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Game 4 of TCU’s 2020 Football Season: TCU Horned Frogs (1-2, 1-2 Big 12) versus Oklahoma Sooners (2-2, 1-2 Big 12): Saturday, October 24, 2020; 11 am (Central); Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas; TV: ABC (TV talent: Joe Tessitore, Greg McElroy and Holly Rowe); 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).
2020 Color Coordination for the TCU-Oklahoma Game:
Wear your
favorite TCU colors. A facial cover (protective mask) also is required.
TCU Uniform Combination for the Game: TCU players will wear a purple helmet, black jersey and purple pants.
TCU-Oklahoma Gameday Central: here
TCU-Oklahoma Digital Game Program: here
TCU-Oklahoma Hype Video: here
The Line for the TCU-Oklahoma Game: Oklahoma opened as a 6.5-point favorite. The line increased to seven points, but went back to 6.5 points. The over/under opened at 62 points. It decreased to 59.5 points.
Midnite's TCU-Oklahoma Prediction: TCU head coach Gary Patterson has had two weeks for prepare for his team's game against Oklahoma. The Sooners are experiencing a rare down year, having lost two of their first three Big 12 games. If not this year, then when would Patterson get his first victory over Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley?
The Frogs continue their topsy-turvy season and add more misery to Sooners Nation with a 34-31 victory. Boom go the Sooners!
Big 12 Football Coaches Week Seven Teleconference: here
2020 TCU Football Hype Video: here
2020 Countdown to TCU-Oklahoma Kickoff: Three hours prior to kickoff: Frog Alley opens. Two hours prior to kickoff: temperature check and gates open. One hour prior to kickoff: TCU Marching Band and Spirit parade. Thirty minutes prior to kickoff: Frog Alley closes and pre-game show begins.
2020 COVID-19 Warning: An inherent risk of exposure to the virus
that causes COVID-19 exists in any public space where people are
present. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to
severe illness and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, senior citizens and those with underlying medical
conditions are especially vulnerable. The latest COVID-19 guidelines and information are at the CDC website: here
2020 Fan Experience for TCU Football at Amon G. Carter Stadium: To provide the safest environment for fans to enjoy TCU football this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Tailgating is prohibited in all Frog Club lots and spaces. Lots open three hours prior to kick off and close following the game.
- Frog Alley has been moved to Stadium Drive.
- Amon G. Carter Stadium gates open two hours prior to kick off.
- TCU has transitioned to mobile-only ticketing for the 2020 football season. This shift provides a safer, contactless ticketing environment. Fans will receive their tickets via email, allowing them to download tickets into their Apple Wallet (iPhone) or Google Pay Wallet (Android). Prior to reaching the gates, ticket holders open their digital wallet, select the game tickets and hold their phone near the ticket scanner.
- All fans will have their temperature taken and complete a brief health
screening questionnaire (acknowledge that you are symptom free) prior to entering Amon G. Carter Stadium and Frog Alley.
Gate and temperature check locations: here
- Face Coverings (over the nose and mouth) are required to be worn by everyone outside and within the stadium. Tarrant County has a face mask mandate in order through the end of the year.
- A
refusal to comply with the 2020 TCU Football health and
safety guidelines may result in removal from the stadium
and/or loss of ticket privileges to future home
games.
- No guest service carts or shuttles.
- The suggested entrance gate near your seat is noted on your mobile ticket.
- Social distancing markers are in place at gates, concessions and restrooms.
- Hand sanitization stations are throughout the stadium.
- Elevators will operate under state mandates of no more than four passengers and an operator.
- There are cashless concessions and merchandise transactions.
- Concession items predominately will be prepackaged and sealed, with limited selections.
- Beer will be served in sealed containers.
- There is no in-seat concession hawking.
- Concession locations will vary based on crowd size.
- All premium buffets are staff-served.
- Tables in common areas and premium clubs are spaced appropriately.
- Multiple clean teams will continually clean common areas.
- Staff will be screened prior to entering the facility and will be required to wear a face covering.
- Football Pre-Game Happy Hour Specials - available when gates open to 30 minute before kick-off :
- Beer $4 (sales conclude at the start of the fourth quarter)
- 44oz Pepsi: $3
- Large popcorn: $3
- Peanuts: $3
- Nachos: $2.25
- Hot Dog: $2
Share Your 2020 TCU Football Experience: During this football season, TCU Athletics and the TCU Alumni Association encourage fans to submit photos and videos of how you’re cheering for the Horned Frogs. During each game, share your live reactions to the game using the hashtag #GoFrogs and your photos and/or videos could be displayed on the Jumbotron during the game.
Virtual Tailgating in 2020: Tailgating is not allowed at Amon G. Carter Stadium this year, but you still can show off your tailgating skills. Use the hashtag #TCUVirtualTailgate or email pictures/videos of your home tailgate setup to alumnimedia@tcu.edu. Winners for the most spirited setup will be chosen throughout the season, so keep the tailgates going, even though we're social distancing this season!
2020 TCU Football Fan Guide: here
2020 TCU Corononavirus FAQs: here
2020 Home
Game FAQs: here
2020 Amon G. Carter Beer Sales FAQs: here
TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s fourth game of the 2020 season. TCU had a bye on Saturday, October 17.
On Saturday, October 10, in Fort Worth, TCU was upset by Kansas State, 21-14. Watch game highlights: here
Previously, TCU had lost its first game of the season, 37-34, to Iowa State, in Fort Worth, and won its second game of the season, 33-31, over Texas, in Austin, Texas.
Oklahoma’s Previous Game: This is Oklahoma’s fifth game of the 2020 season. The Sooners had a bye on Saturday, October 17.
On Saturday, October 10, in the Cotton Bowl, in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma beat Texas, 53-45, in four overtimes. Watch game highlights: here
Previously Oklahoma had beaten Missouri State, 48-0, in Norman, Oklahoma, lost to Kansas State, 38-35, in Norman, and lost to Iowa State, 37-30, in Ames, Iowa.
Previous TCU-Oklahoma Game: During the 2019 season, TCU’s worst offensive game nearly turned out to be the Horned Frogs’ most noteworthy game of the year.
On November 23, in Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, in Norman, TCU only scraped together 204 yards of total offense, but the Frogs nearly snuffed the College Playoff dreams of then-No. 9 and Big 12 first-place Oklahoma.
Thanks to a defensive stand late in the fourth quarter, the Sooners, who were on their way to yet another Big 12 Conference championship, eked out a 28-24 win over the Horned Frogs.
TCU was driving for a go-ahead touchdown with less than two minutes remaining in the game when Oklahoma defensive back Brendan Radley-Hiles intercepted a fourth-down pass from Duggan.
Watch highlights: here
TCU-Oklahoma Rivalry:
- Oklahoma holds a 15-5 series lead over TCU.
- The first game in the series was a 34-19 Sooners victory in Oklahoma City in
1944.
- The Sooners have won six in a row over the Frogs (2015-2019), including the 2017 Big 12 championship Game, which was a first-time experience for TCU.
- The Horned Frogs are 2-7 versus the Sooners in Fort Worth. TCU last won in Fort Worth, 37-33, in 2014, when Bob Stoops was Oklahoma’s head coach.
- TCU's 17-10 win at No. 5 Oklahoma in the 2005 season-opener was the Frogs' first
victory over an opponent ranked that high since a 6-0 decision at No. 1 Texas
in 1961. The 10 points by OU marked its fewest in a home game under former head
coach Bob Stoops.
- TCU head coach Gary Patterson has never beaten Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley.
- Riley is the only head
coach who has beaten Patterson twice in one season, in 2017.
- Patterson’s losses to Riley include: last year’s 28-24 loss in Norman; a 52-27 loss in Fort Worth in 2018; a 38-20 loss in Norman during the 2017 regular conference season; and a 41-17 loss in the 2017 Big 12 Championship game in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
- Since TCU began Big 12 play in 2012, six of its eight regular-season games versus Oklahoma have been decided by seven points or less.
- TCU and OU are unranked, the first time this matchup features
unranked teams since the Frogs joined the Big 12 in 2012. The Sooners
are receiving votes in the AP and coaches polls, while the Frogs are
receiving votes in the coaches poll.
TCU-Oklahoma Connections:
- Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley played at Texas Tech in 2002 and was teammates with TCU offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Sonny Cumbie, who played at Tech from 2000-04. Riley served as a student assistant on Mike Leach’s staff from 2003-05. Both were on Leach’s staff for the 2009 season, with Riley as the inside wide receivers coach and Cumbie as a graduate assistant.
- TCU outside receivers coach Malcolm Kelly was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection and a 2005 Freshman All-American at Oklahoma. He totaled 144 receptions for 2,285 yards and 21 touchdowns in just three seasons. When he left Norman, Kelly ranked second all-time at Oklahoma with his 21 touchdown catches and nine career 100-yard receiving games. He tied a school record with 11 receptions as a sophomore versus Texas Tech in 2006.
- Oklahoma has 49 players from Texas on its roster.
- TCU has three players on its roster from Oklahoma: freshman quarterback Eli Williams (#16) of Sapulpa; redshirt freshman linebacker Zach Marcheselli (#34) of Broken Arrow; and freshman wide receiver Blake Nowell (#87) of Ardmore.
TCU Notables:
- Gary Patterson is in his 20th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs. He is TCU’s winningest football coach with a record of 173-72. Patterson has won 22 national coach of the year honors. His 20 seasons make him the nation's second-longest tenured head coach.
- Patterson is 173-72 overall in 20 seasons and 40-36 against league opponents since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.
- Patterson is the second-longest tenured coach at one school in the FBS (Kirk Ferentz is in his 22nd year at the University of Iowa).
- Patterson's 173 victories are the most by an active head coach at his current school.
- Patterson is tied for second nationally among active FBS head coaches in most AP Top-10 finishes with six (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017). He's also second among active head coaches in most top-25 finishes with 11.
- Patterson led TCU to a 2014 Big 12 championship in just its third season in the conference. TCU has won six conference championships, in three different leagues, under Patterson. He has also been the coach of the year in each conference.
- The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 seasons under Patterson.
- This season's TCU win over Texas marked Patterson’s 12th victory over a top-10 team, and his 27th over a ranked team.
- The Horned Frogs were picked sixth in the 2020 Preseason Big 12 Media Preseason Poll.
- TCU won conference championships in both previous seasons it was picked sixth or lower in a preseason poll under Patterson (6th, 2005 Mountain West; 7th, 2014 Big 12).
- Since Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator in 1998, TCU has fared well in the opening season of a new decade. In 2010, TCU went 13-0, won the Rose Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 2 nationally. The Horned Frogs were 10-2 and won the WAC in 2000. Patterson began that season as defensive coordinator before being named head coach prior to the Mobile Alabama Bowl versus Southern Miss.
- Over the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's second-best conference record (34-23) and third-best overall mark (53-28).
- TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish in the top 10 of the final polls at least three times (2014, 2015, 2017) in the last six seasons. The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
- TCU had five 11-win seasons last decade, equaling the combined number of the 11 other FBS programs in Texas.
- TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense in each of the last three seasons.
- The Horned Frogs are 89-26 under Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
- Four of the Horned Frogs' first five games this season are at home. TCU leaves the state of Texas just twice this season, for games against Kansas and West Virginia, in Lawrence, Kansas, and Morgantown, West Virginia, respectively.
- TCU this season is 0-2 in The Carter. This is the worst start at home for the Frogs since Patterson has been coach. It also is the worst start since TCU lost its first four home games in the 1997 season, when the team went 1-10 under head coach Pat Sullivan.
- The Horned Frogs have won 14 of their last 19 regular-season games after an open date.
- Under Patterson, TCU is 44-18 in regular-season games following a loss.
- TCU has committed a staggering 29 penalties for over 200 penalty yards over the team's three games.
- TCU is the only school in the nation to lead its conference in total defense the last three seasons.
- The
Horned Frogs have 11 scholarship seniors, and 20 total, on this year's
team. Fifty-one players are freshmen and redshirt freshmen.
- Junior running back Emari Demercado (#3) is the lone non-freshman TCU running back. The other backs are redshirt freshmen and true freshmen.
- The freshman contingent of running backs includes highly ranked prospects out of high school. Redshirt freshman Darwin Barlow (#24), a four-star signee, was the No. 4 running back in Texas and No. 27 nationally out of Newton (Texas) High School. Daimarqua Foster (#21) was the highest-rated recruit in TCU’s Class of 2019. The four-star prospect from Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, Texas, was the No. 7 running back nationally and No. 23 player in Texas. True freshman Kendre Miller (#33) was rated as the No. 122 athlete in the country. True freshman Zach Evans (#6) was TCU’s first five-star signee in program history. He was rated the nation’s No. 2 running back and No. 16 overall player.
- TCU’s streak of scoring in 348 consecutive games is fourth on the NCAA’s all-time list, trailing only Florida (400, 1988-present), Michigan (365, 1984-04) and BYU (361, 1975-03).
- TCU is one of 21 schools to have won multiple national championships (1935, 1938) and produce a Heisman Trophy winner (Davey O’Brien, 1938). The other schools are Alabama, Army, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Pittsburgh, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M and USC.
- TCU is one of nine schools nationally with a Heisman Trophy winner (Davey O’Brien, 1938), NFL Most Valuable Player (LaDainian Tomlinson, 2006) and Super Bowl MVP (Larry Brown, Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXX). The others are Alabama, BYU, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Syracuse and USC.
- Quarterback Max Duggan is 10th in the nation in completion percentage (68.8). He was at 53.4 last season.
- JD Spielman ranks seventh nationally in punt return average at 11.4 yards.
- TCU's offense is ranked ninth (next-to-last) in scoring offense in the Big 12.
- Through three games, the TCU offensive line has given up 10 sacks.
- TCU redshirt freshman wide receiver Blair Conwright has been named to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-American Watch List. He is second on the team with 11 receptions. His 176 receiving yards lead the team. He's averaging 16.0 yards per catch. He has one touchdown reception.
- Through three games, TCU's offense has run 240 plays, an average of 80 per game.
- Through three games, TCU's defense has limited the offenses of opponents to 168 plays: Iowa State, 51; Texas, 60; Kansas State, 57.
- TCU's defense is allowing nearly 180 yards rushing per game.
- TCU's defense has only four sacks through three games. Last season's 22 sacks by the defense were the lowest for a season since Patterson has been head coach.
- TCU linebacker Garret Wallow has forced two fumbles this season. That is tied for the Big 12 lead in that category.
- TCU is eight-for-eight scoring in the red zone; five touchdowns and three field goals.
Oklahoma Notables:
- A rarity! Oklahoma is unranked coming into the game against TCU.
- On Saturday, October 10, in the Cotton Bowl, in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma beat Texas, 53-45, in four overtimes.
- Previously Oklahoma had beaten Missouri State, 48-0, in Norman, Oklahoma, lost to Kansas State, 38-35, in Norman, and lost to Iowa State, 37-30, in Ames, Iowa.
- On Saturday, September 26, in Norman, Oklahoma, Kansas State upset then third-ranked Oklahoma, 38-35. It was the Wildcats' second consecutive victory over the Sooners. During the 2019 season, Kansas State upset then seventh-ranked Oklahoma, 48-41, in Manhattan.
- Kansas
State entered the game against Oklahoma as a four-touchdown
underdog, but overcame a 21-point second-half deficit to beat the Sooners.
- A week after the Kansas State loss, on Saturday, October 3, Iowa State beat Oklahoma, 37-30, in Ames, Iowa. It was the Cyclones’ first home win over Oklahoma since 1960.
- After the loss to Iowa State, Oklahoma dropped out of the Associated Press poll and the Coaches poll. It was the first time the Sooners had been unranked in the AP poll since 2014 and it was their first 0-2 start in Big 12 play since 1998.
- With the loss to Iowa State, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley upset Sooners' fans by having done something former head coach Bob Stoops never had done from 1999 to 2016 -- lost back-to-back Big 12 games.
- The Sooners could end up signing five of the top 10 players in Texas in the 2021 class.
- Oklahoma football won 22 consecutive road games from 2014-2019.
- Oklahoma has won five consecutive Big 12 Conference championships. The last season the Sooners didn’t win a championship was 2014, when TCU and Baylor shared the championship.
- Since the Big 12 was formed 24 years ago in 1996, Oklahoma has won or tied for 13 of the 24 conference championships.
- Oklahoma football has claimed seven national championships (1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000).
- Seven Sooners have won the Heisman Trophy: Billy Vessels (1952); Steve Owens (1969); Billy Sims (1978); Jason White (2003); Sam Bradford (2008); Baker Mayfield (2017); and Kyler Murray (2018).
- Oklahoma was a member of the Southwest Conference from 1915-1919. The Sooners were conference champions in 1915 and 1918.
- The Sooners joined the Big Eight in 1920.
- After presiding over two of the most prolific offenses in Oklahoma football history as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2015 and 2016, Lincoln Riley took over the program’s head coaching reins on June 7, 2017, following the retirement of one of the most accomplished coaches of the last quarter century in Bob Stoops.
- In his three years at the helm, Riley has led the Sooners to their 11th, 12th and 13th Big 12 titles and to three College Football Playoff berths. He was named the 2018 Co-Big 12 Coach of the Year.
- This year, the Oklahoma offense is averaging 41.5 points per games, 502 total yards per game, 144 rushing yards per game and 358 passing yards per game.
- Oklahoma has scored 21 touchdowns; 14 through the air and seven on the ground.
- Oklahoma quarterbacks have thrown six interceptions.
- The Oklahoma offense has lost three-of-six fumbles and allowed 11 sacks.
- Redshirt freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler (#7) has completed 92 of 129 passes for 1,186 yards and 13 touchdowns. He has thrown five interceptions.
- Rattler leads the Big 12 in pass efficiency (174.0) and his 13 touchdown passes rank second in the conference.
- On the ground, Rattler has rushed 35 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns.
- Junior running back T.J. Pledger (#5) has rushed 46 times for 219 yards and two touchdowns.
- Freshman running back Seth McGowan (#1) has 181 yards on 34 carries. He has scored two touchdowns on the ground.
- Redshirt freshman running back Marcus Major (#24) has rushed for 74 yards on 23 carries. He has one rushing touchdown.
- Sophomore H-back Austin Stogner (#18) has caught 18 passes for 230 yards and one touchdown. He has a long catch of 31 yards.
- Freshman wide receiver Marvin Mims (#17) has caught 15 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns. He has a long reception of 53 yards.
- Redshirt junior wide receiver Charleston Rambo (#14) has 15 receptions for 187 yards and two touchdowns. His long reception has been for 53 yards.
- Redshirt junior H-back Jeremiah Hall (#27) has three touchdown receptions.
- Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Drake Stoops (#12), who is the son of former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, has two touchdown receptions, including a 51-yarder.
- Opponents are averaging 30 points a game against Oklahoma, 342.5 total yards per game, 96.5 yards rushing per game and 246 yards passing per game.
- The Oklahoma defense has allowed 11 rushing touchdowns and four passing touchdowns.
- The Sooners' defense has intercepted three passes, recorded 12 sacks and recovered two of four fumbles.
- Redshirt sophomore linebacker Brian Asamoah (#24) has 27 total tackles, two tackles for loss and a half sack.
- Junior safety Pat Fields (#10) has 22 tackles.
- Junior safety Delarrin Turner-Yell (#32) has 22 tackles, two tackles for loss, a half sack and one interception.
- Redshirt freshman safety Woodi Washington (#0) has 17 tackle and one interception.
- Junior linebacker DeShaun White (#33) has 2.5 sacks.
- Redshirt sophomore linebacker Nik Bonitto (#11) has two sacks.
- Senior cornerback Tre Brown (#6) has an interception.
- The Sooners have the second-worst pass defense in the Big 12. They are allowing 301 passing yards a game.
- Oklahoma's offense has turned the ball over nine times, the most of any team in the Big 12. The Sooners have thrown five interceptions and lost four fumbles.
2020 TCU Football Fact Book: here
2020 TCU Football Roster: here
2020 TCU Football Schedule: here
Gary Patterson's “Take A Step Back” Song Video: here
Gary Patterson's "Game On" Song Video: here
2020 TCU Winter/Spring Sports Preview Guide: here
TCU Booster Information for the 2020-2021 Academic Year: here
TCU "End Racism" Mural Video: here
TCU Beacons Video: here
TCU Football Facilities Tour: here
TCU 2019-20 Athletics Annual Report: here
Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley talks about TCU: here
2020 Oklahoma Football Guide: here
2020 Oklahoma Football Roster: here
2020 Oklahoma Football Schedule: here
Amon G. Carter Stadium: The 2012 season marked the opening of TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium after a $164 million renovation completely funded through donor support. 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 of which are sold.
2020 marks the introduction of the $100-million Amon G. Carter Stadium premium seating expansion. The project added two new levels of luxury seating above the existing upper deck on the east side of the stadium. The new Legends Club and Suites include 48 loge boxes with two private clubs, over 1,000 club seats and 22 luxury suites.
Additional information about Amon G. Carter Stadium: here
Stadium map: here
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.
2020 Game 5 for TCU: Baylor will treat the Frogs to a trick or two on Saturday, October 31, in McLane Stadium, in Waco, Texas. Time and TV for the Halloween Day contest will be announced soon.
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