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With a winning tradition spanning 112 years, TCU football is one of the oldest and most distinguished programs in all of intercollegiate athletics. Horned Frog teams have produced some of the game’s most famous players, including Davey O’Brien, Sammy Baugh, Bob Lilly and LaDainian Tomlinson. In 2005, the Frogs’ proud heritage and statistical achievements were honored as TCU was ranked 39th by Street & Smith’s in its listing of the “50 Greatest College Football Programs of All Time.” Get with the program.

TCU Football Accolades and Achievements:

  • 2 National Championships
  • Heisman Trophy Award Winner (Davey O’Brien)
  • Heisman Trophy Award Runner-up (Jim Swink)
  • 5 Frogs have finished in the top 5 in Heisman voting (Sam Baugh, Davey O’Brien, Jim Swink, Kenneth Davis, LaDainian Tomlinson)
  • 2 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees (Sammy Baugh, Bob Lilly)
  • NFL Most Valuable Player (LaDainian Tomlinson)
  • NFL Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (Larry Brown)
  • 14 top 25 postseason team rankings
  • 5 top 10 postseason team rankings
  • 4 consecutive postseason bowl victories (tied for fifth–longest in the nation and one of just 11 teams to win its last three bowl games)
  • 6 10–win seasons in the past eight years
  • 38 first–team All–America players
  • Ranked 39th on Street & Smith’s “50 Greatest College Football Programs of All Time”
  • The 2008 TCU football team closed the season with a No. 7 ranking by the Associated Press and USA Today, representing the program’s highest appearance in season–ending polls since 1959 and the best finish ever by a two–loss team from a member of a BCS non–automatic qualifying conference
  • 2008 seniors won 41 games over the past four seasons, making them the all–time winningest class in TCU history
  • Led the nation in 2008 in run defense, total defense, fewest first downs allowed per game and time of possession while ranking second in scoring defense and sacks
  • Set single–season school records in 2008 for points scored and touchdowns
  • Topped the Mountain West Conference in 2008 with a school–record 18 players receiving All–Conference honors
  • Defensive end Jerry Hughes was a 2008 consensus All–American and finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award
  • 5–2 in the last seven games versus Big 12 opponents
  • 16 players drafted and a total of 36 in NFL camps during Gary Patterson’s seven seasons as head coach
  • A 41–10 record since 2005 ranks as the seventh–best mark in the nation
  • Dating back to the start of the 2000 campaign, the Frogs' .748 winning percentage (83–28) places 10th nationally
  • A 45–6 record in home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium since 2000
  • An undefeated season (2005) in the Mountain West Conference