2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS 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 12–1 (8–0 MWC) and won the Mountain West Conference title. On December 6, they were invited to their first Bowl Championship Series game and their first major bowl since the 1959 Cotton Bowl Classic, against #6 Boise State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 4, 2010. In the Fiesta Bowl, TCU was upset by underdog Boise State, 17–10.

2009 TCU Horned Frogs football
Mountain West champion
Fiesta Bowl, L 10–17 vs. Boise State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	12–1 (8–0 MW)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (9th as head coach, 11th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jarrett Anderson (1st as coordinator, 12th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Justin Fuente (1st as coordinator, 2nd overall season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Dick Bumpas (6th season)
Base defense	4–2–5 defense
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 44,358)
Uniform
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 TCU $		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 12 BYU		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 18 Utah		6	–	2					10	–	3
Air Force		5	–	3					8	–	5
Wyoming		4	–	4					7	–	6
UNLV		3	–	5					5	–	7
San Diego State		2	–	6					4	–	8
New Mexico		1	–	7					1	–	11
Colorado State		0	–	8					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	2:30 p.m.	at Virginia*	No. 16	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPNU	W 30–14	48,336^[1]
September 19	6:00 p.m.	Texas State*	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 56–21	35,249^[2]
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at Clemson*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN360	W 14–10	71,869^[3]
October 3	7:00 p.m.	SMU*	No. 11	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)	The Mtn.	W 39–14	37,130^[4]
October 10	6:30 p.m.	at Air Force	No. 10	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSCS	W 20–17	30,104^[5]
October 17	3:00 p.m.	Colorado State	No. 12	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	W 44–6	31,156^[6]
October 24	6:30 p.m.	at No. 16 BYU	No. 10	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT (College GameDay)	Versus	W 38–7	64,641^[7]
October 31	3:00 p.m.	UNLV	No. 8	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	Versus	W 41–0	33,541^[8]
November 7	3:00 p.m.	at San Diego State	No. 6	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	Versus	W 55–12	21,708^[9]
November 14	6:30 p.m.	No. 16 Utah	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (College GameDay)	CBSCS	W 55–28	50,307^[10]
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	No. 4	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	The Mtn.	W 45–10	15,031^[11]
November 28	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 4	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	The Mtn.	W 51–10	41,738^[12]
January 4, 2010	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Boise State*	No. 3	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	Fox	L 10–17	73,227^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Andy Dalton Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Patterson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movments
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	17	16	15	15	11	10	12	10	8	6	4	4	4	4	3	6
Coaches	17	16	15	14	10	9	8	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	6
Harris	Not released				11	10	10	8	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	Not released
BCS	Not released							8	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	Not released

References

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2. "Texas State Bobcats vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
3. (PDF). Clemson University. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
4. "Southern Methodist Mustangs vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN. from the original on October 7, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
5. "TCU Horned Frogs vs. Air Force Falcons Box Score". ESPN. from the original on October 15, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
6. "Colorado State Rams vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN. from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2009.
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9. "TCU Horned Frogs vs. San Diego State Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
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12. "New Mexico Lobos vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
13. "Boise State Broncos vs. TCU Horned Frogs Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 5, 2010.