1983 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1983 TCU Horned Frogs football
1983 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1983 record	1–8–2 (1–6–1 SWC)
Head coach	Jim Wacker (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Tom Mueller (1st season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium; (Capacity: 46,083)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 1–8–2 overall and 1–6–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Jim Wacker, in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10		Kansas*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	T 16–16
September 17		at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 3–20	25,400
September 24		No. 18 SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 17–21	34,405
October 1		Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 21–38	28,310
October 8		at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 34–3
October 15		Ole Miss*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 7–20
October 22		at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 21–56	35,876
October 29		Houston	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 21–28
November 5		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	T 10–10	37,507
November 12	1:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 14–20	61,156
November 19		Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 10–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1983 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`36`	Kenneth Davis	So
C	`51`	Mike Flynn	Sr
WR	`88`	James Maness	Jr
QB	`10`	Anthony Sciaraffa	Jr
TE	`80`	Dan Sharp	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`56`	David Cladwell	Fr
LB	`89`	Kyle Clifton	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t TCU Horned Frogs football
Venues	Panther Park (1911–1914, 1917, 1920–1923) Clark Field (1924–1930) Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor SMU Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Super Frog ""
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 12 SMU	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	2
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll