TCU - Arkansas Pine Bluff Game Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

(photos above and below) At Amon G. Carter Stadium, a new north-end videoboard, with a state-of-the-art sound system, made its debut during the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game on Saturday, August 31. The videoboard measures 108-feet-by-48-feet. There also are new speakers in new locations throughout the stadium.

TCU won the game, 39-7. The Horned Frogs won their home-opener for the 18th straight season and extended the Big 12's longest active winning streak to four games. 

(photos above and below) Construction continues, with completion scheduled for the 2020 season, on the Amon G. Carter Stadium $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.

(photo above) At the south end of Amon G. Carter Stadium, there are partial views of the TCU campus. 

(photo below) At the north end of the stadium, there is a view of Fort Worth's new Dickie's Arena, which is nearing completion. The arena will host Fort Worth's annual stock show and rodeo, as well as concerts and sporting events. The TCU basketball team will play USC in the arena on Friday, December 6.

 

(photos above and below) The TCU marching band performs.

(photos above and below) The TCU Showgirls perform.

(photos above and below) The TCU cheerleaders perform.

The TCU Wranglers showcase the TCU Frog Horn.

TCU basketball coach Jamie Dixon (center, in front of the TCU logo) experienced the festivities of TCU's 2019 season-opening football game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Patton Maynard (center) is a fourth-generation Horned Frog and Fort Worth native who formed a group called the Dutchmen, a spirit organization he named for former head coach Dutch Meyer, who led TCU football to two national championships in 1935 and 1938. Maynard is the head Dutchman. The Dutchmen are at TCU basketball and football games, wearing purple-and-white-striped overalls, leading chants, preserving traditions (such as the Riff Ram chant) and creating new ones.

Each day during August, TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati announced changes to the TCU football game-day experience. One of the changes located the visiting team’s band to the upper northwest corner of The Carter, in sections 415-416. Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s band was the first to experience the rude treatment and “enjoy” the bird’s-eye view.

(photos above and below) Arkansas-Pine Bluff's band is known as the Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South (M4). M4 is one of the three largest collegiate marching bands in Arkansas. In 2009, M4 was selected to participate in the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade. On August 31, 2019, M4 rocked Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff's band is accompanied by two auxiliaries. The dance auxiliary (photo above) is known as the "Golden Girls."

Arkansas-Pine Bluff's cheerleaders had little to cheer about. Their Golden Lions were defeated, 39-7, by the Horned Frogs.

(photos above and below) Here comes Super Frog!

(photos above and below) The TCU Rifle team was honored during the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game. This past season, the Horned Frogs claimed their third National Championship in program history and freshman Kristen Hempill took home the Individual National Title in Air Rifle. All told, four of five national championship trophies awarded headed back to Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs took home the smallbore team title, while sophomore Elizabeth Marsh shot her way to the individual smallbore title. TCU has won the national titles in 2010, 2012 and 2019. Hemphill became the first Horned Frog to claim an individual title in air rifle. 

(photos above and below) A new Riff-Ram video debuted during the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game. The video features many TCU fans. The "Give 'Em Hell" celebrity for this game's Riff-Ram video was former Horned Frog defensive end L.J. Collier, who was a first-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2019 National Football League Draft. Watch the video: here

(photos above and below) For the first time, beer is being sold at all concession stands throughout Amon G. Carter Stadium, when gates open (two hours before kickoff), until the start of the fourth quarter. 

There are pre-game Happy Hour concessions, starting when the gates open and going until 30 minutes before kickoff, with 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. 

The beer sales proved popular during the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game. Reportedly, available quantities of Coors Light and Miller Lite were sold out.

In keeping with industry safety standards and due to the adaption of public beer sales at TCU football games, there is a new "No Re-entry" policy at TCU home football games. Fans who leave Amon G. Carter during the game need a new ticket to re-enter. By the middle of the second half of the TCU-Arkansas Pine Bluff football game, there were many vacant seats in The Carter.

New timeout clocks allow fans to monitor the length of TV timeouts during the game. The new clocks are located on the sideline. Watching the new clocks tick off the seconds makes long, boring games seem even longer and more boring.

There are several rule changes for college football for the 2019 season, including for targeting. Targeting still is defined as forcible contact to the head, neck or shoulders of a defenseless player. All targeting calls are referred to the replay booth. Beginning this season, the booth will have to "confirm" the call on the field for a targeting foul to stand. If it can't be confirmed, the penalty will be overturned.

For the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, TCU players debuted their new Nike uniforms, which feature a combination of a white helmet, purple jersey and white pants. On the jerseys are silver numbers and last names, which are hard to read from the stands.

Here come the 2019 Frogs (photos above and below)!

TCU players enjoy a few moments of reflection prior to the kickoff of their game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

(photos above and below) Here come the 2019 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions!

(left to right) TCU captains for the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff were Cordel Iwuagwu (#70), Garret Wallow (#30), Fred Barber (honorary, as president of the TCU Letterman's Association), Alex Delton (#16) and Innis Gaines (#6).

This was the third time being a captain for Iwuagwu, and the first time for the other three.

TCU co-offensive coordinators Sonny Cumbie (middle) and Curtis Luper (right) give instructions to TCU offensive players.

With a renewed focus on offensive production, Cumbie and Luper coached from the Frogs' sideline during the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. This was the first time Cumbie had coached from the sideline since becoming the offensive play-caller in 2017. Usually, he coaches from the stadium's upper level coaching box.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson (center) joins TCU co-offensive coordinators Sonny Cumbie (left) and Curtis Luper (right) in a huddle with offensive players. Patterson has said he will be more involved with the Horned Frogs' offense this season.

Against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, the Frogs' offense accumulated 484 yards (200 yards rushing and 284 yards passing), but scored touchdowns on only two of seven trips into the red zone. The other five times, TCU had to settle for field goals. The Frogs' third touchdown in the game came from outside of the red zone, on a 37-yard pass from true freshman quarterback Max Duggan to wide receiver Jalen Reagor. 

TCU co-offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie (left) talks with quarterbacks Alex Delton (#16), Matthew Baldwin (#18), Mike Collins (#10), Max Duggan (#15) and Matthew Downing (#17).

During his media conference after the Arkansas-Pine Bluff game, TCU head coach Gary Patterson announced that on appeal from TCU and Baldwin, the NCAA has reversed its earlier denial and granted immediate eligibility to Baldwin, who transferred earlier in the year to TCU from Ohio State.

A former four-star recruit and the nation's No. 10 pro-style quarterback for the 2018 recruiting class, Baldwin competed in Ohio State's 2019 spring game. He completed 20 of 36 passes for 246 yards and two scores.

Alex Delton (#16), a graduate transfer from Kansas State, started at quarterback for the Horned Frogs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Joining Delton in the starting backfield were running backs Darius Anderson (#6) and Emari Demercado (#3).

Against a scrappy and well-prepared Arkansas-Pine Bluff defense, TCU quarterback Alex Delton (#16) completed 10 of 22 passes, including this one to wide receiver Jalen Reagor. Through the air, Delton accounted for 119 yards.

In his first game as a Horned Frog, TCU starting quarterback Alex Delton (#16) ran the ball seven times for a net 67 yards, including a long run of 54 yards.

True TCU freshman quarterback Max Duggan (#15), the 2018 Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year, receives instructions from co-offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie. Duggan relieved starting quarterback Alex Delton in the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan (#15) saw significant playing time against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He showed excellent poise against the defensive pressure of the Golden Lions and managed the game well.

TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan (#15) completed 16 of 23 passes for 165 yards against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He threw one touchdown pass, a 37-yarder to wide receiver Jalen Reagor.

TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan (#15) scored his first career touchdown, and the Frogs' first touchdown of the 2019 season, on this one-yard run in the first quarter of the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor (#1, photo above) had five receptions for 71 yards and one touchdown, but he also muffed two punts, one of which was recovered by the Golden Lions.

(photo below) Reagor celebrates his 37-yard, third-quarter touchdown reception. The pass was thrown by TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan.

TCU wide receiver TreVonate Hights (#87, photo above) had eight receptions for 108 yards against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. However, after this reception, he fumbled and the ball was recovered by the Golden Lions.

On the bench, after his fumble, Hights (#87, photo below) is consoled and encouraged by coaches and players.

Against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, TCU true freshman running back Darwin Barlow (#24, photo above) rushed for 45 yards on eight carries and scored his first career touchdown (photo below), on an eight-yard run with less than a minute remaining in the game.

Barlow dedicated the touchdown to his Newton High School coach, W.T. Johnston. Hired to be the head football coach at Newton High School in 2010, Johnston made the state championship game three times, winning back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018. He did it while battling lung disease that was diagnosed in 2012 and dealing with a very rare case of Graft-versus-host disease since 2015. The 2018 title game, in which Barlow played, was Johnston's final game as a football coach. After retiring earlier in the spring, Johnston passed away in May.

TCU running back Sewo Olonilua (#33) saw action in the second half of the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Patterson suspended Olonilua for the first half of the game because Olonilua, who has graduated, is facing a felony drug charge from a traffic stop in May. Against the Golden Lions, Olonilua carried the ball seven times for 50 yards. He was the leading rusher among the running backs.

TCU field goal kickers Jonathan Song (#46, photo above) and Griffin Kell (#39, photo below) scored 18 points on six field goals against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Song, a senior, kicked five field goals, with the longest from 38 yards. The five field goals by Song were the most by a TCU kicker since the Frogs' Jaden Oberkrom went six-for-six against Texas Tech in 2012.  Song, who also was two-of-two on extra-point kicks, earned the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week award. Kell, a true freshman, kicked a 35-yard field goal, and the extra point after the Frogs' final touchdown in the game.

In his first game action as a Horned Frog, true freshman punter Jordy Sandy (#31) punted four times for an average of 35.5 yards per punt against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He had a long punt of 45 yards. Sandy is from Taralgon, Australia. He was ranked as the number one punter in Australia and rated by 247Sports as the No. 5 punter in the Class of 2019.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson (photos above and below) worked up a sweat calling defensive signals during the 39-7 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson instructed and motivated his defensive players on the field (photo above) and on the bench (photo below) during the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

The Frogs' defense responded. They held the Golden Lions to 215 total yards (114 passing and 101 rushing) and one touchdown. TCU also intercepted two passes, recorded three sacks and allowed Pine Bluff to only convert four-of-17 third-down opportunities. In addition, a fourth-down attempt by the Golden Lions was thwarted by the Frogs.

TCU junior linebacker Garret Wallow (#30, photos above and below) led TCU defenders with 13 total tackles in the game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He also had a sack and 3.5 tackles-for-loss. Wallow's performance earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.

TCU defenders, including redshirt freshman defensive end Ochaun Mathis (#32, photos above and below) and junior defensive tackle Corey Bethley (#94, photo below) constantly pressured Arkansas-Pine Bluff's quarterbacks. 

Golden Lion quarterback Skyler Perry (#11, photo above) completed five of 12 passes for seven yards. He also threw an interception. 

Arkansas-Pine Bluff quarterback Shannon Patrick (#10, photo below) completed 8 of 16 passes for 107 yards. He also threw an interception.

(photos above and below) TCU defenders limited Arkansas-Pine Bluff wide receiver Harry Ballard (#1, photos above and below) to three receptions for 38 yards.

TCU's pressure on Arkansas-Pine Bluff quarterbacks, including Shannon Patrick (#10, photo above), led to two interceptions by the TCU secondary, including one by Ar'Darius Washington (#27, photo below), who celebrated his theft with safety Vernon Scott (#26). TCU safety Trevon Moehrig had the Frogs' other interception.

 

TCU's defense held Arkansas-Pine Bluff to one touchdown, which came on this one-yard run in the third quarter by running back Keshawn Williams (#8).

The TCU band and players, coaches, Wranglers, cheerleaders, Showgirls and fans celebrate the Frogs' season-opening 39-7 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff by singing the TCU alma mater.

TCU's new north-end videboard proclaims TCU's 39-7 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.