The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
11.27.2014 | Football
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No. 6/5 TCU 48, Texas 10
Postgame Notes
Nov. 27, 2014
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
TEAM NOTES
• Series: Texas and TCU met for the 85th time in the fifth-most-played series in school history. It marked the fourth meeting between the teams since 1995, the final season of the Southwest Conference. Texas leads the series, which began in 1897, 62-22-1 and holds a 32-13-1 advantage in games played in Austin and 30-9 in Ft. Worth. The teams met last season in Ft. Worth with Texas winning 30-7 in a game delayed by lightning. On Thanksgiving Day in 2012, TCU upended the No. 18/15 Horns, 20-13, in Austin. The only other meeting since the SWC disbanded came in 2007 with the No. 7 Longhorns downing the 19th-ranked Horned Frogs, 34-13, in Austin. TCU has one all four of its all-time appearance against Texas ranked among the nation's top 10, but this was the first in more than 40 years. No. 1 TCU downed Texas, 28-6, in 1938. In 1955, No. 8/7 TCU defeated Texas, 47-20. Three years later, the No. 9/14 Horned Frogs won 22-8 vs. the Horns.
• Thanksgiving Day Tradition: Texas has played 87 times on the Thanksgiving holiday and posted a 59-25-3 mark, including 41-13-1 at home. Texas A&M is the most common opponent with 69 matchups. Texas faced TCU in 2012 and Texas Tech last season. The Horns have faced Arkansas (1894, 1912, 1917), Notre Dame (1913, 1915) and Oklahoma (1910). Prior to 2012, Baylor (1994-95) was the only other team the Horns have faced besides Texas A&M on Thanksgiving Day since 1917.
• Senior Night: A group of 32 current or former senior players were recognized prior to the game. The list included RB Eddie Aboussie, DB Brandon Allen, QB David Ash, DB Cody Boswell, DS Nate Boyer, RB Malcolm Brown, LB Demarco Cobbs, OL Josh Cochran, TE Greg Daniels, P/PK Michael Davidson, CB Quandre Diggs, LB Steve Edmond, OL Dominic Espinosa, WR Chris Giron, OL Garrett Greenlea, WR Dakota Haines, WR John Harris, LB Jordan Hicks, DB Devin Huffines, LB Tevin Jackson, QB Miles Onyegbule, PK Ben Pruitt, DE Cedric Reed, CB Ryan Roberts, P William Russ, WR Jaxon Shipley, TE Geoff Swaim, TE Chris Terry, WR David Thomann, LB Kendall Thompson, DB Mykkele Thompson and DB Josh Turner.
• Third-Down Conversions: Over the last three games, the opposition has converted just 10 of 45 third-down attempts (22.2 percent). West Virginia was only 3 of 17 (17.6), Oklahoma State 2 of 13 (15.3) and TCU 5 of 15 (33.3). UT entered tonight's game ranked No. 18 in the country in third-down conversion defense (33.9 percent).
• Game Captains: CB Quandre Diggs and LB Steve Edmond served as game captains.
• Injury Report: WR Jaxon Shipley (hamstring), injured in the Oklahoma State game, did not play.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Quandre Diggs, CB
• Credited with a team-high nine tackles and one pass breakup. He moved from a 10th-place tie into a ninth-place tie on the UT career pass breakups list. He now has 37, matching the total of Mossy Cade (1980-83).
Armanti Foreman, WR
• Had career highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (91), including his second career touchdown, a 73-yarder from Tyrone Swoopes. Over the last two games, he has six receptions for 165 receiving yards (27.5 yards per catch).
Dylan Haines, S
• Credited with seven tackles and his team-high fourth interception of the season.
John Harris, WR
• Had five receptions for 39 receiving yards. He moved from No. 8 to No. 7 on the UT single-season receiving yards chart (1,015). He now has 64 receptions this season, which ranks tied for No. 8 in on the single-season list. He needs one more TD to move into school's single-season top-10 list (seven through 12 games).
Nick Rose, PK
• Hit his only field-goal attempt, a 47-yarder in the second quarter. That field goal was the second longest of his career. He nailed a 51-yarder vs. Oklahoma State.
Tyrone Swoopes, QB
• Completed 20 of 34 passes for 200 yards and two TDs and four interceptions in his 11th career start. His 73-yard TD pass to Armanti Foreman was the longest completion of his career (68-yard completion to John Harris vs. Texas Tech, 2014).
• He moved from 18th to 15th (2,352) on the UT single-season passing yards list.
• He posted 261 yards of total offense (200 passing/60 rushing) and now has 2,646 on the season, which ranks No. 11 on the UT single-season list.
By The Numbers
1…The Longhorns have allowed just one offensive touchdown in the opening quarter this season (vs. Iowa State).
3…Texas had its three-game winning streak snapped.
3…The Longhorns have recorded three or more sacks in eight games this season, though were held to two this evening.
8…The Longhorns have not allowed an offensive touchdown in the first half in eight games this season. Only Iowa State (3), K-State (1), Texas Tech (1) and TCU (1) have scored offensive TDs in the opening two quarters.
