2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team
2020 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 4–4 (4-4 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Sonny Cumbie (7th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Chad Glasgow (6th season) |
Home stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 47,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Iowa State y | 8 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Oklahoma y$ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Oklahoma State | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Texas | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 5 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team represents Texas Christian University (TCU) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs compete as a member of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They are led by 20th-year head coach Gary Patterson.
Previous season
The Horned Frogs finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play, failing to earn bowl eligibility.
Offseason
Coaching changes
In December 2019, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper was hired as the offensive coordinator at Missouri.[1] The other co-offensive coordinator, Sonny Cumbie, was promoted to offensive coordinator. Brian Applewhite was hired to fill his role as running backs coach.
Preseason
Big 12 media days
The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Big 12 media poll
Big 12 media poll[3] | ||
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Oklahoma | 80 |
2 | Oklahoma State | 6 |
3 | Texas | 4 |
4 | Iowa State | |
5 | Baylor | |
6 | TCU | |
7 | Kansas State | |
8 | West Virginia | |
9 | Texas Tech | |
10 | Kansas |
Schedule
TCU released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will host 1 non-conference game against Prairie View A&M and will travel to non-conference games at California and SMU. TCU will host Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Texas Tech and travel to West Virginia, Baylor, Texas, and Kansas in regular season conference play.
The Horned Frogs scheduled games against Cal, Prairie View A&M, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 26 | 12:30 p.m. | Iowa State |
| FS1 | L 34–37 | 11,852 |
October 3 | 11:00 a.m. | at No. 9 Texas | FOX | W 33–31 | 17,753 | |
October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | Kansas State |
| FOX | L 14–21 | 12,208 |
October 24 | 11:00 a.m. | Oklahoma |
| ABC | L 14–33 | 12,440 |
October 31 | 2:30 p.m. | at Baylor | ESPN2 | W 33–23 | 11,667 | |
November 7 | 2:30 p.m. | Texas Tech |
| FS1 | W 34–18 | 12,356 |
November 14 | 11:00 a.m. | at West Virginia | FOX | L 6–24 | 11,111 | |
November 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Kansas | FS1 | W 59-23 | ||
December 5 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 19 Oklahoma State |
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December 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech* |
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- Schedule Source:[6]
Coaching staff
Coach | Title | Year at TCU | Previous job |
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Gary Patterson | Head Coach | 22nd | New Mexico (DC/S) |
Sonny Cumbie | OC/QB | 7th | Texas Tech (co-OC) |
Chad Glasgow | DC/LB | 8th | Texas Tech (DC) |
Bryan Applewhite | RB | 1st | Colorado State (RB) |
Jarrett Anderson | OL | 23rd | Tyler Junior College (RB/WR) |
Shawn Bell | TE | 4th | Cedar Ridge High School (HC) |
Zarnell Fitch | DL | 7th | Lincoln High School (HC) |
Paul Gonzales | S | 9th | Pacific University (DB) |
Malcolm Kelly | WR | 2nd | Houston (offensive analyist) |
Doug Meacham | WR/TE | 1st | St. Louis BattleHawks (OC) |
Jeremy Modkins | CB | 14th | None |
Dan Sharp | DL | 20th | Tulsa (TE/ST) |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | Not released |
References
- ^ Davison, Drew. "TCU co-offensive coordinator Curtis Luper to join Missouri staff". star-telegram.com. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam. "Big 12 football media days going virtual due to coronavirus". ESPN.com. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "Oklahoma Tops Big 12 Football Media Preseason Poll". big12sports.com.
- ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Visser, David (July 21, 2020). "SWAC Suspends Fall Football Season". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "2020 TCU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.