No. 19 TCU stops No. 7 Baylor in 2 OTs
FORT WORTH, Texas — Trevone Boykin threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to KaVontae Turpin in the second overtime and No. 19 TCU beat No. 7 Baylor 28-21 on a rainy Friday night, knocking the Bears out of contention for their third straight Big 12 title.
Boykin, playing with a heavily taped right ankle after missing a game, threw for 148 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for a 1-yard score in the first overtime. Josh Carraway returned a fumble 56 yards for a touchdown for the Horned Frogs (10-2, 7-2 Big 12).
Devin Chafin ran for 119 yards and two scores, and caught a 4-yard TD pass in the first overtime, but was stopped short on a fourth-and-1 play to end the game.
TCU got to 10 wins for the 10th time in the past 14 seasons under coach Gary Patterson, and a measure of revenge for that 6158 loss in Waco last season.
In October 2014, Baylor (9-2, 6-2) overcame a 21-point deficit in the final 11 minutes and won 61-58 with a field goal on the final play. That was the only loss by the Horned Frogs, who shared the Big 12 title with Baylor before the league’s two private schools were the first teams left out of the inaugural College Football Playoff.
After Boykin’s pass to freshman Turpin to start the second overtime, Baylor had fourth-and-1 from the 16 when quarterback Chris Johnson took the snap and plunged forward. It would have been close, but there was never a measurement because coach Art Briles was calling for a timeout from the sideline before the snap.
When the Baylor lined back up, Chafin took the handoff and ran into TCU defenders Julius Lewis and Ty Summers, the last of Summers’ schoolrecord 23 tackles.
As rain-soaked Frogs fans stormed onto the field, referees stayed momentarily before finally declaring that Chafin was down short of a first down and the game was over.
Baylor struck first in overtime on Johnson’s 4-yard jump pass to Chafin.
TCU got even on Boykin’s 1-yard keeper, after a pass interference penalty gave the Frogs a first down and a play after Turpin appeared to score but was ruled out of bounds inside the 1.
After Chafin’s TD runs of 1 and 5 yards on Baylor’s first two drives of the game, and TCU scored in between, there wasn’t another offensive score until overtime.
TCU punted on all nine of its second-half possessions. The Bears has six punts and two fumbles before that final drive that ended regulation.
Along with his fumble return in the second quarter that tied the game at 14, Carraway caused a fumble that ended Baylor’s best scoring chance of the second half. Those were among four Baylor fumbles, and seven combined turnovers in the game.
The Bears were at the TCU 19 early in the fourth quarter when Carraway leaped into the air and then came to his feet and swiped at the quarterback’s arm to knock the ball loose.
It had been raining since Thursday, and rained throughout the game with several heavy downpours. The start of the game was delayed 50 minutes because of lighting.
The TCU band was on the field during the invocation and about to perform the National Anthem when the field was cleared because of that warning.
Boykin played for the first time since turning his right ankle awkwardly in the first half of TCU’s last home game, Nov. 14 against Kansas. The senior quarterback missed last Saturday’s 30-29 loss at Oklahoma as did four-year senior starting center Joey Hunt and star receiver Josh Doctson. Hunt and Docston also sat out against the Bears.
On TCU’s first drive, Boykin threw a perfect strike to Jarrison Stewart for a 25-yard touchdown. Texas Tech 48, Texas 45: DeAndre Washington ran for 173 yards and two touchdowns and Texas Tech overcame a breakout performance from Texas freshman tailback Chris Warren III as the Red Raiders beat the Longhorns Thursday night for their first road win in the rivalry since 1997.
Warren set a Texas freshman record with 268 yards rushing and scored four touchdowns as Texas rallied from 10 points down in the third quarter to take the lead. Texas Tech then got fourthquarter touchdown runs by Justin Stockton and Jakeem Grant.
Texas Tech (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) rolled up 665 total yards. The teams combined for nine touchdowns in the second half.
Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes, who came on for injured started Jerrod Heard in the second quarter, ran for 98 yards and two touchdowns.
The loss sent Texas (4-7, 3-5) to its second consecutive losing season under second-year coach Charlie Strong.
West Virginia 30, Iowa
State 6: Skyler Howard threw one touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead West Virginia to a win over Iowa State on Saturday.
Josh Lambert kicked three field goals for the Mountaineers (7-4, 4-4 Big 12), who won their fourth straight.
Bowl-eligible West Virginia finishes at Kansas State next Saturday and can reach eight wins in the regular season for the first time since coach Dana Holgorsen’s first season in 2011.
Iowa State, with two field goals, was held out of the end zone for the first time this season. The Cyclones (3-9, 2-7) went winless on the road for the first time since 2008.
The game was the finale for Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, who was fired last Sunday and bows out with a career record of 32-55.
Kansas State 45, Kansas
14: Kansas State scored a pair of touchdowns after botched Kansas punts in the first quarter, and the Wildcats rolled from there to a victory over their biggest rival.
Joe Hubener threw for 133 yards while running for two touchdowns, Winston Dimel also ran for two scores, and Kansas State (5-6, 2-7 Big 12) moved within a victory over West Virginia in its home finale next weekend of becoming bowl eligible for the sixth straight season.
The Wildcats’ Morgan Burns scored a touchdown on special teams for the third straight game, though this one was a blocked punt recovery. His previous two were 100-yard kickoff returns.
Ryan Willis threw for 215 yards with two touchdowns and a pick for Kansas (0-12, 0-9), which concluded its first season under David Beaty by going winless for the first time since 1954.