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TCU Beats Baylor, 30-28 - TCU Athletics
Chandler Morris, in his first career start, passed for 461 yards and Shadrach Banks had a game-saving interception to lead TCU to a 30-28 victory over Baylor in
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- FINAL STATS (PDF)
- GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- POSTGAME QUOTES
- POSTGAME NOTES
- POSTGAME - JERRY KILL
- POSTGAME - CHANDLER MORRIS
- POSTGAME - QUENTIN JOHNSTON
- POSTGAME - TRE'VIUS HODGES-TOMLINSON
- PHOTO GALLERY
The Horned Frogs beat the Bears for the sixth time in the last seven seasons and are 7-3 against them in Big 12 play.
Trailing 30-28, Baylor took possession at its 20 with 1:56 remaining. Three plays later, the Bears were at the TCU 34. Banks then recorded the first interception of his career to preserve the Horned Frogs' win.
The 461 yards by Morris, who completed 29-of-41 attempts for two touchdowns and no interceptions, ranked sixth for a single game in TCU history. It was the Horned Frogs' first 400-yard passing game since Kenny Hill, position coach for Morris, against Oklahoma in 2016.
Morris added 70 yards rushing on 11 carries to give him 531 yards of total offense, second-most in TCU history.
Leading 23-21, TCU extended the margin to 30-21 with 11:59 to play on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Morris to a wide-open Quentin Johnston in the end zone. Johnston had five receptions for 152 yards for his third 100-yard game in the last four contests.
Morris scored his first touchdown as a Horned Frog on a 12-yard keeper to tie the game at 7-7 with 6:59 left in the first quarter.
Three Griffin Kell field goals, from 30, 46 and 24 yards, were key in TCU taking a 16-14 halftime lead. Kell's final make, the 24-yard effort, came with 59 seconds left in the first half to give the Horned Frogs their advantage at the break. Kell's field goals gave him 11 consecutive made attempts, tied for the eighth-longest streak in TCU history.
On its first possession of the second half, TCU drove 83 yards in 12 plays covering 6:16 on the clock to extend its lead to 23-14 on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Morris to Dominic DiNunzio. It was the first career touchdown for DiNunzio who attends TCU on an ROTC scholarship.
TCU totaled 562 yards of offense, while the Horned Frogs defense came up with big plays throughout the contest. Kee'yon Stewart, in his first game of the season, had an interception in the end zone off a deflection by Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson.
Up Next
TCU returns to the road as it travels to Oklahoma State next Saturday, Nov. 13.
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Team Notes
* TCU won in its debut under Interim Head Coach Jerry Kill.
* The Horned Frogs have won six of the last seven meetings with Baylor and are 7-3 against the Bears in Big 12 play. TCU is 10-4 versus Baylor since the Southwest Conference dissolved after the 1995 season.
* With 117 games played, TCU has faced Baylor more than any opponent in its history. TCU holds a 57-53-7 series advantage.
* TCU's 562 yards of offense were its most in a game since totaling 625 against Kansas in 2019.
* TCU scored for the 364th consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and third-longest in NCAA history, one shy of tying Michigan (365, 1984-2014) for second all-time. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
* Ten Horned Frogs had a reception in the game.
* A sack by Nook Bradford gave TCU at least one sack in 94 of its last 100 games.
* The Horned Frogs' defense totaled seven tackles for loss from six different players.
* TCU's captains were Steve Avila, Terrell Cooper, Emari Demercado and Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson. It was the first time being a captain for Cooper and Hodges-Tomlinson.
* TCU wore an anthracite jersey, anthracite pants and a fierce purple helmet.
Individual Notes
Offense
* Chandler Morris made his first career start and totaled 531 yards of offense (461 passing, 70 rushing), the second-best total in TCU history. It trails only the 696 by Matt Vogler against Houston in 1990.
* The 461 yards passing by Morris, completing 29-of-41 attempts, were fourth-most in a game in TCU history.
* Morris was the first TCU quarterback to pass for 400 yards since Kenny Hill, his position coach, threw for 449 against Oklahoma in 2016.
* Morris scored his first touchdown as a Horned Frog on a 12-yard first-quarter keeper. He finished with 70 yards rushing on 11 carries.
* Morris also had his first career reception on a 7-yard pass from Taye Barber. It was Barber's first completion.
* Quentin Johnston had five receptions for 152 yards, his third 100-yard effort in the last four contests. His five career 100-yard games are the most among current Horned Frogs.
* Taye Barber had a season-best six receptions for 78 yards.
* Derius Davis posted a season-best 81 yards receiving on five catches.
* Dominic DiNunzio, who attends TCU on an ROTC scholarship, had a 5-yard scoring reception for his first career touchdown. He totaled a career-high two receptions in the game.
* Quincy Brown recorded a career-high three receptions for 46 yards.
* Emari Demercado's four receptions for 55 yards were one shy of equaling a career high.
Defense
• Linebacker Shadrach Banks, a converted wide receiver, had the game-saving interception with 1:03 to play for his first career pick.
* Nook Bradford recorded the first sack of his career.
* Dylan Horton and Dee Winters tied for team-best honors with eight tackles each. Horton had two stops for loss.
* Kee'yon Steward, in his first game of the season, had his first career interception. It was in the TCU end zone off a deflection from Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson.
Special Teams
* Griffin Kell had field goals of 30, 46 and 24 yards.
* Kell's streak of 11 consecutive made field-goal attempts, tying Nick Browne (2002) for eighth-longest in TCU history, came to an end.
