2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Dennis Franchione throughout the regular seasons. Gary Patterson took over as interim head coach in December. TCU played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs finished the 10–2 and 7–1 in conference play to share the Western Athletic Conference championship with UTEP.

2000 TCU Horned Frogs football
WAC co-champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 21
2000 record10–2 (7–1 WAC)
Head coachDennis Franchione (3rd year)
Gary Patterson (interim)
Defensive coordinatorGary Patterson
Home stadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 44,008)
2000 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 21 TCU +  7 1     10 2  
UTEP +  7 1     8 4  
Fresno State  6 2     7 5  
San Jose State  5 3     7 5  
Tulsa  4 4     5 7  
Rice  2 6     3 8  
Hawaii  2 6     3 9  
SMU  2 6     3 9  
Nevada  1 7     2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 93:05 p.m.at NevadaNo. 22ESPN+W 41–1019,797
September 1611:00 a.m.Northwestern*No. 21FSNW 41–1430,976
September 236:00 p.m.Arkansas State*No. 19
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 52–332,167
September 3011:00 a.m.at Navy*No. 18FSNW 21–028,477
October 711:00 a.m.HawaiiNo. 14
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FSNSWW 41–2131,896
October 216:00 p.m.at TulsaNo. 10ESPN+W 17–320,034
October 282:00 p.m.RiceNo. 11
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
ESPN+W 37-030,762
November 49:05 p.m.at San Jose StateNo. 9
ESPN2L 24–2715,681
November 112:30 p.m.Fresno StateNo. 17
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FSNW 24–729,116
November 182:00 p.m.UTEPNo. 16
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FSNSWW 47–1441,068
November 247:30 p.m.at SMU*No. 13
FSNW 62–726,551
December 207:00 p.m.Southern Miss*No. 16ESPN2L 21–2840,300

Roster

2000 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Casey Printers So
WR 3 LaTarence Dunbar So
RB 5 LaDainian Tomlinson Sr
WR 13 Cedric James Sr
TE 19 Matt Schobel Jr
FB 38 George Layne Jr
T 52 Michael Keathley Sr
WR 81 Reggie Harrell Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 14 Aaron Schobel Sr
S 18 Curtis Fuller Jr
DE 21 Bo Schobel So
CB 30 Bo Springfield So
DB 39 Jason Goss So
DE 94 Robert Pollard Fr
DT 95 Shawn Worthen Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2000-12-17

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 20 20 22 20 18 16 14 12 11 11 9 18 15 13 13 13 21 
Coaches Poll 23 21 22 21 19 18 14 11 10 11 9 17 16 15 15 16 18 
BCS Not released 13 9 NR NR 14 14 14 Not released

Game summaries

at Nevada

Awards and honors

Players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
LaDanian TomlinsonRunning Back15San Diego Chargers
Aaron SchobelDefensive End246Buffalo Bills
George LayneRunning Back4108Kansas City Chiefs
Curtis FullerDefensive Back4127Seattle Seahawks
Shawn WorthenDefensive Tackle4130Minnesota Vikings
Cedric JamesWide Receiver4131Minnesota Vikings

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References

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