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Game 8 of TCU’s 2020 Football Season:
TCU Horned Frogs (3-4, 3-4 Big 12) versus Kansas (4-3, 3-3 Big
12): Saturday, November 28, 2020; 7 pm (Central); David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas; TV: FS1 (TV talent: Eric Collins and Ben Leber); 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-Kansas Gameday Central: here
TCU-Kansas Digital Game Program: here
The Line for the TCU-Kansas Game: TCU opened as a 24-point favorite. The spread increased to 24.5 points, then fell back to 24 points. The over/under for total points in the game is 52.5 points.
Midnite's TCU-Kansas Prediction: TCU 34, Kansas 17
Big 12 Football Coaches Week 13 Teleconference: here
Order of Coaches:
- Les Miles, Kansas (audio not available)
- Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
- Chris Klieman, Kansas State
- Neal Brown, West Virginia
- Matt Wells, Texas Tech
- Dave Aranda, Baylor
- Matt Campbell, Iowa State
- Gary Patterson, TCU
- Tom Herman, Texas
- Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
2020 TCU Football Hype Video: here
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2020 TCU Football Fan Guide: here
TCU's Previous Game: This is TCU’s eighth game of the 2020
season.
TCU had a bye on Saturday, November 21.
On Saturday, November 14, in Morgantown, West Virginia, TCU was dominated by West Virginia, 24-6. Highlights: here
TCU has beaten Texas, Baylor and Texas Tech. The Frogs have lost to Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
Kansas' Previous Game: Prior
to its game against TCU, Kansas was scheduled to play the University of Texas,
on Saturday, November 21, in Lawrence. The
game was postponed, due to a combination of injuries and COVID-19
issues within the Jayhawks' program. The game has been rescheduled for December
12.
This season the Jayhawks have been beaten by: Coastal Carolina, 38-23; Baylor, 47-14; Oklahoma State, 47-7; West Virginia, 38-17; Kansas State, 55-14; Iowa State, 52-22; and Oklahoma, 62-9.
Previous TCU-Kansas Game: In the fourth game of its 2019 season, TCU shellacked Kansas, 51-14, on September 28, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas.
The Frogs jumped out to a 38-0 halftime lead and never looked back in winning their third game of the season. TCU gained 625 total yards; 306 through the air, and 319 on the ground. Kansas gained only 159 total yards.
TCU-Kansas Rivalry:
- TCU leads, 23-9-4, in a series dating back to a 41-6 Horned Frogs' win in Fort Worth in 1942.
- Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU and Patterson are 7-1 versus Kansas. The lone loss, 27-26,
came in the Frogs’ last trip to Lawrence, Kansas, in 2018.
- TCU is 11-2-2 versus the Jayhawks in Fort Worth, 10-7 in Lawrence and 2-0-2 in the four games (1944-47) played in Kansas City.
- A 20-6 TCU victory at Kansas in 2012 marked the Horned Frogs' inaugural Big 12 game.
- Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the schools had not met
on the gridiron since a 17-10 KU victory in Lawrence in 1997, the year
before Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator.
TCU-Kansas Connections:
- Patterson is 1-1 against KU head coach Les Miles. The 2013 TCU
season-opener saw Miles' No. 12 LSU team defeat No. 20 TCU, 37-27, in
the Cowboys Classic at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Miles was in his first year as Kansas head coach when the Frogs beat the Jayhawks in Fort Worth last season.
- Patterson was born in Larned, Kan., and is a native of Rozel, Kan.
- Patterson went to Pawnee Heights High School and then Dodge City
Community College, before heading to Kansas State. He was a strong
safety and outside linebacker for the Wildcats.
- Doug Meacham, TCU's inside receivers/tight ends coach, was Kansas' offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, after having been TCU's co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach from 2014-2016. Meacham was fired at Kansas in October of the 2018 season.
- Kansas has 17 players on its roster from Texas. Several of them are from the D/FW Metroplex. None of them are from Fort Worth.
- Kansas junior outside linebacker Hayden Hatcher (#37) and TCU sophomore quarterback Max Duggan (#15) attended Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
TCU Notables:
- Gary
Patterson is in his 20th season as head coach of the Horned Frogs.
- His 20 seasons make him the nation's
second-longest tenured head coach at one school.
- Saturday's game against Kansas will be Patterson's 250th as TCU's head coach.
- Patterson is
TCU’s winningest football coach. His record is 175-74.
- Patterson's
175 victories are the most by an active head coach at his current
school.
- Patterson has won
22 national coach of the year honors.
- Patterson has 200 overall wins as a Horned
Frog. He has 175 victories as a head coach. Before becoming the head
coach, he was part of 25 wins as the team's defensive coordinator
(1998-2000). TCU is 200-84 with Patterson on its sideline.
- Patterson
is 42-38 against conference opponents since
TCU joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012.
- TCU is playing Kansas after having a bye on Saturday, November 21.
- The Horned Frogs have won 14 of their last 20 regular-season games after an open date.
- TCU has a one-game losing streak. The Frogs lost the last game they played, 24-6, to West Virginia, on November 14.
- TCU is 45-19 in regular-season games following a loss under Patterson.
- 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.
- The
Horned Frogs are 90-27 under Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
- Going into the Kansas game, TCU is 3-4 overall and in the Big 12.
- The Horned Frogs must win their final two games to finish this season with a winning record. TCU hasn’t recorded back-to-back losing seasons since
1996 and 1997, when the Frogs, under the direction of Pat Sullivan, played in the WAC.
- TCU
this season is 1-3 in The Carter.
- With
wins over Texas, Baylor and Texas Tech, TCU finished 3-0 this season against
in-state Big 12 opponents.
- TCU
is 3-0 this season and 98-8 under Patterson when rushing for at least 200
yards in a game.
- TCU
is 117-5 when allowing 17 points or less in the Gary Patterson era.
- TCU is 140-19 under Patterson when the Frogs are ahead at halftime.
- TCU is 119-26 under Patterson when scoring first.
- TCU
has 11 sacks in its last three games.
- The Horned Frogs have at least one sack in 85 of their last 89 games.
- TCU is 2-1 on the road this season, with wins over Texas in Austin, Texas, and Baylor in Waco, Texas, and a loss to West Virginia, in Morgantown, West Virginia.
- The
Frogs will make their second trip outside of Texas for the
regular season when they play Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Their first trip this season outside of Texas was for their November 14 game against West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Since
2009, TCU is tied for third nationally with 43 road wins. The Horned Frogs are
43-20 in that stretch.
- TCU's
51-26 record in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is seventh-best
nationally.
- TCU's 33-19 mark (.635) in conference road games since 2009 is 13th-best in the FBS.
- The
Horned Frogs are 21-19 on the road in their Big 12 history.
- Over
the last six seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record
(36-25) and overall mark (55-30).
- The
Horned Frogs have nine scholarship seniors on this year's
team.
- TCU’s
streak of scoring in 352 consecutive games is the
nation's second-longest current streak and fourth on the NCAA’s
all-time list, trailing only Florida (400, 1988-present), Michigan (365,
1984-04) and BYU (361, 1975-03). The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked
since November 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
- 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.
- Going
back to the 2017 season, TCU is 26-20 overall, 17-17 in Big 12 games.
- The
Frogs are 6-10 in their last 16 Big 12 games.
- Since
2018, TCU has won 10 of its last 25 Big 12 games. In 14 of the 15
losses, the Frogs scored less than 28 points.
- TCU's offense is eighth in scoring average (28 points per game) in the Big 12.
- The Frogs are seventh in total offense in the conference, averaging 388.6 yards per game
- TCU's rushing offense is second in the conference, with an average of 196.7 yards per game.
- With an average of 191.9 yards per game, TCU's passing offense is ninth in the Big 12.
- The Frogs have allowed 22 sacks, which is ninth in the conference.
- For
conference games, TCU quarterback Max Duggan is eighth in the Big 12
with a average of 169.4 yards passing per game. He has completed
116-of-184 passes for 1,186 yards. He has thrown five touchdown passes
and three interceptions. He has a long completion of 50 yards in Big 12
games.
- Duggan's
rushing average of 69 yards per game in Big 12 games is fourth in the
conference. He has run 99 times for a net 483 yards. He has scored nine
rushing touchdowns. He has a long run of 81 yards, which went for a
touchdown, against Texas Tech.
- TCU
running back Darwin Barlow is averaging 50.6 rushing yards per
conference game, which is ninth in the Big 12. He has three rushing
touchdowns and a long run of 74 yards.
- Wide
receiver Taye Barber is averaging 44 receiving yards per Big 12 game,
which is 15th in the conference. He is the only Horned Frogs receiver in
the conference's top 25 receivers. In Big 12 games, he has caught 30
passes for 308 yards. He has two touchdown receptions and a long catch
of 30 yards.
- The Frogs are allowing 25.9 points per game, which is fifth in the conference.
- Defensively, TCU is allowing 356.9 total yards per game, which is fourth in the Big 12.
- The TCU defense is allowing allowing 223.9 passing yards per game, which is fourth in the conference.
- The Horned Frogs are allowing 133 rushing yards per game, which is fifth in the Big 12.
- TCU's defense has recorded 20 sacks, which is fourth in the Big 12.
- The Frogs have intercepted five passes, which is seventh in the Big 12.
- TCU linebacker Garret Wallow has made 51 tackles, an average of 7.3 per game, which is sixth in the Big 12.
- Defensive
end Ochaun Mathis has 10 tackles-for-loss, an average of 1.43 per game,
which is third in the Big 12. He has three sacks, which is 18th in the
Big 12.
- Defensive end Khari Coleman has 7.5 tackles-for-loss, an average of 1.25 per game, which is sixth in the Big 12.
- Safety
La'Kendrick Van Zandt is tied with nine other players for second in the
conference with two interceptions. Two players share the lead with
three interceptions each.
- TCU
punter Jordy Sandy is third in the Big 12 in punting. He has punted 41
times for an average of 42.8 yards per punt. He has a long punt of 55
yards.
- Derius
Davis ranks second nationally in punt-return average at 21.8 yards, a mark on
pace to break the TCU season record of 20.8, which was set last year by Philadelphia
Eagles' first-round pick Jalen Reagor.
Frogs Missing in Action: TCU reportedly has less than 60
scholarship players available. Nearly 30 players are out because of injuries, the transfer portal or opting out of this COVID-19
season.
Freshman
running back Kendre Miller played in the West Virginia game. He previously missed the Baylor and Texas Tech
games because of an injury. Redshirt freshman
running back Daimarqua Foster is questionable. He missed the Tech and West Virginia game s
because of an undisclosed
injury he suffered in the Baylor game. Senior defensive lineman Corey
Bethley
is out for the season because of a knee injury he suffered during the
week of
the Baylor game. Junior cornerback Noah Daniels is out for the season
because
of an unspecified right leg injury he suffered in the Oklahoma game.
Junior offensive guard Wes Harris suffered a broken jaw in the Oklahoma
game
and will miss the remainder of the season. Senior tight end Artayvious
Lynn is
out for the season because of an unspecified injury. Wide
receiver/returner JD Spielman is out for the remainder of the season
because of an unspecified injury. Wide receivers John Stephens, Jr., Dylan Thomas, Te'Vailance
Hunt and Al’Dontre Davis, and
quarterback Eli Williams have entered the NCAA transfer portal. Senior defensive tackle Brandon Bowen has opted out
of the remainder of the season.
Kansas Notables:
- Les Miles is in his second year as head coach of Kansas. He took
over in 2019. He replaced David Beaty, who was the Jayhawks' head coach for four
seasons. Beaty was fired after the Jayhawks went 3-9 (1-8 Big 12) in
2018 and 6-42 (2-34 Big 12) during his tenure.
- Miles began his
head coaching career with Oklahoma State, where he coached from 2001 to
2004, going 28-21, with loses in two of three bowl games.
- Miles
coached LSU from 2005 to 2016, where he replaced Nick Saban, and his
Tigers won 114 games. On September 25, 2016, LSU fired Miles after an
18–13 loss to Auburn the previous day and a 2–2 start to begin the
season.
- In
2007, LSU won the 2007 SEC title and beat Ohio State in that season’s
BCS National Championship game, giving Miles his first national
championship. LSU won the SEC title in 2011, then lost to Alabama in
that season’s BCS National Championship game.
- Before being hired as Kansas' head coach, Miles, had been out of coaching since 2016. Until 2019, when Kansas went 3-9, Miles hadn’t had a losing season as a head coach since 2001.
- Prior
to becoming a head coach, Miles was an assistant coach at Oklahoma
State, the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado, and with
the Dallas Cowboys.
- With an 0-6 conference record, the Jayhawks are in last place in the Big 12 Conference.
- Kansas is last in the Big 12 in scoring offense and scoring defense, scoring
an average of 15.1 points per game, and giving up an average of 48.4 yards per
game.
- The 339 points Kansas has given up through it seven games is
the second-most points allowed in the country.
- Kansas is last in the conference in total yardage offense and total yardage
defense, averaging 264.4 total yards per game, and allowing an average of 468.6
total yards per game.
- The Jayhawks are ninth in rushing offense in the Big 12 and last in rushing
defense, averaging 113 rushing yards per game, and giving up an average of
213.7 rushing yards per game.
- In the Big 12, Kansas is last in passing offense and eighth in passing
defense, averaging 151.4 passing yards per game, and giving up an average of
254.9 passing yards per game.
- The Jayhawks' offense has given up 38 sacks. Kansas has
fumbled the football nine times, losing three of them.
- KU has played two quarterbacks this season.
- Freshman quarterback Jalon Daniels (#17) has played in six
games. He has completed 72 of 139 passes for 661 yards. He has not thrown a
touchdown pass. He has been intercepted four times. He has rushed 68 times for
a net 36 yards and three touchdowns.
- Junior quarterback Miles Kendrick (#3) has played in five
games. He has completed 45 of 73 passes for 379 yards. He has thrown four touchdown
passes. He has been intercepted four times. He has rushed 21 times for minus 32
yards and no touchdowns.
- Senior wide receiver Kwamie Lassiter (#8) is Kansas’ leading
receiver. He has caught 31 passes for 324 yards and one touchdown. He has a
long reception of 37 yards.
- Senior wide receiver Andrew Parchment (#4) has caught 23
passes for 192 yards. He has two touchdown receptions.
- Junior wide receiver Takulve Williams (#16) has caught 17
passes for 88 yards.
- Freshman tight end Will Huggins (#34), 6-7, 253 pounds has one
reception, a 20-yarder for a touchdown.
- Sophomore running back Velton Gardner (#0) is KU’s leading
rusher. He has rushed 72 times for 325 yards. He has two rushing touchdowns and
a long run of 61 yards.
- Freshman running back Daniel Hishaw, Jr. (#20) has carried the
football 30 times for 142 yards. He has scored one rushing touchdown.
- Junior running back Pooka Williams (#1), who has starred for
Kansas the past two season, opted out of the season after Kansas’s fourth game
of the season, which was a 38-17 loss to West Virginia. Williams rushed for
more than 1,000 yards each of his first two season. He was a preseason
first-team All-Big 12 selection this year.
- Defensively, Kansas has recorded eight sacks. The Jayhawks
have caused nine fumbles, recovering three of them.
- Sophomore safety Kenny Logan, Jr. (#1) is KU’s leading
tackler. He has 50 total tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack. He has
intercepted two passes.
- Senior outside linebacker Kyron Johnson (#15) has made 31
tackles. He has 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
- Redshirt freshman defensive lineman DaJon Terry (95) has two
sacks.
- Sophomore linebacker Nick Channel (#41) and junior linebacker Dru
Prox (#40) each have one sack
- Kansas has a good kick-return game. The Jayhawks are ranked
fifth as a team in the conference in kickoff returns.
- Sophomore kickoff returner Jamahl Horne (#88) is ranked fourth
in the Big 12. He has returned 15 kicks for 339 yards, an average of 22.6 yards
per return. He has a long return of 32 yards.
- Logan, Jr. (#1) has returned eight kickoffs for 266 yards, an
average of 33.2 yards per return. He has a 100-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown.
- KU has used two punters this season.
- Senior Kyle Thompson (#80) is averaging 39.9 yards per punt.
He has a long punt of 62 yards. He has not had a punt blocked.
- Freshman Reis Vernon (#24) is averaging 38.1 yards per punt.
He has a long punt of 50 yards. He has not had a punt blocked.
Redshirt freshman Jacob
Borcila (#83) has made three-of-six field goal attempts. His long field goal
has been from 47 yards. He has not had a field goal attempt blocked.
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
Kansas head coach Les Miles talks about TCU: here
2020 Kansas Football Guide: here
2020 Kansas Football Roster and Coaching Staff: here
2020 Kansas Football Schedule: here
Kansas' David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium: here
2020 Kansas Football Safety/COVID-19 Measures: No spectators allowed at Kansas sporting events through November: here
Kansas' David Booth Memorial Stadium Clear Bag Policy: here
ESPN College GameDay Location on November 28, 2020: ESPN “College
GameDay” on Saturday, November 28, will be in Tuscaloosa for the annual Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn. The game will kickoff at 2:30 pm Central. CBS will broadcast the game.
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.
2020 Game 9 for TCU: TCU will host Oklahoma State, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, December 5. Kickoff time and broadcast details will be announced.
