On September 13th, 2008, the Stanford Cardinal traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to face the TCU Horned Frogs. It was the second leg of a home and home series, the first ever played between the two schools. In 2007, Stanford lost 36-38 at home. The next year, the Cardinal lost again, 14-38, but it was a strong showing considering the circumstances. Stanford was tied with TCU at 14 apiece going into the second half before the Horned Frogs pulled away with help from four Cardinal turnovers.
Stanford was in year two of Jim Harbaugh’s rebuild of the program, which was already bearing fruit.