Timeline: TCU Magic Takes Shape
Over 18 weeks, TCU Football went from unranked to the national championship game.
Timeline: TCU Magic Takes Shape
Over 18 weeks, TCU Football went from unranked to the national championship game.
Nov. 29, 2021: Sonny Dykes is introduced as TCU’s new head football coach. The Dykes family flies into Amon G. Carter Stadium via helicopter.
March 22, 2022: Spring football practice begins. For the first time in more than 20 years, practices are regularly open to the public.
Aug. 1, 2022: Fall camp opens. An intense competition for the starting quarterback role unfolds; Chandler Morris wins the job right before the season kicks off.
Sept. 1, 2022: The Carter Boys TV show debuts on ESPN+. The weekly show features game recaps, student-athlete interviews and more behind-the-scenes footage as the season unfolds.
Sept. 2, 2022: The Dykes era gets underway on a beautiful night in Boulder, Colorado. TCU beats the Colorado Buffaloes, 38-13. Quarterback Chandler Morris exits with an injury; Max Duggan steps in and never looks back. Derius Davis returns a punt for a 60-yard touchdown and later earns Big 12 Special Team Player of the Week honors.
Oct. 1, 2022: TCU destroys the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners in Fort Worth, 55-24, to move to 4-0. Dykes becomes the first TCU head football coach to win his opening four games since Francis Schmidt in 1929. The 49,094 fans in attendance constitute the second-largest crowd in Amon G. Carter Stadium history. Duggan’s 418 yards of total offense earn him Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors.
Oct. 2, 2022: TCU debuts in the 2022 AP Poll at No. 17, beginning a steady ascent up the season’s rankings.
Oct. 8, 2022: With ESPN’s College GameDay show stationed in Lawrence, Kansas, TCU beats the undefeated No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks, 38-31. Wide receiver Quentin Johnston nabs 14 receptions for 206 yards and later earns Big 12 Player of the Week honors.
Oct. 15, 2022: TCU outlasts No. 8 Oklahoma State in a double-overtime thriller, winning 43-40. The Frogs’ three consecutive wins over ranked opponents is a first in program history.
Oct. 16, 2022: TCU rises to No. 8 in the AP Poll, breaking into the nation’s Top 10 for the first time since 2017.
Oct. 22, 2022: The Frogs win a comeback game over No. 17 Kansas State, rallying from 18 points down to triumph 38-28. Students set an attendance record.
Nov. 5, 2022: With Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff show broadcasting live from Amon G. Carter Stadium, TCU beats Texas Tech, 34-24, to move to 9-0, its best record since the 2010 Rose Bowl season.
Nov. 12, 2022: With College GameDay hosting its show live from Austin, Texas, the Frogs beat Texas 17-10. Dykes becomes the first football coach in TCU history to begin his career 10-0. The Horned Frog defense holds eventual Doak Walker Award winner Bijan Robinson to 29 yards, while TCU running back Kendre Miller sprints for 138 yards on 21 carries.
Nov. 19, 2022: TCU improves to 11-0 after beating Baylor in Waco, 29-28, thanks to Griffin Kell’s walk-off field goal. Kell earns Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week accolades and cements his place in TCU lore.
Dec. 3, 2022: TCU falls in overtime to Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Duggan leads a heroic effort to tie the game late with a 2-point conversion pass to tight end Jared Wiley.
Dec. 4, 2022: The College Football Playoff committee ranks TCU No. 3. The Frogs learn they will be the first Texas team to compete in the College Football Playoff when they will meet Michigan in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve in Glendale, Arizona.
Dec. 10, 2022: Horned Frogs clean up during ESPN’s annual college football awards show. Duggan wins the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award and comes in second for the Heisman Trophy. Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson wins the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s best defensive back. Dykes learns he is the ESPN Home Depot Coach of the Year.
Dec. 31, 2022: In one of the most exciting and memorable games of the College Football Playoff era, TCU defeats Michigan, 51-45, in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Two pick sixes by TCU defenders seal the heroic win. Viewership tops 21.7 million, bringing the TCU brand to center stage.
Jan. 9, 2023: Georgia defeats TCU in the College Football Playoff national championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Frogs are the first Big 12 or Texas team to play in the game. TCU finishes the season as the country’s No. 2 team.
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Please give this to Sonny Dikes I am a big TCU fan. every since I was little I wanted to become a TCU wide reserve I am 5’7 I have great stamina. Please look at my football stats I am at Mcgregor, and if you got this at 12:32 pm I just could not go to sleep!
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