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TCU Drops Overtime Decision to Kansas State - TCU Athletics
ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 3 TCU dropped a 31-28 overtime decision to No. 10 Kansas State in Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 3 TCU dropped a 31-28 overtime decision to No. 10 Kansas State in Saturday's Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Trailing 28-17, TCU scored 11 points in the final 7:34 of regulation to force overtime. The Wildcats won the game on a 31-yard field goal.
After Griffin Kell's second 42-yard field goal of the game trimmed the deficit to 28-20, the TCU defense forced Kansas State to punt. Max Duggan then led an 8-play, 80-yard drive to tie the game. His 8-yard keeper into the end zone came one play after his 40-yard rush. Duggan then completed a 2-point pass to Jared Wiley to even the game with 1:51 to play.
Duggan completed 18-of-36 passes for 251 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 110 yards on 15 carries. He became the first player with 250 yards passing and 100 rushing in a conference championship game since Deshaun Watson in the 2015 ACC title game. It was the second 100-yard rushing game of the season for Duggan and fifth of his career.
TCU started fast with a 13-play, 92 scoring drive on its opening possession, capped by a 1-yard touchdown pass from Duggan to Taye Barber. Duggan was 6-of-7 for 77 yards on the series. Key plays included a 53-yard strike from Duggan to Quentin Johnston and a 5-yard completion to Geor'Quarius Spivey on a 4th-and-3 at the Kansas State 30.
Johnston finished with 139 yards receiving on four receptions, including catches of 53 and 51 yards.
TCU took advantage of a Kansas State special teams mistake to trim an 11-point third-quarter deficit. Trent Battle recovered a muffed punt by the Wildcats, giving TCU possession at the Kansas State 30. On the first play of the ensuring series, Battle had a 21-yard reception from Duggan. Two plays later, Miller ran it in from 6 yards to make to make it a 21-17 game with 9:09 left in the third quarter.
Miller's touchdown gave him a rushing score in all 13 games this year, breaking the TCU record for the longest streak to begin a season. 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 14 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 17 rushing touchdowns, fourth-most in a season at TCU.
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TCU Football Postgame Notes
No. 10 Kansas State 31, No. 3 TCU 28 (OT)
Dec. 3, 2022
Arlington, Texas
Team Notes
*TCU made its second appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game, having also played in the 2017 contest.
*The Horned Frogs are 1-1 in overtime games this season and 10-10 since the NCAA adopted overtime play in 1996.
*TCU is 8-2 all-time when ESPN's College GameDay has been on site, including 2-1 this season.
*TCU scored for the 380th 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 closed a stretch of five straight games over November and December in which it did not leave the state of Texas. In addition to today's contest, the Horned Frogs had November home contests against Texas Tech (Nov. 5) and Iowa State (Nov. 26) sandwiched around bus trips to Texas (Nov. 12) and Baylor (Nov. 19).
*TCU season captains Steve Avila, Dylan Horton, Quentin Johnston and Dee Winters took part in the coin toss.
*TCU wore a black helmet, black jersey and purple pants.
Individual Notes
Offense
*Max Duggan made his 41st career start and became the first player with 250 yards passing and 100 rushing in a conference championship game since Deshaun Watson in the 2015 ACC title game.
*Duggan completed 18-of-36 passes for 251 yards and a touchdown while rushing for a team-best 110 yards on 15 carries.
*Duggan's touchdown pass gave him 30 on the season, third-most at TCU behind only Trevone Boykin (33, 2014; 31, 2015).
*Kendre Miller ran for 82 yards on 17 carries.
*Miller's touchdown run of 6 yards gave him a rushing score in all 13 games this year, breaking the TCU record for the longest streak to begin a season. 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 14 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 17 rushing touchdowns, fourth-most in a season at TCU.
*Miller's 26 career rushing touchdowns rank eighth in TCU history.
*Quentin Johnston had four receptions for 139 yards, his third 100-yard game of the season and eighth of his career. He had catches of 53 and 51 yards.
*Taye Barber's 1-yard touchdown catch on the opening series was his fourth of the season and 10th in his career.
*Barber's three catches give him 156 in his career, the most among current Horned Frogs.
*Trent Battle had a career long 21-yard reception, two plays after recovering a muffed punt.
Defense
*Shadrach Banks totaled a career high and team-best 10 tackles, including one for loss.
*Bud Clark's eight tackles gave him a career high for the second consecutive game. He had six stops against Iowa State.
*Millard Bradford's team-best seven tackles tie his season high at Baylor. His career best is 13 at Oklahoma in 2019.
*Dylan Horton had two sacks to give him 6.5 on the season, second on the team.
*Dee Winters had a sack to give him a team-best 7.5 on the season. It was part of eight tackles on the day.
*Caleb Fox had a tackle for loss on a Kansas State rush on a 4th-and-1 at the TCU 37.
Special Teams
*Griffin Kell had a pair of 42-yard field goals. He is 16-of-18 on the season and 45-of-57 in his career.
*Trent Battle had a recovery of a muffed punt.
