Horned Frog Football Week 5: TCU-Kansas Gameday Information

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Game 4 of the 2019 TCU Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs versus Kansas Jayhawks, during Family Weekend at TCU: Saturday, September 28, 2019, at 11 am (Central), Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas; TV: FS1 (TV talent: Brian Custer, Robert Smith); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7, Sirius 113, XM 200 (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: KFZO 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos). 

ESPN College GameDay Week 5: ESPN GameDay will be in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Saturday, September 28, for the battle between No. 5 Ohio State (4-0) and Nebraska (3-1). The game kicks off at 6:30 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast by ABC. During the college football season, GameDay airs live on ESPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am Central. GameDay features Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Maria Taylor.

TCU Gameday Information: here 

Fan Experience at Amon G. Carter Stadium: 

• Because of construction on the east side of the stadium, Frog Alley has moved to the area in front of Schollmaier Arena.
• Beer is sold at all concession stands throughout Amon G. Carter Stadium, when gates open (two hours before kickoff), until the start of the fourth quarter. All beer is $7 and sold in aluminum bottles.
• Available selections include Coors Light, Miller Lite, SOL, Revolver and Henry’s Hard Sparkling Water, along with other local brands depending on demand up to a total of eight brands. Each person can purchase two beers maximum per transaction. 
• In keeping with industry safety standards and due to the adaption of public beer sales, there is a new No Re-entry policy. If a patron needs to leave during the course of the game due to a medical situation, two gates will be open to accommodate this need. Gate 4 on the west and Gate 9 on the east side. Patrons will need to be scanned out so their ticket can be used for re-admission. Fans who leave Amon G. Carter during the game will need a new ticket to re-enter. 
• There are six beer carts, three on the upper concourse and three on the lower concourse.
• There are beverage-only lines at the concession stands. 
• New Designated Driver program. There are four stands around the stadium where fans can make a pledge not to drink alcohol and receive a free Pepsi product at any concession stand.
• Pre-game Happy Hour Concessions. Starting when the gates open and going until 30 minutes before kickoff, there will be special prices on some concession items inside the stadium, including: 44 oz Pepsi, $3; large popcorn, $3; peanuts, $3; nachos, $2.25; hot dog, $2; and $2 off all beer. 
• Before the frogs run onto the field, fans will see them getting hyped up thanks to new pregame tunnel cameras. 
• There is a new north-end videoboard, with a state-of-the-art sound system in Amon G. Carter Stadium. The videoboard measures 108-feet-by-48-feet. There also are new speakers in new locations throughout the stadium. 
• Construction continues, with completion scheduled for the 2020 season, on the stadium's $100-million premium seating expansion. The project includes two levels of luxury seating above the current upper deck on the east side of the stadium. There will be a new Legends Club, 22 new suites, 48 loge boxes, over 1,000 club seats and two private clubs. These enhancements are the first since the $164-million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium was completed in 2012.
• New timeout clocks allow fans to monitor the length of TV timeouts during the game. The new clocks will be located on the sideline. 
• New grab-and-go convenience stores are located around the stadium, with new food options.
• Several giant cooling fans have been added to the concourses.
• There is a new Social Media Center at The Carter. Interact at the social photo booth, meet and take pictures with special guests and post on social media.
• There are new Fanthology Food Carts, offering new food options, including milkshakes, loaded waffle fries, chicken wings, street tacos and nachos.
• There are some new food vendors in the stadium and in Frog Alley. They include Dwell Coffee & Biscuits, Señor Matador’s Tacos, Rudy’s BBQ, and Austin City Tacos.
• Riff Ram App: Available in the Apple App Store or in Google Play.

TCU-Kansas Hype Video: here

TCU head coach Gary Patterson talks about Kansas: here

TCU-Kansas Game Watching Party Locations: here 

TCU Football 2019 Hype Video: here 

TCU Football 2019 Intro Video: here

TCU Horned Frogs Nation (September 24, 2018): here 

TCU Football Cinematic Recap at Purdue: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff Game on August 31: here 

TCU Riff-Ram Video from TCU-SMU Game on September 21: here

TCU's "Hello, FunkyTown. The Frogs are back” Video: here and here 

TCU Earn the Chip Video: here 

Color Coordination for the TCU-Kansas Game: Wear your favorite TCU colors. 

TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s fourth game of the 2019 season. The Frogs' last game was a 41-38 loss to SMU in Fort Worth, on September 21. TCU is 2-1. TCU’s two wins have been over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Purdue.

Kansas’ Previous Game: Kansas opened Big 12 Conference play with a 29-24 loss to West Virginia in Lawrence, Kansas. Kansas is 2-2. 

Previous TCU-Kansas Game: Kansas upset TCU, 27-26, on October 27, 2018, in Lawrence, Kansas.

TCU-Kansas Rivalry:

• TCU leads, 22-9-4, in a series dating back to a 41-6 Horned Frogs' win in Fort Worth in 1942. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU and Patterson are 6-1 versus Kansas.
• TCU is 10-2-2 versus the Jayhawks in Fort Worth, 10-7 in Lawrence and 2-0-2 in the four games (1944-47) played in Kansas City.
• A 20-6 TCU victory at Kansas in 2012 marked the Horned Frogs' inaugural Big 12 game.
• Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the schools had not met on the gridiron since a 17-10 KU victory in Lawrence in 1997, the year before Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator.

TCU-Kansas Connections: 

• Patterson is 0-1 against KU head coach Les Miles. The 2013 TCU season-opener saw Miles' No. 12 LSU team defeat No. 20 TCU, 37-27, in the Cowboys Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
• Patterson was born in Larned, Kan., and is a native of Rozel, Kan.
• Patterson went to Pawnee Heights High School and then Dodge City Community College, before heading to Kansas State. He was a strong safety and outside linebacker for the Wildcats.

2019 TCU Football Fact Book: here 

2019 TCU Sports Fall Guide: here 

TCU Campus Tour Video: here 

2019 Kansas Football Guide: here

2019 Kansas Football Video: here

Frogs Missing in Action: Placekicker Cole Bunce suffered an injury during a vehicular accident. He most likely will miss the season. Cornerback Noah Daniels suffered a season-ending injury during a summer practice session.

The Line: TCU opened as a 15.5-point favorite and the over/under points were 49.5. The Frogs now are a 16.5-point favorite. The over/under points are 48.5. 

Midnite's TCU-Kansas Prediction: TCU 31, Kansas 20

TCU Notables:

• The Horned Frogs are 87-22 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in 19 seasons under head coach Gary Patterson.
• With the Kansas game on Saturday, TCU begins its eighth season in the Big 12. 
• TCU is 40-15 in regular season games following a loss under Patterson.
• The Horned Frogs were picked fourth in the 2019 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll. The last two times TCU was predicted fourth or lower, it won a Big 12 Championship (2014) and played in the Big 12 Championship Game (2017).
• In six of the last eight odd-numbered years (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017), TCU has won at least 11 games.
• Over the last six seasons, TCU (49-20, 30-15) has the Big 12's second-best overall and conference records.
• TCU is one of just six programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last five seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
• TCU has five 11-win seasons this decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in the state.
• Gary Patterson’s 19 seasons as TCU's head coach are more than the combined tenures of the 11 other FBS head coaches in the state of Texas.
• Patterson is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (21st year).
• Under Patterson, TCU has posted seven top-10 finishes and 11 in the top 25. The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 of the last 17 seasons.
• Patterson has accounted for 25.9 percent (169 of 653) of TCU's all-time football victories. 
• Patterson has been a Coach of the Year in all three leagues he has guided TCU: Conference USA (2002), Mountain West (2005, 2009), and Big 12 (2014).
• TCU is 116-36 in Saturday contests since 2005 and 21-11 on other days of the week (1-0 on Sundays, 0-1 on Mondays, 2-0 on Tuesdays, 3-0 on Wednesdays, 7-8 on Thursdays and 8-2 on Fridays).
• Since 2001, Gary Patterson’s first full season as TCU’s head coach, the Horned Frogs have been the most successful program in the state of Texas. Since 2005, TCU has the best record (137-47) in Texas among the 12 FBS programs.
• Dating back to September 21, 2014, TCU has been ranked in one of the major polls in 51 of the last 76 weeks.
• Since 2008, Gary Patterson is second nationally among active head coaches in most Associated Press Top-10 finishes, with six. Nick Saban leads, with 11.
• TCU ranked No. 1 nationally last season for most offensive tackles (six) in the NFL.
• Since 2005, TCU tops all private schools in victories and winning percentage (136-46). 
• Since the NCAA began tracking statistics in 1937, TCU trails only Alabama for the most times leading the nation in total defense. The Crimson Tide have been No. 1 seven times, while all five No. 1 rankings for the Horned Frogs are in the last 19 seasons.
• With the exception of 2015, TCU has been first or second in the Big 12 in total defense each year.
• TCU has at least one sack in of70 its last 73 contests. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU leads the conference in most games with at least three sacks.
• TCU has the longest streak among Big 12 schools with 22 consecutive seasons with at least 25 sacks.
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is tied for third nationally with five different players returning punts for touchdowns.
• At 336 games (November 16, 1991; Texas 32, TCU 0), TCU has the nation’s second-longest current streak for not being shut out. 
• TCU’s streak of scoring in 336 consecutive games is fourth on the NCAA’s all-time list.
• In Patterson’s tenure as head coach, TCU has had 48 players drafted with 119 in NFL camps.
  TCU has 19 former players active in the NFL.
• On its 2019 roster, TCU has eight players with their degrees already in hand: Shameik Blackshear, Alex Delton, Nate Guyton, TreVontae Hights, Julius Lewis, Ryan McGee, Sewo Olonilua, and Jonathan Song.
• On its 2019 120-player roster, TCU has 48 freshmen (true and redshirt).
• TCU has qualified for a bowl game in 19 of the last 21 seasons. The Horned Frogs have earned a bowl trip in 16 of Patterson’s 18 seasons as head coach.
• Nearly 35,000 TCU fans traveled to the 2011 Rose Bowl. Over 20,000 made the trip the previous year to the Fiesta Bowl. At its first New Year’s Six bowl, TCU had 15,000 fans at the 2014 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
• TCU is 653-548-57 in its football history that began in 1896.
• TCU linebacker Garret Wallow ranks No 1 nationally in tackles for loss per game (3) and is No. 3 in tackles per game (14). He has 42 stops on the season, including nine tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
• TCU running back Darius Anderson has had consecutive 100-yard rushing games and is averaging nine yards per carry this season. His 179 yards at Purdue and 161 against SMU represent the top-two efforts of his career. He ran for two touchdowns in each contest.
• In the SMU game, Max Duggan became the second true freshman and third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the 19-season head coaching era of Patterson. 

Have Fun Tailgating Before and After Football Games: Donor parking lots open five hours prior to kickoff. For games that start before 2:30 pm, lots must be cleared by three hours after the games end. For games that start at 2:30 pm or later, lots must be cleared 90 minutes after games end, or by 11 pm (whichever comes first, due to city ordinance). 

Countdown to Kickoff: Three hours prior to kickoff: Frog Alley opens. Two-and-a-half hours prior to kickoff: Frog Walk begins. Two hours prior to kickoff: gates open; autographs by members of other TCU athletic teams. One hour prior to kickoff: TCU Marching Band and Spirit parade. Thirty minutes prior to kickoff: Frog Alley closes and pre-game show begins. 

TCU Gameday Parking and Traffic Information: here 

Amon G. Carter Stadium: The stadium features a new north-end videoboard, with a state-of-the-art sound system. The videoboard measures 108-feet-by-48-feet. There also are new speakers in new locations throughout the stadium.

Construction continues, with completion scheduled for the 2020 season, on the $100-million Amon G. Carter Stadium premium seating expansion. The project calls for two new levels of luxury seating above the current upper deck on the east side of the stadium. The new Legends Club and Suites will include 48 loge boxes with two private clubs, over 1,000 club seats and 22 luxury suites. 

These enhancements are the first since the $164-million rebuild of Amon G. Carter Stadium was completed in 2012. That project was funded entirely by donor support and featured a seating capacity of 45,000. The six new Founders Club suites, located at midfield on the concourse level, were sold at $15 million each to provide lead gifts totaling $90 million. On the west side of the stadium, there are 25 suites, all sold. 

Additional information about The Carter: here 

Information about stadium rules and regulations: here 

Important! Security measures at TCU Athletic Events: Only the following items are permitted into TCU athletic facilities: 

• Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and not exceeding 14 inches by 14 inches 
• One-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc bag or similar)
• One unopened bottle of water
• Small clutch bags, approximately the size of a hand, with or without a handle or strap can be taken into the stadium with one of the clear plastic bags.

Exceptions are made for medically necessary items after proper inspection at the stadium gates. Backpacks, diaper bags and other similar bags are not be allowed.

2019 Game 5 for TCU: TCU will clash with Iowa State at 11 am Central, on Saturday, October 5, in Ames, Iowa. ESPN2 or ESPNU will broadcast the game.