WEEK FOURTEEN
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#18 TCU HORNED FROGS (8-3, 6-2)
VS.
#1 TEXAS LONGHORNS (11-0, 8-0)
TCU hoped to spoil Texas' dreams of a national title appearance in 2013, and did an admirable job at moving the ball against the nation's best defense, putting up 432 total offensive yards and coming close to taking the lead in the third quarter when they overcame an early deficit to put the score at 35-30 headed into the final fifteen minutes. But the Longhorns would have none of that, responding with 24 unanswered points to end the game with a big double-digit victory over a ranked conference opponent that puts them two wins away from their first perfect season since 2005.
No one was more impressive than junior quarterback David Ash (pictured above), who really came into his own on Saturday. In the team's regular season finale, Ash completed nearly 70% of his 26 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. After replacing Case McCoy as the team's starter midway through the season, Ash performed better than expected, completing 51% of his passes for 1,528 yards, 18 touchdowns, and just five interceptions in six starts. His biggest target on the day was Jaxon Shipley, who had seven catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns, while Miles Onyegbule caught three balls for 91 yards and a score. On the ground, Malcolm Brown wrapped up his regular season campaign with 141 yards and two touchdowns off 24 carries, and backup Joe Bergeron had eight carries for 37 yards and a score. As for the defense, they allowed 432 total offensive yards and 30 points, both of which were season highs, but also recorded three sacks and two interceptions, and kept the Horned Frogs scoreless in the final quarter. Senior Adrian Phillips (SS) led the defensive effort with seven tackles, one sack, and an interception, and junior Josh Turner (FS) returned a pick 53 yards for a touchdown in the waning minutes of the game to truly seal the team's victory.
As for the Horned Frogs, a promising 2013 campaign has turned sour after losing back-to-back games to ranked conference foes Clemson and Texas to end the season. Junior quarterback Matt Brown completed 16 of 24 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. His go-to man was senior Josh Boyce, who didn't reach the endzone, but caught eight balls for 178 yards. As for the ground game, runningbacks Waymon James and Aaron Green were contained for the most part, combining for 101 yards and a touchdown off 21 carries. TCU's defense recorded just two sacks, forced no turnovers, allowed 505 yards of total offense, and gave up 38 points in six redzone trips.
The regular season is all wrapped up for the Longhorns, but the challenges are just beginning. They will immediately begin preparing for the Big XII conference championship game, where they will face off against #3 Clemson (11-1, 8-1) and their stout defense that rivals Texas. Two teams will enter, but only one can walk away with a berth in the BCS national championship. Stay tuned for our full preview of the game.
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="6">#18 TCU Horned Frogs at #1 Texas Longhorns</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="48%">Nov 23, 2013</td><td align="right" width="10%">1ST</td><td align="right" width="10%">2ND</td><td align="right" width="10%">3RD</td><td align="right" width="10%">4TH</td><td align="right" width="12%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>#18 TCU Horned Frogs (8-4, 6-3)</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">30</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>#1 Texas Longhorns (12-0, 9-0)</td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right" class="active">59</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="3">Team Stats Comparison</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="60%"></td><td align="center" width="20%">TCU</td><td align="center" width="20%">TEX</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Offense</td><td align="center">432</td><td align="center">505</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Rushing Yards</td><td align="center">144</td><td align="center">215</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Passing Yards</td><td align="center">288</td><td align="center">290</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">First Downs</td><td align="center">17</td><td align="center">24</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Punt Return Yards</td><td align="center">11</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Kick Return Yards</td><td align="center">153</td><td align="center">110</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Yards</td><td align="center">596</td><td align="center">615</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Turnovers</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">3rd Down Converstion</td><td align="center">6-11 (54%)</td><td align="center">8-12 (66%)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">4th Down Conversion</td><td align="center">1-2 (50%)</td><td align="center">1-1 (100%)</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">2-Point Conversion</td><td align="center">0-1 (0%)</td><td align="center">0-0 (0%)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals</td><td align="center">4-3-1 (100%)</td><td align="center">6-5-1 (100%)</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Penalties</td><td align="center">11-80</td><td align="center">10-63</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Posession Time</td><td align="center">26:54</td><td align="center">33:06</td></tr></table></body></html>