The 2023 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented

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(TCU) in the

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during the

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. The Horned Frogs were led by

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in his second season as their head coach. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in

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. The Horned Frogs failed to qualify for a bowl game after making the National Championship game and suffered their first losing season since

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following their loss to

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. TCU became the first program to miss a bowl game and/or have a losing record after becoming national championship runner-ups since

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in 2010, following their loss in the

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. The TCU Horned Frogs football team drew an average home attendance of 47,331 in 2023.

Offseason

Recruiting class

NFL Draft

Eight Horned Frogs were selected in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Game summaries

vs Colorado

vs Nicholls

at Houston

vs SMU

Prior to the start of the 2023 season, TCU announced it was indefinitely suspending the

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after the 2025 season. TCU defeated SMU 34–17.

vs West Virginia

at Iowa State

vs BYU

Sources:

at Kansas State

at Texas Tech

A possum ran onto the field early in the second quarter, quickly becoming a viral sensation and spawning numerous

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s. The animal was captured by stadium officials and was petted by Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec after the game before being released back into the wild.

vs No. 7 Texas

*Sources: 50,812 is the 3rd highest attendance for a game at Amon G. Carter Stadium to date.

vs Baylor

at Oklahoma

References

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TCU Horned Frogs football seasons

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