TCU Hosts Southern to Open 2018 Season

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, Sept. 1	TV: FSN
Kickoff: 11 a.m. CT	Radio: WBAP 820 AM, Sirius 113, XM 200
Location: Fort Worth, Texas	Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 FM
Stadium: Amon G. Carter Stadium	Series: First Meeting

ABOUT THE GAME
-No. 16 TCU opens its 2018 campaign Sept. 1 with an 11 a.m. home game versus Southern.
-Beginning his 18th season, TCU's Gary Patterson is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach. He trails only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (20th year).
-Patterson's 160 victories at TCU rank second nationally behind Kansas State's Bill Snyder (210) for most wins by a head coach at his current school. -The Horned Frogs are ranked in the preseason for the 10th time in the last 13 years.
-The Horned Frogs are 82-19 in 17 seasons under Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
-The Horned Frogs went 6-0 in Amon G. Carter Stadium last season for their third perfect campaign at home in the last four seasons.
-TCU is 11-1, with an 11-game winning streak, versus FCS opponents under Patterson.

SEASON OPENERS
-TCU is opening at home for just the seventh time in Gary Patterson's 18 seasons as head coach. During that stretch, the Horned Frogs will have had nine road games, seven home dates and two neutral-site contests (Arlington, Texas).
-TCU is 13-4 in season debuts under Patterson and 73-39-9 overall in openers.
-TCU has won its last four season openers and 13 of the past 15, including victories over No. 5 Oklahoma in 2005 and No. 22 Oregon State in 2010.

HOME OPENERS
-TCU has won its last 16 home openers, tied for the nation's ninth-longest active streak.
-TCU's 16 straight victories in home openers are under head coach Gary Patterson. In 12 of those wins, the Horned Frogs allowed 17 points or less.
-TCU is 16-1 overall in home openers under Patterson.

SERIES HISTORY
-TCU and Southern are meeting for the first time.
-The Horned Frogs are facing an opponent from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) for just the third time in their history.
-TCU defeated Jackson State, 63-0, last season and Grambling State, 56-0, in the 2012 season opener. The GSU contest marked the first game in the rebuilt Amon G. Carter Stadium as well as the 110th career win for Gary Patterson, making him TCU's all-time winningest coach.

DAVEY DAY
-To commemorate the 80th anniversary of quarterback Davey O'Brien winning the Heisman Trophy in leading the 1938 Horned Frogs to their second national championship in four seasons, TCU will celebrate Davey Day at its season opener.
-The Horned Frogs will wear stickers on their helmet honoring O'Brien, in addition to a field marking for him. Davey O'Brien Jr., his son, will be TCU's honorary captain. During its pregame show, the TCU band will form a No. 8 on the field.
-On game day, a floral arrangement will be placed at O'Brien's statue in front of Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena.

TCU NOTABLES
-TCU is one of just five programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times in the last four seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
-Over the last four seasons, the Horned Frogs' 40-13 overall record and 26-10 conference mark both rank second in the Big 12.
-Ten of TCU's 12 regular-season games will be played in the state of Texas. The Horned Frogs will not leave the state until their first flight of the season Oct. 26 for a game at Kansas.
-Gary Patterson's 17 seasons as TCU's head coach are more than the combined tenures of the 11 other FBS head coaches in the state of Texas.
-Following a 45-22 win over Baylor in the 2017 regular-season finale, Patterson announced his contract extension through 2024.
-In 17 seasons under Patterson, TCU has posted seven top-10 finishes and 11 in the top 25. The Horned Frogs have won at least 11 games in 10 of the last 15 seasons.
-Construction is underway, with completion in time for the 2019 season, on the $100 million Amon G. Carter Stadium premium seating expansion. The project calls for two new levels of luxury seating above the current upper deck on the east side of the stadium. The new Legends Club and Suites will include 48 loge boxes with two private clubs, over 1,000 club seats and 22 luxury suites.



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