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1987 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 SWC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Tom Mueller (5th season)
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 46,083)
Seasons
←  1986
1988 →
1987 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Texas A&M $ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Arkansas 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Texas 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Baylor 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
TCU 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Houston 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Rice 0 – 8 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–4 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Jim Wacker, in his fifth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Boston College*
L 20–3830,000
September 12at Air Force*
L 10–2141,000
September 19 BYU*
W 33–1222,615
October 3No. 10 Arkansas
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
L 10–2039,017
October 10at Rice
W 30–16
October 17No. 2 ( I-AA) North Texas State*
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 19–1023,291 [1]
October 24at Baylor
W 24–036,138
October 31 Houston
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
W 35–725,257
November 712:00 p.m.at Texas Tech
 RaycomL 35–3628,516
November 1412:00 p.m.at Texas
RaycomL 21–2463,642
November 21No. 16 Texas A&M
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX ( rivalry)
RaycomL 24–4240,164
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1987 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 5 Scott Ankrom  Injured Jr
FB 9 Scott Bednarski Jr
TE 89 Kelly Blackwell Fr
RB 27 Tony Jeffery Sr
QB 17 David Rascoe Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 95 Mitchell Benson Jr
CB 11 John Booty Sr
FS 1 Falanda Newton Jr
LB 56 Tracy Simien Jr
DT 47 Fred Washington So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 7 Chris Becker Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "TCU clamps down on NTSU". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 18, 1987. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1987 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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