Texas Tech Upsets TCU
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LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech notched an upset victory over 24th-ranked TCU and perhaps gained a quarterback controversy to go with it.
Walk-on quarterback Baker Mayfield, who was phenomenal in the Red Raiders’ first two games, left with a fourth-quarter injury, and backup Davis Webb entered to spark the Red Raiders to a 20-10 win Thursday night at AT&T Jones Stadium.
TCU erased a 10-0 deficit, tying the game midway through the fourth quarter and taking the game’s momentum.
Mayfield threw incomplete or was intercepted on nine consecutive passes. He then threw for a 2-yard loss to running back DeAndre Washington and came up favoring his right leg.
Webb took over and led the Red Raiders in for the go-ahead touchdown in eight plays. Webb’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Bradley Marquez with 3:48 remaining in the fourth quarter gave the Red Raiders a 17-10 lead.
After TCU (1-2, 0-1 Big 12) went three-and-out on its ensuing possession, Texas Tech drove for a Ryan Bustin 37-yard field goal with 2:43 left.
Early in the fourth quarter, TCU put together its best drive of the
game. TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin completed a 22-yard pass to Cam White on third-and-8 to keep the drive going. From there, TCU kept the ball on the ground and rolled over the Red Raiders.
TCU running back B.J. Catalon capped the 69-yard drive with a 17-yard touchdown run, tying the game at 10 with 6:28 left.
Texas Tech (3-0, 1-0) appeared to answer when Webb threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Washington. However, a replay revealed Washington dropped the ball at the half-yard line. After two penalties backed up the Red Raiders, Webb ultimately hit Marquez for the decision score.
Webb completed three of four passes for 77 yards. Texas Tech tight end Jace Amaro produced game highs with nine receptions for 97 yards.
Boykin went 23-for-36 for 194 yards and two interceptions. He also ran 20 times for 101 yards.
Texas Tech dominated the first half but went to halftime with only a 10-0 lead due to turnovers and penalties on TCU’s side of the 50-yard line.
The Red Raiders scored on the game’s first possession. Mayfield led a six-play, 75-yard scoring drive that culminated in running back Kenny Williams’ 50-yard touchdown reception.
Williams caught the pass at the line of scrimmage, broke a tackle and left the Horned Frogs behind him, giving Texas Tech a 7-0 lead just 69 seconds into the game.
The Red Raiders pushed the lead to 10 points on Bustin’s 39-yard field goal late in the first quarter.
The Red Raiders outgained the Horned Frogs 211 yards to 133 in the first half, but Mayfield threw two interceptions, both in TCU territory, to keep the Red Raiders from extending their lead.
TCU safety Chris Hackett intercepted Mayfield’s pass at the Horned Frogs’ 17 to end Texas Tech’s second offensive series. In the second quarter, TCU cornerback Kevin White grabbed the ball away from Marquez at the Horned Frogs’ 42.
Texas Tech also had a drive inside the TCU 20 foiled by penalties. Mayfield ran for 16 yards to the TCU 17 on a third-and-7 play, but the run was called back for a holding penalty, and the Red Raiders couldn’t move back inside the TCU 40.
Meanwhile, TCU managed only six first downs in the first half and never crossed the Texas Tech 40.
