Preview: at Texas Tech
10/30/2023 1:33:00 PM | Football
Horned Frogs and Red Raiders meet Thursday night in Lubbock
FORT WORTH -- Following an open date, TCU returns to action Thursday when it faces Texas Tech at 6 p.m. on FS1.
ABOUT THE GAME
•TCU's four-game winning streak over Texas Tech is its longest since being victorious in the opening five games of the series (1926-30).
•TCU's last four trips to Jones AT&T Stadium, all victories (2015, 55-52; 2017, 27-3; 2019, 33-31; 2021, 52-31), mark the only time in program history it has won consecutive games in Lubbock.
•Since 2019, TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes ranks second in the state of Texas for winning percentage (.724, 42-16) by an active FBS head coach with at least one season completed.
•TCU is 11-3 in Big 12 regular-season games under Dykes.
•The Horned Frogs are 7-2 in road contests under Dykes.
•Dykes is the fastest TCU head coach to 17 wins, taking just 22 games, since Dutch Meyer (21 games, 1934-35). Meyer led the Horned Frogs to national championships in 1935 and 1938.
•TCU is 17-1 under Dykes when ahead or even in turnover margin.
•With last year's 34-24 win over Texas Tech, Dykes is 1-0 versus his alma mater.
•TCU has just 26 scholarship players remaining from its 5-7 team in 2021, the year prior to Dykes arriving as head coach.
•With seven home dates and road contests at Houston and Texas Tech, TCU plays nine of its 12 regular-season games in Texas this season.
•Last year's Horned Frogs became the first program from the state of Texas to reach the College Football Playoff and first from the Big 12 to play in the CFP National Championship. With its 51-45 semifinal victory over Michigan in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to win a CFP game.
FAMILIAR FACES
•TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes is a 1993 Texas Tech graduate and son of legendary Red Raiders' Head Coach Spike Dykes. Spike coached Texas Tech from 1986-99. Sonny spent seven seasons on the coaching staff at Texas Tech, serving as receivers coach from 2000-04 and adding the title of co-offensive coordinator from 2005-06.
•Sonny Dykes lettered two seasons in baseball at Texas Tech.
•TCU Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator Kendal Briles played his senior season of high school football at Frenship in Wolfforth, Texas, just outside Lubbock.
SADDLE TROPHY
•A longtime tradition was renewed in 2017 when TCU and Texas Tech battled for the Saddle Trophy. The teams used to compete annually in the West Texas Championship for the Saddle Trophy, before it went away in the early 1970s.
•Created by M.L. Leddy's Boots & Saddlery of Fort Worth, the Saddle Trophy sits on a stand and includes the logos for TCU and Texas Tech. Scores for 60-plus years of the rivalry are represented on the stand.
SERIES HISTORY
•Texas Tech holds a 32-30-3 edge over TCU in the all-time series which began with a 28-16 Horned Frogs' win in Fort Worth in 1926.
•TCU has won its last four games at Jones AT&T Stadium, improving to 10-18-3 against the Red Raiders in Lubbock. The Horned Frogs are 20-14 versus Texas Tech in Fort Worth.
•Since TCU began Big 12 play in 2012, the road team has won seven of 11 games in the series.
WORTH NOTING
•Running back Emani Bailey tops the Horned Frogs with 851 yards rushing and needs 149 to reach 1,000 on the season.
•Wide receiver JP Richardson has a team-best 30 receptions while also recording at least one catch in his last 23 games, the longest current streak on the team.
•TCU's defense ranks No. 1 in the Big 12 in yards per game allowed in conference play at 358.4. The Horned Frogs also lead the Big 12 in sacks with 20.
GIVING BACK
•Jordy Sandy is again donating $20 to Fort Worth's Hope Center for Autism for each punt inside the 20-yard line, while place-kicker Griffin Kell is doing the same amount for each made field goal.
•Sandy is at $120 in his donations this season with Kell at $220.
•Sandy has a 10-year-old cousin with autism back home in Australia. Last season, he totaled $360 in donations with 18 punts inside the 20. Kell is in his first year with donations.
TCU SUPPORT
•Since it began Big 12 play in 2012, TCU has had nearly $500 million in donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades.
•The most recent project is the $50 million Athletics Human Performance Center Renovation and Expansion project with construction set to begin in early 2024. Previously, the $113 million Legends Club & Suites opened in Fall 2020 on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.
ABOUT THE GAME
•TCU's four-game winning streak over Texas Tech is its longest since being victorious in the opening five games of the series (1926-30).
•TCU's last four trips to Jones AT&T Stadium, all victories (2015, 55-52; 2017, 27-3; 2019, 33-31; 2021, 52-31), mark the only time in program history it has won consecutive games in Lubbock.
•Since 2019, TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes ranks second in the state of Texas for winning percentage (.724, 42-16) by an active FBS head coach with at least one season completed.
•TCU is 11-3 in Big 12 regular-season games under Dykes.
•The Horned Frogs are 7-2 in road contests under Dykes.
•Dykes is the fastest TCU head coach to 17 wins, taking just 22 games, since Dutch Meyer (21 games, 1934-35). Meyer led the Horned Frogs to national championships in 1935 and 1938.
•TCU is 17-1 under Dykes when ahead or even in turnover margin.
•With last year's 34-24 win over Texas Tech, Dykes is 1-0 versus his alma mater.
•TCU has just 26 scholarship players remaining from its 5-7 team in 2021, the year prior to Dykes arriving as head coach.
•With seven home dates and road contests at Houston and Texas Tech, TCU plays nine of its 12 regular-season games in Texas this season.
•Last year's Horned Frogs became the first program from the state of Texas to reach the College Football Playoff and first from the Big 12 to play in the CFP National Championship. With its 51-45 semifinal victory over Michigan in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to win a CFP game.
FAMILIAR FACES
•TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes is a 1993 Texas Tech graduate and son of legendary Red Raiders' Head Coach Spike Dykes. Spike coached Texas Tech from 1986-99. Sonny spent seven seasons on the coaching staff at Texas Tech, serving as receivers coach from 2000-04 and adding the title of co-offensive coordinator from 2005-06.
•Sonny Dykes lettered two seasons in baseball at Texas Tech.
•TCU Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator Kendal Briles played his senior season of high school football at Frenship in Wolfforth, Texas, just outside Lubbock.
SADDLE TROPHY
•A longtime tradition was renewed in 2017 when TCU and Texas Tech battled for the Saddle Trophy. The teams used to compete annually in the West Texas Championship for the Saddle Trophy, before it went away in the early 1970s.
•Created by M.L. Leddy's Boots & Saddlery of Fort Worth, the Saddle Trophy sits on a stand and includes the logos for TCU and Texas Tech. Scores for 60-plus years of the rivalry are represented on the stand.
SERIES HISTORY
•Texas Tech holds a 32-30-3 edge over TCU in the all-time series which began with a 28-16 Horned Frogs' win in Fort Worth in 1926.
•TCU has won its last four games at Jones AT&T Stadium, improving to 10-18-3 against the Red Raiders in Lubbock. The Horned Frogs are 20-14 versus Texas Tech in Fort Worth.
•Since TCU began Big 12 play in 2012, the road team has won seven of 11 games in the series.
WORTH NOTING
•Running back Emani Bailey tops the Horned Frogs with 851 yards rushing and needs 149 to reach 1,000 on the season.
•Wide receiver JP Richardson has a team-best 30 receptions while also recording at least one catch in his last 23 games, the longest current streak on the team.
•TCU's defense ranks No. 1 in the Big 12 in yards per game allowed in conference play at 358.4. The Horned Frogs also lead the Big 12 in sacks with 20.
GIVING BACK
•Jordy Sandy is again donating $20 to Fort Worth's Hope Center for Autism for each punt inside the 20-yard line, while place-kicker Griffin Kell is doing the same amount for each made field goal.
•Sandy is at $120 in his donations this season with Kell at $220.
•Sandy has a 10-year-old cousin with autism back home in Australia. Last season, he totaled $360 in donations with 18 punts inside the 20. Kell is in his first year with donations.
TCU SUPPORT
•Since it began Big 12 play in 2012, TCU has had nearly $500 million in donor-funded athletics facilities upgrades.
•The most recent project is the $50 million Athletics Human Performance Center Renovation and Expansion project with construction set to begin in early 2024. Previously, the $113 million Legends Club & Suites opened in Fall 2020 on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.
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