West Virginia Postgame Notes

• The all-time series between WVU and TCU is now tied at 2-2. • West Virginia did not have a fi rst-time starter against TCU. • Karl Joseph has started all 34 games of his career. • West Virginia has scored in 33 of 36 quarters this season. • West Virginia has allowed only two teams to score on the opening drive of the game this season and has allowed only one on an opening drive. • WVU owned a 13-7 lead after the fi rst quarter. The Mountaineers are the fi rst team this season to outscore the Horned Frogs in the fi rst quarter. • WVU held TCU to a season-low seven points in the fi rst half. TCU’s previous fi rst-half low for scoring was 24. • The Mountaineers entered the game without a recovery this season and fi nished with one, Terrell Chestnut’s third quarter, forced fumble and return for a touchdown. With that touchdown, the Mountaineers have scored a defensive touchdown in back-to-back weeks and have 35 defensive since 2000. • Chestnut’s forced fumble was the second of his career, fi rst of the season, while the recovery was the sec- ond of his career. • WVU held TCU to 5-of-15 on third- attempts. The Mountaineers have now held their last three oppo- nents to a 10-of-46 conversion rate on third downs. • Clint Trickett has now thrown at least one TD pass in 10 straight games, dating back to 2013. • With 162 passing yards today, Trickett put his season total at 2,925 yards and passed Geno Smith (2,763 yards, 2010) on the program’s -season chart; Trickett now ranks No. 4 overall. • Mario Alford’s fi rst quarter, 23-yard touchdown was his seventh of the season and the ninth of his career. • Alford’s third quarter, 46-yard reception was his second-longest of the season and his third of 40 or more yards. • Dreamius Smith’s third quarter, 50-yard run was a personal season long and was the team’s longest of the year. The run was WVU’s fi rst 50-yard run without a touchdown since Smith had a run of 51-yards against Maryland on Sept. 21, 2013. • Smith capped that third-quarter drive with a fi ve-yard rushing touchdown, giving him three straight games with at least one rushing score. • Shaquille Riddick fi nished with one TFL today, giving him four straight games with at least one TFL. He fi nished with a career-best seven total tackles. • KJ Dillon’s second-quarter was his second of the season. • Josh Lambert’s fi rst quarter, 44-yard fi eld goal was his 12th fi eld goal of the season of 40 or more yards. He fi nished the game with three made fi eld goals, giving him four games this season with three or more made fi eld goals. • Nick O’Toole had punts of 50, 55 and 59 yards today, giving him four straight games with at least one of 50+ yards. He shows 10 total punts of 50 yards or more this season.

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TCU FOOTBALL POST-GAME NOTES No. 7 TCU at No. 20 West Virginia Nov. 1, 2014 Attendance: 61,190 Final: TCU 31, West Virginia 30

Team Notes *The Horned Frogs have opened with a record of 7-1 or better for the fourth time in the last seven seasons and seventh time in 14 years under head coach Gary Patterson.

*TCU improved to 25-3 when taking the field as a top-10 team under Patterson.

*The Horned Frogs are now 5-0 when ESPN’s College GameDay is present.

*The Horned Frogs ran for 223 yards and improved to 70-4 under Patterson when rushing for at least 200 yards.

*TCU had two sacks and two , extending its nation’s-best streak to 10 consecutive games with at least one sack and one interception.

*TCU scored for the 275th consecutive game. It’s the nation’s second-longest current streak and sixth all-time in NCAA history. The Horned Frogs haven’t been blanked since Nov. 16, 1991 at (32-0).

*The Horned Frogs entered the game as the only team in the nation to score at least 24 points in the first half of each contest this season, but trailed 13-7 at the half.

*The Horned Frogs rallied from a pair of 13-point deficits for the win. TCU saw its largest deficit of the season when it trailed 13-0 to start the game along with 27-14.

*The Horned Frogs played their first game this season outside the state of Texas. Prior to today, TCU had five home dates and road contests at SMU and Baylor.

*TCU’s team captains were , Sam Carter, Joey Hunt and Davion Pierson.

*TCU wore its traditional all-white road uniform with a white helmet.

Individual Notes *Jaden Oberkrom’s 37-yard on the final play of the game provided TCU’s winning points. It was also his 50th career field goal, placing fourth on the Horned Frogs’ all-time list.

*Deante’ Gray’s 47-yard touchdown reception from Trevone Boykin was his fourth scoring grab in the last three games and his seventh of the season, tying Josh Doctson for the team lead.

*Gray’s touchdowns receptions (7) this season nearly equal his career catches (8) entering the 2014 campaign.

*B.J. Catalon’s team-best 105 yards rushing on 20 carries, including two touchdowns, marked his third 100-yard game of the season and of his career.

*Catalon’s second-half scoring runs of 23 and 6 yards gave him a team-best 10 rushing scores on the season. His 16 career rushing touchdowns are the most among active Horned Frogs.

*Boykin’s 2-yard third-quarter scoring run was his fourth rushing touchdown of the season and the 14th of his career.

*Doctson had three receptions for 29 yards to give him a catch in 12 consecutive games, the longest active streak among current Horned Frogs.

*Paul Dawson had a team-best 12 tackles for TCU to reach double figures in stops for the sixth time this season and 11th time in the last 15 games.

*Dawson had his third interception of the season. He has now taken part in a takeaway in six of eight games this season.

*Derrick Kindred had a career-high 11 tackles, bettering his previous personal-best of 10 stops in a 2012 game at West Virginia.

*Chris Hackett had his team-best fourth interception of the season. He has a pick in each of the last two games. He also forced a fumble.

*James McFarland forced his team-high third fumble of the season with true freshman Chris Bradley recording his first career fumble recovery.

*Mike Tuaua had his third fumble recovery of the season, tying Dawson for the team lead. He also had a sack and forced fumble.

Dana Holgorsen Postgame Quotes

Opening statement

I want to congratulate Gary (Patterson) and TCU for a hard-fought victory. Three years in a row that it comes down to the last seconds. I think it was two evenly matched football teams; obviously they’re just a little bit better than us. Our defense played well, and I thought special teams played well. I take responsibility for what happened offensively, it was bad. It’s not acceptable; it’s not going to win football games. We turned the over five times and to average what we averaged per play is completely unacceptable. We’ll get back to work on that tomorrow.

On what was happening offensively

We turned it over five times; they had something to do with that. Defensively you can luck into turnovers or force turnovers, and they did a good job of forcing turnovers. That’s no excuse. We need to do a better job of protecting the football and taking care of the football. As far as the overall production, they are a very good defensive unit. If we sit back and just try to throw it like Texas Tech did, that game will probably turn out like that game turned out for them. We didn’t run the ball very good. I thought our running backs were extremely average. We did not run the ball. When they put two high safeties and double cover a wide out and we can’t run the ball into a favorable box, we’re going to get beat.

On if the turnovers played a role in play calling

Yes. They pay me to make decisions and offensively I made decisions. Clint (Trickett) was incredibly uncomfortable. Their rush was good; I’ll evaluate to see if we pass protected worth a darnn. He was uneasy in the pocket, he got spooked. If we sat there and just tried to throw the ball it wouldn’t have turned out very good.

On the decision to not use the timeouts

They were already in field goal range. If they wouldn’t have been in field goal range, I would’ve used the timeouts.

TCU Coach Gary Patterson

On WVU This was the best defensive team we’ve played all year. They played great schematically, very physical and with a lot of effort. They played very well.

On capitalizing off WVU turnovers We had a chance. We lost two ball games where we won the turnover battle. I don’t know how many we got today, maybe five or six. I thought (we) did a great job defensively after the first touchdown. We held them to two field goals.

When we got the touchdown and it was 13‐7, it was a ball game. It was a fight the rest of the game. It’s one of those games that you didn’t know what was going to happen. I told them that this week that it wasn’t going to come easy, and it probably was going to be a defensive battle and one of those games where we had to play very well.

We didn’t tackle early. We came back in the second half and made some plays. Two games, and now 31‐30. Every time TCU and WVU have gotten together, it’s been an unbelievable ball game.

They were a good football team with a great crowd and a lot of energy ‐ just exactly what you would expect with ESPN College GameDay and what this kind of ball game is supposed to be about.

I’m glad we came out. Everyone is always jumping me about one point. I’m sure glad we got that one point.

On keeping Trevone Boykin’s confidence up I told him that as soon as he mentioned the Heisman this week, we had to get to work. WVU was on a winning streak. They beat Baylor, who beat us, so why wouldn’t you be fired up?

They changed some things. Every time we checked, they switched up coverages. Trevone had to keep it up. He did a nice job.

On the winning field goal I thought that if we could make it through the third quarter, that with the wind we could change the field position and get close enough. We were in a lot of trouble, but we fought back and got some stops so we could do that.