Horned Frogs Football Week 3: TCU-Purdue Gameday Information

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Game 2 of the 2019 TCU Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs versus Purdue: Saturday, September 14, 2019, at 6:30 pm (Central), Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana; TV: Big Ten Network (TV talent: Kevin Kugler, Matt Millen, Rick Pizzo); 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).

TCU Gameday Information: here

Gary Patterson Purdue Pre-Game Press Conference: here

TCU-Purdue Hype Video: NA

September 6 Horned Frogs Nation Broadcast: here

TCU Football 2019 Hype Video: here

TCU Football 2019 Intro Video: here

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

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

TCU Earn the Chip Video: here

September 6, 2019, Horned Frog Nation Broadcast Video: here

TCU-Purdue Game-Watching Party Locations: here

TCU's Previous Game: This is the second game of the 2019 season for TCU. The Frogs had a bye during the second week of the season. The Frogs' first game was a 39-7 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, in Fort Worth, on August 31, 2019. TCU is 1-0.

Purdue’s Previous Game: This is the third game of the 2019 season for Purdue. The Boilermakers’ last game was on September 14, when they beat Vanderbilt, 42-14, in West Lafayette. Purdue opened the season on August 30 with a 34-31 loss to the University of Nevada, in Reno. Purdue is 1-1.

TCU-Purdue Rivalry: This is the third football game between TCU and Purdue, which competes in the Big 10 Conference. The Boilermakers won the last game between the teams, 15-0, on September 19, 1970. The first meeting between the teams was a 42-35 victory by No. 18 Purdue in Fort Worth in 1969.

TCU-Purdue Connections:

• Purdue will play TCU in Fort Worth in 2030. 
• TCU and Louisville played in 2001, when TCU won 37-22, in 2002, when TCU won 45-31, in 2003, when TCU won 31-28, and in 2004, when Louisville won 55-28. 
• Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm served as an assistant coach (quarterbacks) at Louisville from 2003-06. He played quarterback for the Cardinals from 1989-1993. 
• In the 2004 game between TCU and Louisville, one of the Cardinals’ quarterbacks was Brian Brohm, who is Purdue’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Against the Frogs, Brian Brohm completed four of 10 passes for 51 and ran the ball five times for 34 yards. Brian Brohm played collegiately at Louisville from 2004 to 2007. He ranks among the Cardinals’ career leaders in passing attempts (second, 1,185), passing yards (second, 10,775), passing efficiency (second, 157.92), completions (third, 780), completion percentage (third, .658), total offense (third, 10,819) and touchdown passes (fourth, 71) through the 2018 season.
• Greg Brohm, who is Purdue’s executive director of football administration and operations/chief of staff, served as the director of football operations at Louisville from 2004 to 2008. 
• Purdue has six players from Texas on its roster: redshirt freshman cornerback Jordan Rucker (#7) from Ryan High School in Denton; junior defensive tackle Anthony Watts (#8) of Jack Yates High School in Houston; senior defensive tackle Lorenzo Neal (#9), Saint Thomas High School, Houston; freshman running back King Doerue (#22) of Tascosa High in Amarillo; freshman defensive end Sulaiman Kpaka (#50) of Grand Prairie High in Grand Prairie; and freshman tight end Garrett Miller (#88) of Round Rock High School in Round Rock.
• TCU has one player from Indiana on its roster: Grant Beucler (#19), a freshman quarterback from La Lumiere High School in Laporte, Indiana.

2019 TCU Football Fact Book: here 

2019 TCU Sports Fall Guide: here 

TCU Campus Tour Video: here 

Video of Purdue Football Coach Jeff Brohm’s Press Conference About TCU: here 

Transcript of Purdue Football Coach Jeff Brohm’s Press Conference About TCU: here 

Purdue’s Rondale Moore Talks about TCU: here 

2019 Purdue Football Guide: here 

2019 Purdue Football Videos: here and 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. Because of injury, starting cornerback Julius Lewis will miss the Purdue game. Receivers Taye Barber and Mikel Barkley, who missed the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff because of injuries, could play in the Purdue game.

The Line: TCU opened as a 3.5-point underdog. Purdue now is a one-point favorite. The over/under is 52 points.

Midnite's TCU-Purdue Prediction: TCU 27, Purdue 26 

• TCU Notables:
• TCU had a bye in the second week of the season, after a 39-7 season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on August 31. 
• TCU has won 13 of its last 17 regular-season games after an open date. 
• TCU will be playing its only game this season outside of the Central time zone. The game against Purdue will be played in the Eastern time zone.
• TCU is playing its first game in the Hoosier state since a 21-0 loss at Notre Dame on October 28, 1972. The Frogs began that season with a 31-28 win at Indiana.
• TCU has five straight wins in its first road game of the season.
• TCU’s 39 road wins since 2009 are third in the nation.
• TCU’s 47-21 record in road and neutral-site games since 20098 is the nation’s sixth-best mark.
• The Horned Frogs are facing an opponent from the Big 10 Conference for the second consecutive season. Ohio State defeated TCU, 40-28, last year at AT&T Stadium on September 15.
• TCU is 5-2 against Big 10 opponents under head football coach Gary Patterson.
• The Horned Frogs; most recent road game against a Big Ten team was a 23-17 victory at Minnesota in the 2015 season-opener.
• Among TCUs Big Ten wins under Patterson is a 21-19 decision over Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl.
• In his 19th season as TCU's head football coach, Patterson is the nation’s second- longest tenured head coach. He trails only Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz (21st year).
• Patterson ranks first among active head coaches in most wins (168) at his current school. Ferentz is second, with 152 wins at Iowa.
• Patterson ranks fourth among active FBS coaches in winning percentage (minimum 10 years behind Chris Petersen (Washington), Dabo Swinney (Clemson) and Nick Saban (Alabama).
• 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 has the Big 12’s longest active winning streak at four games.
• TCU is 115-35 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).
• 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 five seasons, TCU (48-19, 30-15) has the Big 12’s second-best overall and conference records.
• TCU is one of 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.
• Gary Patterson’s 19 seasons as TCU’s head coach are more than the combined tenures of the 11 other FBS head coaches in Texas.
• 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 16 seasons.
• Patterson has accounted for more than 25 percent (168 of 651) of TCU’s all-time football victories.
• 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 (136-46) in Texas among the 12 FBS programs.
• Dating back to September 21, 2014, TCU has been ranked in one of the major polls in 50 of the last 75 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 68 of its last 71 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 334 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 334 consecutive games is fourth on the NCAA’s all-time list.
• In Gary 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.
• TCU ranked No. 1 nationally with the most offensive tackles (six) in the NFL last season.
• 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 roster, TCU has 50 freshmen (31 true freshmen, 19 redshirt freshmen).
• Of the remaining players on the 2019 roster, 24 are sophomores, 24 are juniors and 22 are seniors.
• 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 Gary 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 652-547-57 (.541) in its football history that began in 1896.

Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium: The Boilermakers have called Ross–Ade Stadium home since 1924. It is named for David E. Ross and George Ade, the principal benefactors. Ross–Ade Stadium opened on November 22, 1924, with a seating capacity of 13,500 and standing room for an additional 5,000 people. A series of additions and renovations pushed the seating capacity to almost 68,000 (70,000 with standing room). In 2001, Purdue University began a $70-million renovation, which led to a reduced seating capacity of 62,500. The current capacity is 57,236, with standing room for over 60,000. The playing field is Bermuda grass.

Purdue’s Clear-Bag Policy: Purdue Athletics enforces a clear-bag policy for football games at Ross-Ade Stadium. Only the following types of bags are permissible: 

• One bag that is clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and does not exceed 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 inches. 
• One one-gallon clear plastic bag (Ziploc bag or similar). 
• One small clutch bag (no larger than 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches), approximately the size of a hand, with or without a handle or strap. 

Exceptions will be made for ticket-holders with medically necessary items and/or diaper bags (with a child/children present). Those patrons will be admitted only at the First Aid gates on the northeast and northwest sides (gates EE and GG) of the stadium upon having their bag(s) inspected.

Gates open 90 minutes prior to game time.

Information about Ross-Ade Stadium rules and regulations: here

2019 Game 3 for TCU: TCU will clash with SMU at 2:30 pm Central, on Saturday, September 21, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas. FS1 will broadcast the game.

ESPN College GameDay Week 3: ESPN GameDay will be in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday, September 14, for the battle between No. 26 Iowa State and No. 19 Iowa. The game kicks off at 6:30 pm (Central), at Royal-Memorial Stadium. The game will be broadcast by ABC. This will be GameDay’s first visit to Ames. 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.