TCU-Kansas Football Gameday for Saturday, November 20, 2021

 

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Game 11 of TCU’s 2021 Football Regular Season: TCU Horned Frogs (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) versus Kansas Jayhawks (2-8, 1-6 Big 12), Saturday, November 20, 2021; 3 pm (Central); Amon G. Carter Stadium; Fort Worth, Texas; TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Courtney Lyle, Ryan Lead, Tori Petry); Radio -- WBAP 820 AM, Sirius 119, XM 200 (Radio Talent: Brian Estridge, John Denton, Landry Burdine); Spanish Radio: Zona MX KFZO 99.1 (Radio Talent: Miguel Cruz, Elvis Gallegos).

It is Senior Day at The Carter! TCU's football seniors will be honored in a ceremony that begins at 2:30 pm (Central) on Saturday, November 20, prior to kickoff of the TCU-Kansas game. 

Coach P and Mrs. P will be in the tunnel to honor the seniors.

“We’ll be in house for pregame to honor our players & especially our SENIORS!” Kelsey wrote on Twitter. “Please come and support these fine young men. #40not4.” 

Statement from Gary Patterson on November 18, 2021:

After 24 years, Kelsey and I are at a loss for words to describe how we feel about Fort Worth and TCU. This is why it has taken me so long to respond.

We just want to say thank you for your friendship and support. To all the players and staff that are our friends, we love you and thank you for all of your time, hard work and effort. They say it takes a village and that is absolutely true!

Lastly, I want to thank my family for their sacrifices so that I could do something that I absolutely loved to do.

Always your friends, Kelsey and Gary

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 the moves will come by July 1, 2024, at the latest. All four of the schools currently are members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Additional information: here 

The College Tour -- TCU Edition: here 

2021 Color Coordination for the TCU-Baylor Game: Wear your favorite TCU colors. A facial cover (protective mask) also is recommended because of the COVID surge in Tarrant County. TCU requires that facial coverings be worn in all indoor areas on campus, except for private-access areas. 

TCU Uniform Combination for the Kansas Game: Against the Jayhawks, the Horned Frogs will wear a black and purple jersey, black pants and a black and purple helmet.

TCU and Head Football Coach Gary Patterson Parted Ways:  The Gary Patterson era is over at TCU. 

TCU and Patterson agreed to part ways on Sunday, October 31, a day after the Horned Frogs suffered a 31-12 loss to Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas.

Jerry Kill, Patterson's best friend who has been an offensive analyst on the TCU staff for the past two years, has been named the interim head coach. Kill was the University of Minnesota’s head coach from 2011-15.

TCU Athletic director Jeremiah Donati is conducting a national search for Patterson’s replacement. 

“TCU Chancellor (Victor) Boschini and I met with Coach Patterson (Sunday, October 31) and mutually agreed that the time has come for a new voice and leadership in our football program," said Donati. "The story of Gary Patterson and the rise in the fortunes of the TCU football program over the last 20 years is clearly one of the most remarkable in the history of college football. We are grateful to Gary and (his wife) Kelsey Patterson and appreciate everything they have meant to TCU and the Fort Worth community. Under his leadership, TCU has become a nationally recognized brand name in football and in collegiate athletics. 

"We asked Gary to continue on as our head coach for the remainder of the season, and take on a different role in 2022. One of the things we wanted to do with Gary for the month of November was to really celebrate and honor him. If you know Gary, that’s not what he wants. But I do believe there will be a time where we can do that appropriately and I look forward to that. But it just wasn’t in the cards to do that right now. He believed it was in the team’s and TCU’s best interests to begin the transition immediately. Coach Patterson will assist TCU in the transition.”

Patterson came to TCU in 1998 as the defensive coordinator for head coach Dennis Franchione, whom TCU hired away from the University of New Mexico. When Franchione was hired as Alabama's head football coach in 2000, Patterson was named TCU's head football coach.

Over his time as head coach, Patterson became TCU's winningest head football coach. He finished with a record of 181-79.

Under Patterson, TCU won six conference championships, in three different leagues:  Conference USA (2002); the Mountain West Conference (2005, 2009, 2010, 2011); and the Big 12 Conference (2014). Patterson was named Coach of the Year in each of those conferences.

The Horned Frogs 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 from 1998, TCU earned 20 bowl trips. TCU was 13-6 in bowl games with Patterson on its coaching staff and 11-6 when he was 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. 

Meet Jerry Kill: Jerry Kill is TCU's interim head coach for the four remaining games in the Frogs’ 2021 season. He joined the Horned Frogs in February 2020 as special assistant to the head coach in charge of offense.

In 2019, Kill served as special assistant to Justin Fuente, who until this week was the head football coach at Virginia Tech.

Among his many coaching accolades, Kill was the consensus 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading Minnesota to the Citrus Bowl for its first New Year's Day game since 1962. He was head coach of the Golden Gophers from 2011-15.

While at Southern Illinois (2001-07), he was the FCS Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year in 2004 as well as the 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. He led the Salukis to five straight NCAA playoff appearances. He then served as head coach at Northern Illinois from 2008-10, earning the Grant Teaff FCA Coach of the Year Award in 2010 when he guided the Huskies to a 10-3 record and berth in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game.

Kill last served as a head coach at Minnesota, where he went 29-29 in four-plus seasons before stepping down because of health reasons in 2015. He returned to the sideline at Rutgers in 2017 and then went to Virginia Tech in 2019 before joining Patterson at TCU in 2020. The 60-year-old is 52-45 overall as an FBS head coach.

TCU Interim Head Coach Jerry Kill Press Conference about Kansas game: here

Kansas Head Coach Lance Leipold Press Conference About TCU: here

TCU-Kansas Gameday Central: here

TCU-Kansas Watch parties: information not provided by TCU Alumni Association 

The Line for the TCU-Kansas Game: TCU opened as a 21.5-point favorite and is now a 21.5-point favorite. The over-under for total points combined is 64.5 points. According to analytics, TCU has a 95 percent chance of winning the game.

Midnite's TCU-Kansas Prediction: TCU 38, Kansas 33

TCU-Kansas Hype Video:  information not provided by TCU Athletics

2021 COVID-19 Warning: The COVID-19 pandemic still is with us, with people daily being infected and dying. 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, unvaccinated people and those with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, particularly the delta variant of the virus, although vaccinated people can be infected with the virus, especially the delta variant. Mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing remain highly recommended, and those people who are vaccinated are urged to avoid those people who are not vaccinated. The latest COVID-19 guidelines and information are at the CDC website: here  

TCU Mask Policy: TCU this fall requires face masks to be worn in all indoor campus areas, except when a person is actively eating and/or drinking and except within private-access areas. People who are sick or experiencing COVID-19-related symptoms should stay home and get tested for COVID-19.

2021 Countdown to TCU-Kansas Kickoff: Five hours prior to kickoff: donor parking lots open. Three hours prior to kickoff: Frog Alley opens. Two-and-a-half hours prior to kickoff: Frog Walk. Two hours prior to kickoff: gates open. One hour prior to kickoff: TCU Marching Band and Spirit parade. Thirty minutes prior to kickoff: Frog Alley closes and in-stadium pre-game show begins.

2021 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:

• Masks are mandated in all indoor facilities on the TCU campus, unless a person is actively eating and/or drinking.
• Tailgating is allowed in all Frog Club parking lots and spaces. Donor parking lots open five hours prior to kick off and close following the game. For games starting before 2:30 pm (Central), the lots close three hours after the end of the game. For games starting at 2:30 pm or after, lots must be cleared by 90 minutes after the game or by 11 pm (Central), whichever comes first (due to city ordinance).
• Frog Alley has been moved to Stadium Drive. Frog Alley is bigger and better this season, taking up all four lanes on Stadium Drive. It features a Kids’ Zone, a beer garden with TVs, local food trucks and more. Frog Walk also returns this season, as the team will be dropped off at the Frog Alley entrance.
• Amon G. Carter Stadium gates open two hours prior to kick off.
• A refusal to comply with the 2021 TCU Football health and safety guidelines may result in removal from the stadium and/or loss of ticket privileges to future home games.
• Social distancing is recommended at gates, concessions and restrooms. 
• Hand sanitation stations are available in the stadium.
• There are a variety of new concession stands dubbed “The Taste of Funkytown.” These include QUENCH, AGC Pub and a Super Size Stand. 
• On the North Endzone deck, drink rails, picnic tables and lawn games have been installed.
• "WaterMonster" locations are throughout the stadium. A WaterMonster is a 125-gallon tank filled with cold-filtered water, or the equivalent of 1,000 bottles of water. The configuration stands six-feet tall and has six spigots for fans to fill their own water bottles or paper cups.
• Football Pre-Game Happy Hour Specials are available from when gates open, to 30 minutes before kick-off: 
• Beer $4
• 44oz Pepsi: $3
• Large popcorn: $3
• Peanuts: $3
• Nachos: $2.25
• Hot Dog: $2
• Concessions Overview: here  

Digital Seat Media in Amon G. Carter Stadium: Within Amon G. Carter Stadium, fans will find a new feature at their seats that gives them access to items to enhance their football gameday experience. Fort Worth-based Digital Seat Media (DSM) installed on stadium seats a QR code. Fans can scan the QR code with a smart phone and access several features, without having to download an app. The platform runs on mobile web and works on all mobile browsers. 

TCU's Previous Game to the Kansas Game: On Saturday, November 13, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, TCU was overwhelmed by Oklahoma State, 63-17.

TCU's Next Game After the Kansas Game: TCU will play its final game of the 2021 season against Big 12 foe Iowa State in Ames, Iowa, on Friday, November 26, at 3:30 pm (Central). FS1 will broadcast the game.

Kansas’ Previous Game to the TCU Game: In its 10th game of the 2021 season, on Saturday, November 13, Kansas upset Big 12 traitor Texas, 57-56, in Austin, Texas.

Previous to the Texas game, Kansas: beat South Dakota, 17-14; and lost to Coastal Carolina, 49-22; Baylor, 45-7; Duke, 52-33; Iowa State, 59-7; Texas Tech, 41-14; Oklahoma, 35-23; Oklahoma State, 55-3; and Kansas State, 35-10.

Kansas’ Next Game After the TCU Game: The Jayhawks will play their final game of the 2021 season against Big 12 foe West Virginia, in Lawrence, Kansas, on Saturday, November 27, at 6 pm (Central).

Previous TCU-Kansas Game: Last season, TCU beat Kansas, 59-23, on November 28, in Lawrence, Kansas.

TCU-Kansas Rivalry:

• TCU leads, 24-9-4, 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 is 8-1 versus Kansas. The lone loss, 27-26, came in the Frogs’ 2018 trip to Lawrence, Kansas.
• TCU is 11-2-2 versus the Jayhawks in Fort Worth, 11-7 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.  

TCU-Kansas Connections:  

• Kansas has 22 players from Texas on its roster.
• 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 interim head football coach Jerry Kill is a native of Cheney, Kansas, and a 1983 graduate of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
• Kansas' quarterbacks coach is Jim Zebrowski. He was the quarterbacks coach during Kill's final year at Northern Illinois and during Kill's time as head football coach at the University of Minnesota.
• 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. 

TCU Missing in Action News: Running back Zach Evans has missed the past three games because of a turf-toe injury and will not play in the Kansas game. Running back Kendre Miller was injured in the Baylor game. He missed the Oklahoma State game and is questionable for the Kansas game. Running back Emari Demercado was hurt in the Oklahoma State game. He is probable for the Kansas game. Quarterback Max Duggan has a broken bone in his foot. He did not play against Baylor or Oklahoma State. He could be available if needed during the Kansas game. Backup quarterback Chandler Morris was banged up in the Baylor game, but he started against Oklahoma State, a game in which he suffered an injury. He is probable for the Kansas game. Freshman backup quarterback Sam Jackson suffered a separated shoulder during limited action late in the Oklahoma State game. Running back Daimarqua Foster is sidelined by an injury. TCU quarterback Matthew Downing and wide receiver TJ Steele have entered the transfer portal.

TCU Notables:

• TCU's Antonio Ortiz has been named a semifinalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award, presented to the best FBS senior long snapper. The award is named after longtime NFL snapper Patrick Mannelly, who played 16 years (1998-2013) with the Chicago Bears. Ortiz is in his fourth season as the Horned Frogs' short and long snapper. He has started all 42 games he has played and is a two-time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 recipient.
• Last Saturday, November 13, an overmatched TCU was humiliated by Oklahoma State, 63-17, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• The Frogs, who had won three of the previous four games with Oklahoma State, including a win in Stillwater in 2017, fell to 4-6 overall, 2-5 Big 12. 
• The Big 12 leads all conferences with six of the 10 teams bowl-eligible. TCU is not one of them. The Frogs must win their final two games to become bowl-eligible.
  
• TCU has lost six of their last eight games, and four of their last five.
• TCU is tied with Texas and West Virginia for seventh place in the Big 12.
• Oklahoma State’s 63 points are the most points allowed by the TCU defense this season. The second-most points allowed is 52, by Oklahoma, in Norman, on October 16.
• The 46-point loss is the worst TCU football loss since 1993, when the Frogs lost, 59-3, to No. 3 Texas A&M.
• OSU had eight rushing touchdowns, by four different running backs. This was the second time in TCU football history the Frogs had given up eight rushing touchdowns in a game. The other team to rush for eight touchdowns against TCU was Texas, in 1974.
• Oklahoma State’s 447 yards rushing are the most TCU has allowed this season.
• The Cowboys are the sixth team to top the 200-yard rushing mark against the Frogs this season.
• TCU has given up 10 100-yard rushers in its last eight games played.
• The Cowboys’ 682 yards of total offense are the seventh-most TCU has given up all-time and the most since Baylor had 782 yards in a 61-58 victory in 2014.
• True freshman quarterback Sam Jackson played in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma State. It was his first extended action of the season.
• Jackson completed his first collegiate pass attempt, a 62-yarder to wide receiver Taye Barber. He was sacked twice and netted four rushing yards on four attempts.
• TCU’s leading rusher against Oklahoma State was senior Emari Demercado, who had a career-high 90 yards rushing, and one touchdown, on 14 carries.
• Demercado was the Frogs’ only scholarship running back available for the game. Zach Evans, Kendre Miller and Daimarqua Foster were not available because of injuries.
• Backing up Demercado in the Oklahoma State game was freshman cornerback Ahmonte Watkins He had 21 yards on four carries. He also had a 27-yard reception.
• Watkins was rated as the No. 1 all-purpose running back in Texas by 247Sports coming out of Klein Forest High School, but TCU transitioned him to cornerback.
• Demercado’s rushing touchdown came in the fourth quarter. It was the Frogs’ only offensive touchdown in the game against Oklahoma State.
• TCU’s other touchdown was a 28-yard fumble recovery in the fourth quarter by junior defensive end Colt Ellison. 
• A 44-yard field goal by Griffin Kell was TCU’s lone score in the first three quarters, as Oklahoma State led 49-3 with under 13 minutes remaining in the game.
• The Cowboys controlled the game from start to finish, building a 28-3 lead by halftime. The 28 points are the most TCU has given up in the first half this season.
• TCU committed 11 penalties for 79 yards in its game against Oklahoma State. The previous week, against Baylor, the Frogs committed 13 penalties for 111 yards.
• Against Oklahoma State, TCU scored for the 365th consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and ties Michigan (1984-2014) for second all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
• In the game against Oklahoma State, tight end Dominic DiNunzio, who attends TCU on a ROTC scholarship had a career long 46-yard reception.
• Safety Nook Bradford’s eight tackles in the Oklahoma State game equaled his season-high set on two previous occasions.
• Safety T.J. Carter had eight tackles against the Cowboys, his third-best game of the season.
• Cornerback Tre-Vius Hodges-Tomlinson recorded the first forced fumble of his career on the opening series of the game against Oklahoma State.
• In the Oklahoma State game, safety La’Kendrick Van Zandt had his first fumble recovery of the season and third of his career.
• Griffin Kell’s 44-yard field goal against the Cowboys made him 13-of-17 on the season.
• TCU's captains for the Oklahoma State game were Taye Barber, T.J. Carter, Andrew Coker and Dylan Horton. It was the first time being a captain for Carter, Coker and Horton.
• The Frogs (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) have lost four of their last five games and six of their last eight.
• TCU is tied with Texas and West Virginia at 2-5 for seventh place in the Big 12, one game ahead of last-place Kansas, and one game behind sixth-place Texas Tech (3-4).
• TCU must win its last two games, against Kansas and Iowa State, to qualify for a bowl game.
• This game against Kansas is TCU’s final home game of the 2021 season. TCU this season hosted seven games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.
• TCU is the only school in the nation with two players averaging over 7.0 yards per carry (minimum 70 attempts). Kendre Miller is averaging 7.20 yards per carry. Zach Evans is averaging 7.04 yards per carry.
• TCU is seventh in the Big 12 in scoring offense, averaging 29.9 points a game.
•  TCU’s defense is ninth in scoring defense in the Big 12, allowing an average of 34.3 points a game.
• The Frogs are fourth in total offense in the conference, averaging 439 total yards a game.
• Allowing an averaging of 466.3 total yards a game, the Horned Frogs are ninth in the Big 12 in total offense defense.
• TCU has the conference’s fourth best rushing offense, averaging 189.7 rushing yards per game.
• TCU is ninth in the Big 12 in rushing defense, allowing 230.3 rushing yards per game.
• The Horned Frogs’ passing offense is fifth-best in the conference, averaging 238.1 passing yards per game.
• In passing defense, TCU ranks seventh in the Big 12, allowing 236 passing yards per game.
• TCU’s offensive line has allowed 20 sacks through 10 games, which is seventh-worst in the Big 12.
• TCU’s defense has recorded 12 sacks through 10 games, which is ninth-best in the conference.
• The Frogs’ defense has intercepted nine passes through 10 games, which is third-best in the Big 12.
• Kendre Miller ranks tenth in rushing in the Big 12, averaging 56.8 yards per game. He averages 7.2 yards per carry.
• Emari Demercado is 18th in rushing in the conference, averaging 32.4 yards per carry. He averages 4.6 yards per carry.
• Max Duggan is te Big 12’s fifth-best passes, averaging 208.3 passing yards per game. He has completed 120-of-185 passes for 64.9 percent. He has thrown 14 touchdowns and four interceptions.
• Quentin Johnston is sixth in receiving in the conference, averaging 70.4 receiving yards per game. He has caught 33 passes for 634 yards. He has six touchdown receptions.
• Taye Barber is the conference’s 14th-best receiver, averaging 45.8 receiving yards per game. He has caught 28 passes for 458 yards. He has two touchdown receptions.
• Derius Davis is 24th in receiving in the Big 12, averaging 35.2 receiving yards per game. He has 26 receptions for 352 yards. He has one touchdown catch.
• Kendre Miller is 13th in the conference in scoring, with seven touchdowns (six rushing, one receiving) for 42 points
• Quentin Johnston is 16th in scoring in the Big 12, with six touchdown receptions for 36 points.
• Griffin Kell is fourth in kick scoring in the conference, with 75 points on 13 field goals, out of 17 attempts, and 36-of-36 point-after-touchdown kicks.
• Dee Winters is tied for 11th in tackles in the conference with 66. He also has one sack.
• T.J. Carter is 18th in the Big 12 in tackles with 62
• Ochaun Mathis is 22nd in the Big 12 with seven tackles for loss.
• Dylan Horton is tied with Mathis with seven tackles for loss.
• Mathis ranks 15th in the Big 12 with four sacks.
• Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson is 10th in the Big 12 in passes defended, with three breakups and two interceptions.
• Over the last seven seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (40-30) and overall mark (62-36).
• 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.  
• 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.
• Until this year, the Frogs have never had worse than the fourth-ranked total defense since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
• TCU Athletics, as a whole, had 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.
• 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.
• Forty-eight percent of TCU’s student-athletes have received at least one NIL deal, which is the highest percentage in the Big 12.
• Eleven different sports at TCU are represented in the NIL deals.
• The Big 12 Conference ranks second overall nationally in total NIL compensation.
• Gary Patterson is TCU’s winningest head football coach, with a record of 181-79.
• Under Patterson, TCU 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 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 saw TCU earn 20 bowl trips. TCU was 13-6 in bowl games played with Patterson on its coaching staff and 11-6 in bowl games played with him as head coach (the 2020 Texas Bowl was canceled because of COVID-19 protocols within the TCU football program). Before the Patterson era, the Horned Frogs had only four bowl wins in their history.
• 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.

Kansas Notables:  

• The University of Kansas is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas. It has several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, and medical centers across the state.
• Founded March 21, 1865, the university was in 1866.
• Enrollment across its campuses is about 30,000 students.
• The school's sports teams, wearing crimson and royal blue, are called the Kansas Jayhawks.
• Kansas football dates from 1890, and is one of the oldest continuous collegiate football  programs in the nation.
• KU joined the Big 6 Conference in 1929. The conference became the Big 8 in 1960. It became the Big 12 in February 1994, with playing beginning in 1996.
• Kansas' all-time football record is 590-665-58.
• Kansas' football team has not been to a bowl game since 2008.
• Kansas has had five different head football coaches since the 2009 season.
  
• Kansas' current head football coach, Lance Leipold, is in his first season. He was hired in May of 2021.
• Leipold is 2-8 with the Jayhawks, with victories over South Dakota (17-14) and the University of Texas (57-56 OT).
• Leipold came to Kansas after a successful six-year run at the University of Buffalo, where in his final three seasons he posted winning seasons.
• Prior to Buffalo, Leipold served as the head football coach at Wisconsin-Whitewater for eight seasons, from 2007 to 2014. He won six NCAA Division III national championships and compiled a record of 109-6.
• Leipold, a native of Jefferson, Wisconsin, began his coaching career at Whitewater in 1987 as a quarterbacks coach.
• Leipold is 148-47 in his head coaching career.
• On Saturday, November 13, Kansas beat the University of Texas, 57-56 in overtime.
• The victory was Kansas’ first against an FBS opponent since October 26, 2019, vs. Texas Tech (37-34).
• The victory was Kansas’ first on the road since September 13, 2019, at Boston College (48-24) and its first conference win on the road since October 4, 2008, at Iowa State (35-33).
• The 57 points were the most Kansas has scored in a game since November 3, 2007, vs. Nebraska (76 points) and the most ever on the road.
• Kansas scored 35 points in the first half against Texas, the most points in a first half by KU since November 3, 2007, vs. Nebraska (48 points).
• In the Texas game, Kansas forced a season-high four turnovers.
• Kansas played in an overtime game for the first time since September 1, 2018, vs. Nicholls State and it was KU’s first overtime win since November 19, 2016, vs. Texas (24-21).
• Kansas won its first game in Austin.
• Sophomore quarterback Jalon Daniels (#6) made his first start of the season against Texas. Daniels finished 21-of-30 passing for 202 yards and four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing).
• Daniels will start at quarterback against TCU.
  
• Junior tight end Mason Fairchild (#89) finished with two receptions for 31 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown reception. The touchdown was the first of his career.
• Freshman running back Devin Neal (#4) rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns against Texas. He rushed for at least 100 yards for the third time this season.
• Neal also had a 19-yard receiving touchdown, his first career receiving touchdown.
• Neal is the first KU player with four touchdowns in a game since James Sims had four touchdowns on November 6, 2010, vs. Colorado. He was the first to score four touchdowns on the road since June Henley on September 14, 1996, at TCU (four). He is the first true freshman to score four touchdowns since at least the 1996 season.
• Super-senior wide receiver Kwamie Lassiter II (#8) caught his third touchdown pass of the season and the seventh of his career. Lassiter has touchdowns in back-to-back games for the first time in his
• career.
• Lassiter finished with eight receptions for 68 yards against Texas, moving him into a tie for fifth in KU history with 133 career receptions. He also ranks 19th in KU history with 1,404 yards.
• Redshirt-freshman fullback Jared Casey (#47) caught the game-winning two-point conversion in overtime, his first career reception.
• Super-senior defensive end Kyron Johnson (#15) had two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in the Texas game. He finished with eight tackles, two sacks and two tackles for loss. Johnson is the first Kansas player since Victor Simmons on October 26, 2013, vs. Baylor, to force two fumbles in a game.
• Johnson leads the team with 5.5 sacks this season. He has 11.5 career sacks.
• In the second quarter of the win over Texas, Kansas freshman cornerback Jacobee Bryant (#2) had an interception return for a touchdown. He is the first Jayhawk with a pick six since Hasan Defense on August 31, 2019, vs. Indiana State.
• Freshman safety O.J. Burroughs (#5) had his first career interception, late in the fourth quarter.
• Junior safety Kenny Logan Jr. (#1) led the team with 11 tackles, his third game this season with at least 10 tackles.
• Against Texas, Kansas scored its most points of the season (57) and allowed the second-most points of its season (56). The Jayhawks gave up 59 points in a loss to Iowa State.
• Kansas has four wins in the Big 12 since 2016, half of them against the University of Texas. The Jayhawks other two Big 12 wins in that span are against Texas Tech and TCU.
• In 2016, Texas lost to Kansas. Then UT head football coach Charlie Strong was fired shortly thereafter.
• Kansas is 10th in scoring offense in the Big 12, averaging 19.3 points per game.
• Kansas is 10th in the conference in scoring defense, allowing an average of 44.1 yards per game.
• The Jayhawks have the Big 12’s 10th-best total offense, averaging 317.5 total yards per game.
• KU is 10th in the conference in total offense defense, allowing 491.8 total yards per game.
• Kansas has the conference’s ninth-best rushing offense, averaging 146.1 rushing yards per game.
• Kansas ranks 10th in the Big 12 in rushing defense, allowing an average of 241.7 rushing yards per game.
• The Jayhawks’ passing offense is 10th in the Big 12, averaging 171.4 passing yards per game.
• Against the pass, Kansas’ defense ranks eighth in the conference, allowing an average of 250.1 passing yards per game.
• Kansas’s offense has allowed 12 quarterback sacks, which is second to Baylor’s eight.
• KU’s defense is last in the Big 12 with 10 sacks, and ninth in interceptions, with five.
• Redshirt junior quarterback Jason Bean (#17) is 11th in passing in the Big 12, averaging 118.1 passing yards per game. He has completed 102-of-182 passes (56 percent). He has thrown six touchdowns and six interceptions.
• In the Big 12, Bean is 12th in rushing, averaging 44.3 rushing yards per game. He averages 4.4 yards per rush.
• Super-senior wide receiver Kwamie Lassiter II (#8) is 11th in receiving in the Big 12, averaging 50.7 receiving yards per game. He has caught 44 passes for 507 yards. He has three touchdown receptions.
• Freshman running back Devin Neal (#4) is 11th in scoring in the conference, with eight touchdowns (seven rushing, one receiving), for 48 points.
• Redshirt sophomore kicker Jacob Borcila (#83) is 10th in kick scoring in the Big 12, with 41 points on seven-of-12 field goals and 20-of 21-PATs.
• Junior safety Kenny Logan, Jr. (#1) ranks third in the Big 12 with 81 total tackles, and fourth in passes defended, with six breakups and one interception.
• Junior linebacker Gavin Potter (#9) ranks 11th in tackles, with 66, and he has one sack.
• Junior linebacker Rich Miller (#13) is 16th in tackles, with 63.
• Super-senior defensive end Kyron Johnson (#15) is 19th in the Big 12 in tackles for loss, with 7.5. He is eighth in sacks, with 5.5.

2021 TCU Football Fan Guide: here

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 Football Coaches Radio Show: The 2021 TCU Football Coaches 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 to 7 pm CT on 92.1 FM KTFW and 88.7 FM KTCU. TCU fans are encouraged to attend the show.

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 Football Guide: here  

2021 Kansas Football Roster:  here

2021 Kansas Football Schedule: here  

Kansas Alma Mater: here  

Kansas Traditions: here

TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium: 2020 marked 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.

The 2012 season marked the opening of TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium after a $164 million renovation, which was completely funded through donor support. Six 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. 

Additional information about TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium: here

Amon G. Carter Stadium Map: here

Amon G. Carter Stadium Rules and Regulations: here

Items Permitted in TCU Athletic Events: Clear Bag Policy: here

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 permitted.  
• Outside food and drinks ARE NOT permitted.
• Outside seat cushions ARE NOT permitted. 
•  Umbrellas, selfie sticks, artificial noisemakers, strollers, bicycles, fireworks and weapons (including those allowed by permit) ARE NOT permitted.

Additional information: here

2021 TCU Gameday Parking and Traffic Information: here

sEcSPN College GameDay for November 20, 2021: sEcSPN GameDay will be in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, November 20, for the game between No. 4 Ohio State and No. 7 Michigan State. The Buckeyes (9-1, 7-0 Big 10) will take on the Spartans (9-1, 6-1 Big 10) at 11 am (Central), on ABC. During the college football season, GameDay airs live on sEcSPN on Saturdays, from 8 to 11 am (Central).