2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team
| 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Poinsettia Bowl Champions | |
Poinsettia Bowl vs. #9 Boise State, W 17–16 | |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | #7 |
| AP | #7 |
| 2008 record | 11–2 (7–1 MWC) |
| Head coach | Gary Patterson (8th as head coach,10th overall year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mike Schultz |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Dick Bumpas (5th year) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 defense |
| Home stadium |
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 44,358) |
Uniform | |
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| 2008 Mountain West Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Utah † | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 TCU | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 BYU | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2008 college football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in conference, and won the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl against #9 Boise State 17–16.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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| August 30 | 5:00 PM | at New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM | Versus | W 26–3 | 31,583 | ||
| September 6 | 6:00 PM | Stephen F. Austin* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 67–7 | 27,074 | |||
| September 13 | 12:00 PM** | Stanford* | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | The Mtn | W 31–14 | 25,531 | ||
| September 20 | 7:00 PM | at SMU* | Ford Stadium • University Park, TX (Iron Skillet) | CBSCS | W 48–7 | 30,923 | ||
| September 27 | 6:00 PM | at #2 Oklahoma* | #23 | Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | FSN | L 10–35 | 85,158 | |
| October 4 | 5:00 PM | San Diego State | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | The Mtn | W 41–7 | 30,620 | ||
| October 11 | 2:30 PM | at Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO | CBSCS | W 13–7 | 27,130 | ||
| October 16 | 7:00 PM | #8 BYU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | Versus | W 32–7 | 36,180 | ||
| October 25 | 5:00 PM | Wyoming |
#15 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | The Mtn | W 54–7 | 30,103 | |
| November 1 | 7:00 PM | at UNLV | #12 | Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV | CBSCS | W 44–14 | 16,121 | |
| November 6 | 7:00 PM | at #10 Utah | #11 | Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | CBSCS | L 10–13 | 45,666 | |
| November 22 | 2:30 PM | Air Force | #14 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | Versus | W 44–10 | 32,823 | |
| December 23 | 6:00 PM | vs. #9 Boise State* | #11 | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl) | ESPN | W 17–16 | 34,628 | |
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
** Game was moved to an earlier start time due to Hurricane Ike
Rankings
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk15 | Final |
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| AP | NR | (T41) | (T34) | (28) | 24 | (32) | (31) | (27) | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Coaches | (T43) | (35) | (32) | (27) | 23 | (33) | (27) | 24 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| Harris | Not released | (29) | (28) | (27) | 15 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| BCS | Not released | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
Note that parenthetical rankings are not official below No. 25, but are based on number of votes received in the various polls.
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