For the 2018
season, TCU went 7-6 (4-5 Big 12), including a win in overtime over California in the Cheez-It
Bowl. Here is a summary of last season's 13 games:
September 1, vs. Southern University: Won, 55-7.
TCU entered the game as the nation’s 16th-ranked team and with Shawn
Robinson starting his second career game at quarterback. Robinson played only
the first half against the over-matched opponent. He threw three touchdowns and
ran for two scores. Michael Collins was the quarterback the second half. The
Frogs won their 17th consecutive home opener as Patterson started
his 18th full season as head coach. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 7, at SMU: Won, 42-12. Sixteenth-ranked TCU dominated its Dallas-based rivals during a rain-soaked, weather-delayed game in Dallas. KaVontae Turpin returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown and caught a 42-yard touchdown reception. Turpin set TCU records with his fifth career special teams touchdown and fourth score on a punt return. He had 176 all-purpose yards in the game. Shawn Robinson, who appeared to hurt his shoulder during the game, completed 16 passed for 154 yards and one touchdown. He threw one interception. The win gave the Frogs their first seven-game winning streak in the 98-game Iron Skillet series. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 15, vs. Ohio State (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas): Lost, 40-28. TCU held its own against the mighty Buckeyes in this long-anticipated duel, but fourth-ranked Ohio State wore down the 14th-ranked Frogs. OSU took command of a tight game by scoring three touchdowns in a four-minute span of the decisive third quarter. Darius Anderson had two rushing touchdowns for TCU, including a 93-yarder that was the longest rushing play in TCU history and the longest play from scrimmage ever against the Buckeyes Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 22 at Texas: Lost, 31-16. TCU came into the game as the nation’s 17th-ranked team, but the Longhorns upset the Frogs by forcing three turnovers and scoring two touchdowns in the decisive third quarter. TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor caught a career-high eight passes for 96 yards and one touchdown.Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 29, vs. Iowa State: Won, 17-14. TCU broke a two-game losing streak and evened its record at 2-2 when placekicker Jonathan Song kicked a 28-yard field goal with 37 seconds to give the Frogs the three-point victory. A strong TCU defensive effort held the Cyclones to under 100 total yards of offense until late in the third quarter. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 11, vs Texas Tech: Lost, 17-14. A touchdown by Texas Tech in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference in TCU’s second conference loss of the season. TCU’s defense held Tech, the nation’s leader in total offense entering the game at nearly 600- yards per game, to 353 yards. TCU’s offense had three turnovers. Wide receiver Jalen Reagor became the 17th player to amass at least 1,000 receiving yards in Gary Patterson’s head-coaching career. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 20, vs Oklahoma: Lost, 52-27. TCU lost its second-straight game and third conference game to the ninth-ranked Sooners in Fort Worth. Michael Collins replaced an injured Shawn Robinson at quarterback in the second quarter. Oklahoma outscored TCU 24-3 in the second half. Collins had two touchdown passes. The Frogs’ KaVontae Turpin had a 99-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, which extended his school record to six career special teams touchdowns. He had 212 all-purpose yards and became the first Horned Frog with kickoff return and receiving touchdowns in the same game since Cory Rogers in 2005. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 27 at Kansas: Lost, 27-26. The Jayhawks scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to hand the Horned Frogs their third-straight and fourth conference loss. Michael Collins made his first career start at quarterback. He threw for a touchdown and ran for two others. Jalen Reagor caught eight passes for a career-high 177 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown. Ben Banogu had eight tackles, including a career-high 4.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 3, vs Kansas State State: Won, 14-13. Kansas State missed an extra=-point kick after a fourth-quarter touchdown, enabling TCU to earn a 14-13 victory at Amon Carter. Jalen Reagor had a touchdown catch and Darius Anderson had a touchdown run for the Frogs, who were held to 275 total yards on offense. The TCU defense held Kansas State to 301 total yards. Mike Collins made his second career start at quarterback for the Frogs. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 10, at West Virginia: Lost, 47-10. Traveling to and playing in Morgantown always is tough. It was especially tough for the Frogs in 2018. The ninth-ranked Mountaineers held the over-matched Horned Frogs to 222 total yards. West Virginia accumulated 535 total yards. Collins again started at quarterback for the Frogs. Jalen Reagor had a career-high 11 receptions for 150 yards and caught a touchdown pass for the fifth consecutive game. Read Midnite's article about the game here.
November 17, at Baylor: Won, 16-9. Fifth-year senior Grayson Muehlstein began writing his TCU legacy in this game. He took over for the Frogs in the first quarter when Mike Collins was sidelined by an injury. Muehlstein guided the Frogs to victory. He was 11-for-15 for 137 yards, including a touchdown pass to Jalen Reagor, who had a receiving touchdown for the sixth consecutive game, matching a TCU record previously set by Josh Doctson in 2015. The TCU defense held Baylor to 303 total yards and forced three turnovers. Ben Banogu had a career-high 10 tackles, including four stops for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble. The win moved the Frogs record to 5-6, setting up a bowl-eligibility game against Oklahoma State in the final regular-season game. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 24, vs Oklahoma State: On senior night, the Frogs beat the Cowboys to become bowl eligible. Jalen Reagor had 233 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. He rushed for a career-high 121 yards and one touchdown. He had 91 yards on eight catches, including a six-yard scoring grab. Quarterback Grayson Muehlstein made his first career start and was one of 22 seniors to play their final home game. Muehlstein was 16-of-25 for 180 yards and two touchdowns, as he and the Frogs saved their season by evening their record at 6-6. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
December 26, vs. California, Cheez-It Bowl (Phoenix): Won, 10-7, in overtime. In what some called the worst football game they had ever seen and in what some called the most exciting and defensive football game they had ever seen, TCU beat the Bears on a Jonathan Song 27-yard field goal in overtime. Sewo Olonilua ran for a TCU bowl-record 194 yards on 32 carries. He earned the bowl’s Offensive MVP honors. The defense-dominated game featured nine interceptions, five of which were by the Frogs. The victory raised the Frogs’ record to 7-6. They finished the season with a winning record for the 15th time in Gary Patterson’s 18 years as head coach at TCU. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Watch the game here.
2018 TCU Football Fact Book: here
2018 TCU Football Statistics: here
September 15, vs. Ohio State (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas): Lost, 40-28. TCU held its own against the mighty Buckeyes in this long-anticipated duel, but fourth-ranked Ohio State wore down the 14th-ranked Frogs. OSU took command of a tight game by scoring three touchdowns in a four-minute span of the decisive third quarter. Darius Anderson had two rushing touchdowns for TCU, including a 93-yarder that was the longest rushing play in TCU history and the longest play from scrimmage ever against the Buckeyes Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 22 at Texas: Lost, 31-16. TCU came into the game as the nation’s 17th-ranked team, but the Longhorns upset the Frogs by forcing three turnovers and scoring two touchdowns in the decisive third quarter. TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor caught a career-high eight passes for 96 yards and one touchdown.Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
September 29, vs. Iowa State: Won, 17-14. TCU broke a two-game losing streak and evened its record at 2-2 when placekicker Jonathan Song kicked a 28-yard field goal with 37 seconds to give the Frogs the three-point victory. A strong TCU defensive effort held the Cyclones to under 100 total yards of offense until late in the third quarter. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 11, vs Texas Tech: Lost, 17-14. A touchdown by Texas Tech in the fourth quarter proved to be the difference in TCU’s second conference loss of the season. TCU’s defense held Tech, the nation’s leader in total offense entering the game at nearly 600- yards per game, to 353 yards. TCU’s offense had three turnovers. Wide receiver Jalen Reagor became the 17th player to amass at least 1,000 receiving yards in Gary Patterson’s head-coaching career. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 20, vs Oklahoma: Lost, 52-27. TCU lost its second-straight game and third conference game to the ninth-ranked Sooners in Fort Worth. Michael Collins replaced an injured Shawn Robinson at quarterback in the second quarter. Oklahoma outscored TCU 24-3 in the second half. Collins had two touchdown passes. The Frogs’ KaVontae Turpin had a 99-yard kickoff return in the first quarter, which extended his school record to six career special teams touchdowns. He had 212 all-purpose yards and became the first Horned Frog with kickoff return and receiving touchdowns in the same game since Cory Rogers in 2005. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
October 27 at Kansas: Lost, 27-26. The Jayhawks scored a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to hand the Horned Frogs their third-straight and fourth conference loss. Michael Collins made his first career start at quarterback. He threw for a touchdown and ran for two others. Jalen Reagor caught eight passes for a career-high 177 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown. Ben Banogu had eight tackles, including a career-high 4.5 tackles-for-loss and two sacks. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 3, vs Kansas State State: Won, 14-13. Kansas State missed an extra=-point kick after a fourth-quarter touchdown, enabling TCU to earn a 14-13 victory at Amon Carter. Jalen Reagor had a touchdown catch and Darius Anderson had a touchdown run for the Frogs, who were held to 275 total yards on offense. The TCU defense held Kansas State to 301 total yards. Mike Collins made his second career start at quarterback for the Frogs. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 10, at West Virginia: Lost, 47-10. Traveling to and playing in Morgantown always is tough. It was especially tough for the Frogs in 2018. The ninth-ranked Mountaineers held the over-matched Horned Frogs to 222 total yards. West Virginia accumulated 535 total yards. Collins again started at quarterback for the Frogs. Jalen Reagor had a career-high 11 receptions for 150 yards and caught a touchdown pass for the fifth consecutive game. Read Midnite's article about the game here.
November 17, at Baylor: Won, 16-9. Fifth-year senior Grayson Muehlstein began writing his TCU legacy in this game. He took over for the Frogs in the first quarter when Mike Collins was sidelined by an injury. Muehlstein guided the Frogs to victory. He was 11-for-15 for 137 yards, including a touchdown pass to Jalen Reagor, who had a receiving touchdown for the sixth consecutive game, matching a TCU record previously set by Josh Doctson in 2015. The TCU defense held Baylor to 303 total yards and forced three turnovers. Ben Banogu had a career-high 10 tackles, including four stops for a loss, a sack and a forced fumble. The win moved the Frogs record to 5-6, setting up a bowl-eligibility game against Oklahoma State in the final regular-season game. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
November 24, vs Oklahoma State: On senior night, the Frogs beat the Cowboys to become bowl eligible. Jalen Reagor had 233 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. He rushed for a career-high 121 yards and one touchdown. He had 91 yards on eight catches, including a six-yard scoring grab. Quarterback Grayson Muehlstein made his first career start and was one of 22 seniors to play their final home game. Muehlstein was 16-of-25 for 180 yards and two touchdowns, as he and the Frogs saved their season by evening their record at 6-6. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Game photos here.
December 26, vs. California, Cheez-It Bowl (Phoenix): Won, 10-7, in overtime. In what some called the worst football game they had ever seen and in what some called the most exciting and defensive football game they had ever seen, TCU beat the Bears on a Jonathan Song 27-yard field goal in overtime. Sewo Olonilua ran for a TCU bowl-record 194 yards on 32 carries. He earned the bowl’s Offensive MVP honors. The defense-dominated game featured nine interceptions, five of which were by the Frogs. The victory raised the Frogs’ record to 7-6. They finished the season with a winning record for the 15th time in Gary Patterson’s 18 years as head coach at TCU. Read Midnite's article about the game here. Watch the game here.
2018 TCU Football Fact Book: here
2018 TCU Football Statistics: here
