2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team

2001 TCU Horned Frogs football
2001 TCU Horned Frogs football
Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, L 9–28 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Conference USA
Record	6–6 (4–3 C-USA)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Driesbach (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
	Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Gary Patterson, the Horned Frogs compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for fifth place in C-USA. TCU was invited to the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, where they lost Texas A&M. The team played home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

2001 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Louisville $	6	–	1	11	–	2
Cincinnati	5	–	2	7	–	5
UAB	5	–	2	6	–	5
East Carolina	5	–	2	6	–	6
Southern Miss	4	–	3	6	–	5
TCU	4	–	3	6	–	6
Memphis	3	–	4	5	–	6
Army	2	–	5	3	–	8
Tulane	1	–	6	3	–	9
Houston	0	–	7	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

A game with Marshall was originally scheduled for September 15, but was canceled in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 25	12:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 7–21	77,473
September 1	7:05 p.m.	at North Texas*	Fouts Field Denton, TX		W 19–5	22,837
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at SMU*	Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)		W 38–10	24,122
September 15		Marshall*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		canceled
September 22	6:05 p.m.	Northwestern State*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		L 24–27 ^OT	30,409
September 29	7:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN Plus	W 34–17	19,708
October 13	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		L 22–48	18,778
October 20	2:00 p.m.	Army	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 38–20	38,168
October 30	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2	L 30–37	25,134
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at UAB	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	ESPN+	L 17–38	16,972	^[2]
November 23	1:00 p.m.	No. 17 Louisville	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	W 37–22	22,176
December 7	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN2	W 14–12	23,114
December 28	12:30 p.m.	vs. Texas A&M*	Reliant Astrodome Houston, TX (Galleryfurniture.com Bowl, rivalry)	ESPN	L 9–28	53,480
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time