Horned Frog Football Week 6: TCU-Iowa State Gameday Information

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Game 5 of the 2019 TCU Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs visit Iowa State; Saturday, October 5, 2019, at 11 am (Central), Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa; TV: ESPN2 (TV talent: Roy Philpott, Kelly Stouffer, Lauren Sisler); 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 6: ESPN GameDay will be in Gainesville, Florida, on Saturday, October 5, for the battle between No. 7 Auburn (5-0) and No. 10 Florida (5-0). The game kicks off at 2:30 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast by CBS. 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

TCU head coach Gary Patterson talks about Iowa State: here

TCU-Iowa State 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 Riff-Ram Video from TCU-Kansas Game on September 28: here

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

TCU Earn the Chip Video: here

TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s ffifth game of the 2019 season. The Frogs' last game was a win over Kansas in Fort Worth, on September 28. TCU is 3-1 (1-0). TCU’s three wins have been over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Purdue and Kansas. The lone loss has been to SMU.

Iowa State's Previous Game: Iowa State opened Big 12 Conference play against Baylor in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, September 28.

Previous TCU-Iowa State Game: TCU beat Iowa State, 17-14, on September 29, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU-Iowa State Rivalry: 

• Iowa State is the favorite. If the betting line holds, it would mark only the second time in 11 meetings that Iowa State has been favored against TCU. The Horned Frogs have been favored in eight of 10 all-time meetings between the schools since they first met in 1995. Iowa State was a 4-point favorite in 1998 and the 2005 meeting in the Houston Bowl was a pick'em. TCU leads the all-time series 8-2, including 5-2 since joining the Big 12. The Cyclones are 5-5 against the spread in the 10 games since 1995.
• The last two meetings between TCU and Iowa State have been decided by a total of 10 points with the home team winning each contest. The Horned Frogs won 17-14 in Fort Worth last season, while the Cyclones took a 14-7 decision in Ames in 2017.
• TCU and Iowa State will be meeting for the 11th time in their history.
• TCU holds an 8-2 series lead, including a 5-2 advantage since beginning Big 12 play in 2012.
• TCU is 3-1 versus Iowa State in Ames, 4-1 in Fort Worth and 1-0 at neutral sites (2005 Houston Bowl).
• Iowa State took a 37-23 victory in 2012 in the Horned Frogs' first-ever Big 12 home game. It snapped a 12-game TCU winning streak that was the longest in the nation at the time.
• Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the teams had not met since a 27-24 Horned Frogs' victory in the 2005 Houston Bowl.
• The series began with a 27-10 TCU win in Fort Worth in 1995.

TCU-Iowa State Connections:

• TCU true freshman starting quarterback Max Duggan is a native of Council Bluffs, Iowa. He played at Lewis Central High School and was the 2018 Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year.
• TCU head coach Gary Patterson’s first game on the Horned Frogs’ sideline was a 31-21 victory at Iowa State in the 1998 season opener. Patterson was TCU’s defensive coordinator at the time.
• There are six players from Texas on Iowa State's roster.
• Duggan is the only player from Iowa on TCU's roster.

2019 TCU Football Fact Book: here

2019 TCU Sports Fall Guide: here

TCU Campus Tour Video: here

2019 Iowa State Football Guide: here

2019 Iowa State Football Video: here

Frogs Missing in Action: Receivers Taye Barber, Mikel Barkley, Al'Dontre Davis ad TreVontae Hights have missed recent games due to injuries. Kicker Cole Bunce returned from injury during the Kansas game. Cornerback Noah Daniels suffered a season-ending injury during a summer practice session.

The Line: Iowa State opened as a 2.5-point favorite, and the over-under opened at 48 points. The line has moved to Iowa State as a 3.5-point favorite. The over-under has moved down to 44.5 points.

If the line holds, it would mark only the second time in 11 meetings that Iowa State has been favored against TCU. The Horned Frogs have been favored in eight of 10 all-time meetings between the schools since they first met in 1995. Iowa State was a 4-point favorite in 1998 and the 2005 meeting in the Houston Bowl was a pick'em. TCU leads the all-time series 8-2, including 5-2 since joining the Big 12. The Cyclones are 5-5 against the spread in the 10 games since 1995.

Midnite's TCU-Iowa State Prediction: TCU 23, Iowa State 21

TCU Notables:

• TCU is in its eighth season in the Big 12.  
• 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 (50-20, 31-15) 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 26 percent (170 of 654) 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 117-36 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 of 71 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 337 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.
• TCU is 654-548-57 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 three consecutive 100-yard rushing games. He is the first Horned Frog to achieve this since Lonta Hobbs in 2002. Anderson is second in the Big 12 and sixth in the FBS in rushing yards per game at 120.8.
• Anderson tops all current Horned Frogs with seven career 100-yard games, 2,078 yards and 17 rushing touchdowns. He reached 2,000 career yards in the Kansas game.
• Anderson is on pace for TCU’s first 1,000-yard season since Kyle Hicks had 1,042 in 2016.
• TCU is averaging 275.2 yards per game rushing.
• The 275.2 yards per game rushing is the highest total since 2000, when LaDainian Tomlinson was key in the Horned Frogs averaging 275.6 yards per game.
• The 275.2 yards per game on the ground ranks eighth nationally.
• 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.
• TCU linebacker Garret Wallow is second in the nation in tackles for loss per game and fourth in total tackles.

Information about Jack Trice Stadium rules and regulations: here

Important! Security measures at Jack Trice Stadium: 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 gates. Backpacks, diaper bags and other similar bags are not be allowed.

2019 Game 6 for TCU: TCU will clash with Kansas State on Saturday, October 19, in Manhattan, Kansas. Kickoff time and broadcast network are still to be determined and announced.