2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth-year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. They were members of the Mountain West Conference and were defending conference champions.

2010 TCU Horned Frogs football
National champion (Congrove)
Mountain West champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 21–19 vs. Wisconsin
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
2010 record13–0 (8–0 MW)
Head coachGary Patterson (10th as head coach, 12th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJarrett Anderson (2nd as coordinator, 13th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJustin Fuente (2nd as coordinator, 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDick Bumpas (7th season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 44,358)
Uniform
2010 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 TCU $  8 –0     13 –0  
Utah  7 –1     10 –3  
Air Force  5 –3     9 –4  
San Diego State  5 –3     9 –4  
BYU  5 –3     7 –6  
Colorado State  2 –6     3 –9  
UNLV  2 –6     2 –11  
Wyoming  1 –7     3 –9  
New Mexico  1 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
As of January 11, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

After a perfect regular season record, another Mountain West title and a #3 BCS ranking, the team was selected by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses to play Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference in the 97th edition of the Rose Bowl. They defeated the Badgers 21–19, capping off their first undefeated and untied season since 1938, and only the second overall in the school's 115-year football history. The Congrove Computer Rankings, a NCAA-designated major selector, selected TCU as national champion.[1]

Schedule

[2]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:45 p.m.vs. No. 24 Oregon State*No. 6
ESPNW 30–2146,138[3]
September 116:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech*No. 4
W 62–737,117[4]
September 183:30 p.m.Baylor*No. 4
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
VersusW 45–1047,493[5]
September 247:00 p.m.at SMU*No. 4
ESPNW 41–2435,481[6]
October 21:00 p.m.at Colorado StateNo. 5
the mtn.W 27–022,553[7]
October 92:30 p.m.WyomingNo. 5
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
CBSCSW 45–038,081[8]
October 163:00 p.m.BYUNo. 4
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 31–340,416[9]
October 237:00 p.m.Air ForceNo. 4
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
CBSCSW 38–746,096[10]
October 3010:00 p.m.at UNLVNo. 4
CBSCSW 48–616,745[11]
November 62:30 p.m.at No. 6 UtahNo. 4
CBSCSW 47–746,522[12]
November 133:00 p.m.San Diego StateNo. 3
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 40–3545,694[13]
November 273:00 p.m.at New MexicoNo. 4
VersusW 66–1718,640[14]
January 1, 20114:10 p.m.vs. No. 4 Wisconsin*No. 3
ESPN/ESPN 3DW 21–1994,118[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Notes

TCU finished the regular season as the conference leader in scoring offense (520 points, 43.3 average) and scoring defense (137 points, 11.4 average). The Frogs were led by senior quarterback Andy Dalton, who completed 194 of 293 passes for 2638 yards for 26 touchdowns, and tailback Ed Wesley, who carried for 162 times for 1065 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.

Game summaries

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

Andy Dalton won his 30th career victory as TCU's starting quarterback, surpassing the school record of Sammy Baugh.[16]

Rose Bowl
2011 Rose Bowl
1 234Total
Wisconsin 10 306 19
• TCU 14 070 21
Main articles: 2011 Rose Bowl and 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The Horned Frogs made their way to Pasadena as the first team from a BCS non-AQ conference school to play in the Rose Bowl in the BCS era. The team has recorded two consecutive perfect regular seasons and has appeared in six straight bowl games. The Rose Bowl was their second consecutive BCS bowl game.

Both teams scored double digit points in the first quarter, a Rose Bowl record. The game was close throughout, and was not decided until Wisconsin failed to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter to tie the game. The game marks second time that the Rose Bowl was decided by two points, joining the 1966 game (UCLA 14, Michigan State 12).

Rankings
See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. ( )= first place votes received
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Final
AP 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 (1) 4 (3) 4 (2) 4 (2) 3 (2) 4 (1) 4 3 (1) 3 (1) 2 (3)
Coaches 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 (1) 4 (1) 4 (1) 4 (1) 3 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 3 (3) 3 (1) 2 (1)
Harris Not released 4 3 (3) 4 (3) 4 3 (5) 4 (3) 4 (1) 3 (2) 3 (1)
BCS Not released 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

Roster
2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 82 Josh Boyce So
TE 80 Logan Brock Jr
OL 61 Marcus Cannon Sr
QB 14 Andy Dalton Sr
WR 88 Jimmy Young Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 41 Jonathan Anderson Fr
DL 91 Matt Anderson Fr
DB 7 Greg McCoy Jr
S 16 Jurell Thompson So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References
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