TCU Drops Highway Contest to No. 12 BYU

PROVO, Utah – TCU was by no means capable of generate a lot life in a 44-13 loss to Twelfth-ranked BYU in entrance of an over-capacity crowd in Provo.

Josh Hoover went 10-23 for 183 yards passing. His high goal, Eric McAlister, had 107 yards on 4 receptions.

Defensively, the Frogs (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) weren’t capable of put up a lot of a battle towards a decided BYU offense. The BYU (9-1, 6-1 Big 12) offense put up 447 yards of whole offense, 296 via the air and 151 on the bottom, and scored on their first seven possessions of the sport.

In addition, the Cougars had been capable of preserve the ball out of the TCU’s arms, controlling the time of possession battle by over 12 minutes.

TCU’s protection began uncharacteristically gradual, permitting the Cougars to take a 17-0 first half result in get the house crowd much more power.

The recreation did not get a lot better from there, as TCU would get on the board with a area objective however BYU marched proper again down the sector to increase their commanding lead.

TCU would lastly discover the tip zone late within the second quarter, however the protection as soon as once more didn’t present a lot resistance to the BYU offense and allowed the Cougars to take a 27-10 lead headed into halftime.

The Frogs generated some life by means of a gap drive area objective within the second half, however the first half points would proceed to repeat themselves to permit BYU to place it out of attain.

NOTING THE FROGS

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TCU scored for the 417th consecutive recreation, the second longest streak in NCAA historical past … TCU failed to attain within the first quarter for the fifth time in seven Big 12 video games this season … BYU’s factors on the opening drive had been the primary opening-drive-points TCU has allowed for the reason that season opener at North Carolina … Eric McAlister completed the sport with 941 yards on the season, good for ninth-most in a season at school historical past … Josh Hoover was held beneath a 50-percent completion proportion for the primary time in his profession.
 
UP NEXT

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TCU goes on the highway for the ultimate time within the common season when it faces Houston on Saturday, November 22, at 3 p.m. on FOX.