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GoFrogs: TCU at Baylor preview
DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Waco, Texas (McLane Stadium)
SERIES RECORD: TCU leads, 55-53-7
LAST MEETING: Baylor won, 29-23 (3 OT)
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Kris Budden)
RADIO: WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7 FM (Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine)
SPANISH RADIO: KFZO 99.1 FM (Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos)
ABOUT THE GAME
• TCU hits the road for just the second time this season when it makes the short trek down I-35 to Waco to face Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
• Eight of TCU's 10 scheduled games this season are in Texas. The Horned Frogs don't leave the state until a Nov. 14 contest at West Virginia.
• Prior to last season's loss in triple overtime, the Horned Frogs' four straight victories over the Bears (2015-18) represented their longest winning streak in the series since a run of eight straight from 1964-71.
• TCU's Gary Patterson is 8-4 as a head coach versus Baylor, including a 5-3 mark since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.
• Patterson's eight wins over Baylor have an average margin of 22.1 points, while the four losses are by a combined total of 14 points (3.5 avg.).
• Under Patterson, TCU is 44-19 in regular-season games following a loss.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU has a 55-53-7 series lead over Baylor.
• With 115 games played, TCU has faced Baylor more than any opponent in its history.
• The Horned Frogs are 28-24-1 on the road against the Bears and 27-29-4 at home. Both neutral-site meetings saw TCU and Baylor play to a tie.
• The first game between TCU and Baylor was a scoreless tie in 1899.
• TCU is 8-4 against Baylor since the Southwest Conference dissolved after the 1995 season.
FORMER CROSSTOWN RIVALS
• After being founded in 1873 in Thorp Spring, Texas, as AddRan Male and Female College, TCU's campus moved to Waco in 1895.
• The name was changed to AddRan Christian University in 1889 and Texas Christian University in 1902.
• TCU relocated to downtown Fort Worth in 1910 when the Waco facility burned down. The University then opened three new buildings on its present campus in 1911.
THE KINGSMEN CONNECTION
• Both head coaches in Saturday's game have a connection to Cal Lutheran.
• Baylor's Dave Aranda graduated from Cal Lutheran in 1999 and was the Kingsmen's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in the 2005-06 seasons.
• Patterson was Cal Lutheran's defensive coordinator in 1987.
ROAD WARRIORS
• Since 2009, TCU ranks fifth nationally with 42 road wins. The Horned Frogs are 42-19 (.689) in that stretch.
• TCU's 50-25 record (.667) in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is seventh-best nationally.
• The Horned Frogs are 20-18 on the road in their Big 12 history.
SIXTH IS FINE FOR NOW
• The Horned Frogs were picked sixth in the 2020 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll.
• TCU won conference championships in both previous seasons it was picked sixth or lower in a preseason poll under Head Coach Gary Patterson (6th, 2005 Mountain West; 7th, 2014 Big 12).
TCU NOTABLES
• Over the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (34-24) and overall mark (53-29).
• TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last six seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
• TCU had five 11-win seasons last decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in Texas.
• Patterson, at 20 seasons, is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (22nd year).
• Patterson recently released two music singles in which he wrote and provided lead vocals on, "Take A Step Back" and "Game On."
• TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense the last three seasons.
• The Horned Frogs have just 10 scholarship seniors on this year's team.
• Quarterback Max Duggan is 15th in the nation in completion percentage (69.6). He was at 53.4 last season. The year-to-year difference of +16.2 is the fourth-largest jump in the FBS since 1996.
• JD Spielman is tied for the national lead with a reception in 36 consecutive games. He ranks 10th in the country in punt return average at 11.4 yards.
GoFrogs: TCU at Baylor preview
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DATE: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Waco, Texas (McLane Stadium)
SERIES RECORD: TCU leads, 55-53-7
LAST MEETING: Baylor won, 29-23 (3 OT)
TV: ESPN2 (Dave Flemming, Rod Gilmore, Kris Budden)
RADIO: WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7 FM (Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine)
SPANISH RADIO: KFZO 99.1 FM (Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos)
ABOUT THE GAME
• TCU hits the road for just the second time this season when it makes the short trek down I-35 to Waco to face Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
• Eight of TCU's 10 scheduled games this season are in Texas. The Horned Frogs don't leave the state until a Nov. 14 contest at West Virginia.
• Prior to last season's loss in triple overtime, the Horned Frogs' four straight victories over the Bears (2015-18) represented their longest winning streak in the series since a run of eight straight from 1964-71.
• TCU's Gary Patterson is 8-4 as a head coach versus Baylor, including a 5-3 mark since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.
• Patterson's eight wins over Baylor have an average margin of 22.1 points, while the four losses are by a combined total of 14 points (3.5 avg.).
• Under Patterson, TCU is 44-19 in regular-season games following a loss.
SERIES HISTORY
• TCU has a 55-53-7 series lead over Baylor.
• With 115 games played, TCU has faced Baylor more than any opponent in its history.
• The Horned Frogs are 28-24-1 on the road against the Bears and 27-29-4 at home. Both neutral-site meetings saw TCU and Baylor play to a tie.
• The first game between TCU and Baylor was a scoreless tie in 1899.
• TCU is 8-4 against Baylor since the Southwest Conference dissolved after the 1995 season.
FORMER CROSSTOWN RIVALS
• After being founded in 1873 in Thorp Spring, Texas, as AddRan Male and Female College, TCU's campus moved to Waco in 1895.
• The name was changed to AddRan Christian University in 1889 and Texas Christian University in 1902.
• TCU relocated to downtown Fort Worth in 1910 when the Waco facility burned down. The University then opened three new buildings on its present campus in 1911.
THE KINGSMEN CONNECTION
• Both head coaches in Saturday's game have a connection to Cal Lutheran.
• Baylor's Dave Aranda graduated from Cal Lutheran in 1999 and was the Kingsmen's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in the 2005-06 seasons.
• Patterson was Cal Lutheran's defensive coordinator in 1987.
ROAD WARRIORS
• Since 2009, TCU ranks fifth nationally with 42 road wins. The Horned Frogs are 42-19 (.689) in that stretch.
• TCU's 50-25 record (.667) in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is seventh-best nationally.
• The Horned Frogs are 20-18 on the road in their Big 12 history.
SIXTH IS FINE FOR NOW
• The Horned Frogs were picked sixth in the 2020 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll.
• TCU won conference championships in both previous seasons it was picked sixth or lower in a preseason poll under Head Coach Gary Patterson (6th, 2005 Mountain West; 7th, 2014 Big 12).
TCU NOTABLES
• Over the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (34-24) and overall mark (53-29).
• TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last six seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
• TCU had five 11-win seasons last decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in Texas.
• Patterson, at 20 seasons, is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (22nd year).
• Patterson recently released two music singles in which he wrote and provided lead vocals on, "Take A Step Back" and "Game On."
• TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense the last three seasons.
• The Horned Frogs have just 10 scholarship seniors on this year's team.
• Quarterback Max Duggan is 15th in the nation in completion percentage (69.6). He was at 53.4 last season. The year-to-year difference of +16.2 is the fourth-largest jump in the FBS since 1996.
• JD Spielman is tied for the national lead with a reception in 36 consecutive games. He ranks 10th in the country in punt return average at 11.4 yards.
