A&M (21) __ L __ 735 __28,50010/22 _ at Auburn ________ L ___67 ___40,00010/29 _ Baylor (12) _______ W __60 ___24,37811/12 _ Texas ____________ L __ 313 __31,45711/19 _ at Rice ___________ L __1021 _______11/26 _ SMU (18) _________ L __ 021 __30,757
1967 – (4-6; 4-3 SWC)Coach: Fred Taylor09/23 _ at Iowa __________ L __ 924 __46,73109/30 _ at Georgia Tech ___ L __ 924 __55,29910/07 _ at Arkansas _______ L __ 026 __40,00010/21 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 020 __37,16610/28 _ Nebraska ________ L __ 029 __16,65611/04 _ at Baylor _________ W _ 297 __25,00011/11 _ Texas Tech _______ W _ 160 __23,42811/18 _ at Texas __________ W _2417 __51,00011/25 _ Rice _____________ W _1410 __16,60012/02 _ at SMU __________ L __1428 __17,000
1968 – (3-7; 2-5 SWC)Coach: Fred Taylor09/21 _ at Georgia Tech ___ L __ 717 __43,27309/28 _ Iowa ____________ W _2817 __25,00010/05 _ Arkansas (20) _____ L __ 717 _______10/12 _ SMU ____________ L __1421 __31,54210/19 _ at Texas A&M _____ L __ 727 _______10/26 _ at LSU (18) _______ L __ 710 __66,00011/02 _ Baylor ___________ W _4714 __23,07811/09 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __1431 __40,14011/16 _ Texas (8) _________ L __2147 __40,00011/23 _ at Rice ___________ W _2414 __18,000
1969 – (4-6; 4-3 SWC)Coach: Fred Taylor09/20 _ Purdue (18) _______ L __3542 __25,00009/27 _ at Ohio State _____ L __ 062 __86,41210/04 _ at Arkansas (3) ____ L __ 624 __50,00010/10 _ at SMU __________ L __1719 __31,57510/18 _ Texas A&M _______ W _ 166 __38,12310/25 _ at Miami _________ L __ 914 __21,19511/01 _ at Baylor _________ W _3114 __25,00011/08 _ Texas Tech _______ W _3526 __25,27811/15 _ at Texas (2) _______ L __ 769 __51,00011/22 _ Rice _____________ W _2117 _______
1970 – (4-6-1; 3-4 SWC)Coach: Fred Taylor09/12 _ UTA _____________ W _ 317 __25,42709/19 _ at Purdue ________ L __ 015 __65,80809/26 _ at Wisconsin ______ T __1414 __61,35910/03 _ Arkansas (11) _____ L __1449 __39,13610/10 _ at Oklahoma St. ___ L __2034 __24,50010/17 _ at Texas A&M _____ W _3115 __29,25010/31 _ Baylor ___________ W _2417 __21,81711/07 _ at Texas Tech (19) __ L __1422 __40,10011/14 _ Texas (2) _________ L __ 058 __40,17911/21 _ at Rice ___________ L __1517 __18,00011/28 _ SMU ____________ W _2617 __17,118
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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1971 – (6-4-1; 5-2 SWC)Coaches: Jim Pittman/Billy Tohill09/18 _ UTA _____________ W _ 420 __20,86809/25 _ at Washington ____ L __2644 __59,90010/02 _ at Arkansas (18) ___ L __1549 _______10/09 _ Oklahoma State ___ T __1414 __21,23210/16 _ Texas A&M _______ W _ 143 __31,19010/23 _ at Penn State (7) ___ L __1466 __51,89610/30 _ at Baylor _________ W _3427 __30,00011/06 _ Texas Tech _______ W _ 176 __22,13811/13 _ at Texas (13) ______ L __ 031 __63,50011/20 _ Rice _____________ W _2019 __19,41211/27 at SMU __________ W _1816 __18,128
1972 – (5-6; 2-5 SWC)Coach: Billy Tohill09/23 _ at Indiana ________ W _3128 __34,00409/30 _ UTA _____________ W _3814 __22,30010/07 _ Arkansas _________ L __1327 __42,55810/14 _ at Tulsa __________ W _ 359 __18,50010/21 _ at Texas A&M _____ W _1310 __28,77010/28 _ at Notre Dame ____ L __ 021 __59,07511/04 _ Baylor ___________ L __ 942 __22,92511/11 _ at Texas Tech (20) __ W _ 317 __40,12011/18 _ Texas (7) _________ L __ 027 __33,53611/25 _ at Rice ___________ L __2125 __15,00012/02 _ SMU ____________ L __2235 __18,152
1973 – (3-8; 1-6 SWC)Coach: Billy Tohill09/22 _ UTA _____________ W _4913 __18,93009/29 _ at Ohio State _____ L __ 337 __87,43910/06 _ at Arkansas _______ L __ 513 __49,45610/13 _ Idaho ___________ W _3014 __15,11010/20 _ Texas A&M _______ L __1635 __32,01010/27 _ at Tennessee ______ L __ 739 __66,35611/03 _ at Baylor _________ W _3428 __30,25711/10 _ Texas Tech (12) ____ L __1024 __25,02911/17 _ at Texas (11) ______ L __ 752 _______11/24 _ Rice _____________ L __ 914 __12,82712/01 _ at SMU __________ L __1921 __18,572
1974 – (1-10; 0-7 SWC)Coach: Jim Shofner09/14 _ UTA _____________ W _ 123 __17,21009/21 _ at Arizona State ___ L __ 737 __50,81109/28 _ at Minnesota _____ L ___79 ___32,62210/05 _ Arkansas (20) _____ L __ 049 __30,21010/12 _ SMU ____________ L __1333 __16,49210/19 _ at Texas A&M (8) ___ L __ 017 __36,70110/26 _ at Alabama _______ L __ 341 __63,19111/02 _ Baylor ___________ L __ 721 __18,79211/09 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __ 028 __40,18911/16 _ Texas (7) _________ L __1681 __24,98311/23 _ at Rice ___________ L __1426 __12,000
1975 – (1-10; 1-6 SWC)Coach: Jim Shofner09/12 _ UTA _____________ L __ 724 __17,44209/20 _ Arizona State _____ L __1033 __13,12209/27 _ at Nebraska (4) ____ L __1456 __75,93110/04 _ at Arkansas _______ L __ 819 __51,25010/10 _ at SMU __________ L __1328 __15,88310/18 _ Texas A&M (6) _____ L __ 614 __34,21010/25 _ at Alabama _______ L __ 045 __52,00011/01 _ at Baylor _________ L __ 624 __41,50011/08 _ Texas Tech _______ L __ 034 __18,20011/15 _ at Texas (7) _______ L __1127 __34,50011/22 _ Rice _____________ W _2821 __12,875
1976 – (0-11; 0-8 SWC)Coach: Jim Shofner09/11 _ at SMU __________ L __1434 __24,32809/18 _ at Tennessee ______ L __ 031 __79,56409/25 _ at Nebraska (6) ____ L __1064 __74,98110/02 _ at Arkansas _______ L __1446 __37,18610/09 _ Rice _____________ L __2326 __14,21010/23 _ at Miami (Fla.) _____ L __ 049 __10,53910/30 _ at Houston (14) ___ L __2149 __18,26311/06 _ Texas Tech (10) ____ L __1014 __20,98611/13 _ Texas ____________ L __ 734 __16,52311/20 _ at Texas A&M (16) __ L __1059 __44,05511/27 _ Baylor ___________ L __1924 __11,480
1977 – (2-9; 1-7 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/10 _ SMU ____________ L __2145 __19,57609/17 _ Oregon __________ L __2429 __15,03109/24 _ at USC (2) ________ L __ 051 __54,62010/01 _ Arkansas (12) _____ L __ 642 __22,71310/08 _ at Rice ___________ W _3515 __12,00010/22 _ Miami (Fla.) _______ W _2117 __12,22410/29 _ Houston _________ L __1442 __17,85311/05 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __1749 __42,12411/12 _ at Texas (1) _______ L __1444 __54,00011/19 _ Texas A&M (11) ____ L __2352 __28,56311/26 _ at Baylor _________ L __ 948 __15,000
1978 – (2-9; 0-8 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/09 _ at SMU __________ L __1445 __41,11209/23 _ at Oregon ________ W _1410 __30,50009/30 _ at Penn State _____ L __ 058 __76,83210/07 _ at Arkansas (4) ____ L __ 342 __54,43010/14 _ Rice _____________ L __1421 __14,43310/21 _ at Tulane _________ W _ 137 __22,74810/28 _ Baylor ___________ L __2128 __16,72211/04 _ at Houston (11) ___ L __ 663 __30,01111/11 _ Texas Tech _______ L __1727 __17,22811/18 _ Texas (9) _________ L __ 041 __20,01411/25 _ at Texas A&M _____ L __ 715 __41,484
1979 – (2-8-1; 1-6-1 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/15 _ SMU ____________ L __ 727 __28,73209/22 _ Tulane ___________ L __1933 __15,20809/29 _ UTA _____________ L __1421 __20,21210/06 _ Arkansas (13) _____ L __1316 __25,31710/13 _ at Rice ___________ W _ 177 __12,00010/20 _ at Tulsa __________ W _2417 __20,00010/27 _ at Baylor _________ L __ 316 __36,25011/03 _ Houston _________ L __1021 __25,41211/10 _ at Texas Tech _____ T ___33 ___40,09111/17 _ at Texas (6) _______ L __1035 __61,59711/24 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 730 __27,229
1980 – (1-10; 1-7 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/13 _ Auburn __________ L __ 710 __22,81209/20 _ at SMU __________ L __1417 __29,62209/27 _ at Georgia ________ L __ 331 __59,20010/04 _ at Arkansas (14) ___ L __ 744 __42,31410/11 _ Rice _____________ L __2428 __15,22610/18 _ Tulsa ____________ L __1723 __12,36710/25 _ Baylor (11) _______ L __ 621 __22,38511/01 _ at Houston _______ L __ 537 __25,50211/08 _ Texas Tech _______ W _2417 __18,75211/15 _ Texas ____________ L __2651 __20,56911/22 _ at Texas A&M _____ L __1013 __48,250
1981 – (2-7-2; 1-6-1 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/05 _ at Auburn ________ L __1624 __48,00009/19 _ UTA _____________ W _3816 __18,07109/26 _ SMU ____________ L __ 920 __25,86210/03 _ Arkansas (18) _____ W _2824 __30,31310/10 _ at Rice ___________ L __2841 __15,00010/17 _ Utah State _______ T __1313 __15,35710/24 _ at Baylor _________ L __2134 __40,00010/31 _ Houston _________ L __1620 __13,25711/07 _ at Texas Tech _____ T __3939 __37,71411/14 _ at Texas (10) ______ L __1531 __60,03811/21 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 737 __29,483
1982 – (3-8; 2-6 SWC)Coach: F. A. Dry09/11 _ Utah State _______ W _ 249 __17,42309/18 _ at Kansas ________ L __1930 _______09/25 _ at SMU __________ L __1316 __34,32110/02 _ at Arkansas (10) ___ L __ 035 __54,86810/09 _ Rice _____________ W _2416 __20,27810/16 _ at Mississippi _____ L __ 927 __37,21810/23 _ Baylor ___________ W _3814 __23,81110/30 _ at Houston _______ L __2731 __21,10311/06 _ Texas Tech _______ L __1416 __22,10411/13 _ Texas (20) ________ L __2138 __22,46811/20 _ at Texas A&M _____ L __1434 __51,892
1983 – (1-8-2; 1-6-1 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/10 _ Kansas __________ T __1616 __27,24409/17 _ at Kansas State ____ L __ 320 __25,40009/24 _ SMU ____________ L __1721 __34,40510/01 _ Arkansas _________ L __2138 __28,31010/08 _ at Rice ___________ W _ 343 __10,00010/15 _ Mississippi _______ L __ 720 __21,17610/22 _ at Baylor _________ L __2156 __35,87610/29 _ Houston _________ L __2128 __16,81011/05 _ at Texas Tech _____ T __1010 __37,50711/12 _ at Texas (2) _______ L __1420 __61,15611/19 _ Texas A&M _______ L __1020 __28,640
1984 – (8-4; 5-3 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/15 _ at Utah State _____ W _6218 __12,00909/22 _ Kansas State ______ W _4210 __28,41209/29 _ at SMU __________ L __1726 __58,20610/06 _ at Arkansas _______ W _3231 __42,20810/13 _ Rice _____________ W _4524 __22,61210/20 _ North Texas St. ____ W _ 343 __18,79510/27 _ Baylor ___________ W _3828 __23,88511/03 _ (20) at Houston ___ W _2114 __20.10211/10 _ (15) Texas Tech ____ W _2716 __34,07511/17 _ (12) Texas (10)_____ L __2344 __47,28011/24 _ (17) at Texas A&M __ L __2135 __38,209 Bluebonnet Bowl12/31 _ West Virginia _____ L __1431 _43,260
1985 – (3-8; 0-8 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/14 _ Tulane ___________ W _3013 __31,51209/21 _ at Kansas State ____ W _2422 __15,50009/28 _ SMU ____________ L __2156 __42,41410/05 _ Arkansas (10) _____ L __ 041 __40,11210/12 _ at Rice ___________ L __2734 __10,00010/19 _ North Texas St. ____ W _1410 __19,91410/26 _ at Baylor (13) _____ L __ 045 __42,50011/02 _ Houston _________ L __2126 __19,85411/09 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __ 763 __33,53611/16 _ at Texas __________ L __ 020 __66,39711/23 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 653 __38,782
1986 – (3-8; 1-7 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/13 _ at Tulane _________ W _4831 __34,18709/20 _ Kansas State ______ W _3522 __26,13909/27 _ at SMU __________ L __2131 __35,48110/04 _ at Arkansas (8) ____ L __1734 __41,80810/11 _ Rice _____________ L __3137 __21,09210/18 _ North Texas St. ____ L __2024 __16,02110/25 _ Baylor ___________ L __1728 __24,10111/01 _ at Houston _______ W _3014 __10,12511/08 _ Texas Tech _______ L __1436 __25,72911/15 _ Texas ____________ L __1645 __27,51711/22 _ at Texas A&M (11) __ L __1074 __59,126
1987 – (5-6; 3-4 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/5 __ at Boston Coll. ____ L __2038 __30,00009/12 _ at Air Force _______ L __1021 __41,00009/19 _ BYU _____________ W _3312 __22,61510/03 _ Arkansas _________ L __1020 __39,01710/10 _ at Rice ___________ W _3016 __11,70010/17 _ North Texas St. ____ W _1910 __23,29110/24 _ at Baylor _________ W _ 240 __36,13810/31 _ Houston _________ W _ 357 __25,25711/07 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __3536 __28,51611/14 _ at Texas __________ L __2124 __63,64211/21 _ Texas A&M (8) _____ L __2442 __40,164
1988 – (4-7; 2-5 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/10 _ at Georgia ________ L __1038 __72,68009/17 _ Bowling Green ____ W _4912 __18,70609/24 _ Boston College ____ W _3117 __25,33510/01 _ at Arkansas _______ L __1053 __41,24010/08 _ Rice _____________ W _2110 __25,10210/15 _ at BYU ___________ L __1831 __64,10310/22 _ Baylor ___________ W _2414 __25,22110/29 _ at Houston _______ L __1240 __15,58211/05 _ Texas Tech _______ L __1023 __29,36311/12 _ Texas ___________ L __2130 __29,08311/19 _ at Texas A&M (13) __ L __ 018 __52,969
1989 – (4-7; 2-6 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/09 _ at Missouri _______ L __1014 __39,44909/16 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 744 __42,96009/23 _ Southern Miss ____ W _1917 __15,83909/30 _ SMU ____________ W _2810 __26,02310/07 _ Arkansas (7) ______ L __1941 __25,73410/14 _ at Rice ___________ W _3016 __12,10010/21 _ Air Force _________ W _ 279 __23,59310/28 _ at Baylor _________ L __ 927 __35,71311/04 _ Houston _________ L __1055 __19,11211/11 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __ 737 __39,25511/18 _ at Texas _________ L __1731 __50,882
1990 – (5-6; 3-5 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/01 _ Washington St. ____ L __ 321 __25,19809/08 _ at Missouri _______ W _2019 __35,28409/22 _ Oklahoma State ___ W _3121 __25,08209/29 _ at SMU __________ W _4221 __20,10010/06 _ Arkansas (21) (@LR) W _5426 __51,51210/13 _ Rice _____________ W _3828 __23,70410/27 _ (24) Baylor _______ L __2127 __28,03511/03 _ at Houston _______ L __3556 __25,72711/10 _ Texas Tech _______ L __2840 __28,73011/17 _ Texas (7) _________ L __1038 __39,00711/24 _ at Texas A&M (19) __ L __1056 __40,378
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
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1991 – (7-4; 4-4 SWC)Coach: Jim Wacker09/07 _ New Mexico ______ W _ 607 __22,00509/14 _ Ball State_________ W _2216 __25,38309/21 _ at Oklahoma St. ___ W _2421 __37,20609/28 _ at Texas Tech _____ W _3016 __40,27610/05 _ Arkansas ________ L __2122 __34,24610/19 _ at Rice ___________ W _3828 __22,40010/26 _ at Baylor (22) _____ L __ 926 __39,10211/02 _ SMU ____________ W _1810 __23,94111/07 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 744 __27,01011/16 _ at Texas __________ L __ 032 __57,65611/23 _ Houston _________ W _4945 __20,091
1992 – (2-8-1; 1-6 SWC)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/05 _ at New Mexico ____ L __ 724 __24,74209/12 _ Western Michigan _ T __1717 __26,27209/26 _ at SMU __________ L __ 921 __18,10010/03 _ Oklahoma State ___ W _1311 __27,22210/10 _ Baylor ___________ L __2041 __25,91110/17 _ at Miami (1) ______ L __1045 __42,91510/24 _ Rice _____________ L __1229 __21,71610/31 _ at Houston _______ L __4649 __15,12611/07 _ Texas (20) ________ W _2314 __27,23811/14 _ Texas Tech _______ L __2831 __26,38611/21 _ at Texas A&M (4) ___ L __1037 __55,086
1993 – (4-7; 2-5 SWC)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/04 _ Oklahoma ________ L __ 335 __40,41809/11 _ New Mexico ______ W _3534 __18,18409/25 _ SMU ____________ L __1521 __26,79910/02 _ at Oklahoma St. ___ L __2227 __40,00710/09 _ at Rice ___________ L __1934 __17,00010/16 _ Tulane ___________ W _ 147 __22,48710/23 _ at Baylor _________ W _3813 __33,41710/30 _ Houston _________ W _3810 __19,60611/06 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __2149 __31,92211/13 _ at Texas _________ L __ 324 __57,31711/20 _ Texas A&M (3) _____ L __ 359 __33,537
1994 – (7-5; 4-3 SWC CO-CHAMPS)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/03 _ at North Carolina __ L __1727 __44,00009/10 _ at New Mexico ____ W _4429 __27,95709/17 _ Kansas (23) _______ W _3121 __37,31309/27 _ Texas (15) ________ L __1834 __44,82110/01 _ Baylor ___________ L __1844 __32,40510/15 _ at Tulane _________ W _3028 __23,56110/22 _ at Houston _______ W _3110 __14,93310/29 _ Rice _____________ W _2725 __27,91111/12 _ at SMU __________ W _3514 __20,46311/19 _ at Texas A&M (6) ___ L __1734 __58,11311/25 _ Texas Tech _______ W _2417 __32,219 Independence Bowl12/28 _ Virginia _________ L __1020 __27,242
1995 – (6-5; 3-4 SWC)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/09 _ Iowa State________ W _2710 __35,18509/14 _ at Kansas ________ L __2038 __34,00009/23 _ at Vanderbilt ______ W _ 163 __30,56210/07 _ Houston _________ W _3121 __34,62801/14 _ at Rice ___________ W _3328 __22,30010/21 _ Tulane ___________ W _1611 __25,42110/28 _ at Baylor _________ L __2427 __38,12611/04 _ SMU ____________ W _1916 __28,31211/11 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __ 627 __37,52911/18 _ at Texas (10) ______ L __1927 __63,34211/25 _ Texas A&M (18) ____ L __ 638 __44,282
1996 – (4-7; 3-5 WAC)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/07 _ at Oklahoma______ W _ 207 __65,56909/14 _ Kansas (24) _______ L __1752 __37,51209/28 _ at New Mexico ____ L __ 727 __29,10310/05 _ at Tulane _________ L __ 735 __14,34110/12 _ UTEP ____________ W _ 180 __25,38410/19 _ at Utah (24) ______ L __ 721 __28,78610/26 _ BYU _____________ L __2145 __28,96111/02 _ UNLV ____________ W _4234 __27,04711/09 _ at Tulsa __________ W _3124 __17,20311/16 _ Rice _____________ L __1730 __20,46911/21 _ at SMU __________ L __2427 __21,141
1997 – (1-10; 1-7 WAC)Coach: Pat Sullivan09/06 _ at Kansas ________ L __1017 __35,00009/13 _ Utah ____________ L __1832 __25,38209/20 _ at Vanderbilt ______ L __1640 __34,82410/04 _ North Carolina ____ L __1031 __29,41210/11 _ at UNLV __________ L __1921 __18,77710/18 _ Tulsa ____________ L __2233 __23,81310/25 _ at BYU ___________ L __1031 __63,00411/01 _ New Mexico ______ L __1040 __20,01711/08 _ at Rice ___________ L __1938 __28,76311/15 _ at UTEP __________ L __1724 __16,24711/20 _ SMU ____________ W _2118 __19,094
1998 – (7-5; 4-4 WAC)Coach: Dennis Franchione09/05 _ at Iowa State _____ W _3121 __33,00809/12 _ Oklahoma ________ L __ 910 __38,25609/26 _ Air Force (23) _____ W _3534 __26,41810/03 _ Vanderbilt (2OT) __ W _1916 __26,21010/10 _ Fresno State ______ W _2110 __28,01310/17 _ at SMU __________ L __ 610 __26,36010/24 _ at Colorado State __ L __2142 __31,64010/31 _ Wyoming ________ L __2734 __23,08011/07 _ Rice _____________ L __1214 __21,11111/14 _ at Tulsa __________ W _ 177 __12,62811/21 _ at UNLV __________ W _4118 __15,441 Sun Bowl12/31 _ USC _____________ W _2819 __46,612
1999 – (8-4; 5-2 WAC CO-CHAMPIONS)Coach: Dennis Franchione09/05 _ Arizona (15) ______ L __3135 __34,61209/11 _ at Northwestern ___ L __ 717 __26,49409/25 _ at Arkansas St. ____ W _2421 __14,78110/02 _ at Fresno St. (OT) __ L _ 1926 _37,11210/09 _ San Jose State ____ W _ 420 __21,09310/16 _ Tulsa ____________ W _5617 __27,95710/23 _ at Rice ___________ L __2142 __28,53510/30 _ at Hawai’i ________ W _3414 __36,02611/13 _ North Texas ______ W _ 273 __27,13311/20 _ UTEP ____________ W _5224 __21,21811/26 _ SMU ____________ W _ 210 __25,725 Mobile Alabama Bowl12/22 _ East Carolina (20) __ W _2814 __34,200
2000 – (10-2; 7-1 WAC CO-CHAMPIONS)Coach: Dennis Franchione09/09 _ at Nevada ________ W _4110 __19,79709/16 _ Northwestern _____ W _4114 __30,79609/23 _ Arkansas State ____ W _ 523 __32,16709/30 _ at Navy __________ W _ 240 __28,47710/07 _ Hawai’i __________ W _4121 __31,89610/21 _ at Tulsa __________ W _ 173 __20,03410/28 _ Rice _____________ W _ 370 __30,76211/04 _ at San Jose St. _____ L __2427 __15,68111/11 _ Fresno State ______ W _ 247 __29,11611/18 _ UTEP ____________ W _4714 __41,06811/24 _ at SMU __________ W _ 627 __26,551 GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl12/20 _ Southern Miss ____ L __2128 __40,300
2001 – (6-6; 4-3 CONFERENCE USA)Coach: Gary Patterson08/25 _ at Nebraska (4) ____ L __ 721 __77,47309/01 _ at North Texas ____ W _ 195 __22,83709/08 _ at SMU __________ W _3810 __24,12209/22 _ N’western St. (OT) _ L _ 2427 _30,40909/29 _ at Houston _______ W _3417 __19,70810/13 _ at Tulane _________ L __2248 __18,77810/20 _ Army ____________ W _3820 __38,16810/30 _ East Carolina______ L __3037 __25,13411/10 _ at UAB ___________ L __1738 __16,97211/23 _ Louisville (17) _____ W _3722 __22,17612/07 _ at Southern Miss __ W _1412 __23,114 galleryfurniture.com Bowl12/28 _ Texas A&M _______ L __ 928 __53,480
2002 – (10-2; 6-2 C-USA CO-CHAMPS)Coach: Gary Patterson09/02 _ at Cincinnati (OT) __ L __2936 __25,51809/07 _ at Northwestern ___ W _4824 __21,42209/14 _ SMU ____________ W _ 176 __30,62109/21 _ North Texas ______ W _1610 __33,28110/05 _ Houston _________ W _3417 __24,08810/12 _ at Army __________ W _4627 __32,45410/19 _ at Louisville ______ W _4531 __34,12710/30 _ Southern Miss ____ W _ 377 __26,61211/09 _ Tulane ___________ W _1710 __27,69411/23 _ at East Carolina ___ L __2831 __23,18911/30 _ Memphis ________ W _2720 __24,583 Liberty Bowl12/31 _ Colorado St. (23) __ W _ 173 __55,207
2003 – (11-2; 7-1 CONFERENCE USA)Coach: Gary Patterson09/01 _ (25) at Tulane _____ W _3835 __28,96609/06 _ (25) Navy ________ W _ 173 __35,68809/20 _ (20) Vanderbilt ____ W _3014 __37,19209/27 _ (19) at Arizona (OT) W _1310 __39,28210/04 _ (20) Army ________ W _ 270 __39,28210/10 _ (18) at USF _______ W _1310 __33,36810/18 _ (16) UAB _________ W _2724 __28,92710/25 _ (15) at Houston ___ W _6255 __21,13611/05 _ (13) Louisville _____ W _3128 __33,68111/15 _ (10) Cincinnati ____ W _4310 __42,16111/20 _ (10) at So. Miss ____ L __2840 __30,14111/29 _ (19) at SMU _______ W _2013 __20,112 PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl12/23 _ (19) Boise St. (18) __ L __3134 __30,028 2004 – (5-6; 3-5 CONFERENCE USA)Coach: Gary Patterson09/02 _ Northwestern (2OT) W _4845 __26,84309/11 _ SMU ____________ W _ 440 __33,45809/18 _ at Texas Tech _____ L __3570 __51,27109/25 _ USF (2OT) ________ L __4445 __27,54610/02 _ at Army __________ W _2117 __32,70710/15 _ at UAB ___________ L __2541 __33,28010/23 _ Houston _________ W _3427 __36,27610/30 _ at Cincinnati ______ L __1021 __20,45311/10 _ at Louisville (12) ___ L __2855 __40,10711/20 _ Southern Miss ____ W _4217 __27,99211/27 _ Tulane ___________ L __3135 __24,362
2005 – (11-1; 8-0 MWC CHAMPIONS)Coach: Gary Patterson09/03 _ at Oklahoma (5)___ W _1710 __84,33209/10 _ (22) at SMU _______ L __1021 __22,41609/15 _ Utah (OT) ________ W _2320 __25,22009/24 _ at BYU (OT) _______ W _5150 __58,32010/01 _ New Mexico ______ W _4928 __32,25110/08 _ at Wyoming ______ W _2814 __27,72310/15 _ (25) Army ________ W _3817 __34,47810/22 _ (21) at Air Force ___ W _4810 __33,21010/29 _ (20) at S.D. St. _____ W _2320 __21,69811/05 _ (20) Colorado St. __ W _ 336 __36,28411/12 _ (18) UNLV ________ W _ 513 __28,035 Ev1.net Houston Bowl12/31 _ (14) Iowa State ____ W _2724 __37,286
2006 – (11-2; 6-2 MWC)Coach: Gary Patterson09/03 _ (22) at Baylor _____ W _ 177 __42,73309/09 _ (23) UC Davis _____ W _4613 __25,27209/16 _ (20) Texas Tech (24) W _ 123 __45,64709/28 _ (17) BYU _________ L _ 1731 _32,19010/05 _ at Utah __________ L __ 720 __43,79010/21 _ at Army __________ W _3117 __33,61410/28 _ Wyoming ________ W _ 263 __31,39411/04 _ at UNLV __________ W _2510 __13,91611/11 _ at New Mexico ____ W _2721 __32,75411/18 _ San Diego State ___ W _ 520 __26,28711/25 _ at Colorado State __ W _4514 __16,14612/02 _ Air Force _________ W _3814 __30,767 Poinsettia Bowl12/19 _ (25) No. Illinois ____ W _ 377 __29,709
2007 – (8-5; 4-4 MWC)Coach: Gary Patterson09/01 _ (22) Baylor _______ W _ 270 __35,60609/08 _ (19) at Texas (7) ___ L __1334 __84,62109/13 _ at Air Force _______ L __1720 __31,55609/22 _ SMU ____________ W _ 217 __31,51109/29 _ Colorado State ____ W _2412 __32,87010/06 _ at Wyoming ______ L __2124 __23,07710/13 _ at Stanford _______ W _3836 __37,77710/18 _ Utah ____________ L __2027 __25,39111/03 _ New Mexico ______ W _ 370 __28,36911/08 _ at BYU ___________ L __2227 __64,24111/17 _ UNLV ____________ W _3410 __26,42511/24 _ at San Diego St. ___ W _4533 __18,350 Texas Bowl12/28 _ Houston _________ W _2013 __62,097
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NEW ORLEANS, La. — Bernie Moore, coach of the LSU foot ball team, was skep ti cal that TCU’s 3 to 2 vic to ry in the Sug ar Bowl game was a con clu sive test of the squads. “My con clu sion of the game was that the slippery field elim i nat ed at least 30 percent of the ofensive power of both teams,” he said. Dutch Meyer, coach of TCU, said he thought the contest before a capacity crowd of 35,000 was the “finest I’ve ever seen played in the rain.”
Yesterday’s “baseball score” game was a thriller which kept the spectators in their seats despite a slow rain which fell through out the second half ... LSU scored in the sec ond quarter after passes and runs brought the ball to the TCU twoinch line where it changed hands on downs. When (Sammy) Baugh at tempt ed to pass from behind the goal line he stepped over the end zone, automatically giving LSU a safety for a twopoint lead. The Texans came back in the same period to recover a Louisiana fumble on the Loui si ana 40 and pushed down to the LSU 16. Taldon Manton then kicked a field goal from the Tiger 26. From that point on the game was a battle of mighty defensives..
TCU played most of the game minus the services of three of her brightest stars — Left Halfback George Kline, AllAmerican Cen ter Darrell Lester and Halfback Rex Clark ... Clark played only one down and that was by the cour te sy of Coach Meyer who wanted the injured senior star to be able to say he played in the 1936 Sugar Bowl game ... Baugh made the longest run of the day — a 44yard gallop.
DALLAS — With a slingback attack that whipped over a field goal and two touch downs in the first 25 min utes of play and with a stur dy de fense that piled up the Marquette Golden Av a lanche, TCU cap tured a spectacular football game here this New Year’s Day. The score in the Cotton Bowl classic was 166.
So sudden, sharp and dazzling was the sweep of action of the battle that 15,000 spec ta tors, who braved threat en ing weather, forgot the gray gloom of the afternoon. Led by Sammy Baugh, who outpassed and outplayed “Buzz” Buivid to cinch his claim to the title of the greatest passer of the season, the Texans uncorked an ofense that flared into long gains both on the ground and in the air. Although it was Baugh who paced the attack and won the attention of the crowd, it was L.D. Meyer who did the real damage..
He scored all of TCU’s 16 points. He kicked a 33yard field goal for the first three points in the opening minutes. Before the first quarter had ended, Meyer col lab o rat ed with Sambo on a 55yard passandrun gain for the first Frog TD, and in the second quarter he took an 18yard heave from Vic Mont gom ery for the last score. Meyer even converted after the first touchdown.
A 60yard punt return by Art Guepe in the first quarter accounted for all of Marquette’s points.
NEW ORLEANS, La. — It was with pow er, passes and kick ing that the Chris tians made the two touch downs and one field goal that enabled them to win, 157. Carnegie’s most consistent method of at tack was a bristling, quickstart ing and hardhitting ofense, but it was with a brilliant 38yard pass in the last seconds of the first half that the Skibos scored ... The second half started with the Pittsburghers lead ing, 76. The first time they got possession of the hoghide, the Frogs proved irresistible. Moving with giant strides, they went 80 yards and a touchdown on five plays.
TCU punted one time. That fact alone indicates ac cu rate ly how fearfully efective was the groundgain ing ma neuvers of the big whiteshirted representatives ... The one punt figured in making TCU’s first touchdown ... When the Skibos punted out, the TCU regulars took over and went 48 yards on 11 plays to take a 60 lead ...
Carnegie took the next kickof and went to town with big, fast and tough George Muha doing most of the dirty work ... Earl Clark in ter cept ed a pass and ran 25 yards to the Carnegie 35 yardline, but Durward Horner, a TCU end, had been ofsides so the play was called back ... It was on fourth down of this series of plays that Petey Moroz cut loose with his long fine pass for the Carnegie touchdown ...
The third quar ter (Davey) O’Brien passed to Horner down the middle ... The big end caught the ball between two Skibos, but evaded both of them and ran 24 yards across the goal line.
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MIAMI, Fla. — In the wildest, weird est football battle ever waged in this cor ner of the country, the Geor gia Bull dogs outscored the cou rageous TCU Horned Frogs 4026 ... Coach Wally Butts’ fast team, wellequipped on ground and in the air, almost chased the Frogs of the field for 35 minutes... The score mounted to 407 with only a few minutes played in the second half.
But the Frogs are not quitters ... Everything was against them. They couldn’t hold the enemy, they couldn’t move them selves and they were battered and weary from their emptyhanded eforts. But there was too much tradition behind those purple shirts. Sud den ly, almost as if a fresh wind had blown into the stadium, the tide turned. They knocked over three touch downs in rapid order. They turned back every Georgia thrust. The great come back in the last 25 minutes saved the Frogs from humiliation.
Bruce Alford was the Frog star ... He blocked a punt, he made two great catches for touch downs... After the rest period, Texas sup port ers hoped for a rally. But Georgia stepped out and banged 80 yards for still another touchdown that promised to make it a rout ... From that moment to the final gun it was the Bulldogs who held on and the Frogs who ripped.
ReceivingTCU — Alford 457, Kring 153, Bierman 112, Hall 18, Gillespie 18, Taylor 15. UGA — Davis 470, Kimsey 374, Conger 298, Keuper 226.
4GEORGIA 40, TCU 26
1942 ORANGE BOWLGeorgia 40, TCU 26 ∙ Jan. 1, 1942
DALLAS — With speed, spirit and spiraling passes, the Cow boys of Okla ho ma A&M complete ly outclassed the TCU Horned Frogs in the ninth annual Cot ton Bowl football game here this crys tal clear New Year’s af ter noon to win, 340. Except for the second quarter when they staved of repeated threats, the Frogs were never able to cope with the doublepronged attack ... The first touch down, scored in the fifth minute, climaxed a 59yard advance. The second whirled 61 yards, the third 62 yards, the fourth 40 yards and the fifth 66 yards .
The Frogs moved on the ground sev er al times when in their own territory, but after cross ing the 50yard line they were always thwarted by the bulling tactics of the burly Cowboy line ... Only once did the Frogs get inside the A&M 35yard line and that was on a pass in ter cep tion.
Bob Ruf was the only TCU back who was able to gain with any consistency, although Jesse Mason did some good work for a short time.
Coach Dutch Meyer tried all kinds of defenses against the Aggies, including a sevenman line which moved fullback Cox into the line. None of them worked for more than a few minutes at a time. The Aggies were too good in too many diferent ways.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Trail ing a hardtrying TCU team by nine points, the great Charley Conerly sud den ly soared to the dra mat ic heights of football throw ing expected of him. In just five min utes his rifle arm ac count ed for two touch downs as the Con fed er ates bested the Chris tians, 139, in the first Delta Bowl game.
In the closing minutes of the third period, Conerly launched a passing flurry that carried exactly 80 yards in eight plays ... The Frogs, still going strong, marched right back to the Rebel 37 where an intercepted pass sat Conerly up in business again. This time he threw only two passes...and they ate up just 63 yards to win the ball game.
In more ways than one, it was a tough game for the Frogs to lose... But they fumbled badly, losing the ball twice at crucial moments.
There were nine minutes yet to play and the Frogs gave the enemy fans a heart attack by holding the leather. Just six of them from their oneyard line, where Otis Kelvey was dropped on the kickof, the Chris tians powered right up field for 59 yards... But the last threat died when Knox’s pass was batted up and intercepted by the Ole Miss linebacker on the Reb 38.
ReceivingTCU — Jackson 134, Ruf 1minus 1, Gaxxen 1minus2. A&M — Hankins 4103, Creager 254, Moore 117, Armstrong 116, Thomas 19.
4OkLAHOMA A&M 34, TCU 0
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DALLAS — TCU, distress ing ly flat except for one mag nifi cent minuteandhalf surge late in the third quarter, suc ceed ed only in making it a masterpiece of frustration. And so the fourtimesbeat en Wild cats from the Blue grass State thorough ly trounced the South west Con fer ence cham pi ons before a capacity throng of 75,349 ... 207. Ken tucky scored on two surges of 52 and 57 yards in the first and second quarters to post its 130 halftime lead.
Frogs, who had bogged down once on the four, wasted another 59yard push to the 24 early in the second quarter. Here, Clark in ter cept ed a Mal Fowler pass returned to the Kentucky 43 and the Wildcats tromped on from here for 57 yards and another touch down in 11 plays ... TCU made its 48yard move to the five after this and came back later in the quarter with its 51yard march to the one all for nothing ... (Gilbert) Bartosh drew his first chance of the game ... Here Bartosh called a direct snap — back Bobby Jack Floyd went 43 yards for touchdown on the longest run of the day.
Against the wind in the fourth Bartosh guided the Frogs 40 yards ... The TCU com mand sent in McKown to punt and he obliged with his neat kickout on the 8. But here, where holding ’em was imperative for TCU, Tom Fillion broke loose for 17 yards on a thirddownseventogoplay ... Ken tucky held the ball, put TCU in the hole with the kick and Bartosh was spilled for losses.
TCU — Medanich 343, Vaught 151, Floyd 15. UK — Meilinger 361, Ck 217, Fillion 211.
4kENTUCkY 20, TCU 7
1952 COTTON BOWLKentucky 20, TCU 7 ∙ Jan. 1, 1952
DALLAS — The Uni versi ty of Mis sis sip pi Rebels, cham pi ons of the Southeast ern Con fer ence, spot ted the TCU Horned Frogs, cham pi ons of the South west Con fer ence, 13 points in the 20th annual Cotton Bowl football game be fore 75,000 spectators here this warm and sun ny Mon day af ter noon and then swung back to win by the margin of a single point, 1413 ... (TCU) ac tu al ly lost the game for being in motion on a conversion efort.
They made the 14th point on the first try, but because a player was in motion, they had to try again from five yards farther back, and missed. They probably lost the game on the opening kickof when quarterback Chuck Curtis made the mistake of re ceiv ing and run ning with the ball. He was so badly injured when tackled that he never returned to action ... In spite of the handicap, the Horned Frogs scored a touch down in the first quarter and count ed in the second to lead 130 before the Rebels got their first touchdown to make it 137 at the half ... Mississippi won the game in the 11th minute of the fourth quarter ... Billy Lott scored on a fiveyard gallop around his right wing. The Rebs’ winning move traveled exactly the same distance as their first touchdown pa rade: 66 yards ... The Frogs went 44 and 75 yards for their touch downs.
DALLAS — Harold Pollard’s fourforfour con ver sions and the block ing of Syr a cuse’s third pointaf tertouchdown at tempt by (Chico) Mendoza pro duced a 2827 Cotton Bowl victory for TCU after 18 years of wait ing. The Frogs had dropped five suc ces sive bowl appear anc es and had not recorded a postseason triumph since 1939. It was a moving of en sive show all the way with the TCU passing providing a balance Syracuse couldn’t stop and the Saltine Warriors riding pow er ful ly on a running game spear head ed by the AllAmerica halfback, Jim Brown. He gained 132 yards and was voted the game’s out stand ing back. The Frogs’ AllAmerican tackle, Norman Hamilton, was the one defender who came nearest to stop ping Brown con sis tent ly and he was chosen as the game’s outstand ing lineman.
Syr a cuse scored in the last two min utes to give the game its touch of such hairbreadth close ness. For much of the afternoon it was TCU’s game and a couple of times seemed on the verge of turning decisive.
There was a unique twist to the firsthalf scoring in that each team intercepted passes and then drove 70 yards to score and each recovered fumbles and pushed out short yardage for the second touchdowns.
INDIvIDUAL STATISTICSRushingTCU — Swink 19107, Taylor 1076, Hallbeck 1233, Shofner 27, Finney 95, Wineburg 14, Pollard 11. MISS — Cothren 1279, Lott 27, Kinard 35, Day 133, Blair 6minus 2.
PassingTCU — Finney 132, 13 yards, Wineburg 110, 7 yards, Swink 010. MISS — Day 10210, 137 yards.
ReceivingTCU — Williams 113, Nickel 17. MISS — Kinard 683, Cothren 219, Blair 128, Baker 17.
4MISSISSIPPI 14, TCU 13
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DALLAS — The gentle men operating the scoreboard had the easiest occupation in all land as the South west Con fer ence champions (TCU) and the future gener als (Air Force Academy) from Col o rado Springs played the sec ond 00 dead lock in the 23year history of the New Year’s Day clas sic ... It was the fourth tie game ever unreeled before a Cotton Bowl assemblage ... It was a dis ap point ing final for both clubs. The Horned Frogs took the field bearing an 82 record. The Falcons were unbeaten in 10 games and had their season immaculate but for a tie with Iowa. The Frogs fum bled the ball on eight occasions and on three of these wasted possession. One of these came early in the final period and surely tried the composure of Coach Abe Martin as he saw the Falcons reclaim a bobble just eight steps from the Air Force Academy’s end zone.
The field, covered by tarpaulin during the snow fall earlier in the week, was damp and contributed to the uneasy handling of the ball. The visiting Falcons also had difculty retaining the sphere and lost control on three of their five fumbles. Jack Spikes attempted both of TCU’s field goals, the first early in the opening period ... The Airmen ofered their severest threat midway of the second quarter ... It was here that the Frog line gave its best performance, restraining the Silver and Blue on the six, the spot from where George Pupich missed a field goal.
HOUSTON — The Frogs were drowned, 237, by a dead ly sprin kle of Clemson pass es in a sev enminute pe ri od of the final quarter ... The sud den Clemson scoring flood washed away a 73 lead TCU carried into the fatal final period. A narrow margin, but one that, at the time, appeared enough to send the luckless Tigers down to their fourth straight bowl defeat ... Neither team had threat ened se rious ly after Clemson’s second quar ter 22yard field goal by Lon Armstrong, and TCU’s lone touch down, a 19yard pass from Jack Redding to Harry Moreland with 5:45 left in the first half. Clemson had completed only one gaining pass all af ter noon, that a 5yard throw from Tiger quar ter back Harvey White.
White must have spotted the silver lining in the gath er ing dark ness for Tiger hopes. He took plenty of time behind the mam moth line and arched a long, high shot toward right end Gary Barnes, racing past TCU’s Larry Dawson at the Frog 35. Armstrong added the extra point ... Two plays after the kickof, Armstrong las soed a pass from TCU quarter back Donald George ... From there, Lowndes Shingler, over whelm ing ly voted out stand ing back, came back to guide the Tigers for the final slap on the cheek to a proud TCU team which had gained wide respect as the class of the Southwest Con fer ence, winning seven games to finish in a 3way tie for the title.
EL PASO, Texas. — The Min ers sulked of the field with a 10point deficit at the in ter mission, but then pumped up Billy Stevens’ arm and Joe Cook’s foot and even tu al ly de flat ed the Frogs, 1312. Stevens, who gained sec ond rank among the nation’s passers this season, proved his stardom to TCU by racking up 208 yards on 21 pass completions, the most ever against an Abe Martin team. The skinny sophomore had only seven strikes in the first half as the ballcon trol ling Frogs rammed into a 100 lead. Stevens made the 31st annual post season game a vastly diferent story in the second half.
Stevens shot a 34yard touchdown pass to 165pound flanker Chuck Hughes and a star tling comeback was begun ... The Miners drove 70 yards for a tying 21yard field goal by Cook... Texas Western, a raging de fen sive team by this time, hopped on a TCU fumble at the Frog 29.
Cook kicked an 18yard threepointer FG four plays deep in the final period to boot the Miners into a 1310 cushion. TCU’s final two points were a gift. With 43 seconds left in the game ... The Miner quarterback raced back in his end zone for a safety ... The Frogs got their last chance. They could get only eight yards before the clock ran out.
Although Stevens won the great air race in the end, TCU’s senior quar ter back, Kent Nix got a head start.
David Smith hauling in Nix’s 11yard pass for the score ... The Frogs had another scoring op por tu ni ty in the first period ... (Bruce) Alford missed a kick from the 28.
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HOUSTON — What had promise of being the ex cit ing fin ish to an “unbelievable” season turned clos er to a nightmare ... at least un til TCU’s dramatic, fourthquarter come back restored some de gree of re spect to the out come in the 25th edition of the Blue b on net Bowl. The final score was West Virginia 31, TCU 14. But for the Horned Frogs there were lots of dips and swerves along the way. For starters, a 21point West Virginia blitz during a 14minute span of the first half had some what of a sobering efect on the Purples. So did the loss of AllAmerican running back Kenneth Davis, to a knee injury, in the early moments of the postseason classic.
After being shoved up and down the field by the Mountaineers’ ofense (355 yards), while countering with little punch themselves (148 yards) during the first 30 minutes, the Horned Frogs did make a contest of it after the in ter mis sion, scoring the only touchdown of the second half while mount ing a couple of other drives which nearly resulted in points. Much of TCU’s second half turnaround was due to the passing arm of senior Anthony Gulley who finished with 150 yards passing in clud ing TD tosses to Dan Sharp and Keith Burnett. Senior re ceiv er James Maness caught five passes for 90 yards but was no match sta tis tical ly for the sixcatch, 152yard performance of WVU light ning bug.
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West Virginia 14 17 0 0 — 31TCU 0 7 0 7 — 14Attendance — 46,000
SHREvEPORT, La. — A de cade slipped by before TCU’s Horned Frogs resur faced from obliv i on into the postseason... The Frogs most ly slipped however, as they trudged and muddied them selves on the raindrenched field of In de pen dence Stadium... Some 27,242 fans – a ma jor i ty of them TCU sup port ers – withstood the temptation to stay home ... The view be came pains tak ing ly clear no mat ter the van tage point ... Vir gin ia proved too good for these up start Frogs and captured its first bowl tri umph in five attempts since 1987 with the 2010 victory ... “We can’t use the field as an excuse in any way,” TCU coach Pat Sullivan said. “I couldn’t be more proud of our foot ball team, but we weren’t quite good enough in a couple of ways.”
The 15thranked Cav a liers (93) dom i nat ed at the point of attack, where so many games will be won or lost ... The Frogs and their South west Con fer enceleading ofense, which av er aged 411.6 yards per game dur ing the regular season, sus tained nothing on this chilly, wet night. Vir gin ia, which en tered the con test with the na tion’s No. 1ranked defensive unit against the run, surrendered only 191 yards and 11 first downs to the Frogs.
The running of junior tailback Andre Davis, who rushed for 97 yards on 24 carries, failed to provide enough ofense on a night when (quarterback Max) Knake struggled. “The truth of it is I played terrible,” said Knake. “If I could have played better, there may have been a diferent outcome.”
EL PASO, Texas — With only six wins, many thought TCU was not worthy of a bowl appearance. But, the Horned Frogs proved their critics wrong in a big way.
Basil Mitchell rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 carries as TCU earned its first bowl victory in 41 years with a 2819 win over USC in the 65th Sun Bowl.
Quarterback Patrick Batteaux added 94 yards and two scores for TCU, which recorded its first postseason win since defeating Syracuse in the 1957 Cotton Bowl.
TCU (75) dominated the line of scrimmage, rushing for 314 yards while holding USC to a Sun Bowl record minus23, breaking by two yards the mark set by Florida State in 1951. The Trojans (85) also posted the lowest rushing total in school history, eclipsing the previous record of minus11 yards against Iowa in 1976.
Mitchell fell just short of Charles Alexander’s Sun Bowl rushing record of 197 yards. He opened the scoring with a threeyard run 7:07 into the first quarter.
True freshman Carson Palmer completed 17of28 passes for a seasonbest 280 yards to rally USC.
The Horned Frogs put away the game by chewing more than six minutes of the clock before pinning USC inside its 15 with less than two minutes remaining.
ReceivingTCU — Brasfield 211, Collins 214, A. Davis 29, Oliver 122, Washington 111. UVA — Jefers 360, Neely 355, Barber 32, Allen 232.
4vIRGINIA 20, TCU 10
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MOBILE, Ala. — LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead TCU to a 2814 victory over No. 20 East Carolina in the inaugural Mobile Alabama Bowl.
It was the second consecutive bowl upset for TCU (84). East Carolina (93) entered the game as sixpoint favorites. That didn’t bother the Horned Frogs, who completely shut down the Pirates’ running game, holding them to minus16 yards.
East Carolina went into the game focusing on stopping Tomlinson, whose 1,850 yards edged Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne for the NCAA Division I rushing title.
TCU, which alternated between quarterbacks Casey Printers and Patrick Batteaux, made it impossible for the Pirates to adjust.
Early in the first quarter, Printers gained seven yards on an option run to move TCU to the 2. Batteaux, a senior who runs the option better than Printers, came in on the next play and pitched the ball to Tomlinson, who ran in for the touchdown. That tied the game at 7 and TCU slowly pulled away from there.
East Carolina, which couldn’t run the ball at all against TCU, had to go to the air in the second half.
It initially worked, but early in the fourth quarter, Russell Gary intercepted Garrard’s pass and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown. That gave TCU a 2814 lead with 14:04 to play.
ReceivingTCU — Tomlinson 429, Scarborough 249, Maiden 241, Dunbar 216, Batteaux 117, James 113, Brown 19. ECU — Wilson 823, Chappell 5116, Powell 267, Stokes 29, Floyd 111, Henry 19, Burns 14.
4TCU 28, EAST CAROLINA 14
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TCU 28, East Carolina 14 ∙ Dec. 22, 1999MOBILE, Ala. — Jef Kelly’s 28yard touchdown pass to freshman Kenny Johnson with eight seconds left lifted Southern Miss to a 2821 victory over No. 13 TCU in the Mobile Alabama Bowl.
In the first major bowl game of the season, TCU tailback LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 118 yards, his lowest total of the season. The Heisman Trophy finalist carried 28 times and scored two TDs in the third quarter.
Southern Miss (84) got a second chance after a fourth missed field goal, and trusted their senior quarterback instead of the shaky kicking game.
With 33 seconds left, they took over at the TCU 43yard line after Mobile native Etric Pruitt got a hand on John Braziel’s punt. Kelly threw two incompletions, then scrambled 14 yards for a first down. On the next play, he lofted a perfect strike over the middle just above safety LaVar Veale’s outstretched arm, victimizing the nation’s top defense.
The Horned Frogs (102) endured a December coaching change and uncertainty over who would lead them into the game. In the end, former defensive coordinator Gary Patterson replaced Dennis Franchione on the sidelines. Franchione left for Alabama Dec. 1 and was initially expected to coach the bowl game. TCU ofcials decided late last week to allow the Patterson era to begin a season early.
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Southern Miss 28, TCU 21 ∙ Dec. 20, 2000HOUSTON — Byron Jones intercepted three passes in his first start and Joe Weber scored two touchdowns, helping Texas A&M end a fourgame bowl losing streak with a 289 victory over TCU (66) in the galleryfurniture .com Bowl.
The Aggies (84) beat their former Southwest Conference rivals for the 24th straight time.
Weber, voted ofensive player of the game, broke a 77 secondquarter tie with a 2yard touchdown run and added a 14yard run that put the Aggies in control with 1:14 left in the third quarter.
TCU’s Casey Printers was intercepted four times.
Jones earned MVP honors and also was the defensive player of the game with three tackles. Starting in place of injured Sean Weston, Jones had only two brokenup passes on his defensive chart in 11 games before he returned his first interception 62 yards in the first quarter to the Frog 35.
The Aggies couldn’t score on that chance but Jones had a 15yard interception to the TCU 1yard line in the second quarter, setting up Mark Farris’ quarterback keeper for the score.
Charlie Owens scooped up a fumble by A&M running back Derek Farmer and returned it 89 yards for a TCU touchdown with four minutes left in the half for a 77 tie. It was the second longest fumble return in school history.
ReceivingTCU — Brown 337, Layne 314, Dunbar 242, Maiden 222. USM — Handy 584, Garner 342, Johnson 129, Mills 17, Woods 1(3).
4SOUTHERN MISS 28, TCU 21
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — TCU figured out how to stop Colorado State standout Cecil Sapp after just two runs in the Liberty Bowl.
Sapp reeled of big gains of 59 and 25 yards on the Rams’ first two possessions, but had 22 yards the rest of the game, and TCU tailback Ricky Madison stole the show with 111 yards rushing and a touchdown as the Horned Frogs beat No. 23 Colorado State 173 Tuesday.
It was the Horned Frogs’ 500th victory in school history.
Madison ran for 107 of his yards in the rainy second half as TCU’s ofense came alive after a sloppy opening by both teams.
In the first half, the teams combined for three lost fumbles, two interceptions, a missed field goal and an unsuccessful faked field goal. Their sloppy play made for the lowest scoring first half of a Liberty Bowl since Penn State led Tulane 60 in 1979.
TCU (102) finally put together a sevenplay, 62yard scoring drive led by Lonta Hobbs in the closing minutes of the second quarter. The freshman ran for 39 yards in the drive, capped when Sean Stilley threw a 15yard touchdown pass to LaTarence Dunbar with 1:21 remaining to put TCU up 70 at the break.
The Rams were held to 89 yards rushing compared with 197 for TCU for their lowest total of the season. TCU also outgained Colorado State 338149.
TCU 17, Colorado State 3 ∙ Dec. 31, 2002FORT WORTH — Ryan Dinwiddie, who ended his career as the most efcient passer in college football, threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 18 Broncos (131) to a 3431 win Tuesday night over No. 19 TCU in the inaugural Fort Worth Bowl.
Their bowl win on TCU’s campus wasn’t secured until sophomore Mike Wynn was well short on a 51yard field goal attempt, the first kick in his college career, with 7 seconds left.
TCU (112) had its schoolrecord 13game home winning streak snapped. The Frogs had been in contention for a Bowl Championship Series spot until their only regularseason loss Nov. 20 and then turned down an invitation to last week’s GMAC Bowl because it conflicted with exams.
Dinwiddie hit 19 of 35 passes with two interceptions, but his last touchdown was an 18yarder to Derek Schouman for the winning score with 12:43 left.
“I thought we beat them on both sides of the football. Three big plays beat us,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said. “There’s a reason they’ve won a lot of games.”
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Boise State 34, TCU 31 ∙ Dec. 22, 2003HOUSTON — Peter LoCoco hit a 44yard field goal with 5:25 left in the game to put TCU on top 2724 and the Frogs’ defense held Iowa State in check on the ensuing drive for the victory at Reliant Stadium.
The TCU defense forced four Iowa State turnovers and Robert Merrill reached the century mark in rushing yards for the 10th time in his career as he ran for 109 yards on 11 carries with a touchdown to help lead the Frogs to the win.
TCU scored on its opening two possessions for a 140 lead just 6:36 into the contest. The two touchdowns came in a 1:55 span.
The Horned Frogs took the opening kickof and drove 80 yards in 12 plays, capped by a 20yard Merrill touchdown run.
On the second play of Iowa State’s ensuing possession, Jeremy Modkins forced a fumble that was recovered by Drew Coleman, giving the Frogs possession at the Cyclone 21. Three plays later, an Aaron Brown 7yard scoring run extended TCU’s lead to 140.
Iowa State scored 17 points in a 4:30 stretch of the second quarter to take a 1714 lead with 10:30 left in the first half.
The Cyclones’ third turnover of the first half, a fumble recovery by David Roach, led to the Frogs going back on top. The first snap of TCU’s ensuing series saw Jef Ballard connect on an 84yard touchdown pass to Michael DePriest to give the Frogs a 2117 lead with 4:05 left in the half.
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SAN DIEGO — Penned in by a bunch of tough Horned Frogs, Garrett Wolfe had nowhere to run.
The national rushing leader was held to 28 yards, a whopping 130 below his average, and No. 25 TCU won a Poinsettia Bowl mismatch against Northern Illinois 377.
While Wolfe was repeatedly stufed by one of the nation’s best defenses, led by end Tommy Blake, Horned Frogs quarterback Jef Ballard ran for three touchdowns and threw for another.
Ballard looked like more of a running back as he scored on runs of 10, 1 and 6 yards. He threw a 6yard TD pass to tight end Brent Hecht and finished with 258 passing yards.
TCU’s Lonta Hobbs rushed for 114 yards and one TD.
Wolfe came in leading the nation with an average of 158.3 yards rushing and 178.9 allpurpose yards.
The Horned Frogs, though, were fourth nationally in run defense after allowing only 67.6 yards per game. TCU kept alive its string of not allowing a 100yard rusher, one of only four teams to do so this year.
Wolfe, who carried 20 times, came dangerously close to his careerlow of 24 yards set in his first game, the 2004 season opener. The Huskies had only five first downs and 60 yards of total ofense, compared to 23 first downs and 456 yards for TCU.
ReceivingNIU — Carter 214, Wolfe 22, Simon 162, Davis 12. TCU — Harmon 694, Hobbs 361, Moore 226, Reagan 223, Bryant 220, Andrus 112, Brown 18, Massey 18, Hecht 16.
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#25 TCU 37, No. Illinois 7 ∙ Dec. 19, 2006HOUSTON — Justin Watts had scored exactly one touchdown in his career at TCU before the Texas Bowl.
TD No. 2 marked the goahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter to help TCU to a 2013 win over Houston.
The junior wove through the defense and danced into the end zone for an 8yard touchdown run that made it 1710 and gave TCU (85) its first lead of the game against its old Southwest Conference rival.
He and Ryan Christian split carries against Houston (85) after starter Joseph Turner injured his knee in the first quarter and didn’t return.
Quarterback Andy Dalton also ran for a touchdown for TCU. Dalton was 21of30 for 249 yards with one interception. Watts and Christian combined for 88 yards rushing on 12 carries.
A 15yard leaping reception by Jimmy Young on third down kept the drive that ended in Watts’ touchdown going. Young outjumped Carson Blackmon to grab the ball and managed to keep his left leg in bounds as he landed.It was initially ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned after a review by ofcials.
The Cougars had a chance to tie it with less than 30 seconds to play but Case Keenum’s pass sailed just beyond the fingertips of Jeron Harvey in the end zone. He had two more shots at the end zone, but the ball fell short on the first one and Chase Ortiz hit him as he threw the second one to end the game.
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4TCU QB SHATTERS RECORD BOOkIt was a recordsetting day for TCU when the Horned Frogs stood toetotoe with the 1990 Houston Cougars, who had one of the most prolific ofenses ever in college football.
Houston eventually rolled past TCU, 5635, but not before countless records – school, conference and NCAA – were broken.
Frogs’ quarterback Matt Vogler helped account for nine of those shattered marks.
His 690 yards passing set new school, conference and NCAA records. He also helped the Frogs set the most yards ofense by a losing team (736). Along with his Cougar counterpart, David Klingler, Vogler helped set records for combined total ofense (1,563) and most yards passing by opposing teams (1,253) – both SWC and NCAA marks.
Vogler still holds three TCU records for passing – all were set in that 1990 game at The Astrodome.
The previous NCAA mark for passing yards in a game was held by Utah’s Scott Mitchell when he threw for 631 yards against Air Force in 1988. Houston’s Andre Ware held the conference record with 517yard performance against SMU in 1989.
Vogler connected with eight diferent receivers, but Steven Shipley carried most of the load. He finished with 11 receptions and 154 yards – both career bests.
Vogler had two big strikes against Houston. He had an 80yard TD pass in the first quarter and an 88yard touchdown toss in the second quarter.
Vogler, who also holds the secondmost passing yards in a game with 419, is 282 yards in front of No. 3 on the alltime list, Steve Stamp.
4OLIvER SETS RECEIvING RECORDTwo big air strikes accounted for 151 of Jimmy Oliver’s 206 yards in TCU’s Southwest Conference showdown with Texas Tech in 1994, but it was his other five catches for a modest 55 yards that catapulted him into the Horned Frog record book.
Late in the fourth quarter, Oliver – who already had touchdown receptions of 89 and 62 yards – caught a twoyard pass from quarterback Max Knake to move ahead of Vernon Wells for the school’s record for most receiving yards in a game.
Oliver’s recordsetting day, which was 12th best in the SWC at the time, helped lead TCU past Texas Tech, 2417.
The 18yearold record came under attack in the second quarter when Knake hit Oliver in stride at the Frogs’ 30yard line. The sprinter from Adamson High School in Dallas did the rest. He raced 89 yards to complete the oneplay, 11second drive.
That score gave TCU an early 100 advantage.
Oliver, who was well known for his blazing speed, was a Southwest Conference indoor 55meter and 55meter hurdles champion. There was a rumor that he clocked a 4.15 in the 40yard dash on one occasion.
His speed showed up again in the third quarter, when Oliver and Knake teamed up for a 62yard strike down the middle of the Red Raider defense.
Oliver’s second touchdown put TCU in front of Texas Tech, 1614, but the Frogs had to rally again in the fourth quarter to defeat the Red Raiders in front of 43,219.
Before Wells set the record of 204 yards in 1976 versus Tennessee, TCU’s receiving record was 37 years old. Earl Clark held the mark that Wells broke, 177 yards on 10 catches, since 1939. He set the record against Temple.
4LT RUNS LOOSE AGAINST MINERSLaDainian Tomlinson broke the NCAA Division IA rushing record, gaining 406 yards and scoring six touchdowns in TCU’s 5224 victory over TexasEl Paso.
Tomlinson carried 43 times and topped the record held by Tony Sands of Kansas, who rushed for 396 yards on 58 carries against Missouri on Nov. 23, 1991.
“All the credit goes to the ofensive line. They’ve done a great job of creating holes all season,” Tomlinson said. “I need to buy them a couple of steaks.”
While Tomlinson is the first majorcollege rusher to gain 400 yards in a game, he is the sixth overall in the NCAA. The record is 441 yards by Dante Brown of Division III Marietta College in 1996.
Touchdown runs of 70 and 63 yards on consecutive carrries in the fourth quarter got Tomlinson close to the record. So even with a 4525 lead, TCU sent him back out for its final drive of the game, and he broke the 400yard barrier with a sevenyard carry.
“If he’s so close to something like that, you’ve got to let him finish it of,” said TCU coach Dennis Franchione. “After three firsthalf turnovers, I was a little punchy about what to call in the second half. The smart thing to do was to give the ball to No. 5.”