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Texas Christian Horned Frogs Bowls

Location: Fort Worth, Texas ▪ Colors: Purple & White
Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium (cap. 46,000)
Record*: 107 Years, 579-500-50, .535 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 579-499-50 by NCAA.

Conferences: Big 12, MWC, CUSA, WAC, SWC and Ind
Conference Champion: 15 Times
Bowls: 29 Bowls, 13-15-1, .466 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 13 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 189 Weeks (Total)

29 Bowls

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Rk Year Date Day Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
1 2012 Dec 29, 2012 Sat Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Michigan State 17 Texas Christian 16 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Phoenix, AZ)
2 2011 Dec 21, 2011 Wed Poinsettia Bowl Texas Christian 31 Louisiana Tech 24 Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA)
3 2010 Jan 1, 2011 Sat Rose Bowl Texas Christian 21 Wisconsin 19 Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA)
4 2009 Jan 4, 2010 Mon Fiesta Bowl Boise State 17 Texas Christian 10 Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ)
5 2008 Dec 23, 2008 Tue Poinsettia Bowl Texas Christian 17 Boise State 16 Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA)
6 2007 Dec 28, 2007 Fri Texas Bowl Texas Christian 20 Houston 13 Texas Bowl (Houston, TX)
7 2006 Dec 19, 2006 Tue Poinsettia Bowl Texas Christian 37 Northern Illinois 7 Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA)
8 2005 Dec 31, 2005 Sat Houston Bowl Texas Christian 27 Iowa State 24 Houston Bowl (Houston, TX)
9 2003 Dec 23, 2003 Tue Fort Worth Bowl Boise State 34 Texas Christian 31 Fort Worth Bowl (Fort Worth, TX)
10 2002 Dec 31, 2002 Tue Liberty Bowl Texas Christian 17 Colorado State 3 Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
11 2001 Dec 28, 2001 Fri Gallery Furniture Bowl Texas A&M 28 Texas Christian 9 Gallery Furniture Bowl (Houston, TX)
12 2000 Dec 20, 2000 Wed Mobile Alabama Bowl Southern Mississippi 28 Texas Christian 21 Mobile Alabama Bowl (Mobile, AL)
13 1999 Dec 22, 1999 Wed Mobile Alabama Bowl Texas Christian 28 East Carolina 14 Mobile Alabama Bowl (Mobile, AL)
14 1998 Dec 31, 1998 Thu Sun Bowl Texas Christian 28 Southern California 19 Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
15 1994 Dec 28, 1994 Wed Independence Bowl Virginia 20 Texas Christian 10 Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)
16 1984 Dec 31, 1984 Mon Bluebonnet Bowl West Virginia 31 Texas Christian 14 Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
17 1965 Dec 31, 1965 Fri Sun Bowl Texas-El Paso 13 Texas Christian 12 Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX)
18 1959 Dec 19, 1959 Sat Bluebonnet Bowl Clemson 23 Texas Christian 7 Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
19 1958 Jan 1, 1959 Thu Cotton Bowl Air Force 0 Texas Christian 0 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
20 1956 Jan 1, 1957 Tue Cotton Bowl Texas Christian 28 Syracuse 27 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
Rk Year Date Day Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
21 1955 Jan 2, 1956 Mon Cotton Bowl Mississippi 14 Texas Christian 13 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
22 1951 Jan 1, 1952 Tue Cotton Bowl Kentucky 20 Texas Christian 7 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
23 1947 Jan 1, 1948 Thu Delta Bowl Mississippi 13 Texas Christian 9 Delta Bowl (Memphis, TN)
24 1944 Jan 1, 1945 Mon Cotton Bowl Oklahoma State 34 Texas Christian 0 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
25 1941 Jan 1, 1942 Thu Orange Bowl Georgia 40 Texas Christian 26 Orange Bowl (Miami, FL)
26 1938 Jan 2, 1939 Mon Sugar Bowl Texas Christian 15 Carnegie Mellon 7 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
27 1936 Jan 1, 1937 Fri Cotton Bowl Texas Christian 16 Marquette 6 Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX)
28 1935 Jan 1, 1936 Wed Sugar Bowl Texas Christian 3 Louisiana State 2 Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)
29 1920 Jan 1, 1921 Sat Fort Worth Classic Centre 63 Texas Christian 7 Fort Worth Classic (Fort Worth, TX)