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GoFrogs: TCU Drops Home Contest to SMU, 41-38
FORT WORTH – No. 25 TCU outscored SMU 21-10 in the second half, but an early 15-0 deficit proved too much to overcome as the Horned Frogs fell to the Mustangs, 41-38, Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
Down 41-38 with 2:35 to play, TCU's defense clamped down and forced the Mustangs to punt, giving the home squad a chance to win it in the final moments. However, four plays later SMU took the ball over on downs with 55 seconds left.
SMU (4-0) scored on its opening drive and never trailed in the game. After the Mustangs took a 15-0 lead, Darius Anderson got the Horned Frogs (2-1) on the board with 2:57 remaining in the first quarter on a 14-yard touchdown run.
Anderson hit paydirt again with 13:05 left in the second quarter, this time scoring from 3 yards out. The play was set up by an Anderson 77-yard run on the first snap of the series. Anderson notched his second-consecutive 100-yard game on the ground, finishing with 161 yards and two scores.
SMU extended its lead back to 10 points as Ke'Mon Freeman's 1-yard score made it 24-14.
Jonathan Song put three points on the board for the Horned Frogs with 3:28 to play in the second quarter, but SMU tacked on a 9-yard TD pass from Shane Buechele to James Proche to go up 31-17 just before the break.
TCU scored the only touchdown of the third quarter when Max Duggan hit Pro Wells from 12 yards out on a 3rd-and-nine play, cutting its deficit to 31-24
In the second half, Duggan completed 15-of-26 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns.
Trailing 38-24, the Horned Frogs closed within 38-31 on Sewo Olonilua's first career receiving touchdown, a 5-yard toss from Duggan. SMU's Russell Roberts' 32-yard field goal with 6:36 left provided the decisive points in the game as the Mustangs' lead was extended to 41-31, before Duggan hit Wells again from 13 yards to provide the final margin of 41-38.
Dylan Thomas topped all TCU receivers with four catches for 70 yards.
TCU held SMU to 130 yards of offense in the second half. Garret Wallow led the defense with a career-high 19 tackles (11 solo). It marks the most tackles for a TCU player in a game since Travin Howard totaled 19 against Texas Tech on Oct. 29, 2016.
UP NEXT
TCU wraps up a two-game homestand next Saturday, Sept. 28, taking on Kansas in its Big 12 opener. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. and the contest will be televised on FS1. SMU opens American Athletic Conference play next week and will travel to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. and the contest will be televised on ESPNU.
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TCU-SMU POSTGAME NOTES
Team Notes
* The last two times (2005, 2011) it lost to SMU, TCU went on to win 11 games in both seasons.
* Over the last six seasons, TCU's 49-20 overall record and 30-15 conference mark ranks second in the Big 12.
* Gary Patterson is now 15-3 as a head coach versus SMU.
* Today marked the 99th meeting between TCU and SMU with the Horned Frogs holding a 51-41-7 edge in the series.
* TCU started a combined four redshirt or true freshmen on defense: defensive end Ochaun Mathis, cornerback Kee'yon Stewart, safety Ar'Darius Washington and linebacker Dee Winters.
* TCU rushed for 236 yards and is now 93-7 when totaling at least 200 on the ground.
* The Horned Frogs had the edge in time of possession, 30:05 to 29:55, and lost for just the second time in their last 27 games when leading in that area.
* The Horned Frogs had a sack, giving them at least one in 70 of their last 73 games.
* TCU scored for the 336th 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).
* TCU's team captains were Ross Blacklock, Alex Delton, Jalen Reagor and Garret Wallow. Delton and Wallow were captains for the third consecutive game.
* TCU wore a purple helmet with a purple jersey and black pants.
Individual Notes
Offense
* Quarterback Max Duggan and wide receiver Al'Dontre Davis made their first career starts.
* Darius Anderson's 14- and 3-yard scoring runs gave him a team-leading four touchdowns on the season.
* Duggan is the second true freshman (Shawn Robinson, at Texas Tech, 2017) to start at quarterback in the 19-season head coaching tenure of Gary Patterson.
* Duggan (Council Bluffs, Iowa) is the third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the Patterson era, joining current teammates Mike Collins (New Canaan, Conn.) and Alex Delton (Hays, Kan.).
* Duggan had his first game with multiple touchdown passes as he had second-half scoring tosses of 12 and 13 yards to Pro Wells and 5 yards to Sewo Olonilua.
* Duggan completed 15-of-26 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns in the second half.
* Darius Anderson had 161 yards on 19 carries for the first consecutive 100-yard rushing games of his career. He had a career-high 179 yards on 16 carries in last week's 34-13 win at Purdue.
* Anderson's 77-yard carry was TCU's longest play from scrimmage since Jalen Reagor's 83-yard touchdown run versus Oklahoma State last season.
* Anderson's 77-yard run was the second-longest of his career, trailing only his 93-yard touchdown against Ohio State last year. It was his third career run of at least 70 yards.
* Anderson added two receptions and a career-long 47-yard kickoff return.
* Pro Wells' first career touchdowns came on his two catches in the game, 12 and 13 yards.
* Olonilua's 5-yard scoring grab was his first career receiving touchdown.
Defense
* Garret Wallow had a team-best and career-high 19 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss. He surpassed his previous career-high of 13 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff this season.
* Wallow had three consecutive double-digit tackle games for the first time in his career.
* Wallow's 19 tackles are the most by a TCU player since Travin Howard totaled 19 against Texas Tech in 20
* Wallow's 19 tackles match the fourth-highest total in a game in the 19-season Gary Patterson head coaching era.
* Wallow recorded a half sack and now has 2.5 on the season. He had 3.0 in 2018.
* Jeff Gladney recorded a season-high three pass breakups in the game, just one shy of his career-high of four PBUs in last year's win over Oklahoma State. He added four tackles, including a half-sack.
* Redshirt freshman safety Ar'Darius Washington made his first collegiate start.
* Washington had his second interception of the season, tying Trevon Moehrig for the team lead.
* Washington added a career-high six stops.
* Moehrig tied a career high with seven tackles.
* Terrell Cooper had a career-high seven tackles.
* True freshman Dee Winters had a career-high seven tackles, equaling his total from the first two games combined.
Special Teams
* Jonathan Song's 29-yard field goal made him 8-of-8 on the season and 25-of-28 in his career. He is 24-of-25 on attempts inside 40 yards.
GoFrogs: TCU Drops Home Contest to SMU, 41-38
FORT WORTH – No. 25 TCU outscored SMU 21-10 in the second half, but an early 15-0 deficit proved too much to overcome as the Horned Frogs fell to the Mustangs, 41-38, Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
Down 41-38 with 2:35 to play, TCU's defense clamped down and forced the Mustangs to punt, giving the home squad a chance to win it in the final moments. However, four plays later SMU took the ball over on downs with 55 seconds left.
SMU (4-0) scored on its opening drive and never trailed in the game. After the Mustangs took a 15-0 lead, Darius Anderson got the Horned Frogs (2-1) on the board with 2:57 remaining in the first quarter on a 14-yard touchdown run.
Anderson hit paydirt again with 13:05 left in the second quarter, this time scoring from 3 yards out. The play was set up by an Anderson 77-yard run on the first snap of the series. Anderson notched his second-consecutive 100-yard game on the ground, finishing with 161 yards and two scores.
SMU extended its lead back to 10 points as Ke'Mon Freeman's 1-yard score made it 24-14.
Jonathan Song put three points on the board for the Horned Frogs with 3:28 to play in the second quarter, but SMU tacked on a 9-yard TD pass from Shane Buechele to James Proche to go up 31-17 just before the break.
TCU scored the only touchdown of the third quarter when Max Duggan hit Pro Wells from 12 yards out on a 3rd-and-nine play, cutting its deficit to 31-24
In the second half, Duggan completed 15-of-26 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns.
Trailing 38-24, the Horned Frogs closed within 38-31 on Sewo Olonilua's first career receiving touchdown, a 5-yard toss from Duggan. SMU's Russell Roberts' 32-yard field goal with 6:36 left provided the decisive points in the game as the Mustangs' lead was extended to 41-31, before Duggan hit Wells again from 13 yards to provide the final margin of 41-38.
Dylan Thomas topped all TCU receivers with four catches for 70 yards.
TCU held SMU to 130 yards of offense in the second half. Garret Wallow led the defense with a career-high 19 tackles (11 solo). It marks the most tackles for a TCU player in a game since Travin Howard totaled 19 against Texas Tech on Oct. 29, 2016.
UP NEXT
TCU wraps up a two-game homestand next Saturday, Sept. 28, taking on Kansas in its Big 12 opener. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. and the contest will be televised on FS1. SMU opens American Athletic Conference play next week and will travel to Tampa, Fla., to take on South Florida. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. and the contest will be televised on ESPNU.
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TCU-SMU POSTGAME NOTES
Team Notes
* The last two times (2005, 2011) it lost to SMU, TCU went on to win 11 games in both seasons.
* Over the last six seasons, TCU's 49-20 overall record and 30-15 conference mark ranks second in the Big 12.
* Gary Patterson is now 15-3 as a head coach versus SMU.
* Today marked the 99th meeting between TCU and SMU with the Horned Frogs holding a 51-41-7 edge in the series.
* TCU started a combined four redshirt or true freshmen on defense: defensive end Ochaun Mathis, cornerback Kee'yon Stewart, safety Ar'Darius Washington and linebacker Dee Winters.
* TCU rushed for 236 yards and is now 93-7 when totaling at least 200 on the ground.
* The Horned Frogs had the edge in time of possession, 30:05 to 29:55, and lost for just the second time in their last 27 games when leading in that area.
* The Horned Frogs had a sack, giving them at least one in 70 of their last 73 games.
* TCU scored for the 336th 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).
* TCU's team captains were Ross Blacklock, Alex Delton, Jalen Reagor and Garret Wallow. Delton and Wallow were captains for the third consecutive game.
* TCU wore a purple helmet with a purple jersey and black pants.
Individual Notes
Offense
* Quarterback Max Duggan and wide receiver Al'Dontre Davis made their first career starts.
* Darius Anderson's 14- and 3-yard scoring runs gave him a team-leading four touchdowns on the season.
* Duggan is the second true freshman (Shawn Robinson, at Texas Tech, 2017) to start at quarterback in the 19-season head coaching tenure of Gary Patterson.
* Duggan (Council Bluffs, Iowa) is the third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the Patterson era, joining current teammates Mike Collins (New Canaan, Conn.) and Alex Delton (Hays, Kan.).
* Duggan had his first game with multiple touchdown passes as he had second-half scoring tosses of 12 and 13 yards to Pro Wells and 5 yards to Sewo Olonilua.
* Duggan completed 15-of-26 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns in the second half.
* Darius Anderson had 161 yards on 19 carries for the first consecutive 100-yard rushing games of his career. He had a career-high 179 yards on 16 carries in last week's 34-13 win at Purdue.
* Anderson's 77-yard carry was TCU's longest play from scrimmage since Jalen Reagor's 83-yard touchdown run versus Oklahoma State last season.
* Anderson's 77-yard run was the second-longest of his career, trailing only his 93-yard touchdown against Ohio State last year. It was his third career run of at least 70 yards.
* Anderson added two receptions and a career-long 47-yard kickoff return.
* Pro Wells' first career touchdowns came on his two catches in the game, 12 and 13 yards.
* Olonilua's 5-yard scoring grab was his first career receiving touchdown.
Defense
* Garret Wallow had a team-best and career-high 19 tackles, including 2.5 for a loss. He surpassed his previous career-high of 13 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff this season.
* Wallow had three consecutive double-digit tackle games for the first time in his career.
* Wallow's 19 tackles are the most by a TCU player since Travin Howard totaled 19 against Texas Tech in 20
* Wallow's 19 tackles match the fourth-highest total in a game in the 19-season Gary Patterson head coaching era.
* Wallow recorded a half sack and now has 2.5 on the season. He had 3.0 in 2018.
* Jeff Gladney recorded a season-high three pass breakups in the game, just one shy of his career-high of four PBUs in last year's win over Oklahoma State. He added four tackles, including a half-sack.
* Redshirt freshman safety Ar'Darius Washington made his first collegiate start.
* Washington had his second interception of the season, tying Trevon Moehrig for the team lead.
* Washington added a career-high six stops.
* Moehrig tied a career high with seven tackles.
* Terrell Cooper had a career-high seven tackles.
* True freshman Dee Winters had a career-high seven tackles, equaling his total from the first two games combined.
Special Teams
* Jonathan Song's 29-yard field goal made him 8-of-8 on the season and 25-of-28 in his career. He is 24-of-25 on attempts inside 40 yards.
