1984 TCU Horned Frogs football team
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| 1984 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 14–31 vs. West Virginia | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (5–3 SWC) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Tom Mueller (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 46,083) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 SMU + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 8–4 overall and 5–3 in the Southwest Conference for their first winning season since 1971. The team was coached by Jim Wacker, in his second year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were invited to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl where they lost to West Virginia by a score of 14–31.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | at Utah State* | W 62–18 | 12,009 | |||||
| September 22 | Kansas State* | W 42–10 | 28,412 | |||||
| September 29 | at No. 11 SMU | L 17–26 | 58,206 | |||||
| October 6 | at Arkansas | W 32–31 | 42,208 | |||||
| October 13 | Rice |
| W 45–24 | |||||
| October 20 | North Texas State* |
| W 34–3 | 18,795 | [1] | |||
| October 27 | Baylor |
| W 38–28 | 23,885 | ||||
| November 3 | at Houston | No. 20 | Raycom | W 21–14 | ||||
| November 10 | Texas Tech | No. 15 |
| W 27–16 | 34,075 | |||
| November 17 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Texas | No. 12 |
| ABC | L 23–44 | 47,280 | |
| November 24 | at Texas A&M | No. 17 | L 21–35 | |||||
| December 31 | vs. West Virginia* |
| L 14–31 | 43,260 | [2] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "TCU steamrolls North Texas". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 21, 1984. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mountaineers rip Frogs, 31–14, in Bluebonnet Bowl". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. January 1, 1985. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1984 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 8, 2016.