No. 3 TCU Continues on Road at Iowa State
10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 12, 2015
No. 3 TCU (6-0, 3-0) at Iowa State (2-3, 1-1) | |
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| Date (Time) | Saturday, Oct. 17 (6 p.m. CDT) |
| Location | Jack Trice Stadium (61,500) | Ames, Iowa |
| TV | ESPN2 |
| TV Talent | Beth Mowins (PBP), Anthony Becht (color), Paul Carcaterra (sideline) |
| Radio Listing | WBAP 820 AM, KTCU 88.7 FM |
| 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 |
| Multimedia | Watch Tuesday News Conference |
ABOUT THE GAME
*Defending Big 12 champion and No. 3 TCU is at Iowa State in a Saturday 6 p.m. contest.
*Dating back to last season, TCU's 14-game winning streak ranks second nationally behind Ohio State (19).
*TCU's 14 straight wins ties a school record set in 1937-38 and 2008-09.
*The Horned Frogs have a 10-game winning streak in Big 12 games.
*TCU is 36-3 as a top-10 team under head coach Gary Patterson, including 25-1 when in the top 5.
*Since 2000, TCU's 23-1 record (.958) as an Associated Press Top 5 team is the best mark nationally. The Horned Frogs have a 20-game winning streak as an AP Top 5 squad.
*TCU has opened 6-0 for the third time in the last seven years and fourth time overall in 15 seasons under Patterson.
*Patterson is 2-1 versus Iowa State.
ROAD WARRIORS
*Since 2009, TCU has the nation's third-best road record (28-7, .800).
*Four of TCU's last five Big 12 road games have been decided by seven points or less. The Horned Frogs are 4-0 in those games.
SERIES NOTES
*TCU and Iowa State will be meeting for just the seventh time in their history.
*The Horned Frogs hold a 5-1 series lead. Since beginning Big 12 play in 2012, TCU is 2-1 versus Iowa State.
*TCU is 2-0 versus Iowa State in Ames, 2-1 in Fort Worth and 1-0 at neutral sites (2005 Houston Bowl).
*TCU won 55-3 in last year's regular-season finale to capture its first Big 12 championship.
*The Horned Frogs' only previous Big 12 visit to Ames was a 21-17 victory in 2013.
*Iowa State took a 37-23 victory in 2012 in the Horned Frogs' first-ever Big 12 home game. It also snapped a 12-game TCU winning streak that was the longest in the nation at the time.
*Prior to TCU beginning Big 12 play in 2012, the teams had not met since a 27-24 Horned Frogs' victory in the 2005 Houston Bowl.
REMEMBER WHEN?
*TCU head coach Gary Patterson's first game on the Horned Frogs' sideline was a 31-21 victory at Iowa State in 1998. Patterson was TCU's defensive coordinator at the time.
*Trevone Boykin's first collegiate start at quarterback came in Iowa State's 2012 visit to Amon G. Carter Stadium. Boykin, a redshirt freshman at the time, spent the majority of the game week taking snaps at tailback in practice before becoming TCU's starting quarterback for the game.
*Boykin had a career-high three rushing touchdowns, including the game-winning 1-yard score with 38 seconds to play, on just five carries in a 21-17 win at Iowa State in 2013.
*Boykin had a career-high 559 yards of total offense (460 passing, 55 receiving, 44 rushing), the second-best single-game total in TCU history, in last year's 55-3 win over Iowa State. He passed for four touchdowns while adding a receiving score.
POPULAR DRAW
*TCU's three road games this season have seen the largest crowd ever in Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium (54,147), second-best at Texas Tech's Jones AT&T Stadium (61,283) and third-largest at Kansas State's Bill Snyder Family Stadium (53,671).
TCU NOTABLES
*TCU is the only school in the nation this season with three road wins at Power Five programs.
*The Horned Frogs are third nationally in scoring offense (51.0 points per game) and total offense (615.5 yards per game). TCU has scored at least 50 points in a school record five straight games.
*Trevone Boykin ranks second nationally in total offense at 411.5 yards per game.
*Boykin has led a game-winning drive on TCU's final possession in each of the last two road contests (Texas Tech and Kansas State).
*Josh Doctson is second in the nation with 877 yards receiving and 10 touchdown catches. His 50 receptions are third.
*Seven defensive starters and three starting wide receivers have been sidelined this season.
*TCU leads the nation with 29 freshmen (14 true, 15 redshirt) having seen action this season.
