TCU-Kansas State Football Gameday for Saturday, October 30, 2021

 

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Game 8 of TCU’s 2021 Football Regular Season: TCU Horned Frogs (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) versus Kansas State (4-3, 1-3 Big 12), Saturday, October 30, 2021; 2:30 pm (Central); Bill Snyder Family Stadium; Manhattan, Kansas; TV: sEcSPNU (Mike Couzens and Dustin Fox); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, XM 381, SXM App 971 (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: Zona MX 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos).

It is Kansas State’s Homecoming and Varsity Weekend.

Big 12 Conference Expansion Update: Big 12 Conference invitations have been accepted by Brigham Young University, the University of Houston, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Central Florida.  The schools said they will move from the American Athletic Conference to the Big 12 by July 1, 2024. Additional information: here  

TCU Uniform Combination for the Kansas State Game: Against Kansas State, the Horned Frogs will wear a white jersey, white pants and a white helmet with a purple stripe and a purple Horned Frog logo. 

TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson Press Conference About Kansas State:  here

Kansas State Head Coach Chris Klieman Press Conference About TCU: here 

TCU-Kansas State Gameday Central: here 

The Line for the TCU-Kansas State Game: Kansas State opened as a 3.5-point favorite and is now a 3-point favorite. The over-under for total points is 58.5 points.

Midnite's TCU-Kansas State Prediction: Kansas State 27, TCU 23

TCU-Kansas State Watch Parties: here  

TCU's Previous Game to the Kansas State Game: On Saturday, October 23, in Fort Worth, Texas, West Virginia humiliated TCU, 29-17.

TCU's Next Game after the Kansas State Game: TCU will play Big 12 foe and longtime rival Baylor, on Saturday, November 6, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas. Kickoff time and TV broadcast information are to be announced.

Kansas State’s Previous Game to the TCU Game: On Saturday, October 23, Kansas State squeaked past Texas Tech, 25-24, in Lubbock, Texas. During the week after the game, Texas Tech head coach Matt Wells was fired, despite Tech having a winning record this season.

Prior to its win over the Red Raiders, Kansas State had: beaten Stanford, 24-7; beaten Southern Illinois, 31-23; beaten Nevada, 38-17; lost to Oklahoma State, 31-20; lost to Oklahoma, 37-31; and lost to Iowa State, 33-20;

Kansas State’s Next Game After the TCU Game: Kansas State will play Big 12 foe and longtime rival Kansas, in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday, November 6. Time and TV broadcast to be announced.

Previous TCU-Kansas State Game: The Wildcats defeated TCU, 21-14, on October 10, 2020, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas.

TCU-Kansas State Rivalry:

• TCU and Kansas State are playing for the 15th time in their history. The series is tied, 7-7.  
• TCU has lost two consecutive games to Kansas State: 24-17, in 2019; and 21-14, in 2020. 
• Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU has won four of its nine meetings with Kansas State. The Horned Frogs are 2-2 in Manhattan, and 2-3 in Fort Worth.  
• TCU has won two of the past four and four of the past seven games against the Wildcats. 
• Overall, TCU is 4-3 against Kansas State in Fort Worth and 3-4 in Manhattan.  
• TCU head football coach Gary Patterson is 4-5 as a head coach versus Kansas State, which is his alma mater.  
• Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the schools had not met on the gridiron since 1986.
• The first game in the series was a 45-0 K-State victory in Manhattan in 1922.  
• After that initial game, the schools did not play until four consecutive seasons from 1983-86.  
• A 52-45 win in Manhattan in 2015 saw TCU rally from a 35-17 halftime deficit. At the time, it equaled the largest come-from-behind win (18 points) in Patterson's tenure as a head coach. 
• Patterson has never beaten Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman, who became the Wildcats’ head football coach in 2019. In 2019, Klieman prevailed, 24-17, in Manhattan. Last year, Klieman prevailed, 21-14, in Fort Worth.

TCU-Kansas State Connections:

• Kansas State has 17 players from Texas on its roster, none from Fort Worth. 
• TCU has two players from Kansas on its roster; freshman offensive lineman Noah Bolticoff (#66), of Rose Hill, Kansas; and junior wide receiver Chase Curtis (#81), of Pittsburg, Kansas. 
• TCU head football Gary Patterson was born in Larned, Kansas, and grew up in Rozel, Kansas.  
• Patterson went to Pawnee Heights High School and then Dodge City Community College, before heading to Kansas State.  
• Patterson is a 1983 graduate of Kansas State. He was a strong safety and outside linebacker for the Wildcats.  
• Patterson is 4-5 as a head coach versus his alma mater, with all of the games having been played since TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012.  
• Former TCU women's basketball coach Jeff Mittie coaches the Kansas State women's basketball team.

TCU Missing in Action News: In the West Virginia game, starting offensive right guard Wes Harris returned to the lineup after being sidelined the previous three games due to injury. Among the Frogs who missed the West Virginia game because of injuries were safety Deshawn McCuin, wide receiver JD Spielman and safety Bud Clark. Cornerback Noah Daniels has been dealing with an injury. He may play more in the Kansas State game. Spielman has decided to retire from football because of injuries. TCU wide receiver TJ Steele has entered the transfer portal.

TCU Notables: 

• This Saturday, October 30, TCU is on the road for the third time in four games, playing Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas.
• The Horned Frogs began the season with four straight home games, for the second time in program history.
• For the third away game in a row (Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Kansas State), TCU is playing a Big 12 foe during the school’s Homecoming weekend.
• Over the last seven seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (39-28) and overall mark (61-34).
• TCU is one of seven programs nationally to finish with an Associated Press Top-10 final ranking in at least three of the last seven seasons (2014, 2015, 2017). The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
• TCU is 47-21 in regular-season games following a loss under Patterson.
• TCU is tied for the national lead in red-zone efficiency at 100 percent. TCU has scored on all 25 red zone possessions, including 18 touchdowns. The Horned Frogs are one of three teams at 100 percent, but have the most opportunities (25).
• TCU running back Zach Evans this season has become the first Horned Frog since 2002 with four consecutive 100-yard rushing games.
• Running back Kendre Miller and Evans rank second and third nationally in career yards per carry, 7.33 yards and 7.28 yards, respectively, among active players.
• With his scoring runs of 33, 75 and 45 yards at Texas Tech, Kendre Miller is the only player nationally this season to have three touchdown carries of at least 33 yards in the same game. Miller is one of seven players to accomplish the feat since 2018 and the first since Buffalo’s Jaret Patterson against Kent State last season. 
  
• Since 2009, TCU is sixth nationally with 45 road wins. The Horned Frogs are 45-21 (.682) in that stretch.
• TCU's 53-27 record (.663) in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is seventh-best nationally.
• TCU's 35-20 mark (.636) in conference road games since 2009 is tied for 12th-best in the FBS.
• TCU is 23-20 on the road in its Big 12 history.
• After allowing no sacks in the two previous games, against Oklahoma and Texas Tech, TCU’s offensive line allowed West Virginia to sack TCU quarterback Max Duggan twice in the October 23 game.
• The Frogs (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) have lost four of their last five games. They’ve allowed at least 200 yards rushing in each of those five games.
• Against West Virginia, Derius Davis returned the game's opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. It was his fourth career special team’s touchdown. His three career punt returns for touchdowns are tied for second in program history. It was the first time TCU returned the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown since at least 1996. It was TCU's first kickoff return for a touchdown since KaVontae Turpin went 99 yards against Oklahoma in 2018. Davis’ 100-yard kickoff return is tied for second-longest in TCU history (105 yards, Charles Casper versus Texas, 1933) and was the Horned Frogs' longest since B.J. Catalon went 100 yards against LSU in 2013.
• Against West Virginia, Duggan passed for 244 yards on 16-of-26 attempts to give him 5,465 passing yards in his career, moving him past Casey Pachell (5,415, 2010-13) into fifth place in TCU history.
• Wide receiver Quentin Johnston in the West Virginia game had five receptions for 113 yards to top the 100-yard mark for the second straight game and fourth time in his career.
• Against West Virginia, TCU scored for the 362nd consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and moves past BYU (361, 1975-2003) for third-longest in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
• A sack in the West Virginia game by defensive tackle Corey Bethley gave TCU at least one sack in 92 of its last 98 games. It was Bethley's first sack of the season. He has 10.5 sacks in his career, second-most among current Horned Frogs. Defensive end Ochaun Mathis has 14.5 career sacks.
• The West Virginia game was TCU’s first conference home night game since a 31-24 victory over Oklahoma State in the 2018 regular-season finale.
• TCU's captains for the West Virginia game were Emari Demercado, Max Duggan, Mathis and Dee Winters. Duggan, Mathis and Winters have been captains in each game this season. TCU's honorary captain from the TCU Block T Association for the West Virginia game was Mike Flynn, an offensive lineman (#69) whose senior year was 1984 when the Jim Wacker-coached team achieved an 8-3 record as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC).
• Receiver Taye Barber’s five-yard second-quarter touchdown catch against the Mountaineers was his second receiving touchdown of the season and sixth of his career, trailing only Johnston (seven) among current Horned Frogs.
• Against West Virginia, safety Michael Onyemaobi (#4), a fifth-year senior, made the first start in his career and made a career-high five tackles.
• In the West Virginia game, Mathis blocked a 38-yard field goal attempt by Mountaineers’ kicker Casey Legg. It was TCU's first block of a field goal since current TCU graduate assistant Chris Bradley blocked a field-goal attempt versus SMU in 2017.
• Kicker Griffin Kell’s 24-yard field goal in the West Virginia game made him eight-of-10 on the season and 23-of-31 in his career. Kell has made his last seven field-goal attempts.
• Allowing 451.1 total yards per game, TCU is ranked 119th in total defense in the country.
• TCU has had the No. 1-ranked defense in the country five times in the past 20 years.
• Averaging 450.4 total yards per game, TCU is ranked 28th in total offense in the country.
• In the Big 12, TCU is tied for fourth in scoring offense, scoring an average of 34.3 points per game.
• In the Big 12, TCU is ninth in coring defense, allowing an average of 31.6 points per game.
• TCU is third in the Big 12 in rushing offense, averaging 216.3 rushing yards per game.
• The Frogs are ninth in rushing defense in the Big 12, allowing an average of 212.7 rushing yards per game.
• Averaging 234.1 passing yards per game, TCU is fifth in passing offense in the Big 12.
• Allowing an average of 238.4 passing yards per game, TCU is eighth in passing defense in the Big 12.
• Evans is fifth in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game, averaging 108 rushing yards per Big 12 game.
• Duggan is fourth in the Big 12 in passing yards per game, averaging 227.6 passing yards per Big 12 game.
• Johnston is second in the Big 12 in receiving yards per game, averaging 78 receiving yards per Big 12 game. The conference leader is averaging 78.1 receiving yards per game.
• Winters is seventh in the Big 12 in tackles per game, averaging 6.7 tackles per Big 12 game. 
• TCU is one of seven programs nationally to finish with an Associated Press Top-10 final ranking in at least three of the last seven seasons (2014, 2015, 2017). The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.  
• The Frogs have never had worse than the fourth-ranked total defense since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
• TCU this season is scheduled to host seven games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.  
• TCU this season has nonconference home matchups against Duquesne (September 4; 45-3 victory), Cal (September 11; 34-32 victory) and SMU (September 25; 42-34 loss).  
• TCU this season will host four Big 12 home games, against Texas (October 2; 32-27 loss), West Virginia (October 23; 29-17 loss), Baylor (November 6) and Kansas (November 20).  
• Over the last 13 years, the Frogs own six AP top-10 finishes, twice as many as Texas and two more than USC and Washington combined.  
• During Patterson’s tenure, TCU has earned 20 bowl trips. TCU is 13-6 in bowl games played (the 2020 Texas Bowl was canceled).  
• After the 2010 regular season, the Horned Frogs received the first Rose Bowl invitation offered to a team from a non-automatic-qualifying conference during the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era. The Horned Frogs won the 2011 Rose Bowl, 21–19, over Wisconsin. The win climaxed an undefeated and untied season that earned TCU a No. 2 national ranking.   
• TCU Athletics, as a whole, is coming off an historic year in 2020-21. TCU won three Big 12 championships last year, in baseball, women’s soccer and men’s tennis. Ten of TCU’s 21 sports appeared in the national top 25. And rifle won another national title. 
• Over the past 10 years, TCU has invested more than $400 million in athletics facilities through donor funding.  
• TCU senior guard Wes Harris (6-4, 321 pounds), is the strongest Frog. Harris bench presses 530 pounds, squats 705 pounds and cleans 470 pounds.
• TCU quarterback Max Duggan missed the majority of the 2020 preseason camp due to surgery to correct Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, a heart condition he was born with. 
  
• TCU has had at least one player selected to play in the Senior Bowl every year since 2015.
•  It has been four years since TCU finished a season ranked in the Top 25. It’s the longest rankings drought of any point in Patterson’s 21 years as the Horned Frogs head coach.
• Patterson is TCU's overall winningest head football coach. Patterson's TCU head coaching record is 181-78.  
• Patterson’s 181 victories are the most by an active head coach nationally at his current school. His winning percentage ranks fourth among active FBS coaches (minimum 10 years).   
• 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.  
• Under Patterson, TCU has won six conference championships, in three different leagues -- Conference USA (2002), the Mountain West (2005, 2009, 2010, 2011) and the Big 12 Conference (2014). Patterson also has been named Coach of the Year in each of those conferences.  
• The Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in 11 seasons under Patterson. Prior to his arrival on campus in 1998, TCU had four 10-win seasons in its history.  
• During his TCU tenure, including three seasons as defensive coordinator (1998-00), Patterson has seen TCU earn 20 bowl trips. TCU is 13-6 in bowl games with Patterson on its coaching staff and 11-6 with him as head coach. Before the Patterson era, the Horned Frogs had only four bowl wins in their history.  
• TCU’s biggest bowl win, and perhaps its biggest win overall, during Patterson’s tenure was the 20-19 victory over Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl.  
• TCU has 32 active NFL players, with 21 teams having at least one Horned Frog. The Green Bay Packers (Innis Gaines, Vernon Scott, Ty Summers), Houston Texans (Ross Blacklock, Marcus Cannon, Garret Wallow) and Indianapolis Colts (Darius Anderson, Ben Banogu, Joey Hunt) are tied for the most Horned Frogs on the roster with three. 

Kansas State Notables:   

• Kansas State University is a public land-grant research university.
• Kansas State's main campus is in Manhattan, Kansas.  
• Kansas State, originally named Kansas State Agricultural College, was founded in Manhattan on February 16, 1863, during the American Civil War.
  
• Kansas State was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas.
• When the college opened for its first session on September 2, 1863, it became only the second public institution of higher learning in the United State to admit women and men equally.
  
• Kansas State has an enrollment of about 20,000 students. 
• K-State is the third-oldest school in the Big 12 Conference and the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas.
• Intercollegiate sports began at Kansas State in the 1890s. 
• The school's sports teams are called the Wildcats.
• Willie, a student bedecked in a oversized Wildcat head, is Kansas State’s mascot.
  
• The official school color is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools (alongside Syracuse and Harvard) that have one official color. White and silver are commonly used as complementary colors.
• Chris Klieman is K-State's head football coach.
• Klieman became the Wildcats’ head football coach in 2019.
• In October of 2020, Klieman signed a new six-year, $23.5-million contact with Kansas State.
• Prior to taking over at Kansas State, Klieman won four FCS national championships at North Dakota State University (NDSU), where over five years (2014-18) as the head coach he compiled a record of 72-13. Prior to his years as head coach, he was on the NDSU staff for three years.
  
• Averaging 360.1 total yards per game, Kansas State is ranked 92nd in total offense in the country.
• Allowing 349.9 total yards per game, Kansas State is ranked 46th in total defense in the country.
• In the Big 12, Kansas State is eighth in scoring offense, scoring an average of 27 points a game.
• In the Big 12, Kansas State is tied for fifth in scoring defense, allowing an average of 24.6 points per game.
• Kansas State is tied for eighth in the Big 12 in rushing offense, averaging 150.9 rushing yards per game.
• The Wildcats are fifth in rushing defense in the Big 12, allowing an average of 116 rushing yards per game.
• Kansas State is ninth in the Big 12 in passing offense, averaging 209.3 passing yards per game.
• Allowing an average of 233.9 passing yards per game, K-State is seventh in the Big 12 in passing defense.
• Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson is sixth in the Big 12 in passing yards per game, averaging 212.4 passing yards per Big 12 game.
• Through seven games, K-State’s offense is averaging 27 points per game.
• Kansas State has allowed 18 sacks.
• The Wildcats have fumbled nine times. Their opponents have recovered six of the fumbles.
• Thompson (#7), a senior, has completed 80-of-112 passes for 1,062 yards and six touchdowns. He has a long pass completion of 56 yards. He has thrown three interceptions.
• Junior wide receiver Philip Brooks (#88) leads Kansas State with 25 catches for 316 yards. He has two touchdown receptions and a long catch of 56 yards.
• Sophomore running back Deuce Vaughn (#22) has caught 30 passes for 302 yards. He has three touchdown receptions and a long catch of 55 yards.
• Junior wide receiver Malik Knowles (#4), senior tight end Daniel Imatorbhebhe (#0) and senior wide receiver Landry Weber (#12) each have caught a touchdown pass. Knowles, who is from Mansfield, Texas, has returned two kickoffs for touchdowns this season.
• Vaughn leads the Wildcats in rushing. He has 595 yards on 123 rushes. He has scored seven rushing touchdowns. He has a long run of 59 yards.
• Skylar and Sophomore quarterback Will Howard (#15) have each scored three rushing touchdowns.
• Sophomore running back Joe Ervin also has a rushing touchdown.
• Through seven games, K-State’s defense is allowing an average of 24.57 points per game.
• Kansas State has recorded 12 sacks.
• The Wildcats have forced eight fumbles. They have recovered two fumbles.
• Junior linebacker Daniel Green (#22) leads Kansas State with 40 tackles. He has one sack and 3.5 tackles for loss.
• Senior linebacker Cody Fletcher (#55) has 39 tackles, including one sack and four tackles for loss.
• Sophomore defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah (#91) has six tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss.
• Senior defensive back Jahron McPherson (#31) has one sack and 4.5 tackles for loss.
• Senior defensive back Russ Yeast (#2) leads Kansas State with two interceptions.
• Punter Ty Zentner (#8), a senior, is averaging 47.59 yards per punt. He has a long punt of 63 yards. He has not had a punt blocked.
• Redshirt junior kicker Taiten Winkel (#35) has made seven-of-nine field goal attempts. He has a long field goal of 45 yards. He has not had a field goal attempt blocked.

2021 TCU Football Fan Guide: here

2021 Gary Patterson Luncheon Series: Remaining Gary Patterson/Frog Club luncheons, sponsored by Origin Bank: November 4 and November 18. The luncheons are at noon in the new Legends Club & Suites, located on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.  TCU Frog Club members receive discounts on luncheon tickets. Additional information and tickets: here  

2021 Gary Patterson Radio Show: The 2021 Gary Patterson Radio Show presented by PNC Bank takes place every Thursday of the TCU football season. The show is held in the Railhead Smokehouse on Montgomery Street in Fort Worth. The show is hosted by Brian Estridge. The show airs live from 6 pm to 7 pm CT on 92.1 FM KTFW and 88.7 FM KTCU. TCU fans are welcomed to attend the show.

2021 TCU Football Fact Book: here

2021 TCU Football Roster: here

2021 TCU Football Schedule: here

2019-2020 TCU Athletics Annual Report: here 

2021 TCU Fall Sports Guide: here

2021 TCU Store: Gear up for TCU sports: here

2021 TCU Spirit: here  

2021 TCU Athletics Ticket Information: here   

2021 TCU Athletics Staff Directory: here 

2021 TCU Athletics Compliance: TCU is committed and obligated to the principle of institutional control in operating its Athletics department in a manner that is consistent with the letter and the spirit of the NCAA, Big 12 and University rules and regulations. Additional information: here

2021 Kansas State Football Guide: here  

2021 Kansas State Football Roster:  here 

2021 Kansas State Football Schedule: here  

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Kansas State's  Clear Bag Policy: here

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sEcSPN College GameDay for October 30, 2021: sEcSPN GameDay will be in East Lansing, Michigan, on Saturday, October 30, for the intrastate showdown between No. 6 Michigan and No. 8 Michigan State. Fox will broadcast the game at 11 am (Central). During the college football season, GameDay airs live on sEcSPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am (Central). GameDay features Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard and David Pollack.