2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2010 TCU Horned Frogs football
National champion (CCR)
Mountain West champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 21–19 vs. Wisconsin
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record13–0 (8–0 MW)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJarrett Anderson (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJustin Fuente (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDick Bumpas (7th season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 TCU $   8 0     13 0  
Utah   7 1     10 3  
Air Force   5 3     9 4  
San Diego State   5 3     9 4  
BYU   5 3     7 6  
Colorado State   2 6     3 9  
UNLV   2 6     2 11  
Wyoming   1 7     3 9  
New Mexico   1 7     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
As of January 11, 2011
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth-year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. They were members of the Mountain West Conference and were defending conference champions.

After a perfect regular season record, another Mountain West title and a #3 BCS ranking, the team was selected by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses to play Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference in the 97th edition of the Rose Bowl. They defeated the Badgers 21–19, capping off their first undefeated and untied season since 1938, and only the second overall in the school's 115-year football history. The Congrove Computer Rankings, an NCAA-designated major selector, selected TCU as national champion.[1]

TCU finished the regular season as the conference leader in scoring offense (520 points, 43.3 average) and scoring defense (137 points, 11.4 average). The Frogs were led by senior quarterback Andy Dalton, who completed 194 of 293 passes for 2638 yards for 26 touchdowns, and tailback Ed Wesley, who carried for 162 times for 1065 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.

  1. ^ "Factoid 395 – Gary Patterson's 2010 undefeated TCU went 13–0. Why shouldn't TCU claim this as a National Championship?".