Preview: vs. Arizona
11/18/2024 2:31:00 PM | Football
Horned Frogs and Wildcats meeting for the first time since 2003
FORT WORTH -- After an open week, TCU is home Saturday to host Arizona at 2 p.m. on Senior Day.
ABOUT THE GAME
•When last in action, the Horned Frogs became bowl eligible after a 38-13 win over Oklahoma State on Nov. 9. TCU built a 24-0 halftime lead.
•TCU has won three of its last four games.
•TCU and Arizona are meeting for just the third time in their history and the first since a 13-10 Horned Frogs' overtime win in 2003.
•TCU has four players with at least 500 yards receiving (Jack Bech, 982; Savion Williams, 580; Eric McAlister, 552; JP Richardson, 523) for the first time since 2015.
•The 20.5 receptions per game by TCU wide receivers lead the nation for Power Four Conference programs and rank second in the FBS (North Texas, 21.1).
•TCU wide receivers have caught 13 touchdown passes in the red zone, placing third nationally behind Indiana (15) and Texas (14).
HORNED FROGS TO WATCH
•Quarterback Josh Hoover ranks fifth nationally in passing yards (3,233) and with 46 completions of 20-plus yards. He is tied for ninth with 22 touchdown passes.
•Hoover has passed for at least two touchdowns in 12 of his 16 career starts while topping 300 yards in 11 games.
•Wide receiver Jack Bech is sixth in the FBS with 982 receiving yards while tying for eighth with nine touchdown catches.
•Bech needs 18 yards to record the sixth 1,000-yard season in TCU history. He would become the fifth player. Josh Doctson reached the mark in the 2014-15 seasons. The last Horned Frog with 1,000 yards was Quentin Johnston with 1,069 in TCU's 2022 College Football Playoff season.
•Bech's 16 receptions of at least 20 yards tie for fifth in the FBS.
•Wide receiver Savion Williams has led TCU in rushing in three of the last four games and is the first Horned Frog with a rushing, receiving and passing touchdown in the same season since Kenny Hill in 2017.
•Eric McAlister is third in the nation in yards per catch at 22.08 which also ranks No. 2 in TCU history for a player with at least 20 receptions, trailing only Quentin Johnston (22.14, 2020) by .06.
•McAlister leads the FBS with 92.0 percent (23-of-25) of his receptions resulting in a first down.
SERIES HISTORY
•TCU and Arizona are tied at 1-1 in their all-time series.
•The No. 15 Wildcats won 35-31 at TCU in 1999, before the 19th-ranked Horned Frogs took a 13-10 overtime decision in Tucson in 2003.
REMEMBER ME?
•TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes was Arizona's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for three seasons (2007-09).
•Dykes helped the Wildcats to the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl and 2009 Holiday Bowl. Arizona had previously gone 10 seasons without a bowl appearance.
•During his time in Tucson, Dykes coached eventual Super Bowl LII Most Valuable Player Nick Foles while also recruiting Rob Gronkowski to Arizona.
•TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati was an athletics marketing and development associate at Arizona from 2000-02.
ALL IN
•With the preliminary settlement of the House v. NCAA class-action lawsuit, TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati has announced that TCU will fully participate at the maximum level in the permissible revenue sharing plan with its student-athletes.
ABOUT THE GAME
•When last in action, the Horned Frogs became bowl eligible after a 38-13 win over Oklahoma State on Nov. 9. TCU built a 24-0 halftime lead.
•TCU has won three of its last four games.
•TCU and Arizona are meeting for just the third time in their history and the first since a 13-10 Horned Frogs' overtime win in 2003.
•TCU has four players with at least 500 yards receiving (Jack Bech, 982; Savion Williams, 580; Eric McAlister, 552; JP Richardson, 523) for the first time since 2015.
•The 20.5 receptions per game by TCU wide receivers lead the nation for Power Four Conference programs and rank second in the FBS (North Texas, 21.1).
•TCU wide receivers have caught 13 touchdown passes in the red zone, placing third nationally behind Indiana (15) and Texas (14).
HORNED FROGS TO WATCH
•Quarterback Josh Hoover ranks fifth nationally in passing yards (3,233) and with 46 completions of 20-plus yards. He is tied for ninth with 22 touchdown passes.
•Hoover has passed for at least two touchdowns in 12 of his 16 career starts while topping 300 yards in 11 games.
•Wide receiver Jack Bech is sixth in the FBS with 982 receiving yards while tying for eighth with nine touchdown catches.
•Bech needs 18 yards to record the sixth 1,000-yard season in TCU history. He would become the fifth player. Josh Doctson reached the mark in the 2014-15 seasons. The last Horned Frog with 1,000 yards was Quentin Johnston with 1,069 in TCU's 2022 College Football Playoff season.
•Bech's 16 receptions of at least 20 yards tie for fifth in the FBS.
•Wide receiver Savion Williams has led TCU in rushing in three of the last four games and is the first Horned Frog with a rushing, receiving and passing touchdown in the same season since Kenny Hill in 2017.
•Eric McAlister is third in the nation in yards per catch at 22.08 which also ranks No. 2 in TCU history for a player with at least 20 receptions, trailing only Quentin Johnston (22.14, 2020) by .06.
•McAlister leads the FBS with 92.0 percent (23-of-25) of his receptions resulting in a first down.
SERIES HISTORY
•TCU and Arizona are tied at 1-1 in their all-time series.
•The No. 15 Wildcats won 35-31 at TCU in 1999, before the 19th-ranked Horned Frogs took a 13-10 overtime decision in Tucson in 2003.
REMEMBER ME?
•TCU Head Coach Sonny Dykes was Arizona's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for three seasons (2007-09).
•Dykes helped the Wildcats to the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl and 2009 Holiday Bowl. Arizona had previously gone 10 seasons without a bowl appearance.
•During his time in Tucson, Dykes coached eventual Super Bowl LII Most Valuable Player Nick Foles while also recruiting Rob Gronkowski to Arizona.
•TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati was an athletics marketing and development associate at Arizona from 2000-02.
ALL IN
•With the preliminary settlement of the House v. NCAA class-action lawsuit, TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati has announced that TCU will fully participate at the maximum level in the permissible revenue sharing plan with its student-athletes.
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