2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team

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.

2003 TCU Horned Frogs football
Fort Worth Bowl vs Boise State, L 31–34
Conference	Conference USA
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 25
Record	11–2 (7–1 C-USA)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	David Bailiff (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium

2003 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Southern Miss $		8	–	0					9	–	4
No. 24 TCU		7	–	1					11	–	2
Memphis		5	–	3					9	–	4
Louisville		5	–	3					9	–	4
South Florida		5	–	3					7	–	4
Houston		4	–	4					7	–	6
UAB		4	–	4					5	–	7
Tulane		3	–	5					5	–	7
Cincinnati		2	–	6					5	–	7
East Carolina		1	–	7					1	–	11
Army		0	–	8					0	–	13
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	at Tulane	No. 25	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 38–35	28,966
September 6	6:00 p.m.	Navy*	No. 25	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		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	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		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	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN2	W 13–10	33,368
October 18	6:00 p.m.	UAB	No. 16	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		W 27–24	28,927
October 25	7:00 p.m.	at Houston	No. 15	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		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	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	ESPN	L 28–40	30,141
November 29	2:00 p.m.	at SMU*	No. 19	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet)		W 20–13	20,112
December 23	8:30 p.m.	Boise State*	No. 19	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Bowl)	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

Rankings

See also: 2003 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	25	25	22	20	19	20	18	16	15	15	13	10	10	19	19	19	25
Coaches	RV	RV	23	19	17	21	17	13	13	13	12	9	9	17	19	19	24
BCS	Not released								14	12	9	6	8	17	17	18	Not released

Roster

2003 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 15 Tye Gunn So WR 17 Cory Rodgers  Fr RB 30 Lonta Hobbs So OT 55 Anthony Alabi Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 11 Drew Coleman Jr DE 21 Bo Schobel Sr DE 94 Robert Pollard Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 9 Nick Browne Sr	Head coach Gary Patterson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2003-12-05