1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 2–8–1 overall and 1–6–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by F. A. Dry, in his third year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

1979 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1979 record	2–8–1 (1–6–1 SWC)
Head coach	F. A. Dry (3rd season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 46,083)

1979 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Arkansas +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Texas	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Baylor	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	2	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	2
TCU	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Rice	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15		No. 20 SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–27	18,732
September 22		Tulane*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 19–33
September 29		Texas–Arlington*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 14–21
October 6		No. 13 Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 13–16	25,317
October 13		at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 17–7
October 20		at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 24–17
October 27		at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 3–16	36,250
November 3		Houston	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 10–21
November 10		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	T 3–3	40,091
November 17	2:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 10–35	61,597
November 24		Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–30
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1979 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 6 Jimmy Allen Sr TE 81 Brad Bowen Sr WR 1 Phil Epps So C 50 Eddie Grimes Jr OL 51 Frank Hartman G 63 Donald Ray Richard So T 70 Bobby Richardson Jr RB 7 Craig Richardson QB 10 Steve Stamp So T 79 Dudley Stephenson WR 11 Bobby Stewart Jr T 67 Steve Wilson So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 28 Steve Barnes DB 26 Ray Berry LB 36 Mike Dry So DB 21 Al Futrell DB 27 Chris Judge Sr LB 52 Kevin Moody LB 37 Kelvin Newton Jr DT 78 Wes Roberts Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach F. A. Dry Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "1979 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 15, 2016.