1997 TCU Horned Frogs football team

American college football season

1997 TCU Horned Frogs football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	1–10 (1–7 WAC)
Head coach	Pat Sullivan (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Pete Hoener (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (1st season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 44,008)
Seasons← 1996 1998 →

1997 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
New Mexico x	6	–	2	9	–	4
Rice	5	–	3	7	–	4
SMU	5	–	3	6	–	5
Utah	5	–	3	6	–	5
BYU	4	–	4	6	–	5
UTEP	3	–	5	4	–	7
Tulsa	2	–	6	2	–	9
TCU	1	–	7	1	–	10
Pacific Division
No. 17 Colorado State x$	7	–	1	11	–	2
Air Force	6	–	2	10	–	3
Fresno State	5	–	3	6	–	6
Wyoming	4	–	4	7	–	6
San Diego State	4	–	4	5	–	7
San Jose State	4	–	4	4	–	7
UNLV	2	–	6	3	–	8
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Colorado State 41, New Mexico 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 1–10 overall and 1–7 in the Western Athletic Conference. The team was coached by Pat Sullivan, in his sixth and final 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	L 10–17	32,100
September 13	7:05 p.m.	Utah	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 18–32	25,382
September 20	7:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 16–40	34,824
October 4	8:05 p.m.	No. 5 North Carolina*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–31	29,415
October 11		at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	L 19–21	18,777
October 18		Tulsa	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 22–33	23,813
October 25	12:00 p.m.	at BYU	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 10–31	63,004
November 1		New Mexico	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–40
November 8		Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 19–38
November 15		at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	L 17–24	16,247
November 20	7:05 p.m.	SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 21–18	19,094
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

"Second-half fold decimates Frogs". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 21, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"TCU's rally falls short vs. Tar Heels". The Atlanta Journal. October 5, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"1997 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 1, 2016.

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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
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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