TCU Hosts Louisville on Friday
11/20/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 20, 2001
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The TCU Horned Frogs look to derail the 17th-ranked Louisville Cardinals from a perfect conference season as the two schools get together on the gridiron for the first time in history on Friday, November 23. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN. TCU, playing in its first season in C-USA, is 4-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play. The Frogs have dropped two straight games and three of their last four contests. After opening the season with a 21-7 setback at fourth-ranked Nebraska in the Pigskin Classic, the Frogs logged consecutive wins at North Texas (19-5) and at SMU (38-10) before falling by a 27-24 count in overtime to Division I-AA Northwestern State in their home opener to finish the non-conference slate with a 2-2 mark. The Frogs had their September 15 game vs. Marshall cancelled due to the national tragedies and will not reschedule that game this season. TCU won its conference lidlifter at Houston on September 29 by a 34-17 score, dropped a 48-22 decision at Tulane on October 13, came back with a 38-20 victory over Army on October 20, then had a dramatic second half rally fall short to East Carolina on October 30, 37-30, before losing a 38-17 decision at UAB on November 10. The Horned Frogs spent the past five years in the Western Athletic Conference, recording back-to-back conference titles in 1999 and 2000. The Frogs are playing in their 105th season of intercollegiate football. They own an all-time record of 488-490-57.
