2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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2020 TCU Horned Frogs football
TCU Horned Frogs logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record6–4 (5–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie (7th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Chad Glasgow (6th season)
Base defense 4–2–5
Home stadium Amon G. Carter Stadium
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Iowa State y  8 1   9 3  
No. 6 Oklahoma y$  6 2   9 2  
No. 20 Oklahoma State  6 3   8 3  
No. 19 Texas  5 3   7 3  
TCU  5 4   6 4  
West Virginia  4 4   6 4  
Kansas State  4 5   4 6  
Texas Tech  3 6   4 6  
Baylor  2 7   2 7  
Kansas  0 8   0 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 27, Iowa State 21
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were led by 20th-year head coach Gary Patterson.

Contents

In a season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horned Frogs compiled a 6–4 record (5–4 in conference). The team was slated to face Arkansas in the Texas Bowl, but had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues within the program. [1]

Offseason

Coaching changes

In December 2019, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper was hired as the offensive coordinator at Missouri. [2] The other co-offensive coordinator, Sonny Cumbie, was promoted to offensive coordinator. Brian Applewhite was hired to fill his role as running backs coach.

Preseason

Big 12 media days

The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll [4]
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Oklahoma80
2Oklahoma State6
3Texas4
4Iowa State
5Baylor
6TCU
7Kansas State
8West Virginia
9Texas Tech
10Kansas

Schedule

TCU released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will host 1 non-conference game against Prairie View A&M and will travel to non-conference games at California and SMU. TCU will host Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Texas Tech and travel to West Virginia, Baylor, Texas, and Kansas in regular season conference play.

The Horned Frogs scheduled games against Cal, Prairie View A&M, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] [6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2612:30 p.m. Iowa State
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FS1 L 34–3711,852
October 311:00 a.m.at No. 9 Texas FOX W 33–3117,753
October 103:00 p.m. Kansas State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FOXL 14–2112,208
October 2411:00 a.m. Oklahoma
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
ABC L 14–3312,440
October 312:30 p.m.at Baylor ESPN2 W 33–2311,667
November 72:30 p.m. Texas Tech
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)
FS1W 34–1812,356
November 1411:00 a.m.at West Virginia FOXL 6–2411,111
November 287:00 p.m.at Kansas FS1W 59–23N/A
December 511:00 a.m.No. 15 Oklahoma State
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
ESPN2W 29–2212,594
December 126:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech *
  • Amon G. Carter Stadium
  • Fort Worth, TX
FS1W 52–1010,472
Schedule Source: [7]

Coaching staff

CoachTitleYear at TCUPrevious job
Gary Patterson Head coach22nd New Mexico (DC/S)
Sonny Cumbie OC/QB7th Texas Tech (co-OC)
Chad Glasgow DC/LB8th Texas Tech (DC)
Bryan ApplewhiteRB1st Colorado State (RB)
Jarrett AndersonOL23rd Tyler Junior College (RB/WR)
Shawn BellTE4th Cedar Ridge High School (HC)
Zarnell Fitch DL7th Lincoln High School (HC)
Paul GonzalesS9th Pacific University (DB)
Malcolm Kelly WR2nd Houston (offensive analyst)
Doug Meacham WR/TE1st St. Louis BattleHawks (OC)
Jeremy Modkins CB14thNone
Dan Sharp DL20th Tulsa (TE/ST)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRV
Coaches RVRV
CFP Not releasedNot released

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
243 Trevon Moehrig SS Las Vegas Raiders
5170 Garret Wallow LB Houston Texans

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References

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