No. 10 TCU Hosts Texas Tech on Saturday
10/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
No. 10 TCU (5-1, 2-1) vs. Texas Tech (3-4, 1-3) | |
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| Date (Time) | Saturday, Oct. 25 (2:30 p.m. CDT) |
| Location | Amon G. Carter Stadium (45,000) | Fort Worth, Texas |
| TV | FOX |
| TV Talent | Joe Davis (PBP), Joey Harrington (color), Kris Budden (sideline) |
| Radio Listing | WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7 FM, Sirius 117, XM 202 |
| Spanish Radio | AM 1270 Univision Radio |
| Listen Online | Listen Live |
| Radio Talent | Brian Estridge (PBP), John Denton (color) Landry Burdine (sideline) |
| Spanish Radio Talent | Miguel Cruz (PBP), Elvis Gallegos (color) |
| Gametracker | |
| Game Notes | TCU Game Notes |
| Gameday Central | Gameday Central |
| Multimedia | Watch Tuesday News Conference |
ABOUT THE GAME
*No. 10 TCU hosts Texas Tech on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The game will be televised on FOX.
*The Horned Frogs have opened with a record of 5-1 or better for the fifth time in the last seven seasons and eighth time in 14 years under head coach Gary Patterson.
*TCU has opened each game this season with a lead of at least 14-0, scoring touchdowns on its opening possession in five of six contests.
*The Horned Frogs, playing their third season in the Big 12, have five conference home games for the first time. TCU had just four Big 12 home dates in each of its first two years in the league.
*Following two open dates in September, TCU is now in the midst of playing eight consecutive weeks.
*The Horned Frogs are 65-14 under Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
*TCU is playing its third season in Amon G. Carter Stadium after its $164 million rebuild.
SERIES NOTES
*Texas Tech holds a 30-23-3 edge over TCU in the all-time series which began with a 28-16 Horned Frogs win in Fort Worth in 1926.
*TCU is 18-12 versus Texas Tech at home and 5-18-3 against the Red Raiders in Lubbock.
*Since joining the Big 12, TCU is 0-2 versus Texas Tech. The Horned Frogs lost 56-53 in triple overtime in Fort Worth in 2012 and 20-10 in Lubbock last season.
*TCU's last win over Texas Tech was in its last meeting with the Red Raiders before Big 12 play, a 12-3 victory in Fort Worth in 2006.
*The Horned Frogs and Red Raiders have met just four times since the Southwest Conference dissolved after the 1995 season. Texas Tech holds a 3-1 lead in those contests.
FAMILIAR FACES
*Two members of TCU's coaching staff have spent time at Texas Tech.
*TCU co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Sonny Cumbie came to the Horned Frogs after four seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Tech.
*Cumbie was the Red Raiders' co-offensive coordinator and outside receivers coach in 2013. He stepped into a play-calling role as interim OC when the Red Raiders totaled 429 yards in a 34-31 win over Minnesota in the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl.
*Cumbie became the Red Raiders' starting quarterback as a senior in 2004. He led Texas Tech to an 8-4 record, capping the season by passing for 520 yards and earning Holiday Bowl Most Valuable Player honors in a 45-31 victory over No. 4 California.
*TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow was Texas Tech's defensive coordinator in 2011. He returned to TCU in 2012 in the same position he held from 2001-10.
*Texas Tech safeties coach Trey Haverty served two stints as an assistant at TCU under head coach Gary Patterson. Haverty was a graduate assistant on defense from 2007-09, before becoming the Horned Frogs' safeties coach in 2011 and then wide receivers coach in 2012.
DID YOU KNOW?
*The most points ever allowed by TCU under Gary Patterson was in 2004, when Horned Frogs' co-offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie was the starting quarterback for Texas Tech in a 70-35 Red Raiders' victory.
*In his first start against Texas Tech in 2012, TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin passed for a then career-high 332 yards and four touchdowns. Last season, he ran for 101 yards versus the Red Raiders to become the first TCU signal caller since 1987 to top the century mark in rushing.
TCU NOTABLES
*Under new co-coordinators Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie, TCU has the nation's most improved offense in both total yards (+192.9 ypg) and scoring (+20.1 ppg) from last season.
*TCU ranks fifth nationally in scoring offense (45.2 ppg) and seventh in total offense (537.7 ypg).
*Trevone Boykin tops the Big 12 and is fourth nationally in total offense (369.8 ypg).
*TCU tops the Big 12 in six defensive categories: sacks per game (3.8), tackles for loss per game (8.3), third-down defense (26.7 percent), interceptions (11), turnovers gained (17) and fewest first downs (110).
