2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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2002 TCU Horned Frogs football

C-USA co-champion
Liberty Bowl champion

Liberty Bowl, W 17–3 vs. Colorado State

Conference| Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches| No. 22
AP| No. 23
Record| 10–2 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach|

* Gary Patterson (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike Schultz (5th season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| David Bailiff (1st season)
Base defense| 4–2–5
Home stadium| Amon G. Carter Stadium

Seasons

<- 2001

2003 ->

2002 Conference USA football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Cincinnati \+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 7  |
No. 23 TCU \+  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
Louisville |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Southern Miss |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Tulane |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
UAB |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
East Carolina |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
Houston |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Memphis |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Army |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  |

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. TCU finished with a 10–2 (6–2 C-USA) record. The team was coached by Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.

## Schedule

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September 2| 3:30 p.m.| at Cincinnati| |

* Nippert Stadium
* Cincinnati, OH

| ESPN| L 29–36 OT| 15,518
September 7| 1:00 p.m.| at Northwestern*| |

* Ryan Field
* Evanston, IL

| ESPN+| W 48–24| 21,442
September 14| 6:00 p.m.| SMU*| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)

| | W 17–6| 30,621
September 21| 6:00 p.m.| North Texas*| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 16–10| 33,281
October 5| 2:00 p.m.| Houston| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 34–17| 24,088
October 12| 5:00 p.m.| at Army| |

* Michie Stadium
* West Point, NY

| | W 46–27| 32,454
October 19| 1:00 p.m.| at Louisville| |

* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
* Louisville, KY

| ESPN+| W 45–31| 34,127
October 30| 6:30 p.m.| Southern Miss| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| ESPN2| W 37–7| 26,612
November 9| 2:00 p.m.| Tulane| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 17–10| 27,694
November 23| 1:00 p.m.| at East Carolina| No. 22|

* Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
* Greenville, NC

| | L 28–31| 23,189
November 30| 1:00 p.m.| Memphis| |

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 27–20| 24,583
December 31| 2:30 p.m.| Colorado State*| |

* Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)

| ESPN| W 17–3| 55,207

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

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## Roster

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2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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OT | `55` | Anthony Alabi | So
TE | `91` | Chad Andrus | Fr
G | `61` | Ben Angeley |  Fr
G | `70` | J.T. Aughinbaugh | Sr
QB | `16` | Jeff Ballard | Fr
OT | `63` | Brady Barrick | Sr
WR | `3` | LaTarence Dunbar | Sr
QB | `15` | Tye Gunn | Fr
WR | `81` | Reggie Harrell | So
RB | `30` | Lonta Hobbs | Fr
WR | `13` | Adrian Madise | Sr
WR | `17` | Cory Rodgers | Fr
QB | `6` | Sean Stilley | Sr
OT | `72` | Michael Toudouze | Fr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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CB | `26` | Bobby Blankenship | Sr
DB | `39` | Jason Goss | Sr
LB | `44` | LaMarcus McDonald | Sr
FS | `20` | Chris Peoples | So
DE | `94` | Robert Pollard | Jr
NT | `6` | Chad Pugh | Jr
DE | `88` | Ranorris Ray |  Fr
DE | `83` | Jared Retkofsky | Fr
CB | `4` | Tyrone Sanders | Jr
DE | `21` | Bo Schobel | Jr
SS | `43` | Jared Smitherman | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `9` | Nick Browne | Jr

Head coach

* Gary Patterson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: 2002-10-24

## Team players in the NFL

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Adrian Madise | Wide receiver | 5 | 158 | Denver Broncos
LaTarence Dunbar | Wide Receiver | 6 | 196 | Atlanta Falcons

## References

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1. ^ "2002 Archive". TCU Athletics. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

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TCU Horned Frogs football

Venues|

* Panther Park (1911–1914, 1917, 1920–1923)
* Clark Field (1924–1930)
* Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Baylor
* SMU
* Texas
* Texas A&M
* Texas Tech

Culture & lore|

* Super Frog
* "TCU Fight"
* Texas Christian University Marching Band
* 1935 "Game of the Century"

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

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National championship seasons in bold

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Conference USA football champions

* Houston & Southern Miss (1996)
* Southern Miss (1997)
* Tulane (1998)
* Southern Miss (1999)
* Louisville (2000)
* Louisville (2001)
* Cincinnati & TCU (2002)
* Southern Miss (2003)
* Louisville (2004)
* Tulsa (2005)
* Houston (2006)
* UCF (2007)
* East Carolina (2008)
* East Carolina (2009)
* UCF (2010)
* Southern Miss (2011)
* Tulsa (2012)
* Rice (2013)
* Marshall (2014)
* Western Kentucky (2015)
* Western Kentucky (2016)
* Florida Atlantic (2017)
* UAB (2018)
* Florida Atlantic (2019)
* UAB (2020)
* UTSA (2021)
* UTSA (2022)
* Liberty (2023)
* Jacksonville State (2024)

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