# 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth-year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. They were members of the Mountain West Conference and were defending conference champions.
After a perfect regular season record, another Mountain West title and a #3 BCS ranking, the team was selected by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses to play Wisconsin of the Big Ten Conference in the 97th edition of the Rose Bowl. They defeated the Badgers 21–19, capping off their first undefeated and untied season since 1938, and only the second overall in the school's 115-year football history. The Congrove Computer Rankings, an NCAA-designated major selector, selected TCU as national champion.
TCU finished the regular season as the conference leader in scoring offense (520 points, 43.3 average) and scoring defense (137 points, 11.4 average). The Frogs were led by senior quarterback Andy Dalton, who completed 194 of 293 passes for 2638 yards for 26 touchdowns, and tailback Ed Wesley, who carried for 162 times for 1065 yards and scored 11 touchdowns.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 6:45 p.m. | vs. No. 24 Oregon State* | No. 6 | Cowboys StadiumArlington, TX (Cowboys Classic) | ESPN | W 30–21 | 46,138 |
| September 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | No. 4 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | | W 62–7 | 37,117 |
| September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | Baylor* | No. 4 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) | Versus | W 45–10 | 47,493 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at SMU* | No. 4 | Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | W 41–24 | 35,481 |
| October 2 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colorado State | No. 5 | Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO | the mtn. | W 27–0 | 22,553 |
| October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Wyoming | No. 5 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | CBSCS | W 45–0 | 38,081 |
| October 16 | 3:00 p.m. | BYU | No. 4 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | Versus | W 31–3 | 40,416 |
| October 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Air Force | No. 4 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | CBSCS | W 38–7 | 46,096 |
| October 30 | 10:00 p.m. | at UNLV | No. 4 | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | CBSCS | W 48–6 | 16,745 |
| November 6 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 6 Utah | No. 4 | Rice–Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT (College GameDay) | CBSCS | W 47–7 | 46,522 |
| November 13 | 3:00 p.m. | San Diego State | No. 3 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX | Versus | W 40–35 | 45,694 |
| November 27 | 3:00 p.m. | at New Mexico | No. 4 | University StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | Versus | W 66–17 | 18,640 |
| January 1, 2011 | 4:10 p.m. | vs. No. 4 Wisconsin* | No. 3 | Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl, College GameDay) | ESPN, ESPN 3D | W 21–19 | 94,118 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 (1) | 4 (3) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (1) | 4 | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 2 (3) |
| Coaches | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Harris | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 4 | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 4 | 3 (5) | 4 (3) | 4 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (1) | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Oregon State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oregon State | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| • TCU | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
Andy Dalton won his 30th career victory as TCU's starting quarterback, surpassing the school record of Sammy Baugh.

### Rose Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wisconsin | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| • TCU | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
The Horned Frogs made their way to Pasadena as the first team from a BCS non-AQ conference school to play in the Rose Bowl in the BCS era. The team has recorded two consecutive perfect regular seasons and has appeared in six straight bowl games. The Rose Bowl was their second consecutive BCS bowl game.
Both teams scored double digit points in the first quarter, a Rose Bowl record. The game was close throughout, and was not decided until Wisconsin failed to convert a two-point conversion late in the fourth quarter to tie the game. The game marks second time that the Rose Bowl was decided by two points, joining the 1966 game (UCLA 14, Michigan State 12).