2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team


The 2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 122nd TCU football team played as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were led by 17th-year head coach Gary Patterson. They finished the season 11–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They lost to Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship Game. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they defeated Stanford.

Previous season

The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team finished the regular season 6–6 and fell to 6–7 after losing 31–23 to Georgia in the Liberty Bowl.

Schedule

Game summaries

Jackson State

All-time recordLast meetingResult
0–0First meetingN/A

at Arkansas

All-time recordLast meetingResult
24–43–22016Arkansas, 41–38

SMU (97th Battle for the Iron Skillet)

All-time recordLast meetingResult
49–40–72016TCU, 33–3

at No. 6 Oklahoma State

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
10–15–21–42016Oklahoma State, 31–6

No. 23 West Virginia

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
3–33–22016West Virginia, 34–10

at Kansas State

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
5–52–32016Kansas State, 30–6

Kansas

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
21–8–45–02016TCU, 24–23

at No. 25 Iowa State

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
7–14–12016TCU, 41–20

Texas

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
24–62–14–12016TCU, 31–9

at No. 5 Oklahoma

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
5–111–42016Oklahoma, 52–46

at Texas Tech (60th West Texas Championship)

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
25–31–32–32016Texas Tech, 27–24

Baylor (113th Revivalry)

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
53–52–73–22016TCU, 62–22

vs. No. 3 Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship)

All-time recordBig 12 recordLast meetingResult
5–121–52017 Oklahoma, 38–20

Rankings

Honors and awards

Preseason awards

Honors and Awards Source: TCU Game 8 Media Notes