#17 Boise State – 21
#16 TCU – 14
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Under the lights in Amon Carter Stadium, Texas Christian squared off against non-conference rival Boise State. This will be a future conference rival when BSU joins the Mountain West Conference.
Boise State received the ball first and the most underrated quarterback in the nation QB Kellen Moore lead his offense down the field. As they lined up on the 2 yard line on second down Kellen Moore dropped back and threw the ball across the middle towards WR Austin Pettis. TCU's safety Tejay Johnson stepped in front of the pass for an interception in the endzone. QB Andy Dalton lead the offense out on to the field to start their drive on the 20 yard line. They were able to move the ball 8 yards on three plays, but decided to go for it on fourth down and 2. Andy Dalton dropped back and completed a pass for a first down, but the Bronco defense came up with a hard hit to force the ball loose.
Kellen Moore took the field again as he continued to dominate the powerful Horned Frog defense. The Broncos got on the board first as Moore connected with Chris Potter for a 5 yard touchdown. Andy Dalton lead the Horned Frog offense back out there after the kick off. TCU decided to run a play action pass, where Dalton threw into double coverage. Safety Dave Wilson came up with the interception. The Bronco's offense was able to capitalize as Kellen Moore found TE Tommy Gallarda streaking down the middle for a 40 yard touchdown. TCU was able to answer as the offense marched down the field and Dalton threw a 5 yard touchdown to Antoine Hicks. Boise State's offense took the field with 40 seconds left before half and was able to move the ball all the way down to the 7 yard line. Coach Chris Peterson thought he had one more timeout left as he decided to run the ball. Unfortunately, they didn't have any timeouts, the clock continued to tick until the end of the half. The Broncos went in leading 14-7 at half time.
TCU got the ball after half time, but was not able to score as they turned the ball over after moving down the field. This time BSU was able to once again march down the field. Runningback Jeremy Avery punched in the ball from the 1 yard line to put the Broncos up by 14. The Horned Frogs didn't give up as Dalton was able to complete a couple of passes to Jeremy Kerley. The two hooked up one more time for a 20 yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. Boise State looked to run the clock out as Jeremy Avery fumbled the ball. TCU was not able to capitalize as they failed to move the ball. From here they had one timeout left that helped them force Boise State to punt the ball. On third and 18 Boise State had to punt the ball with 7 seconds left. Punter Brad Elkin punted a 28 yard punt that was fair caught with 2 seconds left. TCU lined up for one last play to tie the game up. As Andy Dalton Dropped back he was flushed out of the pocket the right by the star of the game, DE Ryan Winterswyk. Ryan Winterswyk was able to catchup to Dalton for his 3rd sack of the game as time expired. Boise State will play the winner of #1 Texas and #32 North Carolina.
Stats:
BSU
Kellen Moore – (189.2) 10/15 164 yards 2 TDs 1 INT; 2 runs 8 yards
Jeremy Avery – 97 all purpose yards; 17 runs 48 yards 1 TD, 4 rec 31 yards, & 1 KR 18 yards
Austin Pettis – 2 rec 50 yards
Chris Potter – 2 rec 24 yards 1 TD
Tommy Gallarda – 1 rec 40 yards 1 TD
Jason Robinson – 4 tackles, 2 FF
Bradyn Thompson – 4 tackles
Ryan Winterswyk – 4 tackles, 3 TL, 3 sacks
Jeron Johnson – 4 tackles
Dave Wilson – 1 tackles, INT
Byron Hout- 1 tack, 1 TL, 1 sack
TCU
Andy Dalton – 7/17 141 yards 2 TDs, INT
Jimmy Young – 2 rec 42 yards
Jeremy Kerley – 2 rec 49 yards, TD, 3 kr 12 yards
Antoine Hicks – 2 rec 32 yards, TD
Braylon Broughton – 4 tackles, FF
Sir Bledsoe – 4 tackles, TFL
Tejay Johnson – Tackle, INT
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