1981 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1981 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 SMU $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Texas	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Houston	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Rice	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	2
Texas Tech	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 2–7–2 overall and 1–6–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by F. A. Dry, in his fifth year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		at Auburn*	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 16–24	48,000	^[1]
September 19		Texas–Arlington*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 38–16	18,071	^[2]
September 26		No. 20 SMU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 9–20	25,862
October 3		No. 19 Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 28–24	30,313
October 10		at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 28–41
October 17		Utah State*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	T 13–13	15,357
October 24		at Baylor	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 21–34	40,000
October 31		Houston	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 16–20	13,257
November 7		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	T 39–39	37,714
November 14	1:00 p.m.	at No. 10 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 15–31	60,038
November 21		Texas A&M	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–37
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1981 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Phil Epps	Sr
TE	`80`	Dan Sharp	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`89`	Kyle Clifton	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "New season starts with same old story". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 6, 1981. Retrieved November 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Frogs pound Mavs, 38–16". The Paris News. September 20, 1981. p. 8B. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1981 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 13, 2016.

v t e TCU Horned Frogs football
Venues	Panther Park (1911–1914, 1917, 1920–1923) Clark Field (1924–1930) Amon G. Carter Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Baylor SMU Texas Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	Super Frog "TCU Fight" Texas Christian University Marching Band 1935 "Game of the Century"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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