Fiesta Bowl Bound

TCU and Boise State to meet in a battle of undefeated teams

The third-ranked TCU football team will make its first appearance in a BCS game when it faces No. 6 Boise State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4 in Glendale, Ariz.

Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. MST at University of Phoenix Stadium. The game will be televised on FOX.

The Horned Frogs (12-0), who own the nation's second-longest current winning streak at 14 in a row, will be making their 11th bowl appearance in the last 12 seasons. TCU has won its last four bowl games and is one of just seven programs nationally to have a current bowl winning streak of at least four in row.

The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl will mark the 25th bowl appearance in TCU's history. The Horned Frogs are 11-12-1 in bowl games.

TCU is 7-3 in bowl games with head coach Gary Patterson on its coaching staff and 5-3 with him as head coach. Prior to Patterson's arrival on campus in 1998, the Horned Frogs had just four bowl wins in their history.

"We are excited about going to the Fiesta Bowl and playing a Boise State team that has a great program," Patterson said. "I owe this to my team because of the way they played this season.

"We never backed down and I'm excited for us. We've been close many times. To be here, with this great TCU crowd, it is very special to our seniors and our football team. They won a Mountain West Conference championship and now they are going to a BCS bowl. I am very happy for them."

It's the first time TCU has played in a bowl game with the two teams having a combined ranking this high since the 1938 Sugar Bowl, when the top-ranked Horned Frogs defeated No. 5 Carnegie Tech, 15-7, to win the national championship. The Frogs are 5-4-1 when playing a bowl game with both teams ranked.