TCU-Purdue Game Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

TCU derailed Purdue, 34-13, on September 14, 2019, in West Lafayette, Indiana.

A couple of TCU fans await the onslaught of the Frogs!

The Big Ten Network (BTN) was on hand to broadcast the TCU-Purdue game.

The Purdue band (photos above and below) graciously played the TCU alma mater for the TCU fans in attendance, since the TCU band did not make the trip to West Lafayette, Indiana. The band received a standing ovation from the TCU fans.

A large and rowdy contingent of TCU fans was on hand in West Lafayette, Indiana, to see the Frogs beat Purdue.

 

Attendance at the September 14 TCU-Purdue game was 60,037. It was the largest crowd at a Purdue home non-conference game since September 14, 2013.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson (back) and Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm talk prior to the game.

TCU co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sonny Cumbie

TCU co-offensive coordinator/running backs coach Curtis Luper

(photos above and below) Here come the Frogs! TCU players wore a white helmet, a white jersey and white pants.

(photos above and below) Here come the Boilermakers!

TCU's captains were (from left to right) Alex Delton (#16), Lucas Niang (#77), Ross Blacklock (#90) and Garret Wallow (#30).

TCU captain/linebacker Garret Wallow (#30) shakes the hand of Riley Children's Health “Purdue Kid Captain” Wyatt Claire. Wyatt, who is 12 years old, has Spina Bifida. At three-hours old, Wyatt had his first surgery at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health to close the defect in his spinal cord, something the doctors noticed before he was born. Today, Wyatt travels twice a year to see his team of experts with the Spina Bifida program at Riley Outpatient Center at IU Health.

About the encounter, Wallow said, "It is always a blessing to be a positive role model to young children who look up to us football players and men. TCU has blessed me with an opportunity to come to college and to even be in this position to play football. Whenever I get the chance to represent the University well, I try my best!"

Wallow shaking Claire’s hand reminded fans of when TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin greeted Abby Faber prior to the TCU-Iowa State game in Ames, Iowa, in 2015.

Abby, who was in a wheelchair because of spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, had taken the field with Iowa State players for the coin toss before kickoff. A photo of Boykin and Faber went viral. Faber and her family traveled to Fort Worth, as guests of the Frogs, to attend the TCU-West Virginia game on October 29, 2015.

TCU unleashed a bruising running game against Purdue.

(photo above) Senior running back Darius Anderson (#6) rushed for a career-high 179 yards and two touchdowns. His performance earned him the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Co-Player of the Week for the third week of the college football season.

(photo below) Senior running back Sewo Olonilua (#33) rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown. 

Anderson and Olonilua gave TCU a pair of 100-yard rushers for the first time since a 52-45 win at Kansas State in 2015 when Trevone Boykin ran for 124 yards and Aaron Green rushed for 121 yards.

TCU totaled 346 rushing yards as a team against Purdue, marking the first time since 2016 that a Horned Frogs squad rushed for at least 300 yards in a game.

For the second-straight game, Alex Delton (#16) started at quarterback for the Horned Frogs. He played a limited number of downs. He was replaced by true freshman Max Duggan, who played the majority of offensive downs in the 34-13 victory by TCU over Purdue.

(photo above) Delton completed one of six passes for five yards.

(photo below) Delton ran the ball eight times for a minus-three yards.

TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan (#15) relieved starting quarterback Alex Delton and played most of the game, including all of the offensive snaps in the second half.

(photo above) Duggan completed seven of 18 passes for 70 yards and one touchdown.

(photo below) Duggan rushed 12 times for 20 yards.

Both of TCU's quarterbacks, Alex Delton and Max Duggan, were victimized in the Purdue game by dropped passes. 

(photo above) TCU wide receiver Trevontae Hights (#87) could not catch this pass from Duggan. Hights did not catch a pass in the game.

(photo below) TCU tight end Pro Wells (#81) has his eyes on a touchdown reception, but the pass was incomplete. Against Purdue, Wells had one catch for six yards.

TCU wide receiver Al'Dontre Davis (#80) was wide open in the end zone for an easy 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Max Duggan in the third quarter. The touchdown reception was his first career touchdown. It capped a nine-play, 92-yard drive.

TCU kicker Jonathan Song kicked a 24-yard field goal and a 40-yard field goal against Purdue. Song is 7-of-7 on the season and 24-of-27 in his career. He is 23-of-24 on attempts inside 40 yards.

(photos above and below) Purdue redshirt freshman quarterback Jack Plummer (#13) appeared in his first game as a Boilermaker. He was forced into action because Purdue starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar, a fifth-year senior, was recovering from a concussion he received in the Boilermaker's game against Vanderbilt the prior week.

Plummer completed 13 of 29 passes for 181 yards and one touchdown. He had two passes intercepted by the Horned Frogs. He ran the ball seven times for minus-four yards. He was sacked three times.

Purdue running back Zander Horvath (#40) is gang-tackled by four Horned Frogs. Horvath and his fellow Boilermakers only managed 23 rushing yards on 25 carries. The 23 rushing yards were Purdue’s fewest since having 23 rushing yards against Minnesota on November 5, 2016.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson signals defensive plays during the TCU-Purdue game.

(photos above and below) TCU head coach Gary Patterson instructs defensive players, including cornerbacks Jeff Gladney (#12) and Hidari Ceasar (#16), during the TCU-Purdue game. The Frogs' defense responded. The Boilermakers were held to eight first downs, 23 rushing yards and 181 passing yards.

TCU linebacker Garret Wallow (#30) led the TCU defense against Purdue. Wallow had 10 tackles, three tackles for loss, and one sack. A stingy TCU defense! Cornerback Jeff Gladney (#12), defensive tackles Ross Blacklock (#90) and Corey Bethley (#94) and defensive end Ochaun Mathis (#32). Gladney had two tackles and an interception. His five career interceptions are the most by a current Horned Frog. Blacklock (#90) had two tackles and a sack.

Most of the TCU-Purdue pre-game hype centered on TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor (#1, photo above) and Purdue wide receiver Rondale Moore (#4, photo below). Both are two of the best receivers in the country. However, neither played a decisive role in the game.

Reagor had three receptions for 29 yards, with no touchdowns and a long catch of 13 yards. He carried the football three times for 11 yards and no touchdowns.

Moore came into the game first in the nation with 230 all-purpose yards per game, 334 receiving yards, and 24 receptions. Against TCU's defense, he had 80 all-purpose yards, 25 receiving yards, and three receptions.

 

TCU and Purdue players and coaches meet at midfield after the Frogs' 34-12 victory.

(photos above and below) TCU players, coaches, cheerleaders and fans celebrate the 34-13 victory over Purdue by singing the TCU alma mater as Purdue fireworks explode in the background.