Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke
TCU alums Bruce Peterson (left) and Kirby Ralston await the start of the TCU-Kansas football game in Lawrence.
TCU alum Tom C. "Midnite" Burke, with the Big 12 football championship trophy at the Dollar General Tailgate, prior to the TCU-Kansas football game in Lawrence. Unfortunately, the trophy will not be residing in Fort Worth after this football season. -- Photo by Kirby Ralston
There were lots of empty seats at the TCU-Kansas football game. The announced crowd was only about 15,000.
TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati was at the "Debacle in Lawrence".
(photo above) TCU head football coach Gary Patterson (left) visits with a spectator prior to the TCU-Kansas football game.
(photo below) Patterson watches as TCU players Jeff Gladney (#12) and Niko Small (#2) warm up prior to the TCU-Kansas football game. Gladney played through an injury. Small re-injured himself during the game and may miss the remainder of the season.
Here come the Frogs! TCU players wore white helmets, white jerseys and white pants.
Here come the Jayhawks!
TCU's captains for the Kansas game were (from left to right) Ty Summers (#42), Kellton Hollins (#55), Michael Collins (#10) and Ben Banogu (#15). It was the first time for Collins to be a captain.
Awaiting the arrival (photo above) of TCU head football coach Gary Patterson to the TCU sideline, with essential football coaching tools in hand, including the all-important towel, which never is too far away from the coach (photo below) during a game.
Against TCU, Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender (#7, photos above and below) completed 19 of 29 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns. One of those touchdowns was to running back Pooka Williams, Jr. (#1, photo below). The 28-yard touchdown came in the fourth quarter and proved to be the game-winning play for the Jayhawks.
Kansas freshman running back Pooka Williams (#1, photos above and below) came into the game against TCU averaging 103.3 rushing yards per game. He only ran for 33 yards on 11 carries against the Frogs, but he excelled in the Jayhawks' aerial attack. Williams had seven receptions for 102 yards and two touchdowns, including a game-winning 28-yard touchdown reception. His performance against TCU earned him the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Award.
Kansas running back Khalil Herbert (#10, photos above and below), had 38 yards and one touchdown on 21 rushing attempts against TCU's defense, including linebacker Arico Evans (#7, photo above), defensive end Ben Banogu (#15, photo below) and linebacker Jawuan Johnson (#1, photo below). Evans and Johnson tied for the TCU team lead with 10 tackles. Evans equaled a career-high set earlier this season at Texas, while Johnson had his most stops as a Horned Frog.
Based on his performance against TCU, Kansas kicker Gabriel Ruai (#7) earned the Big 12 Co-Special Teams Player of the Week Award. He kicked two field goals, of 34 and 27 yards, and converted all three PAT attempts. His nine points were instrumental in the Jayhawks' stunning 27-26 win over the Horned Frogs.
TCU head football coach Gary Patterson (center) gives instructions to the Horned Frogs' defense. The defense held Kansas to 58 yards rushing, but allowed the Jayhawks 249 yards through the air in TCU's 27-26 loss.
TCU defensive end L.J. Collier (#91, photos above and below) continually pressured Kansas quarterback Peyton Bender (#7, photo above) and helped contain the Jayhawks' running game (photo below).
Against the Jayhawks, TCU defensive end and Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Ben Banogu (#15, photos above and below) had a career-high 4.5 tackles for loss, including two sacks, on consecutive snaps in the second quarter. He has a team-best 6.5 sacks on the year. Banogu's 15 sacks in less than two seasons are the most by an active Horned Frog.
TCU's defense took a hit in the Kansas game when safety Niko Small (#2) and defensive end/linebacker Ty Summers (#42) had to be carted off because of injuries. Both returned to the TCU sideline but not the game. Their status for the November 3 game against Kansas State and the remainder of the season is uncertain.
For the Kansas game, and for the first time this season, Michael Collins (#10) was TCU's starting quarterback and Grayson Muehlstein (#17) was the backup quarterback. Shawn Robinson, who began the season as the Frogs' starting quarterback, is out because of season-ending shoulder surgery. Collins became the first non-Texan to start at quarterback in TCU head football coach Gary Patterson's 21 seasons at TCU. The last previous non-Texas native was Derek Canine from Birmingham, Michigan, in the final five games in 1997, the year before Patterson's arrival.
TCU starting quarterback Michael Collins (#10) gets advice from TCU co-offensive coordinator/running backs coach Curtis Luper.
TCU quarterback Michael Collins (#10, photos above and below) had an excellent game against the Jayhawks in his first start as a Horned Frog. He completed 23 of 33 passes for 351 yards and one touchdown. He had one pass intercepted.
In the Kansas game, TCU starting quarterback Michael Collins (#10, photos above and below) ran the ball 10 times for 33 yards. He was the Frogs' second-leading rusher in the game.
TCU starting quarterback Michael Collins (#10, photos above and below) had two rushing touchdowns against Kansas. He had a two-yard touchdown run in the third quarter (photo above) and a three-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter (photo below). That TD gave the Frogs a 24-20 lead, but it was a lead TCU was unable to maintain. Collins' scoring runs gave him three rushing touchdowns on the season.
TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor (#1, photos above and below) caught a 56-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to give TCU a 10-7 lead over Kansas. The reception was the fourth passing play of at least 50 yards by TCU this season. Reagor has been on the receiving end for two of them. Reagor had his second career 100-yard receiving game, with eight receptions for a career-best 177 yards. The eight receptions tied a career-high set on two other occasions. The touchdown reception was the 13th of Reagor's short career, tying him with four players for seventh on TCU's all-time list. The 56-yard touchdown was one-yard short of a season-long reception by a Horned Frog (57 yards, TreVontae Hights vs. Ohio State). It also was the second-longest scoring grab of Reagor's career, trailing only his 93-yard touchdown against Stanford in last year's Valero Alamo Bowl game. Reagor has at least one reception in his last 13 games, the longest current streak by a Horned Frog. He has a catch in 21 of his 22 contests at TCU.
TCU freshman wide receiver Taye Barber (#4) tried to stay in bounds for a touchdown on this play, but the official ruled he stepped out of bounds just short of the goal line. Against Kansas, Barber had a career-high five receptions for 75 yards, with a long catch of 24 yards.
TCU running back Sewo Olonilua (#33, photos above and below) was held to 24 yards rushing on eight carries and also was denied the end zone on a fourth-and-goal carry from the one-yard line early in the game.
Against the Jayhawks, TCU running back Darius Anderson's (#6, photo above) 95 yards rushing were his most since a season-best 154 yards earlier this year against Ohio State. He also had a season-high 20 carries.
But, Anderson will most be remembered for his fumble (photo below) at the Kansas seven-yard line with just over one minute remaining in the game. TCU trailed, 27-24, and was driving for the potential game-wining touchdown or game-tying field goal. Anderson's fumble was referred to as a "butt-fumble," because he lost the football with no defender contact, putting the ball on the ground after running into the backside of TCU left guard Austin Myers (#56).
Darius Anderson's late-game "butt-fumble" was recovered by Kansas defensive lineman KeyShaun Simmons (#98, holding up the football, photo above). After the recovery, Kansas' offense ran all but one second off the game clock, taking an intentional safety. Time expired when TCU fielded the Jayhawks' kick after the safety. Kansas won, 27-26.
TCU offensive lineman Kellton Hollins (#55) tries to console TCU running back Darius Anderson (#5) after Anderson's late-game fumble allowed Kansas to escape with a 27-26 victory over TCU. It was the Frogs' first loss to Kansas since TCU joined the Big 12. The win was the Jayhawks' fist Big 12 victory since November 19, 2016, against Texas, a stretch of 14 games.
(photos above and below) TCU head coach Gary Patterson, Kansas head coach David Beaty and Kansas and TCU players meet at midfield after Kansas beat TCU 27-26 in Lawrence on Saturday, October 27.
Kansas players, fans and coaches celebrate the Jayhawks' 27-26 victory over TCU.
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