TCU Hosts Minnesota on Saturday
9/8/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
TCU (1-0) vs. Minnesota (2-0) | |||
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| Date (Time) | Saturday, Sept. 13 (3 p.m. CDT) | ||
| Location | Amon G. Carter Stadium (45,000) | Fort Worth, Texas | ||
| TV | FOX Sports 1 | ||
| TV Talent | Tim Brando (PBP), Brady Quinn (color) | ||
| 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
*Following the first of its two September open dates, TCU returns to action Saturday when it hosts Minnesota in a 3 p.m. game at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
*TCU and Minnesota have met just once before on the gridiron, a 9-7 Golden Gophers' victory in Minneapolis on Sept. 28, 1974.
*The Horned Frogs and Golden Gophers will meet again next season (Sept. 3) in Minneapolis.
*TCU has won eight of its last nine regular-season games following an open date.
*The Horned Frogs are looking to open with a 2-0 record for the eighth time in the last 12 seasons.
*TCU is 62-14 under head coach Gary Patterson at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
*TCU is playing its third season in Amon G. Carter Stadium after its $164 million rebuild.
PATTERSON VERSUS THE BIG TEN
*With Gary Patterson as head coach, TCU is 3-1 versus Big Ten opponents.
*TCU's last two contests versus Big Ten teams came in bowl games.
*The Horned Frogs dropped a 17-16 decision to Michigan State in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl after defeating Wisconsin, 21-19, in the 2011 Rose Bowl.
*TCU's last regular-season meeting with a Big Ten team was a 48-45 double-overtime victory over Northwestern in the 2004 season opener in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs also defeated the Wildcats, 48-24, in Evanston, Ill., in 2002.
FRIENDS
*TCU head coach Gary Patterson (Rozel) and Minnesota's Jerry Kill (Cheney) have a special bond, besides both being Kansas natives.
*When Patterson married his wife Kelsey, Kill was part of the wedding party.
JIM WACKER TIES
*Both TCU and Minnesota were coached by Jim Wacker.
*Wacker was the Horned Frogs' head coach from 1983-91, before leaving Fort Worth to take the reins of the Golden Gophers (1992-96).
*The 2014 campaign marks the 30th anniversary of Wacker's most-successul TCU team, as his 1984 "Unbeleevable" squad went 8-4 in reaching the Bluebonnet Bowl.
REMEMBER ME?
*While at Texas Tech in 2012, TCU co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Sonny Cumbie 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 Meineke Car Care Bowl.
TRUE STUDENT-ATHLETES
*Safety Sam Carter and defensive tackle Chucky Hunter represent TCU on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. They also set the pace in the classroom.
*Carter is playing this season as a graduate student, having earned his TCU degree in May. He majored in sociology with a minor in business.
*Hunter, a criminal justice major, is scheduled to graduate in December in just 3 1/2 years.
TCU NOTABLES
*TCU's new offense, under co-coordinators Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie, totaled 33 first downs and 555 yards in the Aug. 30 season-opening 48-14 victory over Samford.
*The Horned Frogs' 96 plays from scrimmage against Samford marked its most in a game since a school record 111 versus San Diego State in 2007.
*Trevone Boykin, the only player in the nation last season with a 100-yard rushing game, 100-yard receiving game and 200-yard passing game, earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors against Samford. Boykin totaled 349 yards of offense (320 passing, 29 rushing) and three touchdowns. He was 29-of-41 in the air for two scores.
*The Horned Frogs, who return nine starters on defense from last year's team, held Samford to just 143 yards of offense in the season opener.
*Defensive end Mike Tuaua had seven tackles, including 3 1/2 for loss, with two sacks and two forced fumbles against Samford.
