TCU Football: Kansas Halftime Report

8 Oct 2022

TCU leads Kansas 10-7 at the half

Analysis of the First Half

The No. 17 TCU HornedFrogs (4-0-1, 1-0) are at the half-time break against the No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks (5:0, 2-0). It's the largest game in Lawrence, Kansas for at least 15 years. ESPN College GameDay even made its first-ever visit to Kansas campus.

It's a battle for Lawrence.

The first quarter was a battle between the defenses. TCU drove the first drive to the 21 yard line, but the Jayhawks held them at 3rd and 7. To put the Frogs on top, Griffin Kell was brought in for the field goal. Neither team was able move the ball much after that due to the hard work of both defenses.

Kansas returned to their bread-and butter option play in the second quarter. On their second possession of quarter 2, Jalon Dani threw an insane 48-yard completion to Mason Fairchild. The Jayhawks looked like they had figured out the TCU defense. They were on the move for an unavoidable touchdown, but they failed to make it within the 1-yard line. Shadrach Banks recovered it. Max Duggan, Quentin Johnston drove the ball 99 yards in seven plays to make it 10-0.

After the fumble, Brett Gibbons, KillerFrogs' writer, stated that "That fumble just assuring everybody you will never take Kansas out of Kansas."

Max Duggan

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Duggan made his first interception of this season with a ball intended for Johnston in the final play of the first period.

Key Players in the Game

Max Duggan Threw 12-of-16 passes for 145 yards with an average 138.6 quarterback rating. Also ran eight times for 52 yard.

Quentin Johnston Max to QJ – The matchup we've waited for all season. Eight catches for 139 yards, an average 17.4 yards per catch.

Derius Davis The Kansas kickers tried to avoid Davis both on the kickoff as well as the punts. Also, has one catch for seven yard.

Kendre Miller - The second possession was described by announcers as a "weight room run" because he was dragging several Jayhawks along with him. Nine carries totalled 34 yards.

Abe Camara Dislodged a fourth down pass from Daniels in order to keep the Jayhawks off of the board

Shadrach banks - saved a Kansas touchdown by a Jayhawk at the 1-foot line

Statistics for Halftime

Scoring Summary	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Total
TCU	3	7	10
Kansas	0	3	3

Team Stats	TCU	Kansas
First Downs	12	7
Third Down Efficiency	3/7	1/4
Fourth Down Efficiency	0/1	0/1
Total Yards	233	194
Passing Yards	145	89
Rushing Yards	88	105
Turnovers	1	1
Times Sacked	1	1
Penalties	1 (5 yards)	0/0

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