Texas Longhorns vs TCU Horned Frogs Match Player Stats On Oct 03, 2015

The Sports Xchange
Oct 3, 2015

FORT WORTH, Texas -- There was no close call for TCU or Texas this time out.

The No. 4 Horned Frogs thoroughly dismantled the Longhorns 50-7 Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium, leaving no doubt in the chasm between the two Big 12 rivals.

TCU quarterback Trevon Boykin set a new school record for career touchdown passes after throwing for five -- four going to freshman receiver KaVontae Turpin. The senior Heisman candidate, working out of a clean pocket, was able to pick out his targets on his way to 332 yards in three quarters of work.

The Horned Frogs (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) were coming off an improbable 55-52 win at Texas Tech that kept TCU near the top of the polls. Texas (1-4, 0-2) was reeling from close losses to Cal and Oklahoma State, both marred by mistakes in the kicking game late.

Any thought the Longhorns would put up a fight against the Big 12's defending co-champions was wiped away before many of the sellout crowd of 48,694 settled into their seats.

TCU put the game away with 30-point blitz in the game's opening quarter, taking advantage of a Texas turnover and another special teams' snafu.

The Horned Frogs have taken the last two games in the series and improved to 3-1 against Texas since joining the Big 12. TCU won 48-10 in Austin last season. The Frogs hadn't beaten UT in successive years since 1958-59.

The Longhorns, off to their worst start since going 1-9 in 1956, missed two field goals in the second quarter.

Texas avoided a shutout on backup quarterback Tyrone Swoopes' touchdown pass with 5:14 left in the fourth quarter.

The Longhorns first possession ended with a fumble, as receiver Daje Johnson had the ball dislodged by safety Derrick Kindred.

Boykin quickly took the Frogs 45 yards, completing his first touchdown pass to Turpin. Boykin had three TD passes in the first quarter and 74 for his career.

Turpin (six catches for 138 yards) had scores of 13, 49, 50 and 12 yards.

The kicking game failed Texas again on its next possession. A snap over the punter on fourth down went out of the end zone for a safety and a 9-0 TCU lead.

The Frogs needed less than 2 minutes to make it 16-0. Boykin capped a 50-yard march with a 15-yard scoring toss to receiver Josh Doctson, who also caught two TDs. Doctson (seven catches for 129 yards) now owns the school mark for touchdown catches with 23.

TCU took a 37-0 lead into halftime. The Frogs had 331 yards of offense at the break compared to 156 for Texas.

Boykin also has the nation's longest game streak with a touchdown pass at 20.

Freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard, one of the few bright spots for the Longhorns this season, completed 8 of 20 passes for 48 yards. He was sacked three times.

Texas has dropped 11 of its last 12 games against ranked foes.

NOTES: TCU owns the nation's second-longest winning streak at 13. ... Texas interim athletic director Mike Perrin, meeting with reporters before the game, admitted the ongoing lawsuit between offensive line coach Joe Wickline and Oklahoma State has been a "distraction." OSU has sued Texas and Wickline for $600,000, alleging Wickline breached his contract by leaving OSU in a lateral move. ... Boykin's third touchdown pass of the first quarter was the 72nd of his career, setting a new school career record. NFL quarterback Andy Dalton had the previous mark with 71.