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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-

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1896 <-- 1999 <- 2000 -> 2001 --> 2024

2000 Season Highlights

Dennis Franchione enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Texas Christian.

The Horned Toads won the Western Athletic Conference Championship.

2000 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 9	@ Nevada	41	10	W
Sat., Sep. 16	vs. Northwestern	41	14	W
Sat., Sep. 23	vs. Arkansas State	52	3	W
Sat., Sep. 30	@ Navy	24	0	W
Sat., Oct. 7	vs. Hawaii	41	21	W
Sat., Oct. 21	@ Tulsa	17	3	W
Sat., Oct. 28	vs. Rice	37	0	W
Sat., Nov. 4	@ San Jose State	24	27	L
Sat., Nov. 11	vs. Fresno State	24	7	W
Sat., Nov. 18	vs. Texas-El Paso	47	14	W
Fri., Nov. 24	@ Southern Methodist	62	7	W
Wed., Dec. 20	Southern Mississippi	21	28	L	@ Mobile, AL	GMAC Bowl

2000 Season Totals
Record	10-2
Points Scored	431
Scoring Average	35.9
Points Allowed	134
Defense Average	11.2
Opponents Record	48-81
Conference Record	6-1
Home Record	6-0
Away Record	4-1

2000 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
21	10-2-0	AP
18	10-2-0	Coaches
18	10-2-0	USA Today/ESPN

2000 Western Athletic- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Texas El Paso	8-4	378	336	Lost 23-38	7-1	283	167	Gary Nord
Texas Christian	10-2	431	134	Lost 21-28	6-1	246	75	Dennis Franchione
Fresno State	7-5	317	251	Lost 34-37	6-2	235	144	Pat Hill
San Jose State	7-5	374	357		5-3	250	240	Dave Baldwin
Tulsa	5-7	240	283		4-3	148	125	Keith Burns
Hawaii	3-9	294	399		2-6	197	276	June Jones
Rice	3-8	237	322		2-5	165	177	Ken Hatfield
Southern Methodist	3-9	181	352		2-5	98	211	Mike Cavan
Nevada	2-10	207	464		1-7	144	317	Chris Tormey

2000 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

2000 All Western Athletic Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

Quarterbacks from Alabama won the first three Super Bowls. They also have more Super Bowl wins than quarterbacks from any other school (Kenny Stabler 1, Joe Namath 1 and Bart Starr 2).