1979_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team

1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

The 1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 2–8–1 overall and 1–6–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by F. A. Dry, in his third year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Quick Facts TCU Horned Frogs football, Conference ...

More information Conf, Overall ...

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1979_TCU_Horned_Frogs_football_team, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15		No. 20 SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–27	18,732
September 22		Tulane*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 19–33
September 29		Texas–Arlington*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 14–21
October 6		No. 13 Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 13–16	25,317
October 13		at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 17–7
October 20		at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 24–17	20,000
October 27		at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 3–16	36,250
November 3		Houston	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–21
November 10		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	T 3–3	40,091
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 10–35	61,597
November 24		Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–30
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Arkansas +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Baylor	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll