1976 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1976 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Texas Tech +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
SMU	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 0–11 overall and 0–8 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Jim Shofner, in his third and final 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[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11		at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 14–34	24,328
September 18		at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 0–31	79,564	^[1]
September 25		at No. 6 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 10–64	74,981
October 2		at Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 14–46	37,186
October 9		Rice	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 23–26
October 23		at Miami (FL)*	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	L 0–49	10,779
October 30		at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX	L 21–49	18,263
November 6		No. 5 Texas Tech	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 10–14	20,986
November 13	2:00 p.m.	Texas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 7–34	16,523
November 20		at No. 11 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 10–59	44,055
November 27		Baylor	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 19–24	11,480
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "'Tennessee waltz' too much for TCU as Vols romp 31–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 19, 1976. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1976 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved June 22, 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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