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Texas Christian Football Team History


Texas Christian Horned Toads
Texas Christian University
 Fort Worth, TX
Founded: 1873
Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium
Capacity: 46,000
Colors: Purple & White
Coach: Dennis Franchione
Conference: Western Athletic-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1896  <-- 1998 <- 1999 -> 2000 --> 2024
1999 Season Highlights
 Dennis Franchione enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Texas Christian.
 The Horned Toads won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.
 
1999 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sun., Sep. 5  vs. Arizona  31   35   L       
 Sat., Sep. 11  @ Northwestern  7   17   L       
 Sat., Sep. 25  @ Arkansas State  24   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 2  @ Fresno State  19   26   L       
 Sat., Oct. 9  vs. San Jose State  42   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 16  vs. Tulsa  56   17   W       
 Sat., Oct. 23  @ Rice  21   42   L       
 Sat., Oct. 30  @ Hawaii  34   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 13  vs. North Texas  27   3   W       
 Sat., Nov. 20  vs. Texas-El Paso  52   24   W       
 Fri., Nov. 26  vs. Southern Methodist  21   0   W       
 Wed., Dec. 22   East Carolina  28   14   W    @ Mobile, AL   GMAC Bowl
 
1999 Season Totals
  Record8-4
  Points Scored362
  Scoring Average30.2
  Points Allowed213
  Defense Average17.8
  Opponents Record55-70
  Conference Record4-2
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record2-3
1999 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1999 Western Athletic- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Hawaii 9-4371349Won  23-175-2214161  June Jones
Fresno State 8-5413282Lost  16-175-2226141  Pat Hill
Texas Christian 8-4362213Won  28-144-219399  Dennis Franchione
Rice 5-6237261 4-3198161  Ken Hatfield
Texas El Paso 5-7306389 3-4183235  Charlie Bailey
Southern Methodist 4-6193235 3-27971  Mike Cavan
San Jose State 3-7258402 1-5120268  Dave Baldwin
Tulsa 2-9230386 0-686201  Dave Rader

1999 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1999 All Western Athletic Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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