FROG OFFENSIVE NOTES
THE TD STREAK • Andy Dalton has thrown a touchdown pass in 20 consecutive games, the longest streak in Mountain West Conference history. • Dalton passed for four touchdowns against San Diego State. It was the fourth time in his career that he’s thrown for four scores in a game. • Dalton had three first-quarter touchdown passes at New Mexico. DALTON MILESTONE WATCH • Andy Dalton reached the following milestones in the regular-season finale at New Mexico:
Category TCU’s Single-Season TD Pass Record MWC’s Career Leader in Total Plays MWC’s Career Total Offense Leader 10,000 Career Passing Yards
Current Total 26 1,698 11,678 yards 10,095
• Dalton is TCU’s career leader in total offense. • Dalton had a career-best 369 yards of total offense at Utah. FINDING TARGETS • In the last 10 games, Andy Dalton has put together three of the top seven singlegame completion percentages (min. 15 attempts) in TCU history: Name 1. Andy Dalton 2. Jeff Ballard 3. Max Knake 4. Andy Dalton Casey Printers 6. Andy Dalton Jeff Ballard
Completion Pct. 91.3 (21-of-23) 87.0 (20-of-23) 86.7 (13-of-15) 82.4 (14-of-17) 82.4 (14-of-17) 80.8 (21-of-26) 80.8 (21-of-26)
Opponent Baylor, 2010 San Diego State, 2006 Rice, 1994 Wyoming, 2010 Navy, 2000 Utah, 2010 Air Force, 2006
COMPLETIONS AND MORE COMPLETIONS • Andy Dalton is on pace to break Jeff Ballard’s career completion percentage record:
Name 1. Andy Dalton 2. Jeff Ballard
Completion Pct. .616 .611
Years 2007-present 2003-06
• Dalton has a career-best 66.2 completion percentage (194-of-293) this season. It’s on pace to shatter TCU’s single-season mark of 61.9 by Ballard in 2006. • Dalton and Ballard were teammates in 2006, when Dalton was a redshirt. TAKING CARE OF THE BALL • Andy Dalton is third among active quarterbacks in lowest interception percentage (min. 800 attempts): Name Int. Pct. Att./Int. 1. Kellen Moore, Boise State 1.52 1,181/18 2. Colin Kaepernick, Nevada 1.86 1,238/23 3. Andy Dalton, TCU 2.32 1,294/30 FLASHING THE WHEELS • Andy Dalton has run for first downs on 27 of his 77 carries (35.1 percent) this season. He rushed for eight first downs on 15 carries against Oregon State. • Dalton had seven rushing attempts for a career-high 93 yards against Air Force. His previous-best rushing total was 91 yards versus Stanford in 2008. • Dalton had a career-long 47-yard carry in the third quarter against Air Force, nearly doubling his previous career best of 24 yards versus Boise State in 2008. • Dalton’s 1,583 career rushing yards rank second among active TCU players. • Included below is a look at Dalton running the ball: Rushes Yards Avg. Per Carry TDs Avg./Game First 9 games 56 22 0.4 1 2.4 Last 39 games 348 1,561 4.5 20 40.0
TCU CAREER PASSING LEADERS No. Player 1. Andy Dalton 2. Max Knake 3. Steve Stamp 4. Casey Printers 5. Jeff Ballard 6. Leon Clay 7. Steve Judy 8. Brandon Hassell 9. David Rascoe 10. Sam Baugh
TCU CAREER TOUCHDOWNS PASSES No. Player Years 1. Andy Dalton 07-pres. 2. Max Knake 92-95 3. Sam Baugh 78-81
TD 70 49 40
TCU CAREER PASS COMPLETIONS No. Player Years 1. Andy Dalton 07-pres. 2. Max Knake 92-95 3. Steve Stamp 78-81 4. Jeff Ballard 03-06 5. Leon Clay 89-92
Comps. 797 622 350 330 326
TCU CAREER PASS ATTEMPTS No. Player 1. Andy Dalton 2. Max Knake 3. Steve Stamp 4. Steve Judy 5. David Rascoe
Atts. 1,294 1,115 674 669 655
ACTIVE TCU RUSHING LEADERS 1. Ed Wesley 1,718 2. Andy Dalton 1,583 3. Matthew Tucker 1,370 4. Waymon James 489 5. Jeremy Kerley 301
ACTIVE TCU RECEPTION LEADERS 1. Jimmy Young 142 2. Jeremy Kerley 114 3. Bart Johnson 84 4. Antoine Hicks 42 5. Curtis Clay 34
Years 07-pres. 92-95 78-81 99-01 03-06 89-92 69-71 03-04 85-88 34-36
Years 07-pres. 92-95 78-81 69-71 85-88
TCU CAREER COMPLETION PCT. LEADERS No. Player Years 1. Andy Dalton 07-pres. 2. Jeff Ballard 03-06 3. Sean Stilley 99-02 4. Brandon Hassell 03-04 5. Casey Printers 99-01
Yards 10,095 7,370 5,123 4,621 4,204 3,963 3,886 3,763 3,696 3,384
2 0 11 R O S E B O W L G A M E N O T E S
2 0 11 R O S E B O W L G A M E
Pct. 61.6 61.1 57.9 56.7 56.1
ACTIVE RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS 1. Jimmy Young 2,259 2. Jeremy Kerley 1,241 3. Bart Johnson 1,075 4. Antoine Hicks 718 5. Josh Boyce 602
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