2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2008 TCU Horned Frogs football
Poinsettia Bowl champion
Poinsettia Bowl, W 17–16 vs. Boise State
Conference Mountain West Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 7
Record 11–2 (7–1 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Schultz (11th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Dick Bumpas (5th season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 44,358)
Uniform
2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Utah $   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 7 TCU   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 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 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 11–2, 7–1 in conference, and won the Poinsettia Bowl against #9 Boise State, 17–16.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 5:00 p.m. at New Mexico
Versus W 26–3 31,583
September 6 6:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin*
W 67–7 27,074
September 13 12:00 p.m.** Stanford*
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 The Mtn W 31–14 25,531
September 20 7:00 p.m. at SMU*
CBSCS W 48–7 30,923
September 27 6:00 p.m. at No. 2 Oklahoma* No. 24
FSN L 10–35 85,158
October 4 5:00 p.m. San Diego State
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 The Mtn W 41–7 30,620
October 11 2:30 p.m. at Colorado State
CBSCS W 13–7 27,130
October 16 7:00 p.m. No. 8 BYU
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 Versus W 32–7 36,180
October 25 5:00 p.m. Wyomingdagger No. 15
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 The Mtn W 54–7 30,103
November 1 7:00 p.m. at UNLV No. 12
CBSCS W 44–14 16,121
November 6 7:00 p.m. at No. 10 Utah No. 11
CBSCS L 10–13 45,666
November 22 2:30 p.m. Air Force No. 14
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 Versus W 44–10 32,823
December 23 6:00 p.m. vs. No. 9 Boise State* No. 11
ESPN W 17–16 34,628
  • *Non-conference game
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  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

** Game was moved to an earlier start time due to Hurricane Ike

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final
AP — RVT41 RVT34 RV28 24 RV32 RV31 RV27 15 12 11 15 15 14 11 11 7
Coaches RVT43 RV35 RV32 RV27 23 RV33 RV27 24 15 12 11 18 17 14 11 11 7
Harris Not released RV29 RV28 RV27 15 13 12 18 17 15 12 11 Not released
BCS Not released 14 13 12 18 16 14 11 11 Not released

Note that superscript values are not official (below number 25) but are based on number of votes received in the various polls.