American college football season
The 2013 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season . Playing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team was led by head coach Gary Patterson , in his 13th year, and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas .
Coaching staff [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 12 LSU * No. 20 ESPN L 27–3780,230
September 7 11:00 a.m. Southeastern Louisiana * No. 24 FSN W 38–1741,170
September 12 6:30 p.m. at Texas Tech No. 24 ESPN L 10–2058,701
September 28 11:00 a.m. SMU * Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet ) FS1 W 48–1745,111
October 5 6:00 p.m. at No. 11 Oklahoma FOX L 17–2084,992
October 12 11:00 a.m. Kansas Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX FSN W 27–1741,894
October 19 11:00 a.m. at Oklahoma State FOX L 10–2459,638
October 26 6:30 p.m. Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry ) FS1 L 7–3048,212
November 2 2:30 p.m. West Virginia Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX ESPNU L 27–30 OT 41,632
November 9 11:00 a.m. at Iowa State FSN W 21–1754,922
November 16 2:30 p.m. at Kansas State FSN L 31–3352,697
November 30 2:30 p.m. No. 9 Baylor Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry ) ESPN2 L 38–4143,568
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
vs. LSU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Tigers
6
10
14
7
37
#20 Horned Frogs
3
7
7
10
27
Southeastern Louisiana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
0
14
0
3
17
#24 Horned Frogs
7
10
14
7
38
@ Texas Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#24 Horned Frogs
0
0
3
7
10
Red Raiders
10
0
0
10
20
SMU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
3
0
7
17
Horned Frogs
0
7
10
31
48
@ Oklahoma [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
0
0
10
7
17
#11 Sooners
3
10
0
7
20
Kansas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Jayhawks
3
7
7
0
17
Horned Frogs
7
3
14
3
27
This was TCU's first conference win at home since joining the Big 12 in 2012. The three conference games won in their inaugural Big 12 season were all on the road.
@ Oklahoma State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
0
0
3
7
10
Cowboys
7
10
0
7
24
Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Longhorns
10
10
7
3
30
Horned Frogs
7
0
0
0
7
West Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mountaineers
3
7
0
17 3
30
Horned Frogs
10
7
0
10 0
27
@ Iowa State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
7
7
0
7
21
Cyclones
0
7
10
0
17
@ Kansas State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Horned Frogs
0
7
21
3
31
Wildcats
14
3
10
6
33
Baylor [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Bears
10
17
14
0
41
Horned Frogs
3
14
14
7
38
Ranking [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
20
24
24
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
20
24
24
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Harris
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
BCS
Not released
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Not released
References [ ]
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