TCU-West Virginia Postgame Notes
10/23/2021 11:08:00 PM | Football
TCU – WEST VIRGINIA POSTGAME NOTES
TCU 17, WVU 29
Oct. 23, 2021
Team Notes
* TCU scored on both its red-zone opportunities and remains the nation's leader at 100.0 percent (25-of-25) on the season. The Horned Frogs have 18 touchdowns and seven field goals on their red-zone chances.
* TCU scored for the 362nd consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and moves past BYU (361, 1975-2003) for third-longest in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
* A sack by Corey Bethley gave TCU at least one sack in 92 of its last 98 games.
* TCU played its first conference home night game since a 31-24 victory over Oklahoma State in the 2018 regular-season finale.
* TCU's captains were Emari Demercado, Max Duggan, Ochaun Mathis and Dee Winters. Duggan, Mathis and Winters have been captains in each game this season.
* TCU wore a black jersey, white pants and a white helmet.
Individual Notes
Offense
* Max Duggan passed for 244 yards on 16-of-26 attempts to give him 5,465 yards in his career, moving him past Casey Pachell (5,415, 2010-13) into fifth place in TCU history.
* Quentin Johnston had five receptions for 113 yards for his second straight 100-yard effort and fourth of his career, tops among current TCU players.
* Taye Barber's 5-yard second quarter touchdown catch on a 4th-and-3 from the West Virginia 5-yard line was his second receiving touchdown of the season and sixth of his career, trailing only Johnston (seven) among current Horned Frogs.
* Wes Harris returned to the starting lineup at right guard after being sidelined the previous three games due to injury.
Defense
* Fifth-year senior safety Michael Onyemaobi made his first career start and totaled a personal-best five tackles.
* Dee Winters had a team-best and career-high 12 tackles. His previous best was 10 stops on two occasions.
* Corey Bethley recorded his first sack of the season, giving him 10.5 for his career. It's second-most among current Horned Frogs (Ochaun Mathis, 14.5).
Special Teams
* Derius Davis returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. It was his fourth career special teams touchdown as his three punt returns for scores are tied for second in program history.
* Davis had TCU's first kickoff return for a touchdown since KaVontae Turpin went 99 yards against Oklahoma in 2018.
* It was the first time TCU returned the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown since at least 1996.
* The 100-yard kickoff return tied for second-longest in TCU history (105 yards, Charles Casper versus Texas, 1933) and was the Horned Frogs' longest since B.J. Catalon went 100 yards against LSU in 2013.
* Griffin Kell's 24-yard field goal made him 8-of-10 on the season and 23-of-31 in his career.
* Kell has made his last seven field-goal attempts.
* Ochaun Mathis had TCU's first block of a field goal since current TCU graduate assistant Chris Bradley versus SMU in 2017.
TCU 17, WVU 29
Oct. 23, 2021
Team Notes
* TCU scored on both its red-zone opportunities and remains the nation's leader at 100.0 percent (25-of-25) on the season. The Horned Frogs have 18 touchdowns and seven field goals on their red-zone chances.
* TCU scored for the 362nd consecutive game. It's the nation's second-longest current streak and moves past BYU (361, 1975-2003) for third-longest in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven't been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991, at Texas (32-0).
* A sack by Corey Bethley gave TCU at least one sack in 92 of its last 98 games.
* TCU played its first conference home night game since a 31-24 victory over Oklahoma State in the 2018 regular-season finale.
* TCU's captains were Emari Demercado, Max Duggan, Ochaun Mathis and Dee Winters. Duggan, Mathis and Winters have been captains in each game this season.
* TCU wore a black jersey, white pants and a white helmet.
Individual Notes
Offense
* Max Duggan passed for 244 yards on 16-of-26 attempts to give him 5,465 yards in his career, moving him past Casey Pachell (5,415, 2010-13) into fifth place in TCU history.
* Quentin Johnston had five receptions for 113 yards for his second straight 100-yard effort and fourth of his career, tops among current TCU players.
* Taye Barber's 5-yard second quarter touchdown catch on a 4th-and-3 from the West Virginia 5-yard line was his second receiving touchdown of the season and sixth of his career, trailing only Johnston (seven) among current Horned Frogs.
* Wes Harris returned to the starting lineup at right guard after being sidelined the previous three games due to injury.
Defense
* Fifth-year senior safety Michael Onyemaobi made his first career start and totaled a personal-best five tackles.
* Dee Winters had a team-best and career-high 12 tackles. His previous best was 10 stops on two occasions.
* Corey Bethley recorded his first sack of the season, giving him 10.5 for his career. It's second-most among current Horned Frogs (Ochaun Mathis, 14.5).
Special Teams
* Derius Davis returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. It was his fourth career special teams touchdown as his three punt returns for scores are tied for second in program history.
* Davis had TCU's first kickoff return for a touchdown since KaVontae Turpin went 99 yards against Oklahoma in 2018.
* It was the first time TCU returned the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown since at least 1996.
* The 100-yard kickoff return tied for second-longest in TCU history (105 yards, Charles Casper versus Texas, 1933) and was the Horned Frogs' longest since B.J. Catalon went 100 yards against LSU in 2013.
* Griffin Kell's 24-yard field goal made him 8-of-10 on the season and 23-of-31 in his career.
* Kell has made his last seven field-goal attempts.
* Ochaun Mathis had TCU's first block of a field goal since current TCU graduate assistant Chris Bradley versus SMU in 2017.
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