G A M E- B Y- G A M E R E C A P S OCT. 24, 2009 • ATTENDANCE: 64,641 LAVELL EDWARDS STADIUM • PROVO, UTAH
OCT. 31, 2009 • ATTENDANCE: 33,541 AMON G. CARTER STADIUM • FORT WORTH
No. 7 TCU
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No. 16 BYU
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UNLV 0 No. 6 TCU
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Andy Dalton passed for 241 yards and three touchdowns and No. 7 TCU remained unbeaten with a dominating 38-7 road victory over 16th-ranked BYU. TCU was too fast for BYU on both offense and defense. The Frogs sacked Max Hall four times, the final one causing a fumble early in the fourth quarter that led to a touchdown to finish the blowout with 12:00 left in the game. After taking a 7-0 lead on a 4-yard run by Joseph ANDY DALTON, QB Turner, the Frogs caught the Cougars by surprise with a reverse pitch pass deep in their own territory. Receiver Jeremy Kerley looked like he was going to throw the ball away and avoid a big loss when he spotted Bart Johnson open near midfield and threw it for a 44-yard gain. Dalton completed the drive with a pass to Ed Wesley, who broke one tackle around the 25 and didn’t face another Cougar until he leaped over the goal line. TCU scored again with 5:03 left in the second on a 12-yard pass from Dalton to Young, who leaped to grab the ball and dragged a toe for the touchdown. BYU took a gamble that paid off late in the second quarter on a 4th-and-goal play. Hall hit Harvey Unga with a pass in the flat that Unga converted into a 3-yard touchdown with 1:42 left to get BYU within 21-7. The Frogs capitalized on two breaks in the third quarter. The first was when BYU’s Bryan Kariya tipped a pass straight up in the air resulting in a Daryl Washington interception and ensuing field goal by Ross Evans. TCU later parlayed a pass interference penalty on third down into a 75-yard touchdown strike from Dalton to Antoine Hicks. SCORE BY QUARTERS TCU BYU
FORT WORTH (AP) - Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball and the TCU defense smothered UNLV to get its first shutout of the season, 41-0. UNLV never challenged the Horned Frogs, a week after a 38-7 victory at BYU boosted them to sixth in the Bowl Championship Series standings. UNLV managed only 160 yards, 40 of it coming on a run by backup quarterback Mike Clausen, and was shut out for the first time in 69 games - since losing 7-0 TANK CARDER, LB to San Diego State on Nov. 8, 2003. It was TCU’s sixth shutout victory at home since 2003. Despite two lost fumbles, TCU led 17-0 early in the second quarter when Wesley took a handoff to the left, ran into a defender and reversed all the way to the other side of the field, where he found an open lane and sprinted for a 59-yard touchdown. Wesley caught a 21-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, that coming five plays after Ryan Wolfe muffed a punt, to make it 34-0. Wolfe, the NCAA’s active career leading receiver, was held to a season-low five catches for 25 yards. It was 10-0 when Dalton hit Antoine Hicks for a 75-yard TD late in the first quarter. It was the seventh TD (four receiving, three rushing) in 17 touches this season for Hicks, who caught the ball near the UNLV 45 and broke a tackle. Jeremy Kerley, who returned punts for touchdowns in the previous two home games, caught a 14-yard TD pass to cap the opening drive of the second half after he had a 43-yard kickoff return.
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 SCORE UNLV 14 7 10 7 38 0 7 0 0 7 TCU
1 2 3 4 SCORE 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 7 14 41
SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter TCU - Evans, Ross 29-yard field goal, 10:14 TCU - Hicks, Antoine 75-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 4:17 Second Quarter TCU - Wesley, Ed 59-yard run (Evans kick), 13:30 TCU - Evans, Ross 42-yard field goal, 4:58 Third Quarter TCU - Kerley, Jeremy 14-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 10:52 Fourth Quarter TCU - Wesley, Ed 21-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 13:31 TCU - Pizor, Billy 10-yard pass from Jackson, Marcus (Evans kick), 1:39
SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter TCU - Turner, Joseph 4-yard run (Evans kick), 6:16 TCU - Wesley, Ed 28-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 2:27 Second Quarter TCU - Young, Jimmy 12-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 5:03 BYU - Unga, Harvey 3-yard pass from Hall, Max (Payne kick), 1:42 Third Quarter TCU - Evans, Ross 28-yard field goal, 9:35 TCU - Hicks, Antoine 75-yard pass from Dalton, Andy (Evans kick), 5:53 Fourth Quarter TCU - Tucker, Matthew 7-yard run (Evans kick), 12:00 TEAM STATS TCU First Downs 21 Rushes-Yards (Net) 37-127 Passing Yards (Net) 285 Passes Comp-Att-Int 14-25-0 Total Offense Plays-Yards 62-412 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-24-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-5-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-45 Possession Time 29:09 Third-Down Conversions 3-of-10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-of-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-36
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2009 SEASON IN REVIEW
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BYU 18 37-110 188 20-33-1 70-298 0-0-0 3-10-0 7-152-0 0-0-0 6-47.0 3-1 9-85 30:51 5-of-15 1-of-3 1-2 2-15
INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING TCU - Tucker 10-42; Turner 9-36; Wesley 6-25; Kerley 3-12; Dalton 7-11; Dawson 1-3; Team 1-(-2) BYU - Unga 21-123; Nelson 4-19; Kariya 1-4; Tonga 3-(-2); Team 1-(-2); Hall 7-(-32) PASSING TCU - Dalton 13-24-0-241; Kerley 1-1-0-44. BYU - Hall 18-28-1-162; Nelson 2-5-0-26.
UNLV TCU TEAM STATS First Downs 7 27 Rushes-Yards (Net) 29-118 48-390 Passing Yards (Net) 42 188 Passes Comp-Att-Int 9-23-1 13-22-0 Total Offense Plays-Yards 160 578 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0-0 0-0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-0-0 4-54-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-173-0 1-43-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0-0 1-3-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 11-41.5 3-40.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 3-23 6-89 Possession Time 26:46 33:14 Third-Down Conversions 3-of-14 6-of-12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-of-0 0-of-1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING UNLV - Clausen 7-65; Clayton 6-16; Trotter 6-12; Brogdon 3-11; Barefield 2-9; Cox 2-9; Wolfe 1-7; Thompson 1-0; Team 1-(-11). TCU - Wesley 7-86; Turner 10-64; Tucker 9-59; Dalton 8-53; Jackson 3-40; Dawson 3-33; Christian 2-25; Kerley 2-14; Fort 3-12; Cavness 1-4. PASSING UNLV - Clayton 8-21-0-38; Clausen 1-2-1-4. TCU - Dalton 12-21-0-178; Jackson 1-1-0-10.
RECEIVING TCU - Young 4-44; Kerley 3-38; Hicks 2-85; B. Johnson 2-69; Wesley 1-28; L. Brock 1-14; Christian 1-7. BYU - Pitta 4-62; Tonga 4-31; Hafoka 3-31; Unga 3-11; Thompson 2-29; Chambers 1-12; Ashworth 1-5; George 1-5; Di Luigi 1-2.
RECEIVING UNLV - Wolfe 5-25; Johnson 2-12; Payne 1-4; Trotter 1-1. TCU - Kerley 5-43; Christian 2-8; Hicks 1-75; Wesley 1-21; B. Johnson 1-14; Pizor 1-10; Tucker 1-9; Clay 1-8.
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