American college football season
The 2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. TCU finished with an 11–2 (7–1 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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tulane | No. 25 | | ESPN | W 38–35 | 28,966 |
September 6 | 6:00 p.m. | Navy* | No. 25 | | | W 17–3 | 35,688 |
September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Vanderbilt* | No. 20 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| | W 30–14 | 37,192 |
September 27 | 9:00 p.m. | at Arizona* | No. 19 | | | W 13–10 OT | 40,515 |
October 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Army | No. 20 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| | W 27–0 | 39,282 |
October 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at South Florida | No. 18 | | ESPN2 | W 13–10 | 33,368 |
October 18 | 6:00 p.m. | UAB![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 16 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| | W 27–24 | 28,927 |
October 25 | 7:00 p.m. | at Houston | No. 15 | | | W 62–55 | 21,156 |
November 5 | 6:30 p.m. | Louisville | No. 13 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| ESPN2 | W 31–28 | 33,681 |
November 15 | 2:00 p.m. | Cincinnati | No. 10 | - Amon G. Carter Stadium
- Fort Worth, TX
| | W 43–10 | 42,161 |
November 20 | 6:30 p.m. | at Southern Miss | No. 10 | | ESPN | L 28–40 | 30,141 |
November 29 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU* | No. 19 | | | W 20–13 | 20,112 |
December 23 | 8:30 p.m. | Boise State* | No. 19 | | ESPN | L 31–34 | 38,023 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 25 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 25 |
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Coaches | RV | RV | 23 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 24 |
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BCS | Not released | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 | Not released |
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2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-05 |
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National championship seasons in bold |