 The return of national prominence of TCU football began under the watch of Dennis Franchione when TCU defeated the Trojans of USC in the 1998 Sun Bowl.From 1939, the year after TCU's last national championship, to 1997, TCU's record was 314–383–24.In those 67 years, TCU won 6 Southwest Conference titles and attended 11 bowl games winning only one of those games.