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2008 TCU Horned Frogs football
Poinsettia Bowl champion
Conference Mountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record11–2 (7–1 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Schultz (11th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Dick Bumpas (5th season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
(Capacity: 44,358)
Uniform
Seasons
←  2007
2009 →
2008 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Utah $   8 – 0     13 – 0  
No. 7 TCU   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 25 BYU   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Air Force   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Colorado State   4 – 4     7 – 6  
UNLV   2 – 6     5 – 7  
New Mexico   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Wyoming   1 – 7     4 – 8  
San Diego State   1 – 7     2 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in conference, and won the Poinsettia Bowl against #9 Boise State, 17–16.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 305:00 p.m.at New Mexico
 VersusW 26–331,583
September 66:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin*
W 67–727,074
September 1312:00 p.m.** Stanford*
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
 The MtnW 31–1425,531
September 207:00 p.m.at SMU*
 CBSCSW 48–730,923
September 276:00 p.m.at No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 24
 FSNL 10–3585,158
October 45:00 p.m. San Diego State
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
The MtnW 41–730,620
October 112:30 p.m.at Colorado State
CBSCSW 13–727,130
October 167:00 p.m.No. 8 BYU
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 32–736,180
October 255:00 p.m. WyomingdaggerNo. 15
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
The MtnW 54–730,103
November 17:00 p.m.at UNLVNo. 12
CBSCSW 44–1416,121
November 67:00 p.m.at No. 10 UtahNo. 11
CBSCSL 10–1345,666
November 222:30 p.m. Air ForceNo. 14
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
VersusW 44–1032,823
December 236:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Boise State*No. 11
 ESPNW 17–1634,628
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

** Game was moved to an earlier start time due to Hurricane Ike

Rankings

See also: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP—RVT41RVT34RV2824RV32RV31RV2715121115151411117
CoachesRVT43RV35RV32RV2723RV33RV272415121118171411117
HarrisNot releasedRV29RV28RV271513121817151211Not released
BCSNot released1413121816141111Not released

Note that superscript values are not official (below number 25) but are based on number of votes received in the various polls.

References

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