1978 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 1978 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 2–9 overall and 0–8 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by F. A. Dry, in his second year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 14–45	41,112	^[1]
September 23	at Oregon*	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 14–10	30,500	^[2]
September 30	at No. 5 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	L 0–58	76,832	^[3]
October 7	at No. 4 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 3–42	54,430	^[4]
October 14	Rice	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 14–21	34,433	^[5]
October 21	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 13–7	22,748	^[6]
October 28	Baylor	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 21–28	16,722	^[7]
November 4	at No. 10 Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	L 6–63	30,011	^[8]
November 11	Texas Tech	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 17–27	17,228	^[9]
November 18	No. 9 Texas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 0–41	20,014	^[10]
November 25	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 7–15	41,484	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1978 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Houston $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Arkansas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Texas	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. 19 Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
SMU	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll