2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2001 TCU Horned Frogs football
Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, L 9–28 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Conference USA
Record	6–6 (4–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Driesbach (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium

2001 Conference USA football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Louisville $		6	–	1					11	–	2
Cincinnati		5	–	2					7	–	5
UAB		5	–	2					6	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	2					6	–	6
Southern Miss		4	–	3					6	–	5
TCU		4	–	3					6	–	6
Memphis		3	–	4					5	–	6
Army		2	–	5					3	–	8
Tulane		1	–	6					3	–	9
Houston		0	–	7					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Gary Patterson, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for fifth place in C-USA. TCU was invited to the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, where they lost Texas A&M. The team played home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

A game with Marshall was originally scheduled for September 15, but was canceled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 25	12:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 7–21	77,473
September 1	7:05 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX		W 19–5	22,837
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)		W 38–10	24,122
September 15		Marshall*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		canceled
September 22	6:05 p.m.	Northwestern State*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 24–27 ^OT	30,409
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN Plus	W 34–17	19,708
October 13	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 22–48	18,778
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Army	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 38–20	38,168
October 30	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2	L 30–37	25,134
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	L 17–38	16,972	[2]
November 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Louisville	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	W 37–22	22,176
December 7	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN2	W 14–12	23,114
December 28	12:30 p.m.	vs. Texas A&M*	Reliant Astrodome Houston, TX (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, rivalry)	ESPN	L 9–28	53,480
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 55 Anthony Alabi Fr WR 3 LaTarence Dunbar Jr WR 13 Adrian Madise Jr QB 1 Casey Printers Jr TE 19 Matt Schobel Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 39 Jason Goss Jr DE 94 Robert Pollard So DE 21 Bo Schobel So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Patterson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "TCU Football Ticket Exchange Policy Announced - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
2. "TCU bowl hopes fading". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 11, 2001. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "2001 Archive". TCU Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2012.