TCU
10-3
Oklahoma
12-1
No. 10 TCU Falls in Big 12 Championship
12/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Baker Mayfield threw four touchdowns and No. 2 Oklahoma staked claim to a playoff spot with a 41-17 win over No. 10 TCU in the return of the Big 12 championship game Saturday.
Oklahoma jumped out to a quick 17-0 lead, including Caleb Kelly's 18-yard fumble return for a touchdown after running back Kyle Hicks' turnover on the first offensive play by TCU (10-3, No. 11).
Kenny Hill threw two TD passes to get the Horned Frogs within 24-17 at halftime, but Oklahoma scored twice on its first three offensive plays after the break.
Mayfield finished 15-of-23 passing for 243 yards and take game MVP honors. The first two touchdowns were to tight end Mark Andrews .
Hill opened the second half with three consecutive incompletions. On the first play after the punt, Mayfield hit Mykel Jones for a 55-yard catch-and-run score.
On fourth-and-1 from the Oklahoma 41 on the next drive, Hill bootlegged to the right side. Big defensive end Ogbonnia Okoronkwo chased him toward the sideline before Parnell Motley delivered the crushing blow that kept TCU's quarterback from getting a first down.
Two plays later, Marquise Brown made an impressive over-the-shoulder grab for a 52-yard TD and a 38-17 lead.
UP NEXT
TCU: The Horned Frogs could still possibly make it into one of the New Year's Six bowl games, and if not likely will be the Big 12 representative in the Alamo Bowl.
Oklahoma: The Sooners wait to find out who they will play and in which national semifinal game, the Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl.
Team Stats
TCU 0, OU 3
OU - Seibert, Austin 41 yd field goal 13 plays, 51 yards, TOP 4:30
TCU 0, OU 10
OU - Kelly, Caleb 18 yd fumble recovery (Seibert, Austin kick)
TCU 0, OU 17
OU - Andrews, Mark 5 yd pass from Mayfield, Baker (Seibert, Austin kick) 10 plays, 81 yards, TOP 5:42
TCU 7, OU 17
TCU - Reagor, Jalen 29 yd pass from Hill, Kenny (Bunce, Cole kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:22
TCU 14, OU 17
TCU - Diarse, John 12 yd pass from Hill, Kenny (Bunce, Cole kick) 9 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:56
TCU 14, OU 24
OU - Andrews, Mark 6 yd pass from Mayfield, Baker (Seibert, Austin kick) 8 plays, 51 yards, TOP 3:52
TCU 17, OU 24
TCU - Bunce, Cole 26 yd field goal 13 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:41
TCU 17, OU 31
OU - Jones, Mykel 55 yd pass from Mayfield, Baker (Seibert, Austin kick) 1 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:11
TCU 17, OU 38
OU - Brown, Marquise 52 yd pass from Mayfield, Baker (Seibert, Austin kick) 2 plays, 59 yards, TOP 0:28
TCU 17, OU 41
OU - Seibert, Austin 40 yd field goal 4 plays, -11 yards, TOP 2:54
