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GoFrogs: 12-0! Horned Frogs Roll Past Iowa State

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GoFrogs: 12-0! Horned Frogs Roll Past Iowa State
FORT WORTH – No. 4 TCU closed its perfect regular season in style with a dominant 62-14 win over Iowa State on Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

The Horned Frogs are 12-0 for the third time in their history and first since 2010, when it went 13-0 en route to winning the Rose Bowl. TCU is the first Big 12 team to be 12-0 since Texas in 2009 and the first to go 9-0 in conference play since Oklahoma in 2016.

TCU started fast, scoring on its first four possessions during which it added a 36-yard interception return for a touchdown by Millard Bradford. The Horned Frogs built a 24-0 first-quarter lead and led 34-7 at the half. TCU scored a second defensive touchdown on a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown by Josh Newton in the third quarter.

TCU scored 62 points and had 377 yards against an Iowa State team that was eighth nationally in scoring defense (16.5 points per game) and sixth in total defense (277.3 yards per game).

The Horned Frogs received the opening kickoff and drove 73 yards in nine plays for the first score of the game. On a 4th-and-2 at the Iowa State 19, Max Duggan lofted a pass over the middle to a wide open Geor'Quarius Spivey in the end zone for a 7-0 lead. Griffin Kell's 36-yard field goal made it 10-0 with 4:54 left in the first quarter.

Kendre Miller broke several tackles on a 25-yard scoring run to build the margin to 17-0. Miller later added a 1-yard scoring run to extend his nation's best streak to 13 consecutive games with a rushing touchdown. The streak is also second-longest in TCU history, behind only LaDainian Tomlinson (15, 1999-00).

Bradford's Pick 6 came on the first play after Miller's first touchdown, giving TCU two scores in 8 seconds and a 24-0 lead with 2:03 to play in the first quarter.

After Iowa State cut the deficit to 24-7, Emari Demercado returned the ensuing kickoff 62 yards to set up a career long 54-yard field goal by Kell to extend TCU's lead back to 27-7. The Kell kick was the fifth-longest field goal in TCU history.

Duggan completed 17-of-24 passes for 212 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. His 29 touchdown passes are third-most in a season at TCU. He had second-half scoring tosses of 2 yards to Savion Williams and 13 yards to Jordan Hudson, one of two scoring grabs for the true freshman.

Up Next
TCU will face Kansas State in the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game next Saturday, Dec. 3, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington at 11 a.m. on ABC.
 

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TCU Football Postgame Notes
No. 4 TCU 62, Iowa State 14
Nov. 26, 2022
Fort Worth, Texas

Team Notes

*TCU is 12-0 for the third time in its history and first since 2010, when it went 13-0 en route to winning the Rose Bowl.
*TCU is the first Big 12 team to be 12-0 since Texas in 2009.
*TCU is the first Big 12 team to go 9-0 in conference play since Oklahoma in 2016.
*TCU has five wins over teams it lost to by at least two scores last season, including four by at least three scores. TCU's last loss was 48-14 at Iowa State in the 2021 season finale.
*Sonny Dykes is the first head coach in TCU and Big 12 history to win his first 12 games.
*TCU's 62 points were its most in a game since a 63-0 win over Jackson State in the 2017 season opener.
*The 48-point victory was TCU's largest in a Big 12 game since beating Iowa State 55-3 in 2014.
*TCU had dropped its last three games and four of the past five against Iowa State.
*TCU scored 62 points and had 377 yards against an Iowa State team that was eighth nationally in scoring defense (16.5 points per game) and sixth in total defense (277.3 yards per game).
*With Millard Bradford and Josh Newton, TCU had its first game with two interception returns for touchdowns since Rafael Priest and Daryl Washington against New Mexico in 2009.
*TCU scored for the 379th consecutive game, the second-longest streak in NCAA history. No. 1 is Florida at 435 games (1988-present). The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
*TCU is in the midst of a stretch of five straight games over November and December in which it does not leave the state of Texas. In addition to today's contest, the Horned Frogs opened the month with a home game against Texas Tech (Nov. 5), traveled to Texas (Nov. 12) and Baylor (Nov. 19) and will play in next Saturday's Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington (Dec. 3).
*TCU season captains Steve Avila, Dylan Horton, Quentin Johnston and Kendre Miller took part in the coin toss.
*TCU wore a black helmet, purple jersey and purple pants.

Individual Notes
Offense
*Max Duggan made his 40th career start and completed 17-of-24 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.
*Duggan's three touchdown passes gave him 29 on the season, third-most at TCU behind only Trevone Boykin (33, 2014; 31, 2015).
*Geor'Quarius Spivey's 19-yard reception on a 4th-and-2 pass from Duggan on the game's opening series marked his first collegiate touchdown and was part of a TCU career-high three receptions for 43 yards.
*Kendre Miller's touchdown runs of 1 and 25 yards gave him a rushing score in all 12 games this year, tying the longest streak to begin a season in TCU history. Pro Football Hall of Famer and TCU Board of Trustees member LaDainian Tomlinson ran for a touchdown in all 12 games in 2000.
*Miller's 13 consecutive games with a rushing touchdown is the longest active streak in the nation and ranks second all-time at TCU, behind only Tomlinson (15, 1999-00).
*Miller has a team-best 16 rushing touchdowns, fourth-most in a season at TCU.
*Miller's 25 rushing touchdowns move him past Duggan into sole possession of eighth place in TCU history.
*Miller ran for a team-best 72 yards on 15 carries.
*Savion Williams had a career-high five receptions for 48 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown.
*Both of Jordan Hudson's receptions went for touchdowns, from 13 and 2 yards.
*Chandler Morris completed 5-of-6 passes for 34 yards, including a touchdown.

Defense
*Millard Bradford's 36-yard interception return for a touchdown was TCU's first defensive score of the season and first Pick 6 since Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson at Texas Tech last season.
*It was Bradford's first interception of the season and second of his career.
*Josh Newton's 57-yard interception return for a touchdown was his third pick this season and sixth of his career.
*Newton also broke up two passes and totaled four tackles.
*Dee Winters and Bud Clark tied for team-high honors with six tackles.
*Clark's six stops gave him a second straight game with a career-high. He had five tackles at Baylor.
*Jamoi Hodge had a sack to give him 3.5 on the season.
*Kee'yon Stewart had the first forced fumble of his career.
*Tymon Mitchell had his first career fumble recovery.

Special Teams
*Griffin Kell had a career long 54-yard field goal and a 36-yard make. He is 14-of-15 on the season and 43-of-54 in his career.
*Kell's 54-yard field goal was the fifth-longest in TCU history.
*Kell's 43 career field goals have him in sole possession of sixth place on TCU's career list.
*Emari Demercado had a career long 62-yard kickoff return.
 
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