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GoFrogs: No. 20 TCU rallies for 56-36 win over SMU
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – When TCU practices those last-play passes during the week, the 20th-ranked Horned Frogs usually do so against air without any defenders on the field.
SMU didn't offer much resistance for the real thing Saturday in what was a momentum-shifting play.
Jalen Reagor made a leaping 38-yard TD catch between four defenders who didn't jump with him on the final play of the first half, finally putting the Frogs ahead to stay in a 56-36 victory.
''It made a huge difference, just give us a little something going into halftime, kind of deflated them a little bit,'' quarterback Kenny Hill said. ''That's the first time I've been in a game that I've ever seen a Hail Mary completed.''
The Mustangs (2-1) led 19-7 before Hill threw three TD passes in the final 7 1/2 minutes of the second quarter. The last was Reagor's catch in a crowd of Mustangs who seemed more like observers than defenders.
''We knew they were going to throw it,'' SMU coach Chad Morris said. ''We practiced it, we put our guys in position. They had one guy jump and we had nobody jump.''
Darius Anderson ran for two touchdowns for TCU (3-0) in the second half, including the first drive after halftime. Speedy running back Kenedy Snell also scored twice, while Hill completed 24 of 30 passes for 365 yards and four touchdowns.
Snell had a 10-yard TD run and later turned a short pass into a 71-yard sprint to the end zone . That long score put TCU up 21-19 with 2:40 left in the first half. Snell and Reagor are both true freshmen from Waxahachie, Texas, less than an hour from the TCU campus
''Obviously, we put it in so (Reagor) could jump there. We already knew he could do it,'' Patterson said when talking about the two newcomers. ''We've been chasing Snell all through two-a-days.''
Josh Williams kicked his third field goal for SMU after Snell's big play, but TCU still had time. Taking over at its 44 with 10 seconds left after the kickoff, Snell had an 18-yard run before a timeout to set up the final play.
SMU was trying to start 3-0 for the first time since 1984. That was before the Mustangs were shut down in 1987 and 1988 by crippling sanctions and the NCAA's so-called death penalty
Ben Hicks threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns for SMU with two interceptions, one returned 19 yards for a touchdown by linebacker Travin Howard. Trey Quinn, an LSU transfer, had seven catches for 116 yards with a 58-yard TD that put the Mustangs ahead only 2 1/2 minutes into the game.
''When you play an opponent such as TCU and what they've built here, it comes down to four or five plays. We did some really, really good things today, but we did some things that were costly, very critical mistakes,'' third-year coach Chad Morris said. ''If we can learn from today, then it'll be a win down the road.''
COURT OUT OF SESSION
Courtland Sutton matched an SMU record with four touchdown catches last week against North Texas. He had one catch for zero yards against TCU, and on that play took a hard hit from a 326-pound defensive tackle.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
While the Horned Frogs won going away, they were big favorites going into the game and there likely will be little room for them to move up much in the next poll - if at all.
UP NEXT
SMU: After its only non-conference road game, the Mustangs return home to play Arkansas State in their last game before AAC play.
TCU: The Horned Frogs open their Big 12 schedule at No. 9 Oklahoma State (3-0) next Saturday.
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POST-GAME NOTES
Team Notes
* TCU improved to 3-0 for the ninth time in 17 seasons under head coach Gary Patterson. Its 32-10 overall record over the last four years is second-best among Big 12 programs.
* TCU defeated SMU for the sixth straight season and 10th time in 11 years.
* Patterson is now 14-2 as a head coach versus SMU.
* TCU’s 619 yards of total offense were its most since posting 688 in a 62-22 win at Baylor last season.
* After trailing 19-7 2:50 into the second quarter, TCU outscored SMU 49-17 the remainder of the contest.
* A 10-yard scoring run by Kenedy Snell gave TCU a touchdown on its opening drive for the third straight game.
* The Horned Frogs scored a first-quarter touchdown for the 36th time in their last 42 games.
* TCU led 28-22 at halftime and is now 122-14 when ahead at the half under Patterson.
* TCU had 254 rushing yards and is now 85-5 under Patterson when running for at least 200 yards.
* The Horned Frogs had an interception return for a touchdown for the second time this season as Travin Howard returned a pick 19 yards. Ridwan Issahaku had a 53-yard pick-six versus Jackson State.
* TCU has three defensive touchdowns this season and a total of 33 nonoffensive scores, including 20 interception returns for touchdowns, since 2010.
* TCU scored for the 309th consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and fourth all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991 at Texas (32-0).
* A Ross Blacklock block of an SMU field goal gave TCU its second blocked field goal in its last four games.
* TCU's team captains were Kenny Hill, Ranthony Texada, Travin Howard and Austin Schlottmann. Texada was a captain for the first time.
* As part of the White Out at Amon G. Carter Stadium, TCU wore a white jersey with white pants and a purple chrome helmet.
* TCU won the coin toss for the third straight game.
Individual Notes
* Kyle Hicks’ 41-yard carry on TCU’s opening snap of the game was the Horned Frogs’ longest run from scrimmage this season, bettering by 1 yard a 40-yard gain by Shawn Robinson.
* Hicks and John Diarse both had a reception to extend their team-best streaks to 17 consecutive games with a catch.
* Kenedy Snell’s 71-yard touchdown catch from Kenny Hill was TCU’s longest play from scrimmage since a 74-yard scoring toss from Hill to Taj Williams last season versus Oklahoma.
* Jalen Reagor’s 38-yard touchdown reception from Hill on the final play of the first half was the first touchdown reception of his career. Reagor finished with three catches for 79 yards.
* KaVontae Turpin’s 88 yards receiving, on seven receptions with a 27-yard touchdown catch, give him 1,062 in his career.
* Turpin’s seven receptions tied a career-high, set on three previous occasions.
* Hill completed 24-of-30 passes for four touchdowns and 365 yards, marking his fifth 300-yard game in 16 contests at TCU.
* Hill had four TD passes for the second time in three games this season and third time in his TCU career. His career-high five scoring tosses came last year versus Oklahoma.
* Shaun Nixon’s 11-yard touchdown reception from Hill was his second career scoring grab and first since Nov. 14, 2015 versus Kansas. Nixon missed last season due to injury.
* Darius Anderson had scoring runs of 4 and 48 yards to give him a team-best three rushing touchdowns on the season and four in his career.
* Anderson’s 89 yards led TCU in rushing for the third straight game.
* Sewo Olonilua’s 63 yards rushing on nine carries were a career high.
* Wide receiver Dylan Thomas made his first career start.
* Travin Howard had a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown on his third career pick.
* Ben Banogu had two tackles for loss. He has at least one stop behind the line of scrimmage in all three games.
* Ross Blacklock blocked a third-quarter SMU field-goal attempt, TCU’s first block of a field goal since L.J. Collier in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl versus Georgia.
GoFrogs: No. 20 TCU rallies for 56-36 win over SMU
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – When TCU practices those last-play passes during the week, the 20th-ranked Horned Frogs usually do so against air without any defenders on the field.
SMU didn't offer much resistance for the real thing Saturday in what was a momentum-shifting play.
Jalen Reagor made a leaping 38-yard TD catch between four defenders who didn't jump with him on the final play of the first half, finally putting the Frogs ahead to stay in a 56-36 victory.
''It made a huge difference, just give us a little something going into halftime, kind of deflated them a little bit,'' quarterback Kenny Hill said. ''That's the first time I've been in a game that I've ever seen a Hail Mary completed.''
The Mustangs (2-1) led 19-7 before Hill threw three TD passes in the final 7 1/2 minutes of the second quarter. The last was Reagor's catch in a crowd of Mustangs who seemed more like observers than defenders.
''We knew they were going to throw it,'' SMU coach Chad Morris said. ''We practiced it, we put our guys in position. They had one guy jump and we had nobody jump.''
Darius Anderson ran for two touchdowns for TCU (3-0) in the second half, including the first drive after halftime. Speedy running back Kenedy Snell also scored twice, while Hill completed 24 of 30 passes for 365 yards and four touchdowns.
Snell had a 10-yard TD run and later turned a short pass into a 71-yard sprint to the end zone . That long score put TCU up 21-19 with 2:40 left in the first half. Snell and Reagor are both true freshmen from Waxahachie, Texas, less than an hour from the TCU campus
''Obviously, we put it in so (Reagor) could jump there. We already knew he could do it,'' Patterson said when talking about the two newcomers. ''We've been chasing Snell all through two-a-days.''
Josh Williams kicked his third field goal for SMU after Snell's big play, but TCU still had time. Taking over at its 44 with 10 seconds left after the kickoff, Snell had an 18-yard run before a timeout to set up the final play.
SMU was trying to start 3-0 for the first time since 1984. That was before the Mustangs were shut down in 1987 and 1988 by crippling sanctions and the NCAA's so-called death penalty
Ben Hicks threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns for SMU with two interceptions, one returned 19 yards for a touchdown by linebacker Travin Howard. Trey Quinn, an LSU transfer, had seven catches for 116 yards with a 58-yard TD that put the Mustangs ahead only 2 1/2 minutes into the game.
''When you play an opponent such as TCU and what they've built here, it comes down to four or five plays. We did some really, really good things today, but we did some things that were costly, very critical mistakes,'' third-year coach Chad Morris said. ''If we can learn from today, then it'll be a win down the road.''
COURT OUT OF SESSION
Courtland Sutton matched an SMU record with four touchdown catches last week against North Texas. He had one catch for zero yards against TCU, and on that play took a hard hit from a 326-pound defensive tackle.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
While the Horned Frogs won going away, they were big favorites going into the game and there likely will be little room for them to move up much in the next poll - if at all.
UP NEXT
SMU: After its only non-conference road game, the Mustangs return home to play Arkansas State in their last game before AAC play.
TCU: The Horned Frogs open their Big 12 schedule at No. 9 Oklahoma State (3-0) next Saturday.
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POST-GAME NOTES
Team Notes
* TCU improved to 3-0 for the ninth time in 17 seasons under head coach Gary Patterson. Its 32-10 overall record over the last four years is second-best among Big 12 programs.
* TCU defeated SMU for the sixth straight season and 10th time in 11 years.
* Patterson is now 14-2 as a head coach versus SMU.
* TCU’s 619 yards of total offense were its most since posting 688 in a 62-22 win at Baylor last season.
* After trailing 19-7 2:50 into the second quarter, TCU outscored SMU 49-17 the remainder of the contest.
* A 10-yard scoring run by Kenedy Snell gave TCU a touchdown on its opening drive for the third straight game.
* The Horned Frogs scored a first-quarter touchdown for the 36th time in their last 42 games.
* TCU led 28-22 at halftime and is now 122-14 when ahead at the half under Patterson.
* TCU had 254 rushing yards and is now 85-5 under Patterson when running for at least 200 yards.
* The Horned Frogs had an interception return for a touchdown for the second time this season as Travin Howard returned a pick 19 yards. Ridwan Issahaku had a 53-yard pick-six versus Jackson State.
* TCU has three defensive touchdowns this season and a total of 33 nonoffensive scores, including 20 interception returns for touchdowns, since 2010.
* TCU scored for the 309th consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and fourth all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991 at Texas (32-0).
* A Ross Blacklock block of an SMU field goal gave TCU its second blocked field goal in its last four games.
* TCU's team captains were Kenny Hill, Ranthony Texada, Travin Howard and Austin Schlottmann. Texada was a captain for the first time.
* As part of the White Out at Amon G. Carter Stadium, TCU wore a white jersey with white pants and a purple chrome helmet.
* TCU won the coin toss for the third straight game.
Individual Notes
* Kyle Hicks’ 41-yard carry on TCU’s opening snap of the game was the Horned Frogs’ longest run from scrimmage this season, bettering by 1 yard a 40-yard gain by Shawn Robinson.
* Hicks and John Diarse both had a reception to extend their team-best streaks to 17 consecutive games with a catch.
* Kenedy Snell’s 71-yard touchdown catch from Kenny Hill was TCU’s longest play from scrimmage since a 74-yard scoring toss from Hill to Taj Williams last season versus Oklahoma.
* Jalen Reagor’s 38-yard touchdown reception from Hill on the final play of the first half was the first touchdown reception of his career. Reagor finished with three catches for 79 yards.
* KaVontae Turpin’s 88 yards receiving, on seven receptions with a 27-yard touchdown catch, give him 1,062 in his career.
* Turpin’s seven receptions tied a career-high, set on three previous occasions.
* Hill completed 24-of-30 passes for four touchdowns and 365 yards, marking his fifth 300-yard game in 16 contests at TCU.
* Hill had four TD passes for the second time in three games this season and third time in his TCU career. His career-high five scoring tosses came last year versus Oklahoma.
* Shaun Nixon’s 11-yard touchdown reception from Hill was his second career scoring grab and first since Nov. 14, 2015 versus Kansas. Nixon missed last season due to injury.
* Darius Anderson had scoring runs of 4 and 48 yards to give him a team-best three rushing touchdowns on the season and four in his career.
* Anderson’s 89 yards led TCU in rushing for the third straight game.
* Sewo Olonilua’s 63 yards rushing on nine carries were a career high.
* Wide receiver Dylan Thomas made his first career start.
* Travin Howard had a 19-yard interception return for a touchdown on his third career pick.
* Ben Banogu had two tackles for loss. He has at least one stop behind the line of scrimmage in all three games.
* Ross Blacklock blocked a third-quarter SMU field-goal attempt, TCU’s first block of a field goal since L.J. Collier in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl versus Georgia.
