2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team


The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team will represent Texas Christian University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs will compete as a member of the Big 12 Conference and will play their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They will be led by 20th-year head coach Gary Patterson.

Previous season

The Horned Frogs finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play, failing to earn bowl eligibility.

Offseason

Coaching changes

In December 2019, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper was hired as the offensive coordinator at Missouri. The other co-offensive coordinator, Sonny Cumbie, was promoted to offensive coordinator. Brian Applewhite was hired to fill his role as running backs coach.

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media days will be held on July 21–22, 2020 in Frisco, Texas.

Schedule

Spring game

The Horned Frogs will hold spring practices in March and April 2020. The TCU football spring game will take place in Fort Worth, TX on March 28, 2020.

Regular season

TCU released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will host 1 non-conference game against Prairie View A&M and will travel to non-conference games at California and SMU. TCU will host Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Texas Tech and travel to West Virginia, Baylor, Texas, and Kansas in regular season conference play.
The Horned Frogs scheduled games against California and Prairie View A&M, but were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coaching staff

Game summaries

at SMU

Overall recordLast meetingResult
51–41–72019L, 38–41

StatisticsTCUSMU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
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vs. Oklahoma State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–16–22019L, 34–27

StatisticsOKSTTCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

at West Virginia

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–52019L, 17–20

StatisticsTCUWVU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

vs. Kansas State (Homecoming)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–62019L, 17–24

StatisticsKSUTCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

at Baylor

Overall recordLast meetingResult
55–53–72019L, 29–23

StatisticsTCUBAY
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

vs. Oklahoma

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–152019L, 24–28

StatisticsOKLATCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

vs. Iowa State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–32019L, 49–24

StatisticsISUTCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

at Texas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
26–63–12019W, 37–27

StatisticsTCUTEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

vs. Texas Tech

Overall recordLast meetingResult
27–32–32019W, 33–31

StatisticsTTUTCU
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

at Kansas

Overall recordLast meetingResult
23–9–42019W, 51–14

StatisticsTCUKAN
First downs
Total yards
Rushes/yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession