TCU-Iowa State 2022 Game Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

TCU played Iowa State in the Horned Frogs 2022 regular-season finale on Saturday, November 26, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, in Fort Worth, Texas.

For most of the Horned Frogs' game with Iowa State, the weather was cold and gloomy, with intermittent showers.

Folks attending the TCU-Iowa State game had to resort to whatever they could find to keep dry and warm, even if it meant wearing the colors of a Big 12 traitor, such as TCU fan Jim Marston did.

Eventually the weather cleared across the Texas Christian University campus, with the sun even appearing for a few minutes, so TCU fans could fully enjoy a 62-14 win by the Frogs, who completed a 12-0 regular season, including a 9-0 Big 12 record. TCU won the Big 12's regular-season championship by two games over second-place Kansas State (7-2). Texas finished third in the conference at 6-3. Texas Tech, with a 5-4 conference record, finished fourth. The other six conference teams finished with losing conference records, including last-place Iowa State at 1-8.

(photos above and below) Prior to the TCU-Iowa State game, the Frogs' seniors, including receiver/returner Derius Davis, were honored by TCU head coach Sonny Dykes and his wife, Kate. Davis, who was named the Big 12's Special Teams Player of the Year and also named All-Big 12 on the first-team offensive unit, and the Frogs' other seniors have led the Frogs to a 12-0 season. It is the third time in TCU's history for the Frogs to go undefeated, and the first time since 2010, when it went 13-0 en route to winning the Rose Bowl. TCU is the first Big 12 team to be 12-0 since Texas in 2009. TCU is the first Big 12 team to go 9-0 in conference play since Oklahoma in 2016. Prior to this year, the seniors had not won more than seven games in a season. COVID-19 disrupted the 2020 season. Wins over ranked teams, including Texas and Baylor, highlighted the sub-.500 seasons. Now, the seniors are part of what could be an unprecedented season. The Frogs and will play in the Big 12 Conference Championship Game this Saturday against Kansas State, and TCU is one win away its first College Football Championship Playoff appearance.

(photos above and below) TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15), a 2022 Heisman Trophy candidate who has been a driving force of the Horned Frogs' undefeated season, celebrated Senior Day with members of his family. He then led TCU to its 62-14 victory over Iowa State, in what probably was Duggan's final football game in Amon G. Carter Stadium. Duggan has been named All-Big 12 as the quarterback on the conference's first-team offensive unit.

Also honored at the finale between TCU and Iowa State was TCU radio sports broadcaster John Denton, who is retiring from TCU at the end of the year. Saturday was his last broadcast of a home TCU football game. Denton, who played football at TCU, will call football games through the end of this season and TCU basketball games through the end of the 2022 basketball season. Since 2019, Denton has served as associate athletics director overseeing TCU’s Block T Association (TCU letter winners). Since arriving on campus as the executive director of the Frog Club in 2005, Denton has served in a number of roles, including director of major gifts from 2010-19. In 34 football seasons, Denton has worked 411 games. He has been on basketball broadcasts for the past 22 years. Denton has been a part of TCU for 42 years, beginning as a student athlete (punter) with the TCU football program in the fall of 1980. Denton will become executive director of the Flying T Club. The Flying T Club is a non-profit name, image and likeness (NIL) collective supporting TCU student-athletes. It is not associated with the university. Get information about the Flying T Club: here

During the TCU-Iowa State game, Uvalde students were featured in the traditional Riff-Ram video. Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County on May 24. It is the deadliest shooting ever at a Texas public school.

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes (right) visits with Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell prior to kickoff of the TCU-Iowa State football game. Dykes is the first head football coach in TCU and Big 12 history to go 12-0 in his first season. He's the fourth head coach nationally since 1996 to accomplish the feat. In recognition of his outstanding first season with the Frogs, Dykes unanimously has been named the Big 12 Coach of the Year. Additionally, he is a candidate for the 2022 Paul "Bear" Bryant National Coach of the Year Award. With Dykes' father, Spike Dykes, being the Big 12 Coach of the Year for Texas Tech in 1996, the Dykes become just the third father-son duo in college football history, and first in the Big 12, to both be a conference coach of the year. The Dykes join Bobby Bowden (Florida State; 1993, 1997) and Tommy Bowden (Clemson, 2003) in the ACC and Kim Helton (Houston, 1996) and Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky, 2019) in Conference USA. TCU, picked to finish seventh in the preseason Big 12 poll, is 12-0 and ranked third nationally.

(photos above and below) For the game against Iowa State, joining TCU captains Dee Winters (#13), Steve Avila (#79), Dylan Horton (#98) and Quentin Johnston (#1) were TCU football legends honorary captain Jeff Ballard (right), who led TCU's victory over Iowa State in the 2005 Houston Bowl, and Fort Worth's Opel Lee, who at 89 years old began a walking campaign from her Fort Worth home to Washington D.C. to draw attention to the importance of Juneteenth (June 19). Although it took six years, Lee's efforts prevailed. On June 17, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, making Juneteenth the 11th federal holiday. Because of Lee’s efforts, a national Juneteenth museum will be built in Fort Worth. Lee was nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. Winters, Avila and Winters earned All-Big 12 recognition. Horton received Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition.

TCU football captain and offensive lineman Steve Avila (#79) escorts Opel Lee from the playing field after she participated in the pre-game coin toss. Avila has been named All-Big 12 as part of the conference's first-team offensive unit.

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

(photos above and below) Here come the Cyclones!

(photos above and below) Of course, the Hypnotoad was in The Carter on Saturday to support the Horned Frogs in their quest for perfection

TCU offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Garrett Riley (white cap) and TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15) had the Horned Frogs' offense rolling against Iowa State. TCU scored 62 points and had 377 total yards (131 rushing yards, 246 passing yards) against an Iowa State team that was eighth nationally in scoring defense (16.5 points per game) and sixth in total defense (277.3 yards per game). Riley has been selected as one of five finalists for the Broyles Award, which is presented to college football’s assistant coach of the year. In his first season at TCU, Riley directs one of the nation's most prolific offensive attacks while also coaching Duggan into the best season of his career. TCU has the nation’s sixth-most improved offense (+12.6) in points per game, averaging 41.3 per contest. The Horned Frogs rank among the FBS leaders in all major offensive categories and are tied for the national lead with 13 offensive touchdowns of at least 50 yards. TCU is second in the country with 17 plays of 50-plus yards and 10 plays of at least 60 yards. The Horned Frogs are also one of only two FBS teams averaging at least 270 yards per game passing, 195 rushing and have at least 30 passing and 30 rushing touchdowns. Duggan is fourth in the nation in passing efficiency with a 171.3 rating and is tied for second among Power 5 quarterbacks, one off the lead, with 16 touchdown passes of at least 20 yards. He has accounted for three or more touchdowns in eight of his 11 starts this season. Duggan’s 34 touchdowns responsible for (29 passing, 5 rushing) is third in a season at TCU. He leads the Big 12 with 29 touchdown passes while throwing just three interceptions, completing a career-high 66.6 percent of his passes which ranks second in a season at TCU.

(photos above and below) Against Iowa State, TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15) made his 40th career start. Through the three quarters he played, Duggan completed 17-of-24 passes for 246 yards. He threw three touchdown passes. He did not throw an interception. Duggan’s three touchdown passes gave him 29 on the season, third-most at TCU behind only Trevone Boykin (33, 2014; 31, 2015). This week, Duggan was named the Big 12's Offensive Player of the Year. He also was named the 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner. The award is given annually to the nation's top upperclassmen quarterback in college football. Candidates are judged on accomplishments on the field as well as on their character, scholastic achievement, and leadership qualities. Duggan is the first Horned Frog to win the award. Plus, this week Duggan was named as one of five finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year Award. Additionally, Duggan was named one of three finalists for the 2022 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, presented to the nation's top quarterback. Joining Duggan as finalists are Ohio State's C.J. Stroud and USC's Caleb Williams. The Davey O'Brien Award is named after TCU's 1938 Heisman Trophy winner who guided the Horned Frogs to a national championship that season. TCU offensive linemen Steve Avila (#79) and Alan Ali (#56) earned All-Big 12 recognition as members of the conference's first team offensive unit. Avila also was named Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year. Ali also was named Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year. TCU offensive linemen Andrew Coker (#74) and Brandon Coleman (#77) earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition.

TCU quarterback Max Duggan (#15) only had to run/scramble three times against Iowa State. He was not sacked by the Cyclones.

(photos above and below) TCU running back Kendre Miller (#33) ran 15 times for a team-best 72 yards against Iowa State. He had two rushing touchdowns. Miller’s touchdown runs gave him a rushing score in all 12 games this year, tying the longest streak to begin a season in TCU history. Pro Football Hall of Famer and TCU Board of Trustees member LaDainian Tomlinson ran for a touchdown in all 12 games in 2000. Miller has earned All-Big 12 recognition as a running back on the conference's first-team offensive unit.

(photos above and below) TCU running back Kendre Miller (#33) had a 25-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter that enable TCU to take a 17-0 lead. The score was one of two touchdown runs by Miller in the game. Miller’s touchdown runs gave him a rushing score in all 12 games this year, tying the longest streak to begin a season in TCU history. Pro Football Hall of Famer and TCU Board of Trustees member LaDainian Tomlinson ran for a touchdown in all 12 games in 2000.

(photos above and below) TCU was able to increase its lead to 34-7 in the second quarter when running back Kendre Miller (#33) scored on a one-yard run. Miller has a rushing touchdown in 13 consecutive games. It is the longest active streak in the nation and ranks second all-time at TCU, behind only Tomlinson (15, 1999-00). Miller has a team-best 16 rushing touchdowns, fourth-most in a season at TCU. Miller’s 25 rushing touchdowns move him past Duggan into sole possession of eighth place in TCU history.

TCU wide receiver Jordan Hudson (#7) beats Iowa State defensive back Darien Porter (#10) to catch a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Max Duggan in the third quarter. Hudson's second reception in the game was a two-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chandler Morris in the fourth quarter that resulted in the final score of 62-14.

TCU wide receiver Jordan Hudson (#7, right) celebrates his 13-yard touchdown reception with wide receiver Blake Nowell (#87).

(photos above and below) TCU wide receiver Savion Williams (#18) beats Iowa State defensive backs Anthony Johnson, Jr. (#1) and Myles Purchase (#5) to catch a two-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Max Duggan in the third quarter.

Against Iowa State, TCU wide receiver Savion Williams (#18) had a career high five catches, for 48 yards, to the dismay of Cyclones defensive backs Myles Purchase (#5) and Tayvonn Kyle (13).

TCU running back Trent Battle (#17) caught one pass for 19 yards against Iowa State.

TCU running back Emari Demercado (#3) rushed six times for 12 yards against Iowa State. Demercado had a career-long 62-yard kickoff return.

(top and bottom photos) TCU running back Emari Demercado (#3) appeared to have scored a touchdown on this run, but upon review of the play, the call on the field that he came up short of the goal line was upheld.

(top and bottom photos) In the first quarter against the Cyclones, TCU tight end Geor'Quarius Spivey (#12), despite coverage by Cyclones defensive back Anthony Johnson, Jr. (#1), caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from TCU quarterback Max Duggan. The touchdown reception came on a fourth-and-two play by the Frogs. It was Spivey's first career touchdown and part of his career-high three receptions for 43 yards.

(top and bottom photos) TCU kicker Griffin Kell (#39) followed up his game-winning performance on the prior Saturday against Baylor by kicking two field goals against Iowa State. He kicked a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 54-yarder in the second quarter, which is the fifth-longest in TCU history. Kell is 14-of-15 on the season and 43-of-54 in his career. His 43 career field goals have him in sole possession of sixth place on TCU’s career list. Kell has earned All-Big 12 recognition as the place-kicker on the conference's first-team offensive unit.

TCU quarterback Chandler Morris (#2) played the fourth quarter against Iowa State. It was Morris' most significant action since he started at quarterback against Colorado in the season-opener. He was hurt in that game, which opened the door for Duggan's Heisman trophy-type season. Morris completed five-of-six passes for 34 yards. He threw one touchdown pass, a two-yarder to wide receiver Jordan Hudson for TCU's final touchdown of the game.

(top and bottom photos) TCU running back Emani Bailey (#9) carried the football 11 times against Iowa State, gaining 58 yards. He had a long run of 20 yards.

(top and bottom photos) As Iowa State's starting quarterback against the Frogs, Hunter Dekkers (#12) completed 12-of-24 passes for 106 yards. He threw one touchdown pass and one interception. He left the game due to an injury to his non-throwing shoulder.

(top and bottom photos) Rocco Becht (#3) replaced Hunter Dekkers at quarterback for the Cyclones when Dekkers was injured. Becht completed seven-of-13 passes for 65 yards. He was intercepted once.

(top and bottom photos) Iowa State quarterback netted zero yards on six rushes against the Horned Frogs' defense. He was sacked once. TCU linebacker Dee Winters (#13) earned All-Big 12 recognition as a member of the conference's first-team defensive unit.

(top and bottom photos) Iowa State running back Cartevious Norton (#5) ran 12 times for 71 yards against TCU. He had a long run of 16 yards.

Iowa State running back Eli Sanders (#6) carried the football seven times against TCU. He gained 91 yards. He had a long run of 43 yards.

Against the Horned Frogs, Iowa State running back Deon Silas (#22) gained 21 yards on four carries. He had a 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Iowa State wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson (#8) drops a pass thrown by Cyclones quarterback Hunter Dekkers (#12). Hutchinson came into the game against TCU leading the country in number of receptions and was fifth in receiving yards. The Frogs held Hutchinson to two catches for 11 yards.

(top and bottom photos) Iowa State freshman kicker Jace Gilbert (#20) missed a 45-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 34-yard field goal in the third quarter.

(top and bottom photos) In the first quarter, TCU safety Millard Bradford (#28) intercepted a pass thrown by Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers and returned it 36 yards for a Horned Frogs touchdown. It was TCU’s first defensive score of the season and first Pick-6 since Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson had one at Texas Tech last season. Bradford has earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition.

(top and bottom photos) TCU corner back Kee'Yon Stewart (#2) forced a fumble by Iowa State wide receiver Sean Shaw, Jr. (#2). TCU defensive lineman Tymon Mitchell (#91) recovered the fumble. It was Stewart's first career forced fumble and Mitchell's first career fumble recovery.

(top and bottom photo) TCU linebacker Jamoi Hodge (#6) sacked Iowa State quarterback Hunter Dekkers (#12). Hodge has 3.5 sacks on the season. Hodge has earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition. Linebacker Johnny Hodges (#57), a transfer from Navy, earned Second-Team All-Big 12 recognition and was named the conference's Defensive Newcomer of the Year. Defensive lineman Dylan Horton (#98) earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 recognition.

(top and bottom photos) TCU cornerback Josh Newton (#24) intercepted a pass from backup Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht and returned it 57 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. The interception was Newton's third of the season and sixth of his career. Newton also broke up two passes and had four tackles in the win over the Cyclones. Newton has earned All-Big 12 recognition as a defensive back on the conference's first-team defensive unit.

(top and bottom photos) TCU's secondary held Iowa State wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson (#8) to two catches for 11 yards. Hutchinson came into the game against TCU leading the country in number of receptions and was fifth in receiving yards. TCU linebacker Jamoi Hodge (#6) and safety Bud Clark (#26), along with cornerback Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, were responsible for shutting down Hutchinson. Hodges-Tomlinson has earned All-Big 12 recognition as a defensive back on the conference's first-team defensive unit and he was named Big 12 Honorable Mention Defensive Player of the Year. He also has been named as one of three finalists for the 2022 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award, presented to the nation's top defensive back. Joining Hodges-Tomlinson as finalists are Utah's Clark Phillips III and Illinois' Devon Witherspoon. Former TCU safety and now Las Vegas Raider Tre’von Moehrig won the 2020 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award. Hodge and Clark earned Honorable mention All-Big 12 recognition.

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes (center, left) and Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell extend well-wishes to one another after TCU's 62-14 victory over the Cyclones. Campbell is rumored to be one of several candidates for the open head football coaching position at the University of Cincinnati, which is joining the Big 12 in 2023.

After TCU's 62-14 victory over his Cyclones, Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell (left) congratulates TCU quarterback Max Duggan.

(top and bottom photos) TCU coaches, players and fans celebrate TCU's 62-14 victory over Iowa State and the Horned Frogs' 12-0 regular season.

TCU improved to 12-0 (9-0 Big 12) with its 62-14 victory over Iowa State. TCU is 12-0 for the third time in its history and first since 2010, when the Frogs won the Rose Bowl to go 13-0. TCU is the first Big 12 team to be 12-0 since Texas in 2009. TCU is the first Big 12 team to go 9-0 in conference play since Oklahoma in 2016. TCU's last loss was 48-14 at Iowa State in the 2021 season finale. TCU head coach Sonny Dykes is the first head coach in TCU and Big 12 history to win his first 12 games. TCU plays Kansas State in the Big 12 Conference Championship Game on December 3, in AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 am (Central). ABC will broadcast the game. ESPN College GameDay will broadcast its Saturday morning football show from AT&T Stadium. TCU is 8-1 all-time, including 2-0 this season, when ESPN’s College GameDay has been on site.