TCU-Kansas State 2021 Football Game Photos (Gary Patterson's Last Game as TCU Head Coach)

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

The Flint Hills of Kansas.

(photos above and below) TCU's Gary Patterson (left) and Kansas State head football coach Chris Klieman meet prior to the kickoff of the TCU-Kansas State game on Saturday, October 30, in Manhattan, Kansas. The Wildcats won, 31-12.

(photos above and below) Here come the Wildcats!

(photos above and below) Here come the Horned Frogs!

TCU's captains for the game against Kansas State were (from left to right) Derius Davis (#11), Ochaun Mathis (#32), Dee Winters (#13) and Max Duggan (#15). Duggan, Mathis and Winters have been captains in each game this season. 

Kansas State senior quarterback Skylar Thompson (#7) led the Wildcats to a 31-12 victory over TCU. Thompson completed 13-of-21 passes for 242 yards. He threw one touchdown pass. He was intercepted once.

Kansas State senior quarterback Skylar Thompson (#7) scored the Wildcats' first touchdown on a four-yard run midway trough the first quarter of K-State's victory over TCU. Thompson ran five times for 18 yards.

(photos above and below) Kansas State sophomore running back Deuce Vaughn (#22), who is 5-6, 173 pounds, slipped through the TCU defense for 109 rushing yards on 20 carries. He had a long run of 42 yards. He scored two rushing touchdowns. Vaughn added 49 yards on two receptions.

(photos above and below) K-State running back Deuce Vaughn (#22) scored two touchdowns in the Wildcats' 31-12 victory over the Horned Frogs, including a one-yarder (above) and a 42-yarder. Both touchdowns came in the second quarter.

Kansas State senior tight end Daniel Imatorbhebhe (#0) catches a 73-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, outrunning TCU linebacker Dee Winters (#13) and safety T.J. Carter (#7). Imatorbhebhe had two receptions for 90 yards.

Senior Wildcats' wide receiver Kade Warner (#85) tries to elude TCU cornerback Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (#1) after one of his two catches for 19 yards against the Horned Frogs.

Against the Horned Frogs, Kansas State junior wide receiver Malik Knowles (#4) had three receptions for 21 yards. He also returned two kickoffs for 41 yards.

K-State junior wide receiver Phillip Brooks (#88) catches a pass behind TCU sophomore cornerback Keontae Jenkins (#23). Against the Frogs, Brooks caught two passes for 44 yards.

Kansas State wide receiver Phillip Brooks is defended on a punt return by TCU's D'Arco Perkins-McAllister (#16), Khari Coleman (#11) and Donavann Collins (#3).

Kansas State kicker Chris Tennant (#32) ended Kansas State's scoring against the Horned Frogs with a 42-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game.

Kansas State sophomore defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah (#91) tormented TCU's offensive linemen, including tackle Brandon Coleman (#77), and quarterbacks. He recorded eight tackles, four sacks and forced two fumbles on behind-the-line-of-scrimmage hits on TCU quarterback Chandler Morris. The fumbles crossed the line of scrimmage, and by rule, were defined as quarterback rushes. Otherwise, Anudike-Uzomah would have had six sacks in the game, which would have set a K-State record and tied an NCAA record for sacks in a game. Anudike-Uzomah’s performance against the Frogs earned him Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors, and Walter Camp, Bronko Nagurski, and Bednarik Award National Defensive Player of the Week honors.

TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15) is sacked by Kansas State defensive lineman Felix Anudike-Uzomah (#91). Anudike-Uzomah sacked Duggan four times, sending the Frogs' starting quarterback to the sideline in the second half of the game.

TCU backup quarterback Chandler Morris (#14) fumbles the football after being crushed by Kansas State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah (#91) and safety Jahron McPherson (#31). Kansas State recovered the fumble.

After being hit by Kansas State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah (#91), TCU backup quarterback Chandler Morris fumbles the football into the end zone. Kansas State thwarted the Frogs; scoring threat by recovering the football for a touchback.

(photos above and below) Under the direction of TCU offensive coordinator Doug Meacham (black shirt) and quarterback Max Duggan (#15), against Kansas State, TCU's offense totaled 340 yards; 184 passing and 156 rushing. It marked the fifth game this season the Frogs have gained at least 150 yards on the ground and through the air. It is tied for the most in the Big 12.

(photos above and below) TCU junior quarterback Max Duggan (#15) had his worst day of the season against Kansas State. He completed nine-of-13 passes for 73 yards. His mobility limited by a broken bone in a foot, Duggan was sacked four times by K-State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah.

(photos above and below) TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15) rand nine times for 12 yards against the Wildcats, but he lost 20 yards by being sacked four times. Thus, he ended the game with minus-eight yards rushing.

(photos above and below) Because of his injured foot and the pounding he took from the Kansas State defense, TCU starting quarterback Max Duggan (#15) ended up watching the game from the TCU sideline in the second half. Backup quarterback Chandler Morris (#14), who transferred to TCU from the University of Oklahoma prior to this season, made his first appearance of the season since the season-opener against Duquesne. He played the entire second half and led the Frogs on their only touchdown drive of the game.

(photos above and below) TCU backup quarterback Chandler Morris, a redshirt freshman, completed nine-of-14 passes for 111 yards against the Wildcats. He did not throw a touchdown pass or an interception.

(photos above and below) TCU backup quarterback Chandler Morris (#14) ran eight times for 38 yards against Kansas State. On two of his rushes, he fumbled the football when hit by K-State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah.

(photos above and below) TCU sophomore running back Kendre Miller (#33) rushed 14 times for a team-best 102 yards against the Wildcats. He had a long run of 61 yards. He averaged 7.3 yards per rush. This was Miller's second 100-yard game of the season and third of his career. Miller also tied a career high with four receptions for 28 yards.

Against Kansas State, TCU senior running back Emari Demercado (#3, photo above) rushed four time for seven yards.

With 15 seconds remaining in the football game, TCU senior running back Emari Demercado (#3) scored the Frogs' lone touchdown of the game, on a three-yard run. Demercado's touchdown broke a five-quarter touchdown drought by the Horned Frogs' offense, stretching over two games. The rushing touchdown was Demercado's second rushing touchdown of the season and in his career.

TCU sophomore running back Daimarqua Foster (#21, above) ran for 18 yards on five carries against the Wildcats, before he suffered a leg injury while being tackled. He was helped off of the field (#21, photo below) and did not return to action.

 

TCU senior receiver Derius Davis (#11) had five receptions for 95 yards in TCU's loss to Kansas State. He had a long catch of 30 yards. He also returned two punts for 19 yards and two kickoffs for 52 yards. Davis, who lost a yard on his only rushing attempt in the game, led the Frogs with 165 all-purpose yards.

(photos above and below) TCU freshman wide receiver Quincy Brown (#88) caught one pass against Kansas State.

Against the Wildcats, TCU senior wide receiver Taye Barber (#4) caught two passes for 15 yards.

TCU sophomore wide receiver Quentin Johnston (#1) thought he had caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chandler Morris in the fourth quarter, but the play was overturned on review by the officiating crew. Johnston caught two passes for five yards against Kansas State.

Because of a left leg injury, TCU sophomore running back Zach Evans (#6) did not play against Kansas State.

(photos above and below) In the Kansas State game, TCU head coach Gary Patterson saw improvement from his defense, which includes junior cornerback Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (#1), but still the Horned Frogs allowed at least 30 points for the sixth game this season.

With TCU cornerback C.J. Ceasar (#9), TCU safety T.J. Carter (#7) celebrates his interception of a pass by Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson. It was Carter's first interception as a Horned Frog and eighth of his career. He had seven picks for Memphis (2017-20).

TCU sophomore defensive end Khari Coleman (#11) pressures Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (#11).

TCU cornerback Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (#1) tackles Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn (#22). Hodges-Tomlinson had two tackles and a pass breakup in the game against Kansas State.

TCU sophomore linebacker Jamoi Hodge (#6) sacks Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (#7). It was his first career sack. He also had a team-best eight tackles against the Wildcats.

TCU junior defensive end Ochaun Mathis (#32) sacks Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (#7). The sack was his team-best fourth sack of the season. His 15.5 career sacks are the most among current Horned Frogs. Mathis totaled two tackles for loss in the game.

TCU's defense wraps up Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn (#22).

TCU junior linebacker Dee Winters (#13) tackles Kansas State fullback Ben Sinnott (#34). Winters had five tackles in the game, including tackling Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn in the end zone for a safety in the second quarter.

(photos above and below) A late hit out-of-bounds on Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson (#7) by TCU safety Josh Foster (15) resulted in a personal foul penalty on Foster and ignited a skirmish among Frogs and Wildcats.

(photos above and below) The skirmish between TCU and Kansas State players resulted in offsetting personal foul penalties and the ejection of three players for throwing punches. TCU players ejected were freshman safeties Da'Veawn Armstead (#10) and D'arco Perkins-McAllister (#16). Kansas State junior wide receiver Tyronne Howell (#86) also was ejected.

TCU kicker Griffin Kell (#39) kicked a 24-yard field goal early in the second quarter that reduced Kansas State's lead at the time to 7-3. Kell is nine-of-11 on the season and 24-of-32 in his career. He has made his last eight field-goal attempts.

Against Kansas State, TCU punter Jordy Sandy (#31) punted five times for an average of 41.6 yards per punt. He had a long punt of 46 yards.

Kansas State's 31-12 victory over TCU was the Wildcats' third consecutive win over the Horned Frogs. K-State leads the series with TCU, 8-7. The loss by the Frogs was their fifth loss in their last six games.

TCU's Gary Patterson (middle) congratulates members of the Kansas State coaching staff after the Wildcats' 31-12 victory.

Gary Patterson (front) and members of the football team sing the TCU Alma Mater with the 30 or so Horned Frogs fans who were in the TCU section of Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

(photos above and below) After the 31-12 loss to Kansas State, Gary Patterson (left), in his home state of Kansas and accompanied by his wife, Kelsey, who is affectionately known as "Mrs. P," makes his final walk off a football field as TCU's head football coach.

The Sunday after TCU's loss to Kansas State, Coach Patterson and TCU mutually agreed to part ways. TCU Athletic Director Jeremiah Donati and TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini told Patterson on October 31 that he would not be retained after the 2021 season. They asked him to coach the remainder of the season and then accept another position within the school's athletic department. He declined and effectively chose to resign. 

Patterson joined the TCU football team in 1998 as defensive coordinator/safeties coach, under head coach Dennie Franchione. After Franchione left for the University of Alabama, Patterson was named the Horned Frogs' head coach in 2000. He became TCU's winningest 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 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. 

Thank you, Coach P!