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TCU Horned Frogs football

TCU Horned Frogs football
2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team
TCU Athletics logo.svg
First season 1896
Athletic director Chris Del Conte
Head coach Gary Patterson
16th year, 149–52 (.741)
Stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
Seating capacity 45,000
Field surface Grass
Location Fort Worth, Texas
NCAA division Division I FBS
Conference Big 12
Past conferences Mountain West (2005–2011)
C-USA (2001–2004)
WAC (1996–2000)
SWC (1923–1995)
TIAA (1914–1920)
All-time record 626–531–15 (.541)
Bowl record 15–16–1 (.484)
Claimed nat'l titles 2 (1935, 1938)
National finalist 2x #2 (2010 BCS era) #3 (2014 CFP era)
Conference titles 18
Heisman winners 1
Consensus All-Americans 17
Colors Purple and White
         
Fight song TCU March
Mascot Super Frog
Rivalries Baylor Bears
SMU Mustangs
Texas Tech
Texas Longhorns
Website GoFrogs.com

The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University (TCU). The Horned Frogs compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

Since 2012, the Horned Frogs have been a member of the Big 12 Conference, and were previously members of the Mountain West Conference (MWC), Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Conference USA (C-USA), Southwest Conference (SWC), and Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA).

TCU began playing football in 1896 and claims national championships in 1935 and 1938. TCU has one Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien, and has had eight former players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The Horned Frogs play their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth.

TCU ranks as the 28th best college football program of all time and the 4th best private college football school of all time. (Private schools# 1Notre Dame, #2USC, #3Miami, #4TCU) The Horned Frogs are also one of only four FBS teams to have played in all six College Football Playoff Bowls, winning all but the Fiesta and Orange.

TCU's first year of football started on December 7, 1896, when it still went by the name AddRan Male & Female College. TCU won its first game ever played by beating Toby's Business College to the score of 8–6, apparently not having to use any substitutes. TCU finished its first ever season with a record of 12–0–0.


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