TCU
10-1 , 7-1
Texas
6-6 , 5-4
No. 5 TCU Rolls to 48-10 Win at Texas
11/27/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - TCU took the field on Thanksgiving night determined to send a message to the rest of college football.
The fifth-ranked Horned Frogs delivered one with a 48-10 romp over Texas, and the tens of thousands of their fans who stuck around to the end will be happy to keep chanting "T-C-U!" to anyone who may have missed it.
Trevone Boykin passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and TCU's defense dominated the Longhorns and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes, sending Texas to one of the worst home losses in program history.
The win kept the Horned Frogs (10-1, 7-1) in the hunt for their first Big 12 title. The question is whether it was impressive enough to impact the playoff standings, where they sit at No. 5, one spot out of contention for a national championship.
"You want style points? The style points tonight were defense, turnovers, doing the things you needed to do," TCU coach Gary Patterson said.
The Horned Frogs forced six turnovers, five by Swoopes, and scored on an early fumble return and a late interception. TCU held Texas (6-6, 5-4) to 290 total yards and made the Longhorns pay for every mistake. Five of Texas' turnovers set up 24 points for the Horned Frogs.
TCU plays Iowa State to end the regular season on Dec. 6. A victory would give the Horned Frogs their first Big 12 championship. The playoff pairings will be announced the next day.
"You know, this team deserves to go home and win a championship," Patterson said. "We've got one more to do it, and I'm very proud of them. I'm finally going to go maybe smile once, but we've got to get ready to play Iowa State."
The Horned Frogs came to Austin facing a surging Texas squad that had won three straight behind one of the Big 12's best defenses.
"Too many turnovers," Texas coach Charlie Strong said. "You'd think the way we've played the last three weeks, we'd go out and play better tonight."
TCU sacked Swoopes four times. The first by Josh Carraway forced a fumble that Terrell Lathan scooped for a 40-yard touchdown return for a 13-0 lead
Texas briefly turned the momentum until Boykin connected on two big passes late in the second quarter. The first was a 38-yard throw on third down to Josh Doctson, who used his 6-foot-4 frame to out-jump Texas' 5-9 Quandre Diggs at the Texas 6.
Three plays later, Boykin zipped a pass to David Porter, who was trailing across the back of the end zone for a 20-3 lead.
Texas, which didn't score a third-quarter touchdown in 10 games this season, never threatened to make a game of it in the second half.
After Swoopes threw his third interception, Boykin connected with Doctson for another jump-ball pass over Diggs for a touchdown early in the fourth.
Carraway finally closed it out with a 33-yard interception return with 2:19 left.
Team Stats
TCU 3, UT 0
TCU - Oberkrom, Jaden 42 yd field goal 4 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:52
TCU 6, UT 0
TCU - Oberkrom, Jaden 29 yd field goal 6 plays, 12 yards, TOP 2:17
TCU 13, UT 0
TCU - Lathan, Terrell 40 yd fumble recovery (Oberkrom, Jaden kick)
TCU 13, UT 3
UT - Rose, Nick 47 yd field goal 9 plays, 36 yards, TOP 2:48
TCU 20, UT 3
TCU - Porter, David 4 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone (Oberkrom, Jaden kick) 9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 3:25
TCU 27, UT 3
TCU - Doctson, Josh 22 yd pass from Boykin, Trevone (Oberkrom, Jaden kick) 2 plays, 18 yards, TOP 0:30
TCU 27, UT 10
UT - Foreman, Armant 73 yd pass from Swoopes, Tyrone (Rose, Nick kick) 2 plays, 73 yards, TOP 0:43
TCU 34, UT 10
TCU - Boykin, Trevone 10 yd run (Oberkrom, Jaden kick), 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:13
TCU 41, UT 10
TCU - Green, Aaron 5 yd run (Oberkrom, Jaden kick), 5 plays, 60 yards, TOP 2:13
TCU 48, UT 10
TCU - Carraway, Josh 33 yd interception (Oberkrom, Jaden kick)
