2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

2003 TCU Horned Frogs football

Fort Worth Bowl vs Boise State, L 31-34

Conference| Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches| No. 24
AP| No. 25
Record| 11–2 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coach|

* Gary Patterson (3rd season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike Schultz (6th season)
Offensive scheme| Spread
Defensive coordinator| David Bailiff (2nd season)
Base defense| 4–2–5
Home stadium| Amon G. Carter Stadium

Seasons

<- 2002

2004 ->

2003 Conference USA football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
Southern Miss $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
No. 24 TCU |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  |
Memphis |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Louisville |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
South Florida |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Houston |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
UAB |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Tulane |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Cincinnati |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
East Carolina |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  |
Army |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 13  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. TCU finished with an 11-2 (7-1 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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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 1| 7:00 p.m.| at Tulane| No. 25|

* Louisiana Superdome
* New Orleans, LA

| ESPN| W 38–35| 28,966
September 6| 6:00 p.m.| Navy*| No. 25|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 17–3| 35,688
September 20| 6:00 p.m.| Vanderbilt*| No. 20|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 30–14| 37,192
September 27| 9:00 p.m.| at Arizona*| No. 19|

* Arizona Stadium
* Tucson, AZ

| | W 13–10 OT| 40,515
October 4| 6:00 p.m.| Army| No. 20|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 27–0| 39,282
October 10| 7:00 p.m.| at South Florida| No. 18|

* Raymond James Stadium
* Tampa, FL

| ESPN2| W 13–10| 33,368
October 18| 6:00 p.m.| UAB| No. 16|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 27–24| 28,927
October 25| 7:00 p.m.| at Houston| No. 15|

* Robertson Stadium
* Houston, TX

| | W 62–55| 21,156
November 5| 6:30 p.m.| Louisville| No. 13|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| ESPN2| W 31–28| 33,681
November 15| 2:00 p.m.| Cincinnati| No. 10|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX

| | W 43–10| 42,161
November 20| 6:30 p.m.| at Southern Miss| No. 10|

* M. M. Roberts Stadium
* Hattiesburg, MS

| ESPN| L 28–40| 30,141
November 29| 2:00 p.m.| at SMU*| No. 19|

* Gerald J. Ford Stadium
* Dallas, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)

| | W 20–13| 20,112
December 23| 8:30 p.m.| Boise State*| No. 19|

* Amon G. Carter Stadium
* Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Bowl)

| ESPN| L 31–34| 38,023

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

## Rankings

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See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| Final
AP| 25| 25| 22| 20| 19| 20| 18| 16| 15| 15| 13| 10| 10| 19| 19| 19| 25
Coaches| RV| RV| 23| 19| 17| 21| 17| 13| 13| 13| 12| 9| 9| 17| 19| 19| 24
BCS| Not released| 14| 12| 9| 6| 8| 17| 17| 18| Not released

## Roster

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2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster

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

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QB | `15` | Tye Gunn | So
WR | `17` | Cory Rodgers |  Fr
RB | `30` | Lonta Hobbs | So
OT | `55` | Anthony Alabi | Jr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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CB | `11` | Drew Coleman | Jr
DE | `21` | Bo Schobel | Sr
DE | `94` | Robert Pollard | Sr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `9` | Nick Browne | Sr

Head coach

* Gary Patterson

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* * *

Legend

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

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: 2003-12-05

## References

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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

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