2007 HORNED FROG FOOTBALL BOWL GUIDE BRIANBONNER SENIOR RETURNER 1st TEAM ALL-MWC CHASEORTIZ SENIOR DEFENSIVE END 1st TEAM ALL-MWC BLAKE SCHLUETER JUNIOR CENTER STEPHENHODGE 2nd TEAM ALL-MWC JUNIOR SAFETY 2nd TEAM ALL-MWC JASONPHILLIPS DAVIDROACH JUNIOR LINEBACKER SENIOR SAFETY 2nd TEAM ALL-MWC 2nd TEAM ALL-MWC HOUSTON:HOMEOFTHETEXASBOWL HOUSTON, TEXAS 4th largest city in U.S. 10,062 square miles TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTES ................................................1-15 Bowl notables..................................3 Honor roll ..........................................4 Offensive notes...........................5-7 Defensive notes ......................8-10 Special teams notes.................11 ’05 Houston Bowl Frog tidbits.............................12-14 MWC................................................15 TCU 27, Iowa State 24 Frogs finish 11-1 on year ROSTERS .......................................16-19 Numerical ......................................16 Breakdown ....................................17 Depth chart ...........................18-19 PLAYERS........................................20-35 COACHES.......................................36-44 Patterson................................36-38 Assistants...............................39-44 REVIEW...........................................45-57 Stats..........................................45-51 Recaps.....................................52-57 BOWL HISTORY .........................58-64 SUPER BOWL HOST Recaps.....................................58-64 Records ..........................................64 XXXVIII Patriots vs. Panthers ANDY DALTON HM Freshman All-American Hometown: Katy, Texas Katy to Houston: 29 miles 1 of 14 Frogs from area TCU vs. HOUSTON NOTES TEXAS BOWL • RELIANT STADIUM • HOUSTON, TEXAS 2 0 2007 TCU Horned Frog 0 7 H FOOTBALL O Media Contact: Mark Cohen — TCU Athletics Media Relations Director R (817) 257-5394 direct office (817) 257-7969 main office (817) 343-2017 cell (817) 257-7964 fax [email protected] www.GoFrogs.com N E TCU TCU (7-5) vs. Houston (8-4) D Day Opponent Time/Result Sept. 1 Baylor W, 27-0 Dec. 28 Houston, Texas 7 p.m. F Sept. 8 at No. 7 Texas L, 13-34 R Sept. 13 at Air Force* L (OT), 17-20 Reliant Stadium (69,500) NFL Network Sept. 22 SMU W, 21-7 O Sept. 29 Colorado State* W, 24-12 ABOUT THE GAME G Oct. 6 at Wyoming* L, 21-24 The TCU football team will make its ninth bowl appearance in the last 10 seasons when it Oct. 13 at Stanford W, 38-36 faces Houston in the 2007 Texas Bowl. Oct. 18 Utah* L, 20-27 The Horned Frogs are playing in a bowl game in Houston for the second time in three sea- F Nov. 3 New Mexico* W, 37-0 sons and the third time in head coach Gary Patterson’s seven-year tenure. TCU defeated O Nov. 8 at BYU* L, 22-27 Iowa State, 27-24, in the 2005 Houston Bowl at Reliant Stadium. The Frogs dropped a 28- Nov. 17 UNLV* W, 34-10 9 decision to Texas A&M at the Astrodome in the 2001 galleryfurniture.com Bowl. O Nov. 24 at San Diego State* W, 45-33 TCU and Houston are facing each other for the first time since a 34-27 Frog victory in Fort T Worth in 2004. It was the final season for TCU in Conference USA before departing for the Dec. 28 Houston^ 7:00 B *MWC game / ^Texas Bowl Mountain West Conference. The Frogs are looking to win three straight bowl games for just the second time in their A history and the first time since their first three bowl games (1936-39). HOUSTON L TCU is part of a Mountain West Conference-record five bowl teams in 2007. Day Opponent Time/Result L Sept. 1 at Oregon L, 27-48 Sept. 15 at Tulane* W, 34-10 BOWL HISTORY TCU is making its 23rd appearance in a bowl game. The Frogs are 9-12-1 in their previous Sept. 22 Colorado State W, 38-27 22 bowl appearances. Sept. 29 East Carolina* L, 35-37 Five of TCU’s nine bowl victories have come since head coach Gary Patterson came to Oct. 6 at Alabama L, 24-30 TCU in 1998 as defensive coordinator. Prior to his arrival, the Frogs had four bowl victo- Oct. 13 Rice* W, 56-48 ries in a history that dates back to 1896. Oct. 20 at UAB* W, 49-10 The Frogs are 5-3 in bowls with Patterson on staff and 3-3 with him as head coach. Oct. 27 at UTEP* W, 34-31 Patterson took over as head coach a week prior to the 2000 Mobile Alabama Bowl. Nov. 4 SMU* W, 38-28 Before a 1998 Sun Bowl win over USC, in Patterson’s first year at TCU, the Frogs had Nov. 10 at Tulsa* L, 7-56 gone 41 seasons without a bowl victory since defeating Jim Brown and Syracuse 28-27 in Nov. 17 Marshall* W, 35-28 the 1957 Cotton Bowl. Nov. 24 Texas Southern W, 59-6 Dec. 28 TCU^ 7:00 *C-USA game / ^Texas Bowl SERIES HISTORY TCU trails Houston 13-11 in a series that started when the Cougars began Southwest THE COACHES Conference play in 1976. The Texas Bowl represents the first time the teams have met in a non-conference setting. TCU – Gary Patterson (Kansas St. ’83) The Frogs have won their last seven games with the Cougars. The streak includes the last Record at TCU: 61-25 (7th year) three meetings in Southwest Conference play (1993-95) as well as the four seasons Overall Record: 61-25 (7th year) (2001-04) when both teams were in Conference USA. TCU was 7-13 versus Houston in the SWC era (1976-95) and 4-0 in Conference USA UH – Chris Thurmond (Tulsa ‘75) (2001-04). Record at Houston: 0-0 (interim) The Frogs dropped their first eight meetings with the Cougars before posting their first vic- Overall Record: 0-0 (interim) tory in the series by a 21-14 score in 1984. TCU is 5-7 against Houston in Houston and 6-6 in Fort Worth. TV/RADIO TV - NFL Network Brad Sham (PBP), Charles Davis (color), Mike Mayock (color), Kimberly JUST TCU, THANK YOU Jones (sideline) Though the TCU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is a proud and integral part of Texas Christian University, it desires to be recognized by the media simply as TCU TCU ISP Sports Network - 103.3 (acronym only). ESPN, KTCU-FM 88.7, GoFrogs.com In all sports-related media references, we respectfully urge that the university’s (yahoo) teams be identified with an appropriate appellation — TCU. In subsequent references Brian Estridge (PBP), John Denton of the same presentation, the team may be referred to by nickname — Horned Frogs. (color), Jeff Williams (sideline) A shorter version of the nickname, Frogs, is acceptable in later usage. 3 NOTES TCU vs. HOUSTON DID YOU KNOW? HOMECOMINGS The following Frogs are Houston-area natives: TCU’s total enrollment of 8,865 is 58 percent female. Aaron Brown, TB (Katy; Mayde Creek HS) TCU has just 3,706 male students. With approximately 120 players Jai Cavness, TB (Houston; Thurgood Marshall HS) on the football roster, 3.2 percent of all males at TCU are on the side- Drew Combs, PK (Houston; Stratford HS) line in uniform during home games. If Ohio State had the same ratio Andy Dalton, QB (Katy; Katy HS) of male students on the football team, the Buckeye roster would have Trey Englert, TE (Houston; St. Thomas HS) over 1,000 players. Cole Frederick, QB (Brenham; Houston Christian HS) Cory Grant, NT (Houston; Alief Elsik HS) The estimated annual cost, including housing, books and fees, to Niels Hailey, DT (Houston; Stratford HS) attend TCU is $33,818. Jerry Hughes, DE (Sugar Land; Austin HS) Marcus Jackson, QB (Houston; Westside HS) TCU’s Neeley School of Business is ranked 11th by the Wall Street Chase Ortiz, DE (League City; Clear Creek HS) Journal for top U.S. regional MBA programs. It’s the highest in Texas Jason Phillips, LB (Waller; Waller HS) and in the top 20 for three consecutive years. Wade Sisk, OT (Brenham; Brenham HS) Chris Smith, FB (Navasota; Navasota HS) TCU has a 14:1 student/faculty ratio. FAMILY TIES TCU’s endowment is among the top 60 colleges in the United States. TCU defensive end Chase Ortiz is a cousin of Houston Astros’ pitcher Woody Williams. TCU will have four new residence halls completed in December of Frog offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse is a cousin of former 2007. University of Houston and Dallas Cowboy fullback Robert Newhouse. TCU’s Campus Commons project has an expense of $100 million. NOTES Fifty-four percent of TCU’s entering freshmen were in the top 20 of FAMILIAR FACES ROSTERS TCU linebacker coach Tony Tademy spent three seasons (1994- their high school graduating class. PLAYERS 96) as defensive ends coach at Houston. COACHES TCU’s campus contains eight different colleges and is 268 acres. Houston interim head coach Chris Thurmond served two stints as STATS a cornerbacks coach at TCU, including the 1998-00 campaigns BOWL HISTORY TCU students represent more than 85 countries. when Gary Patterson was the Frogs’ defensive coordinator. Thurmond was also at TCU in the 1995 season. ESPN previously named the Horned Frog the nation’s No. 1 mascot. MVP SUPPORT The Horned Frog has been TCU’s mascot longer than TCU has been Former Frog and current NFL Most Valuable Player LaDainian the university’s name. Four students helped make the decision in Tomlinson was on the TCU sideline for the 45-33 win at San Diego 1897, when AddRan Christian University (renamed TCU in 1902) State. He has been at four TCU games in the last three years. was located in Waco. WHO IS HOT Famous TCU alumni include Betty Buckley (actress), Gordon The following players were the Frogs’ statistical leaders as TCU England (Secretary of the U.S. Navy), Dan Jenkins (author/sports- posted a 3-1 record in November: l writer), Eddie Bernice Johnson (congresswoman), Rod Roddy (Price l is Right announcer), Bob Schieffer (CBS newsman and co-host of Rushing Face the Nation) and Tara Watson (Miss Texas 2000).