No. 3 Frogs Look To Cap Perfect Regular Season
11/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 22, 2010
TCU-New Mexico Game Notes
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Game No. 12
No. 3 TCU (11-0, 7-0) vs. New Mexico (1-10, 1-6)
Albuquerque, N.M. -- University Stadium (39,224)
Saturday, Nov. 27 -- 3 p.m. (CDT)
Television: VERSUS -- Ted Robinson (PBP), Kelly Stouffer (color), Lindsay Soto (sideline)
Radio: TCU/ISP Sports Network -- WBAP 820 AM and 96.7 FM, KTCU 88.7 FM, GoFrogs.com (Yahoo) [Brian Estridge (PBP), John Denton (color), Jeff Williams (sideline)]
Spanish - AM 1270 Univision Radio - Miguel Cruz (PBP), Elvis Gallegos (color)
ABOUT THE GAME*No. 3 TCU will look to clinch its second straight outright Mountain West Conference championship, and third in six years, when it travels to New Mexico for the regular-season finale. The Horned Frogs have at least a share in 16 conference titles in their history.
*A win would give TCU a 12-0 record and its second consecutive undefeated regular season. It would also be just the third unbeaten and untied regular season in TCU history. The Frogs' 1938 national championship squad was 10-0 in the regular season before a 15-7 win over Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl.
*TCU is looking to post the third 12-win campaign in its history, joining last year's team and its 1935 national champions who were 12-1 after a 3-2 Sugar Bowl win over LSU.
*A victory Saturday would be the 43rd for the Frogs' seniors, making them the winningest class in school history. It would be the third-consecutive season that TCU saw its seniors graduate as the winningest class in program history.
*The Frogs are one of four remaining undefeated teams this season.
*TCU has reached 10 wins for the seventh time in the last nine years, including six seasons with at least 11 victories.
*TCU has outscored its seven MWC opponents 276-58, allowing just seven offensive touchdowns and 8.3 points per game. MWC teams have scored on 8-of-84 possessions.
*The Frogs are 8-1 in regular-season finales, including five straight wins, under head coach Gary Patterson.
*Over the last six seasons, TCU is 31-1 in day games and 57-4 in Saturday contests.
THE WIN COLUMN
*The Frogs have a 24-game regular-season winning streak.
*TCU has won 25 of its last 26 overall games and is 37-3 in its last 40 contests.
*TCU has won its last 16 Mountain West Conference games and 24 of its last 25.
*Since the start of the 2008 season, TCU is 34-3. The Frogs' 34 wins trail only Boise State (36-1) and Alabama (35-4).
*Fifteen of TCU's last 18 victories have been by at least 27 points. Sixteen of the 18 wins are by 17 points or more.
ROAD WARRIORS
*TCU's MWC record 10-game road winning streak is currently the second-longest in the nation (Boise State, 17). The Frogs have also won 12 of their last 13 road contests.
*In their last road game, TCU snapped Utah's MWC record 21-game home winning streak with a 47-7 victory in Salt Lake City (Nov. 6).
CHECKING THE STATS
*TCU is No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense (10.9 points), total defense (223.2 yards), pass defense (134.6 yards) and fewest first downs allowed per game (11.6).
The Frogs are second in opponent third-down conversions (23.4 percent) and fifth in run defense (88.6 yards).
*Offensively, TCU is second nationally in time of possession (34:53), fourth in third-down conversions (53.3 percent) and sixth in scoring (41.3 points) and first downs per game (25.9). The Frogs are ninth in rushing (258.3 yards) and total offense (490.5 yards).
*TCU is one of just two schools (Boise State) to rank in the top 10 in the nation in total offense, total defense, scoring offense and scoring defense.
*The Frogs have scored in all but one quarter this season.
SERIES NOTES
*After meeting in the 2008 season opener in Albuquerque, TCU and New Mexico are now closing the regular season against each other for the second straight year.
*Since beginning Mountain West Conference play in 2005, TCU has won all five meetings with New Mexico to take an 8-3 lead in a series that dates to 1991.
*New Mexico's last two victories over TCU came when Gary Patterson was the Lobos' defensive coordinator - 27-7 in 1996 and 40-10 in 1997.
LOBO TIES
*TCU head coach Gary Patterson was New Mexico's defensive coordinator in the 1996-97 campaigns.
*TCU co-offensive coordinator Jarrett Anderson played two seasons (1992-93) on the defensive line for the Lobos and is a 1993 New Mexico graduate. He was a Lobos' graduate assistant in 1994.
*TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow was a graduate assistant at New Mexico in 1996.
