TCU-Baylor 2025 Game Photos

Photos by Tom C. "Midnite" Burke

(photos above and below) TCU hosted arch-rival Baylor University for Homecoming on Saturday, October 18, in Amon G. Carter Stadium, on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs defeated the Bears 42-36, before an announced stadium crowd of 43,868 and a national ESPN2 audience. TCU now has scored in 414 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in NCAA history, trailing only Florida (467 games). The win improved TCU’s overall record to 5-2 and its Big 12 record to 2-2. Baylor fell to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the Big 12. The game was delayed by lightning three times in the fourth quarter. The delays totaled two hours and 16 minutes. The game kicked off at 11:05 am (Central) and ended at 4:52 pm (Central). This was TCU's first game to have an in-game lightning delay since a game against the University of Texas in 2013. TCU is 60-54-7 all-time against Baylor in Texas' most-played college football rivalry. The Horned Frogs have won five of the past six games against the Bears and nine-of-11 in this series. TCU has played Baylor more than any other opponent. It is also in the Top 15 of most-played rivalry games in FBS and is the second-longest-running rivalry in the Big 12, behind Kansas-Kansas State, which have played each other 122 times. The rivalry is called “The Bluebonnet Battle” and features a trophy that goes to the game-winner. Previously, the TCU-Baylor rivalry was referred to as "The Revivalry," in reference to the two schools' religious affiliations. 

(photos above and below) Storm clouds over Amon G. Carter Stadium

(photos above and below) Nearly 44,000 people braved an ominous weather forecast to attend the TCU-Baylor football game on Saturday, October 18, in TCUs' Amon G. Carter Stadium. At kickoff, the skies were dark and threatening, but there was no rain. Later in the first half, the skies opened and hard and steady rain drenched the field, players and spectators.

(photos above and below) Baylor fans, members of the Baylor band and everybody else had to do what they could to try to stay dry during the TCU-Baylor football game. 

(photos above and below) The TCU-Baylor game was delayed by lightning three times in the fourth quarter, sending fans from their seats to the concourses, concession stands, restrooms and their homes. The delays totaled two hours and 16 minutes. The game kicked off at 11:05 am (Central) and ended at 4:52 pm (Central).

When play resumed after the second lightening delay, a sparse crowd remained in Amon G. Carter Stadium.

(photos above and below) By the time the game started after the third lightening delay, only the diehard TCU and Baylor fans remained in Amon G. Carter Stadium to watch the final minutes of the 2025 edition of the TCU-Baylor rivalry.

(photos above and below) Not even the arrival of the Hypnotoad could alter the nasty weather for most of the TCU-Baylor football game, but when play resumed after the third lightening delay, the finals minutes were played in sunshine.

Former TCU field-goal kicker Griffin Kell was featured in the traditional Riff-Ram video that was played on the Amon G. Carter Stadium scoreboard during the TCU-Baylor football game.

The stormy weather did not deter the TCU Homecoming activities that took place during half-time of the TCU-Baylor football game.  

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

Here come the Bears!

TCU's honorary captain for the Frogs' game against Baylor was Jason Phillips (left, in shorts), who played for TCU from 2000 to 2005. He joined TCU captains Chase Curtis (#81), Coltin Deery (#51) and Josh Hoover (#10) for the coin toss, which TCU won.

With the 42-36 loss to TCU, Baylor head football coach Dave Aranda's record against the Horned Frogs dropped to 1-5. Aranda is 35-33 in his tenure at Baylor, which started in 2020. Since the start of the 2022 season, the Bears are 21-24. 

TCU head football coach Sonny Dykes is 3-1 against Baylor. Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is 10-4 versus Baylor, with a 5-2 mark in both Fort Worth and Waco. 

(photos above and below) TCU had an excellent offensive game against Baylor, scoring six touchdowns and amassing 427 total offensive yards. The Frogs' offensive line paved the way for TCU to accumulate 231 passing yards and 196 rushing yards. The Frogs ran for the most yards since their season-opener at North Carolina. 

(photos above and below) In the win over Baylor, TCU quarterback Josh Hoover (#10) completed 22-of-32 passes for 231 yards. He threw three touchdown passes. This was Hoover's third consecutive game and fifth game of the season with three of more touchdowns.

In the victory over Baylor, TCU quarterback Josh Hoover (#10) ran two times, which was one time too many. On this run in the fourth quarter, with TCU leading 42-21, Hoover fumbled the football. The Bears' Keaton Thomas recovered the fumble and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown. With a two-point conversion, Baylor trimmed TCU's lead to 42-29, with just over three minutes remaining in the game.

TCU running back Kevorian Barnes (#2) and tight end DJ Rogers (#0) were two of TCU's offensive stars in the 42-36 win over Baylor. Barnes scored two touchdowns. The touchdowns were Barnes' first TDs since the first quarter of TCU's season-opening game against the University of North Carolina. Rogers scored one touchdown against the Bears.

(photos above and below) TCU running back Kevorian Barnes (#2) rushed 25 times for 106 yards in the Frogs' 42-36 victory over Baylor. He averaged 4.2 yards per run. He scored two touchdowns and had a long run of 14 yards.

TCU running back Kevorian Barnes (#2) scored a touchdown on a five-yard run in the second quarter.

(photos above and below) On the first play after play resumed after the third lightening delay, TCU running back Kevorian Barnes ran 14 yards for the Frogs' final touchdown in their 42-36 win over Baylor.

After his second touchdown of the game against Baylor, TCU running back Kevorian Barnes (#2) was all smiles, alongside TCU wide receiver Major Everhart (#3).

Against Baylor, TCU running back Trent Battle (#6) ran four times for 75 yards and one touchdown.

(photos above and below) TCU running back Trent Battle (#6) ran 65 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of TCU's victory. 

TCU running back Trent Battle (#6) celebrates his 65-yard touchdown run with TCU running back Jeremy Payne (#26).

Against Dylan Schaub (#93) and the Baylor Bears, TCU wide receiver Jordan Dwyer (#7) returned punts and caught passes. He had seven receptions for 111 yards. He had one touchdown reception. He had a long catch of 41 yards. 

(photos above and below) TCU wide receiver Jordan Dwyer (#7) caught a six-yard touchdown pass against Baylor in second quarter.

TCU offensive linemen Coltin Deery (#51), Cooper Powers (#77), Quinton Harris (#54) and Remington Strickland (#55) help TCU wide receiver Jordan Dwyer (#7) celebrate his six-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter of the Frogs' 42-36 victory over Baylor. 

(photos above and below) TCU tight end Ka'Morreun Pimpton (#88) caught a three-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of TCU's win over Baylor. It was Pimpton's first catch and touchdown as a Horned Frog. Pimpton, who is from Fort Worth, is a transfer from LSU.

TCU wide receiver Eric McAlister (#1) lets Baylor cornerback LeVar Thornton, Jr. (#25), who is from Fort Worth, know that the catch he made against him was good for a first down. Against the Bears, McAlister caught seven passes for 62 yards. He had a long reception of 27 yards. McAlister now has 12 receptions of 20 or more yards this season, which is the second-most in the nation 

(photos above and below) TCU tight end DJ Rogers (#0) caught four passes against Baylor for 30 yards and one touchdown. 

TCU tight end DJ Rogers (#0) scored TCU's first points against Baylor when he caught an eight-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. The Horned Frogs were shutout in the first quarter for the third consecutive game. TCU scored on its first offensive possession of the second half for the third time this season and the first time since the Frogs' game against Abilene Christian.  

TCU tight end Chase Curtis (#81) congratulates fellow tight end DJ Rogers (#0) on his eight-yard touchdown reception against Baylor.

(photos above and below) TCU safety Bud Clark (#21) sacks Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson (#13). It was Clark's first sack of the season. Clark also had a tackle-for-loss in the game. 

(photos above and below) TCU cornerback Channing Canada (#7) breaks up a pass intended for Baylor wide receiver Ashtyn Hawkins (#6)). However, Canada received a 15-yard pass-interference penalty on the play.

(photos above and below) TCU linebacker Namdi Obiazor (#4) and TCU defensive end Devean Deal (#11) teamed up to cause havoc for Baylor's offense. Obiazor had 11 tackles and an interception. Among his tackles, Deal had 0.5 tackles-for-loss and 0.5 sacks.

TCU linebackers Kaleb Elarms-Orr (#3) and Namdi Obiazor (#4) break up a pass intended for Baylor tight end Michael Trigg (#1). TCU's defense limited Trigg to three catches for 56 yards.

(photos above and below) TCU linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr (#3) led TCU's defenders with 16 tackles. He also was credited with a pass break-up and a quarterback-hurry. Elarms-Orr is the first Horned Frog to have more than 15 tackles in a game since Garret Wallow, in a game against Oklahoma in 2019. Elarms-Orr was named the Big 12 Conference's Co-Defensive Player of the Week. 

TCU safety Jamel Johnson (#2) intercepts a pass against Baylor. He has four interceptions for the season and an interception in TCU's last three home games. In the Frogs' win over the Bears, Johnson also had seven tackles and a pass break-up. Johnson's play thus far this season has earned him second-team midseason Associated Press (AP) All-America honors.

TCU safety Bud Clark (#21) celebrates fellow safety Jamel Johnson's (#2) interception in TCU's 42-36 win over Baylor.

(photos above and below) In the game against Baylor, TCU defensive end Paul Oyewale (#97) had a tackle-for-loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. 

(photos above and below) TCU defensive end Zach Chapman (#0) had three tackles, 0.5 tacks-for-loss and 0.5 sacks against Baylor.

(photos above and below) TCU cornerback Vernon Glover (#26) intercepts a pass intended for Baylor wide receiver Ashtyn Hawkins (#6). Against the Bears, Glover also had six tackles and two pass break-ups.

TCU quarterback Josh Hoover (#10) congratulates TCU cornerback Vernon Glover (#26) on his interception in the Horned Frogs' 42-36 victory over Baylor University.

(photos above and below) TCU defensive end Paul Oyewale (#97) and TCU cornerback Vernon Glover celebrate TCU linebacker Namdi Obiazor's interception that with 13 second left in the game sealed TCU's 42-36 victory over Baylor. 

(photos above and below) Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson (#13) came into the game against TCU averaging 343 passing yards per game, which ranked first nationally. Against the Horned Frogs' defense, he completed 35-of-52 passes for 318 yards. He threw two touchdown passes. He was intercepted three times and sacked twice. 

(photos above and below) Baylor wide receiver Ashytn Hawkins (#6) makes catches against TCU cornerbacks Avery Helm (#24) and Channing Canada (#7). Hawkins was Baylor's leading receiver against the Horned Frogs. He caught seven passes for 95 yards. He had a long reception of 41 yards. 

(photos above and below) Baylor running back Bryson Washington (#7) scored Baylor's and the game's first points on a one-yard run with 53 seconds left in the first quarter. 

(photos above and below) Against TCU, Baylor running back Bryson Washington ran 11 times for 23 yards and one touchdown.

(photos above and below) Baylor wide receiver Jadon Porter (#83) catches an 18-yard pass beyond the coverage of TCU cornerback Jevon McIver, Jr. (#20). The reception went for a touchdown in the third quarter of the Bears' loss to TCU. It was Porter's only catch in the game. 

Baylor wide receiver Josh Cameron (#34) caught eight passes for 86 yards against safety Jamel Johnson (#2) and the Horned Frogs.

(photos above and below) Baylor running back Caden Knighten (#22) ran 10 times for 42 yards against TCU.

Despite the defensive efforts of TCU safeties Bud Clark (#21) and Austin Jordan (#1), Baylor wide receiver Kole Wilson (#2) caught three passes for 53 yards and one touchdown against TCU.

(photos above and below) Despite the efforts of TCU cornerback Vernon Glover (#26) and TCU safety Jamel Johnson (#2), Baylor tight end Michael Trigg caught three passes for 56 yards in Baylor's 42-36 loss to the Horned Frogs.

(photos above and below) In the 42-36 loss to TCU, running back Michael Turner, Jr. (#23) was Baylor's leading rusher. He ran 12 times for 68 yards. He averaged 5.7 yards per carry. He had a long run of 13 yards. 

Against the Horned Frogs, Baylor kicker Connor Hawkins (#96) kicked two field goals, of 42 and 41 yards. 

Against TCU, Baylor's offense converted two-of-four fourth downs, but only six-of-17 third downs.

In the fourth quarter, Baylor linebacker Keaton Thomas (#11) picked up a fumble by TCU quarterback Josh Hoover and returned it 24 yards for a touchdown. With a two-point conversion, Baylor cut TCU's lead to 42-29 with about 03:08 remaining in the game.

With 27 seconds remaining in the game and trailing 42-36, Baylor safety Jacob Redding (#38) recovered a Bears' onside kick on this play. The Bears had a first down at the TCU 48-yard line and an opportunity to pull off an improbable and dramatic comeback victory over the Horned Frogs. Two plays later, TCU linebacker Namdi Obiazor preserved the tense victory for TCU when he intercepted a pass thrown by Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson. 

With its 42-36 victory over Baylor, TCU revenged a loss to the Bears in 2024 and earned the Bluebonnet Battle trophy.

TCU has within its possession three trophies for football victories over rivals: the Iron Skillet, for its 35-24 victory over SMU on September 20; The Bluebonnet Battle Trophy, for its October 18th victory over Baylor; and the Saddle Trophy, for its 35-34 victory over Texas Tech in Fort Worth last season, on October 26 (TCU does not play Tech during the 2025 regular season).

TCU's next game is against Big 12 Conference foe West Virginia, on October 25, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 pm (Central). The game will be broadcast by ESPN+.