TCU rallies to maintain perfect record

No. 4 Horned Frogs score nine points in final 2:07, knocking off the Bears on a 40-yard field goal to keep playoff hopes alive.

WACO, Texas — Griffin Kell kicked a 40yard field goal on the final play of the game, and fourth-ranked Texas Christian beat Baylor 29-28 on Saturday, scoring nine points in the final 2:07 to avoid another potential playoff-busting loss.

Emari Demercardo scored on a threeyard touchdown run with 2:07 left to get the Horned Frogs (11-0, 8-0 Big 12) to within 2826, but he was unable to pull in a pass on the two-point conversion attempt.

After kicking deep, TCU used all three of its timeouts while forcing a three-and-out, and got the ball back at its 31 with 1:34 left. Max Duggan converted one third down with a 12-yard run on a quarterback draw, and after Demercardo’s third-down run to the Baylor 23, the field goal unit scrambled onto the field with the clock running.

“The great thing about that last drive, we were throwing all of our day one concepts,” Duggan said. “We were throwing easy stuff that we practice and we can do with our eyes closed, and stuff that you believe in. So just going out there, being confident, believing it was going to happen, and Griff makes a huge kick for us.”

TCU, which had already clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game, hasn’t been undefeated this deep in a season since 2010, when it finished 13-0 with a Rose Bowl win.