2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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2002 TCU Horned Frogs football

C-USA co-champion Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 17–3 vs. Colorado State
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 23
Record	10–2 (6–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	David Bailiff (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Seasons← 2001 2003 →

2002 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Cincinnati +	6	–	2	7	–	7
No. 23 TCU +	6	–	2	10	–	2
Louisville	5	–	3	7	–	6
Southern Miss	5	–	3	7	–	6
Tulane	4	–	4	8	–	5
UAB	4	–	4	5	–	7
East Carolina	4	–	4	4	–	8
Houston	3	–	5	5	–	7
Memphis	2	–	6	3	–	9
Army	1	–	7	1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. TCU finished with a 10–2 (6–2 C-USA) record. The team was coached by Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:30 p.m.	at Cincinnati		Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	ESPN	L 29–36	15,518
September 7	1:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*		Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 48–24	21,442
September 14	6:00 p.m.	SMU*		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)		W 17–6	30,621
September 21	6:00 p.m.	North Texas*		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 16–10	33,281
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Houston		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 34–17	24,088
October 12	5:00 p.m.	at Army		Michie Stadium West Point, NY		W 46–27	32,454
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Louisville		Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN+	W 45–31	34,127
October 30	6:30 p.m.	Southern Miss		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2	W 37–7	26,612
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Tulane		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 17–10	27,694
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	No. 22	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 28–31	23,189
November 30	1:00 p.m.	Memphis		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 27–20	24,583
December 31	2:30 p.m.	Colorado State*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	W 17–3	55,207
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`55`	Anthony Alabi	So
TE	`91`	Chad Andrus	Fr
G	`61`	Ben Angeley	Fr
G	`70`	J.T. Aughinbaugh	Sr
QB	`16`	Jeff Ballard	Fr
OT	`63`	Brady Barrick	Sr
WR	`3`	LaTarence Dunbar	Sr
QB	`15`	Tye Gunn	Fr
WR	`81`	Reggie Harrell	So
RB	`30`	Lonta Hobbs	Fr
WR	`13`	Adrian Madise	Sr
WR	`17`	Cory Rodgers	Fr
QB	`6`	Sean Stilley	Sr
OT	`72`	Michael Toudouze	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`26`	Bobby Blankenship	Sr
DB	`39`	Jason Goss	Sr
LB	`44`	LaMarcus McDonald	Sr
FS	`20`	Chris Peoples	So
DE	`94`	Robert Pollard	Jr
NT	`6`	Chad Pugh	Jr
DE	`88`	Ranorris Ray	Fr
DE	`83`	Jared Retkofsky	Fr
CB	`4`	Tyrone Sanders	Jr
DE	`21`	Bo Schobel	Jr
SS	`43`	Jared Smitherman	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`9`	Nick Browne	Jr

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-24

"2002 Archive". TCU Athletics. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

v t e TCU Horned Frogs football
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
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Conference USA football champions
Houston & Southern Miss (1996) Southern Miss (1997) Tulane (1998) Southern Miss (1999) Louisville (2000) Louisville (2001) Cincinnati & TCU (2002) Southern Miss (2003) Louisville (2004) Tulsa (2005) Houston (2006) UCF (2007) East Carolina (2008) East Carolina (2009) UCF (2010) Southern Miss (2011) Tulsa (2012) Rice (2013) Marshall (2014) Western Kentucky (2015) Western Kentucky (2016) Florida Atlantic (2017) UAB (2018) Florida Atlantic (2019) UAB (2020) UTSA (2021) UTSA (2022) Liberty (2023) Jacksonville State (2024)

Conference USA football champions