2012 TCU HORNED FROGS SPRI N G PROSPECTUS
FROG HONOR ROLL
Included below is a list of TCU’s returning players and coaches with their 2011 honors. TCU Football Team • Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week vs. Boise State, Football Writers Association of America TCU Coaching Staff • Ranked as the third-best staff in the country, Yahoo! Sports/Rivals.com Gary Patterson, Head Coach • Nation’s Top Football Coach, Sports Illustrated • Nation’s Top Football Coach, ESPN The Magazine • Nation’s Third-Best Football Coach, Sporting News Rusty Burns, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach • One of the Top-10 Recruiters in the Big 12, Rivals.com Jonathan Anderson, S • MW Defensive Player of the Week, vs. BYU, Oct. 28 Josh Boyce, WR • First-Team All-Mountain West • Fastest Wide Receiver in the Mountain West, Sporting News
Skye Dawson, WR • Poinsettia Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player • Ranked as the sixth-fastest player in the nation, ESPN.com Blaize Foltz, OG • All-Bowl Team, Yahoo! Sports • First-Team All-Mountain West Antonio Graves, WR • MW Special Teams Player of the Week, vs. New Mexico, Oct. 22 Waymon James, TB • Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West • MW Offensive Player of the Week, vs. Wyoming, Nov. 5 David Johnson, NT • Second-Team Freshman All-American, Yahoo! Sports Stansly Maponga, DE • State’s Best Defensive Lineman, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football • First-Team All-Texas College, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football • First-Team All-Mountain West • Ted Hendricks Award Midseason Watch List Casey Pachall, QB • Honorable-Mention All-American, SI.com • Second-Team All-Mountain West • Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week, vs. Boise State, Nov. 12 • Rivals.com National Player of the Week, vs. Boise State, Nov. 12 • College Football Performance Awards National Performer of the Week, vs. Boise State, Nov. 12 • MW Offensive Player of the Week, vs. Boise State, Nov. 12 • Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Boise State, Nov. 12 • MW Offensive Player of the Week, vs. Air Force, Sept. 10 • Rivals.com MW Player of the Week, vs. Air Force, Sept. 10
Jason Verrett, CB • Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West Ed Wesley, TB • Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West
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TOP-FIVE KILLER • The 36-35 victory at Boise State was TCU’s third straight win over a top-five ranked team and improved the Frogs’ record to 4-1 in their last five games against top-five opponents. In the 2010 campaign, TCU won 47-7 at No. 5 Utah while defeating No. 5 Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. MILESTONE WATCH • The 31-24 win in the Poinsettia Bowl was the 109th for TCU coach Gary Patterson, enabling him to tie Dutch Meyer as TCU’s all-time winningest coach. Meyer was 109-79-13 from 1934-52, including national championships in 1935 and 1938. • Patterson has won 109 games with just 30 losses. His .784 winning percentage ranks fourth nationally among active head coaches with at least five years experience. • A 38-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe (Sept. 17) was Patterson’s 100th victory. WHERE TO FIND THEM • Included below are the game-day locations for the TCU assistant coaches:
Kenny Cain, LB • Second-Team All-Mountain West
Matthew Tucker, TB • Honorable-Mention All-Mountain West
DID YOU KNOW • TCU is the only school in the nation to win at least 11 games in six of the last seven seasons. • TCU is one of just four programs (Alabama, Boise State, Oregon) to finish in the top 15 of both the Associated Press and USA Today polls over the last four campaigns. • TCU is one of just three schools (Florida, Utah) to win at least six bowl games in the last seven seasons.
Press Box - co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rusty Burns, safeties coach Chad Glasgow, wide receivers coach Trey Haverty, linebackers coach Tony Tademy
Field - co-offensive coordinator/running backs coach Jarrett Anderson, tight ends coach/special teams coordinator Dan Sharp, assistant head coach/offensive line coach Eddie Williamson, defensive coordinator/defensive line coach Dick Bumpas, cornerbacks coach Clay Jennings
WINNING CLASSES • In each of the last four seasons, TCU’s seniors have become the winningest class in school history. • The 31-24 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Louisiana Tech was the 47th win, against just five losses, for last year’s senior class. • The 2012 seniors have already won 36 games over the last three seasons.
Years 1. 2008-11 2. 2007-10 3. 2006-09 4. 2005-08 5. 1932-35
Wins 47 44 42 41 40
LEADING THE WAY • TCU ranks third in the nation in average finish in the final Associated Press poll since the end of the 2008 season:
Team 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. TCU
2011 2010 2009 2008 Avg. 1 10 1 6 4.5 4 3 11 10 7.0 14 2 6 7 7.3
THE BEST IN TEXAS • Since 2005, TCU has the best record in the state of Texas:
Team 1. TCU 2. Texas 3. Texas Tech 4. Houston 5. Texas A&M 6. Baylor UTEP 8. SMU 9. Rice 10. North Texas
1 3 B O W L A P P E A R A N C E S I N 14 S E A S O N S
W-L 77-13 71-20 59-30 60-32 47-41 37-48 37-48 36-51 31-54 18-65
Pct. .856 .780 .663 .652 .534 .435 .435 .414 .365 .217