2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2010 TCU Horned Frogs football
National champion (CCR) Mountain West champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 21–19 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	13–0 (8–0 MW)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (10th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jarrett Anderson (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Justin Fuente (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dick Bumpas (7th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Uniform

2010 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	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

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

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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	6:45 p.m.	vs. No. 24 Oregon State*	No. 6	Cowboys Stadium Arlington, TX (Cowboys Classic)	ESPN	W 30–21	46,138	[2]
September 11	6:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech*	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 62–7	37,117	[3]
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Baylor*	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	Versus	W 45–10	47,493	[4]
September 24	7:00 p.m.	at SMU*	No. 4	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	W 41–24	35,481	[5]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Colorado State	No. 5	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	the mtn.	W 27–0	22,553	[6]
October 9	2:30 p.m.	Wyoming	No. 5	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	CBSCS	W 45–0	38,081	[7]
October 16	3:00 p.m.	BYU	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	W 31–3	40,416	[8]
October 23	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	CBSCS	W 38–7	46,096	[9]
October 30	10:00 p.m.	at UNLV	No. 4	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	CBSCS	W 48–6	16,745	[10]
November 6	2:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Utah	No. 4	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (College GameDay)	CBSCS	W 47–7	46,522	[11]
November 13	3:00 p.m.	San Diego State	No. 3	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	W 40–35	45,694	[12]
November 27	3:00 p.m.	at New Mexico	No. 4	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	Versus	W 66–17	18,640	[13]
January 1, 2011	4:10 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Wisconsin*	No. 3	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl, College GameDay)	ESPN, ESPN 3D	W 21–19	94,118	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	6	4	4	4	5	5	4 (1)	4 (3)	4 (2)	4 (2)	3 (2)	4 (1)	4	3 (1)	3 (1)	2 (3)
Coaches	7	5	5	5	5	5	5 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	3 (2)	4 (2)	4 (2)	3 (3)	3 (1)	2 (1)
Harris	Not released						4	3 (3)	4 (3)	4	3 (5)	4 (3)	4 (1)	3 (2)	3 (1)	Not released
BCS	Not released							5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	Not released

Game summaries

Oregon State

#24 Oregon State vs. #6 TCU

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon State 7 7 7 0 21 • TCU 7 14 7 2 30 Date: September 4 Location: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX Game start: 7:45 p.m. EST TV announcers (ESPN): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe

Scoring summary 1 11:48 OSU James Rodgers 30 yard pass from Ryan Katz (Justin Kahut kick) OSU 7–0 1 7:19 TCU Andy Dalton 6 yard run (Ross Evans kick) Tied 7–7 2 11:57 OSU Jordan Bishop 34 yard pass from Ryan Katz (Justin Kahut kick) OSU 14–7 2 8:39 TCU Jeremy Kerley 1 yard pass from Andy Dalton (Ross Evans kick) Tied 14–14 2 0:49 TCU Ed Wesley 8 yard run (Ross Evans kick) TCU 21–14 3 5:33 OSU Jacquizz Rodgers 1 yard run (Justin Kahut kick) Tied 21–21 3 0:59 TCU Andy Dalton 4 yard run (Ross Evans kick) TCU 28–21 4 4:14 TCU Safety, Ryan Katz kicked ball through end zone TCU 30–21

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

Rose Bowl

2011 Rose Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 10 3 0 6 19 • TCU 14 0 7 0 21 Date: January 1 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Game start: 5:00 p.m. EST TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger & Kirk Herbstreit

Scoring summary 1 10:39 WIS Philip Welch 39-yard field goal WIS 3–0 1 6:15 TCU Bart Johnson 23-yard pass from Andy Dalton (Ross Evans kick) TCU 7–3 1 3:14 WIS John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick) WIS 10–7 1 0:36 TCU Andy Dalton 4-yard run (Ross Evans kick) TCU 14–10 2 0:00 WIS Philip Welch 37-yard field goal TCU 14–13 3 11:56 TCU Luke Shivers 1-yard run (Ross Evans kick) TCU 21–13 4 2:00 WIS Montee Ball 4-yard run (pass failed) TCU 21–19

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).

Roster

2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class DB 41 Jonathan Anderson Fr DL 91 Matt Anderson Fr DB 7 Greg McCoy Jr S 16 Jurell Thompson So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Patterson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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