GoFrogs: TCU pulls away from SMU, 33-3

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GoFrogs: TCU pulls away from SMU, 33-3

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DALLAS (AP)Kenny Hill threw for 452 yards and two second-half touchdowns, including a 75-yarder to John Diarse on the first play after halftime, and TCU pulled away from SMU 33-3 on Friday night.

Diarse also had a 23-yard catch in the second quarter on the drive to a field goal that put TCU ahead for good in a fifth straight victory over the Mustangs and the 15th win in the past 17 meetings between the crosstown rivals.

The junior had a career high in yards receiving for the second straight week, finishing with 139 on six catches.

SMU (2-2) played a touchdown-free first half against a high-scoring Big 12 team for the second time this season, trailing 6-3 at the half following a 6-6 halftime tie against No. 16 Baylor in Waco two weeks ago. The Bears went on to a 40-13 win.

”It was very disappointing the way that we responded in the second half, especially after playing as hard and as well as we did in the first half,” second-year SMU coach Chad Morris said.

The Horned Frogs (3-1) scored touchdowns on their first two possessions after halftime, the second on Hill’s perfect fade pass to Jaelan Austin from the 2 for a 20-3 lead. Hill was 31 of 45 with an interception.

”Immediately it energizes everybody,” Hill said of the long touchdown. ”On the sideline, it was kind of dead. Everybody was in it, but it was kinda dead and we hit that play and everybody just sparked up.”

TCU kicked four field goals, two each from Brandon Hatfield and Ryan Graf, who just cleared the crossbar on a career-long 46-yarder.

The Horned Frogs return to Big 12 play against No. 25 Oklahoma at home next Saturday. TCU entered the weekend as the only 1-0 team in conference play.

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Post-Game Notes
No. 21 TCU 33, SMU 3
Ford Stadium

Team Notes
*TCU improved to 3-1, marking the eighth time in the last nine seasons and 12th time in 16 years that it has started 3-1 or better under Gary Patterson as head coach.

*TCU improved to 30-9 on the road since 2009 for the nation’s third-best record.

*Over the last three seasons, TCU is now 26-4 overall and 16-3 in conference play. Both marks are the best in the Big 12.

*The Horned Frogs have defeated SMU five straight seasons and nine of the last 10. TCU is now 13-2 versus the Mustangs under Patterson.

*TCU held a 6-3 halftime lead. The three points allowed was its best defensive effort in the first half since it led Texas 37-0 at halftime last season.

*TCU held SMU to just three points, its best effort since beating Ole Miss, 42-3, in the 2014 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.

*TCU improved to 101-3 under Patterson when allowing 17 points or less.

*The Horned Frogs improved to 10-6 in short-week games under Patterson.

*A first-quarter sack by Chris Bradley and Ty Summers extended TCU’s school record streak to 34 games with at least one sack. It is the second-longest active streak in the nation, behind only Ohio State with 37.

*TCU had four sacks, giving it nine in the last two games.

*Twelve Horned Frogs had at least one reception.

*TCU scored for the 297th consecutive game. It’s the nation’s second-longest current streak and fourth all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven’t been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991 at Texas (32-0).

*TCU’s team captains were Josh Carraway, Kyle Hicks, Travin Howard and Austin Schlottmann.

*TCU wore a white jersey with white pants and a white helmet.

Individual Notes
* Kenny Hill passed for a TCU career high 452 yards, ranking sixth for a single game in school history. He completed 31-of-45 attempts, including 19-of-26 for 302 yards in the second half. It was his second 400-yard passing game this season.

* John Diarse had his first career 100-yard receiving game with six catches for 139 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown from Hill on the first play of the second half. Diarse had seven catches for 97 yards in last week’s win over Iowa State.

* Desmon White had a career-high six receptions for 49 yards. He also had a career-long 31-yard punt return. He totaled three punt returns for 74 yards for 123 all-purpose yards.

* Kyle Hicks had a team-high 89 yards rushing on 14 carries for the second-best game of his career, behind only his 117 yards last week against Iowa State.

* Trevorris Johnson had a 14-yard scoring run for TCU’s final points of the game. It was his second rushing touchdown of the season and sixth of his career.

*True freshman Dylan Thomas had his first two career receptions for 21 yards.

* Jaelan Austin’s 2-yard touchdown catch was his second scoring grab of the season and the fourth of his career.

*Redshirt freshman TreVontae Hights had his first career reception, a 42-yard grab in the fourth quarter.

* Patrick Zeller recorded his first career reception in the fourth quarter.

*Cornerback Tony James made his first career start.

* Ty Summers had a team-best 13 tackles, including 1 1/2 for loss with a 1/2 sack. He has had double-digit tackles in each of the last three games.

* Tipa Galeai had 1 1/2 sacks and L.J. Collier had a sack to give them both 2 1/2 on the season, tying them with Aaron Curry for the team lead.

* Niko Small’s fourth-quarter interception was his first career interception and the first pick by TCU this season.

* Nick Orr’s fourth-quarter interception was his third career pick, the most among active Horned Frogs.

* Ryan Graf had a career-long 46-yard field goal. He has made at least one field goal in each game this season and is 5-of-6 on the year.

* Brandon Hatfield had 25- and 30-yard field goals to make him 3-of-3 on the season.


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