Nov. 20, 2006
ABOUT THE GAME
•The TCU football team makes its final road appearance of the 2006
regular season when it travels to Fort Collins, Colo., to face Colorado
State. It's the Frogs' fourth road game in the last six weeks.
•TCU has won five in a row, tied for the 10th-longest current streak in
the nation, and has trailed just once (3-0 at Army) for a total of 8:12 in
that stretch. The Frogs have outscored their opponents 53-3 in the first
quarter and 121-6 in the first half during the winning streak.
•TCU has won 16 straight Saturday games and is 17-1 on that day over the
last two seasons.
•The Frogs are 16-7 (.696) in road and neutral-site games since the start of the 2003 season, tied for the fifth-best mark in Division I-A.
•TCU has a 19-3 record over the last two campaigns and is 12-2 in its
MWC history.
SERIES NOTES
•TCU and Colorado State will be meeting for just the fourth time on the
gridiron with the Frogs holding a 2-1 series lead. All three games took
place at different sites.
•TCU will be playing in Fort Collins for the second time in its history.
The first contest between the Frogs and Rams was a 42-21 Colorado State win
at Hughes Stadium in 1998. Both teams were members of the Western Athletic
Conference that season.
•TCU and Colorado State faced each other again in the 2002 Liberty Bowl
when the Frogs, a member of Conference USA, defeated the Mountain West
Conference champion and No. 23 Rams by a 17-3 score.
•The Frogs won 33-6 in Fort Worth last season.
A LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR'S MEETING
•Robert Merrill ran for 94 yards while Cory Rodgers caught a touchdown
pass and also ran for a score as No. 20 TCU captured the Mountain West
Conference championship with a 33-6 victory over Colorado State at Amon
Carter Stadium.
•The Frogs won their first outright league title since taking the
Southwest Conference crown in 1958.
•The TCU defense recorded five sacks and four interceptions. Safety
Brian Bonner posted two picks. Bonner also combined with Chase Ortiz on an
end-zone sack that resulted in a safety for the Frogs. It was TCU's first
safety in more than three years.
•Behind 20 first downs and a 302-to-87 edge in total offense, TCU built
a 24-6 halftime lead. For the game, the Frogs held a 401-to-253 margin.
•In addition to Merrill's 94 yards, Aaron Brown had 13 carries for 84
yards. Jeff Ballard completed 13-of-25 passes for 160 yards while adding 44
yards on the ground.
•Dating back to the 2002 Liberty Bowl, TCU has held Colorado State to
three field goals in the last two meetings.
FROG HONOR ROLL
NUMBERS OF NOTE
•Gary Patterson became the fastest coach in TCU football history to
reach 50 victories when the Frogs won 27-21 at New Mexico on Nov. 11.
Patterson is now 51-20 (.718).
•At 61-21 (.744), TCU has the 12th-best record in Division I-A since the
start of the 2000 campaign.
MANFREDINI NAMED TO ACADEMIC SQUAD
•TCU placekicker Chris Manfredini was selected to ESPN The Magazine's
Academic All-District first team. He is now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
•Jeff Ballard, QB - Mountain West Conference Co-Offensive Player of the
Week (Nov. 18 vs. San Diego State)
•Peter LoCoco, PK - Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of the
Week (Nov. 4 vs. UNLV)
•Robert Henson, LB - Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the
Week (Oct. 28 vs. Wyoming)
•Chris Manfredini, PK - Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (Sept. 16 vs.
Texas Tech)
•Chris Manfredini, PK - Mountain West Conference Special Teams Player of
the Week (Sept. 16 vs. Texas Tech)
•Marvin White, S - Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week
(Sept. 16 vs. Texas Tech)
•Marcus Jackson, QB - MWC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3 vs.
Baylor)
•Marvin White, S - MWC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3 vs. Baylor)
FROGS PROMINENT AS CANDIIDATES FOR MAJOR AWARDS
•TCU has eight players and its head coach on a total of 11 different
watch lists:
•Jeff Ballard, QB - Davey O'Brien Award
•Tommy Blake, DE - Chuck Bednarik Award, Ted Hendricks Award, Lombardi
Trophy, Lott Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy
•Blake is on the final watch list for The Hendricks Award
•Aaron Brown, TB - Doak Walker Award
•Chris Manfredini, PK - Lou Groza Award
•Robert Merrill, TB - Doak Walker Award
•Chase Ortiz, DE - Ted Hendricks Award, Lombardi Trophy, Bronko Nagurski
Trophy
•Jason Phillips, LB - Butkus Award
•Herb Taylor, OT - Lombardi Trophy, Outland Trophy
•TCU is one of nine teams to have three players on the Lombardi Award
Watch List.
•Gary Patterson was one of nine coaches on the initial watch list for
the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
FROGS AS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
•Jeff Ballard, QB - Football Writers Association of America All-America
checklist
•Tommy Blake, DE - Athlon, Street & Smith's, The Sporting News All-America checklist (No. 7 defensive end in the nation)
•Aaron Brown, TB - Football Writers Association of America All-America
checklist
•Robert Merrill, TB - Football Writers Association of America All-America checklist
•Chase Ortiz, DE - Football Writers Association of America All-America
checklist
•Jason Phillips, LB - The Sporting News All-America checklist (No. 13
inside linebacker in the nation)
•Herb Taylor, OT - Athlon, Street & Smith's, NationalChamps.net,
Football Writers Association of America All-America checklist, The Sporting
News All-America checklist (No. 10 offensive tackle in the nation)
•Marvin White, S - The Sporting News All-America checklist (No. 6 safety
in the nation)
FROGS ON THE PRESEASON All-MWC TEAM
•TCU placed five players on the 2006 preseason All-MWC Team: Tommy Blake
(DE), Chase Ortiz (DE), Jason Phillips (LB), Herb Taylor (OT) and Marvin
White (S).
TCU FARES WELL IN GSR
•TCU ranked 20th in the 2006 NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) with a
78 percent score.
•The Frogs placed second in the MWC, trailing only Air Force (93
percent).
•TCU was eighth out of 2005 bowl teams, placing behind Navy, Boston
College, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Nebraska, Florida and Penn State.
frog Offensive notes
AMONG THE BEST
•TCU tops the Mountain West Conference in red-zone offense, scoring on
87.5 percent (35-of-40) of its opportunities.
•The Frogs are second in the MWC and 17th nationally in rushing (184.1
yards) while placing second in the league in total offense (387.1) and third in scoring (26.0 points).
EXPLOSIONS
•TCU's 624 yards of total offense against San Diego State represented
the fifth-best single-game effort in school history and the most since a
Frog-record 782 yards versus Houston in 2003.
•The Frogs' 624 yards versus the Aztecs marked their second-best output
at Amon Carter Stadium, surpassed only by a 667-yard performance versus Rice in 1984.
QUICK STRIKES
•All seven of TCU's touchdown drives against San Diego State came in 2:56 or less.
•Four of the seven TD drives were at least 63 yards in length with only
one possession being more than six plays.
•TCU's longest scoring drive in number of plays (11) resulted in a field
goal. The 36-yard series, covering 5:04, was the lone scoring possession to
last longer than 2:56.
MOVING THE STICKS
•TCU had 30 first downs against San Diego State, tying for the
seventh-best single-game total in school history.
BALLARD BACK ON TOP
•The top two completion percentage leaders in TCU history were on the
field in last week¹s 52-0 win over San Diego State.
•Current starting quarterback Jeff Ballard entered the game .04
percentage points (57.93-to-57.89) behind Sean Stilley for the Frogs' careerlead in completion percentage. Stilley was filling in as the sideline
reporter for the TCU ISP Sports Network.
•After completing a TCU single-game record 20-of-23 attempts (87.0
percent), Ballard is at 59.3 percent to regain the top spot. His 20
completions went to 10 different Frogs.
A RECORD-SETTING BALLARD NIGHT AGAINST SAN DIEGO STATE
•The following is a recap of the four TCU single-game records set or
tied by Jeff Ballard:
•Completion percentage (87.0, 20-of-23), breaking the previous mark of
86.7 by Max Knake (13-of-15, vs. Rice, 1994) and tying the MWC record (Caleb Hanie of Colorado State was 20-of-23 against Colorado on Sept. 9, 2006)
•14 consecutive completions, bettering the previous standard of 13
by Max Knake against SMU and Oklahoma State in 1993
•Five touchdown passes, equaling the total of Matt Vogler (vs. Houston, 1990) and Steve Stamp (vs. UT-Arlington, 1981)
•Accounting for six touchdowns (five passing, one rushing), set initially by LaDainian Tomlinson in 1999 versus UTEP and equaled last year by Ballard against New Mexico in his first collegiate start
MORE BALLARD
•With his TCU record 87.0 effort (20-of-23) against San Diego State and
a 78.3 mark (18-of-23) versus UC Davis, Ballard has posted two of the
top-five single-game completion percentages in TCU history this season.
•His five touchdown passes against San Diego State equaled his season total entering the game. He has 10 scoring tosses and five interceptions in
227 attempts in 2006.
•Ballard's 88.9 winning percentage (16-2) as a starting quarterback
ranks first all-time at TCU. The Frogs' quarterback history includes Sammy
Baugh and Heisman Trophy winner Davey O'Brien leading TCU to national titles in 1935 and 1938, respectively.
•Including his 22-2 record for Friendswood High School, Ballard is a combined 38-4 as a starting quarterback in his prep and collegiate career.
•Ballard has thrown 74 passes since his last interception, tying for the
fifth-longest current streak in the nation:
1. Matt Moore, Oregon State - 117
2. Andre Woodson, Kentucky - 95
3. Perry Patterson, Syracuse - 92
4. Kevin Kolb, Houston - 88
5. Jeff Ballard, TCU - 74
5. Blake Mitchell, South Carolina - 74
BALLARD ON THE GROUND
•Jeff Ballard has had four of the top-six rushing games of his career in
the last eight contests.
•Ballard had a personal-best 84 yards at UNLV (Nov. 4), 72 yards against
Texas Tech (Sept. 16), 71 versus BYU (Sept. 28) and 67 at Army (Oct. 21).
During those four contests, he totaled 294 yards on a 6.7 per carry mark.
•Ballard is third on the Frogs with 349 yards rushing (4.2 per carry),
surpassing his total from last year (314 yds., 3.4 avg.).
•Ballard ran for a first down on nine of his 14 carries at UNLV as he
rushed for a career-best 84 yards.
GROUND GAINS
•TCU is 7-0 when rushing for at least 167 yards and 1-2 when falling
below that mark. The Frogs had 98 yards in the season-opening 17-7 win at
Baylor.
•The Frogs average 202.4 yards rushing in their eight wins and 111.0 in
the two losses.
•TCU is averaging 214.0 rushing yards on a 4.8 per carry average in its
current five-game winning streak.
•TCU's top-six rushers and eight of the top nine are averaging at least
4.2 yards per carry with six Frogs at 4.5 or better.
RUSHING TARGETS
•By averaging 214.0 yards rushing in the current five-game winning
streak, TCU has seen its season mark climb to 184.1.
•In the three 10-win seasons under Gary Patterson, the Frogs averaged
201.0 yards per game rushing:
•2002 - 203.2
•2003 - 207.7
•2005 - 192.2
•The Frogs averaged 145.4 yards rushing (124.5, 2001; 166.2, 2004) in their other two seasons under Patterson which produced 6-6 and 5-6 records,
respectively.
CHARTING HOBBS
•Tailback Lonta Hobbs posted back-to-back 93-yard rushing efforts in wins over UNLV and New Mexico. He¹s looking for his first 100-yard rushing game since a 106-yard performance at Army on Oct. 2, 2004.
•Hobbs' 93 yards at New Mexico moved him from eighth to fifth on TCU's
career rushing list. He now has 2,847 yards. Next on the list is Kenneth
Davis in fourth place with 2,994 yards (1982-85).
•Hobbs has a rushing touchdown in four of the last six games.
•Hobbs is second on the Frogs with 441 yards on the ground while his
five rushing touchdowns are tied with Aaron Brown for the team lead.
SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORE
•Tailback Aaron Brown, the 2005 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the
Year and a Freshman All-American by The Sporting News, leads TCU in rushing
(535 yards) while placing second in receptions (24) and receiving yards
(327). He tops TCU in touchdowns (six).
•Brown's 24 pass receptions are the most by a TCU running back since
Basil Mitchell totaled 40 for 344 yards in 1996.
•Brown is fifth in the MWC in all-purpose yards per game (96.9) and sixth in both rushing (60.2 yards per game) and scoring by touchdowns (4.0 points each contest).
•He wears the same number (23) as former Frog Jim Swink, a consensus
All-American and 1955 Heisman Trophy runner-up.
•Brown's 107 yards receiving at Baylor were the most by a Frog since
Cory Rodgers totaled 128 yards on six catches in a 48-10 win at Air Force
last season (Oct. 22).
•Brown became the first TCU running back to reach 100 yards receiving in
a game since Andre Davis had four receptions for 109 yards in a 30-28 win at Tulane on Oct. 15, 1994.
LESS IS BEST
•TCU is 8-0 when attempting 28 or fewer passes in a game. The Frogs are
0-2 when throwing more than 28 times.
PROTECTING THE QB
•TCU has allowed just 10 sacks, the lowest total in the Mountain West
Conference this season.
•Offensive tackle Herb Taylor's 46 consecutive starts, representing every TCU game over the last four seasons, is tied for the fourth-longest
current streak in Division I-A.
•The other four starters (RG Maurice Bouldwin, LG Matty Lindner, C Blake
Schlueter, RT Wade Sisk) on the Frog offensive line made their first
collegiate starts this season.
A RECIEVING HAT TRICK
•Donald Massey's career-high 100 yards receiving against San Diego State
made him the third Frog this season to reach the century mark in that
category.
•Aaron Brown had 107 receiving yards at Baylor, while Quentily Harmon
totaled 105 against Wyoming.
RECIEVING MILESTONES
•Donald Massey's three scoring receptions against San Diego State
represented his first three collegiate touchdowns and tied the single-game
TCU record set by Brian Collins in 1994 against Houston.
•Ryan Christian and William Cage recorded their first career catches in
the Aztec game.
SPREADING THE WEALTH
•TCU has 17 players with a pass reception this season.
•Quentily Harmon (39), Aaron Brown (24), Donald Massey (21) and Ervin
Dickerson (10) are the lone Frogs in double figures.
•TCU wide receivers have accounted for 95 receptions (60.9 percent) with
running backs catching 37 balls (23.7 percent) and tight ends 24 (15.4
percent).
•Eight players have accounted for TCU¹s 12 touchdown catches.
•Fifteen players have scored touchdowns this season.
THE GO-TO-GUY
•Quentily Harmon tops TCU with 39 receptions, surpassing his total of 28
from last season.
•Harmon has nearly as many catches (39) as all the other TCU wide receivers combined (56).
•Harmon has at least three receptions in 11 of his last 12 games and 14
of the past 16. He saw his streak of 15 consecutive contests with at least
one catch end at New Mexico.
•Harmon had a career-high 105 yards receiving against Wyoming. His previous career-high in receiving yards (96) came in the season-opening win at Baylor. He tied a career-best with six receptions versus UC Davis.
DRIVE CHART
•The Frogs have 15 scoring drives (11 touchdowns, four field goals) in
under two minutes.
•TCU has nine touchdown drives of at least 80 yards.
•Seventeen of TCU's 20 scoring drives which covered at least 65 yards
resulted in touchdowns.
•Seven of the Frogs' 13 scoring drives that have gone at least 10 plays
ended in a touchdown.
•An 89-yard possession at Army, for the Frogs' first points in the game,
represented TCU's longest scoring drive in 2006.
•The Frogs have two season-long 14-play scoring drives. Both possessions, against Texas Tech and UNLV, resulted in a field goal.
•TCU had four scoring drives of at least 65 yards against Wyoming,
including three of 77 or longer. The Cowboys entered the game with the
nation's third-ranked defense.
OUTRUSHING THEM
•The Frogs are 8-1 when outrushing their opponent this season. The lone
loss came against BYU when TCU had 141 yards on the ground to 72 for the
Cougars.
OUTSCORING THEM
•TCU's 52 points against San Diego State marked its highest scoring
total since a 62-55 win over Houston in 2003. The 52-0 win was the
10th-largest margin of victory in TCU history.
MR. FIRST DOWN
•All nine of tight end Shae Reagan's receptions this season have resulted in TCU first downs.
•Reagan is averaging 23.6 yards per catch, tops on the team for players
with more than two receptions. It's also on pace for the fourth-best
single-season mark in TCU history.
LOVING THE TIGHT END
•Four different TCU tight ends have touchdown receptions this season.
The scores have come with the position totaling just 24 catches.
•Reaching the end zone have been Quinton Cunigan (Baylor), Shae Reagan
(UC Davis, San Diego State), Brent Hecht (BYU) and Chad Andrus (Army).
Cunigan and Reagan scored on their first career catch.
LONG-DISTANCE FROGS
•Eight of TCU's nine-longest pass plays of the season have come in the
last five games.
BREAKING OUT
•Wyoming entered the Oct. 28 game with TCU as the nation's leading pass
defense, allowing 120.6 yards per game. TCU more than doubled that with 244
yards.
•TCU had three of its four-longest pass plays of the season in the Wyoming game.
•The Cowboys also entered the game with the nation's third-best overall
defense (227.0 yards per game). The Frogs totaled 432 yards, shattering the
previous top mark by a Wyoming opponent (Air Force, 367) this season and
becoming only the second team to top 275 yards against the Cowboys.
STATISTICAL ODDITIES
•Against Wyoming, TCU had its second-best passing output of the year
(244 yards) despite a season-low in completions (11) and pass attempts (18).
•The Frogs had their third-best offensive total (432 yards) while
running their fewest number of plays (59) from scrimmage in a game this
year.
IN SELECT COMPANY
•Marcus Jackson is one of just 20 redshirt or true freshman quarterbacks
nationally to play this season.
•After redshirting in 2005, Jackson has completed 65.7 percent (23-of-35) of his pass attempts for 366 yards with two touchdowns and just one interception.
•Jackson was 11-of-13 for 148 yards and two scores in the second half at
Baylor as he rallied the Frogs from a 7-0 deficit to a 17-7 victory.
CLIMBING THE CHARTS
•Included below is where Jeff Ballard ranks on TCU's all-time list for
longest overall winning streak by a starting quarterback:
1. Davey O'Brien - 14
2. Jeff Ballard - 11
3. Tye Gunn - 10
4. Howard Grubbs - 9
PASSING TYE
•The 12-3 win over Texas Tech improved Jeff Ballard's record to 11-0 as
TCU's starting quarterback, enabling him to surpass Tye Gunn's previous
school mark for most consecutive victories (10) to begin a career as a
starting quarterback.
•Ballard's first start in that stretch, a 49-28 win over New Mexico last
year, came after he replaced an injured Gunn. When Gunn was hurt the
previous week at BYU, Ballard rallied the Frogs from an 18-point third-quarter deficit to a 51-50 overtime victory. It¹s the largest come-from-behind win in Gary Patterson's six seasons as TCU's head coach.
QUARTERBACK U
•Five of the top-six career completion percentage leaders for TCU have
played in the last six seasons:
1. Jeff Ballard - 59.3 (2004-06)
2. Sean Stilley - 57.9 (1999-02)
3. Brandon Hassell - 56.7 (2003-04)
4. Casey Printers - 56.1 (1999-01)
5. Max Knake - 55.8 (1992-95)
6. Tye Gunn - 55.0 (2002-05)
A SPECIAL BACKFIELD
•TCU's trio of Aaron Brown, Lonta Hobbs and Robert Merrill was ranked in
the preseason by The Sporting News as the fourth-best backfield in the
nation.
•Hobbs (2,847 yards) and Merrill (2,771 yards) rank fifth and seventh,
respectively, on TCU's career rushing list.
•Merrill, who led TCU in rushing each of the last three years, has not
played in 2006 while recovering from back surgery.
•Brown, Hobbs and Merrill make the Frogs one of just 13 teams in Division I-A to have three players with 100-yard rushing games on their resume.
THE CENTURY MARK
•Tailbacks Lonta Hobbs and Robert Merrill are tied for seventh in TCU
history with 10 100-yard rushing games.
•TCU is 8-2 when Merrill rushes for at least 100 yards and 7-3 when Hobbs reaches the milestone. The Frogs are 3-0 when Brown hits the century mark.
•Merrill and Hobbs both reached 100 yards in a 62-55 win at Houston in
2003. Merrill ran for a career-high 204 yards on 22 carries, while Hobbs
added 102 yards on 22 attempts.
FINDING THE END ZONE
•Wide receiver Marcus Brock has rushed for a touchdown in two of TCU's
last five games.
•Brock's two rushing touchdowns have come on just four carries this season.
•Brock's touchdown against Army was the second score of his career and
first since Sept. 9, 2004, when he reached the end zone on a 9-yard pass
from Jeff Ballard against SMU.
•Brock had the first rushing touchdown for a TCU wide receiver since
Cory Rodgers last year versus UNLV (Nov. 12, 2005).
DEJA VU
•In relief roles, the numbers of Jeff Ballard in last year's 51-50
overtime win at BYU and Marcus Jackson in the second-half comeback at Baylor are similar:
•Ballard - 8-of-12 passing (75.0 percent), 150 yards, 2 TDs
•Jackson - 11-of-13 passing (84.6 percent), 148 yards, 2 TDs
•Jackson was two attempts shy (a minimum of 15 is required) of qualifying for the second-best single-game completion percentage in TCU history.
FROG DEFENSIVE NOTES
AMONG THE NATION'S FINEST
•TCU tops the Mountain West Conference and ranks third nationally in run
defense (67.9 yards), trailing only Texas (42.0) and Michigan (43.0).
•The Frogs are sixth in scoring defense (12.5 points), behind Virginia
Tech (10.2), Ohio State (10.4), LSU (11.3), Wisconsin (11.9) and Florida
(12.1).
•TCU is seventh in total defense (255.2 yards). The only teams ahead of
the Frogs are LSU (227.7), Virginia Tech (231.0), Wisconsin (243.5), Rutgers (248.7), Clemson (249.9) and Michigan (254.1).
BEING STINGY
•The 87 yards of offense by San Diego State represented the Frogs' best
defensive effort since surrendering 81 yards to SMU in a 21-0 victory on
Nov. 26, 1999.
•TCU recorded its first shutout since a 44-0 blanking of SMU on Sept. 11, 2004.
DEFENDING THEIR HOME
•In their last two home games, the Frogs have outscored their opponents
78-3 while allowing just 252 yards of offense (126.0 per game).
•The Frogs have held the opposition without a touchdown in three of five
home contests this season.
MOST RECENTLY
•In its current five-game winning streak, the TCU defense has recorded
the following numbers:
•195.8 yards per game allowed (73.0 rushing, 122.8 passing)
•19 sacks
•13 takeaways
•12-of-61 (19.7 percent) opponent third-down conversions
•52 opponent first downs (10.4 per game)
•10.2 points per game
•63-of-129 passing (48.8 percent) with eight interceptions and one
touchdown
•A 2.5 per carry mark on 145 rushing attempts for 365 yards
•Three opponents (Army, 196; Wyoming, 165; San Diego State, 87) were
held under 200 yards in offense. UNLV had 246 with New Mexico at 285.
MAGIC NUMBERS
•TCU is 8-0 when holding the opponent to under 333 yards of offense and
0-2 when the opposition surpasses that mark.
•TCU is 7-0 when allowing 17 or less points and 1-2 when the opponent
scores more than 17 this season.
DEFENSE AT ITS BEST
•This year's TCU defense is on pace for its top performance in scoring
defense (12.5 points) and second-best effort in rushing defense (67.9 yards) and total defense (255.2 yards) in the six-year head coaching tenure of Gary Patterson.
•The 12.5 points per game allowed is the lowest for TCU since a 9.6 mark
in the 2000 campaign, Patterson's final year as defensive coordinator before becoming head coach.
•The TCU defense is allowing 73.9 yards per game fewer this season (255.2) compared to last year¹s Mountain West Conference championship team (329.1).
•The Frogs are surrendering 6.1 points per game fewer than a year ago.
NO FRIEND OF RUNNING BACKS
•TCU is one of seven teams nationally to not allow a 100-yard game by an
opposing running back this season. The others are Boise State, Boston
College, Florida, LSU, Utah and West Virginia.
KEY STOPS
•TCU is the MWC leader in opponent third- and fourth-down conversions.
•Frog foes have converted 31.4 percent of third-down opportunities,
placing TCU 20th in the nation. The Frogs are 17th nationally in fourth-downdefense as opponents have been successful on just 4-of-12 attempts (33.3 percent).
SACK MASTERS
•Despite playing just 10 games, tied for the lowest total of any Mountain West Conference team, TCU ranks second in the league with 26 sacks. Wyoming (12 games) is the leader with 29.
•In its five-game winning streak, TCU has recorded 19 sacks while allowing three. The 19 sacks have been recorded by 10 different players.
•Twelve Frogs have combined for the team¹s 26 sacks on the year.
•Defensive end Tommy Blake has five sacks to tie for the MWC lead with
0.50 per game. Safety Brian Bonner has 4.5 to tie for fifth in the league at 0.45 per contest.
STUFFING THE RUN
•In the previous 13 contests, dating back to last year's Colorado State
game, only three TCU opponents have surpassed 86 yards rushing. During that
stretch, the Frogs' run defense has surrendered just 59.8 yards per contest.
•In six seasons under head coach Gary Patterson, TCU is 35-5 when holding the opponent under 100 yards rushing.
TIGHTENING UP
•In the last six games, TCU has allowed just five touchdowns on the
opponent's 16 trips to the red zone. Four of those failed possessions were
the result of Frog interceptions.
DEFENDING THE PASS
•TCU has surrendered just seven touchdown passes this season, tied with
BYU for the lowest total in the MWC, despite starting a pair of redshirt
freshmen (Rafael Priest and Nick Sanders) at cornerback. The Frogs also
faced pass-oriented teams in Baylor and Texas Tech in non-conference Action.
•Three of the seven touchdown passes allowed by TCU came against BYU.
The Frogs have given up just four scoring tosses in their other nine
contests.
FINDING PAYDIRT
•TCU has two defensive touchdowns this season.
•Defensive end Tommy Blake returned a fumble 12 yards for a touchdown at
New Mexico, while cornerback Nick Sanders scored on a 21-yard interception
return at Army.
LIVING UP TO HIS BILLING
•Defensive end Tommy Blake, a preseason All-American who appeared on
five watch lists for major awards in 2006, tops the Mountain West conference with 11 tackles for a loss while his five sacks have him tied for the league lead (0.5 per game).
•Blake also ranks among the MWC's best with two forced fumbles and two
fumble recoveries. One of those recoveries was returned 12 yards for a
touchdown at New Mexico.
•Blake, a former high school running back, is third on the Frogs with 46
tackles.
•On a 42-yard run by UNLV's David Peeples, Blake raced downfield to make
the tackle.
MAKING HIS MARK
•TCU safety Marvin White has a team-best 71 tackles and four interceptions while twice being named the Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
•The 71 stops are 19 more than the next-closest Frog (Jason Phillips,52).
•White's average of 7.1 stops per game ranks 11th in the MWC. It's also
well above last year¹s TCU top mark of 5.9 (Phillips).
•White is second in the league with his four picks which rank 31st nationally.
•A senior from Port Barre, La., White forced two fumbles at New Mexico.
He recorded the first sack of his two-year TCU career against UNLV.
THE ROOKIES
•Redshirt freshman cornerback Nick Sanders has three interceptions on the season, including two at Army. When going back to the previous game at
Utah, Sanders' three picks came in a three-quarter span.
•With his 21-yard interception return for a touchdown at Army, Sanders
became the first Frog since Quincy Butler on Nov. 20, 2004 (versus Southern
Miss) to score on a pick. It was also TCU's first defensive touchdown since
linebacker Robert Henson¹s 22-yard fumble return for a score in last year's
28-14 win at Wyoming.
•Fellow redshirt freshman cornerback Rafael Priest has eight pass break-ups to top TCU and tie for fifth in the Mountain West Conference.
•Priest's eight PBUs equal TCU's 2005 team-leading total shared by All-MWC selections Quincy Butler, Drew Coleman and Jeremy Modkins.
GETTING NOTICED
•Defensive end Chase Ortiz, last year's MWC leader in sacks and tackles
for a loss, was singled out by TCU coach Gary Patterson after the 27-21 win
at New Mexico.
•Ortiz was credited with just two tackles but was a major factor on the
field. He has six tackles for a loss and a forced fumble this year. He also
recorded his first collegiate interception in the season-opening 17-7 win at Baylor.
THE PLAYMAKER
•Brian Bonner has started the last five games at strong safety after
replacing an injured Eric Buchanan in the lineup.
•Bonner preserved the 27-21 win at New Mexico with an interception at the TCU 9-yard line with less than a minute to play. He has two picks on the
year.
•He is second on TCU with 4.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for a loss.
•Bonner tops the MWC while ranking eighth nationally in punt returns
(14.8 average).
OFF THE BENCH
•Linebacker Robert Henson, who has yet to start a game this season, was
the MWC Defensive Player of the Week against Wyoming. He totaled a team-best eight tackles, including two for a loss with one sack. He also forced a fumble on a kickoff return.
•Henson is fourth on the Frogs with 45 tackles, including 7.0 for a loss. He has two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, pass break- up and quarterback hurry. Henson had a key punt block in the 12-3 win over Texas
Tech.
THE FASTEST AND STRONGEST OF THE FROGS
SPEED
•In a 40-yard timing by National Football League scouts, the fastest Frogs are wide receiver Michael DePriest (4.33) and safety Marvin White (4.37).
HOW STRONG ARE THEY?
•The following numbers come courtesy of TCU's strength and conditioning
program:
43 - Number of players who bench 350+ pounds
16 - Number of players who bench 400+ pounds
329 - Average team power clean in pounds
48 - Number of players who squat 500+ pounds
19 - Number of players who squat 600+ pounds
523 - Average team squat in pounds
TOP LIFTERS
Bench Press - Jarrarcea Williams, NT (475 pounds)
Squat - Cody Moore, DT (760 pounds)
Power Clean - Cody Moore, DT (440 pounds)
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
FROG LEGS
•In two games this season, TCU placekickers have single-handedly
outscored the opposition.
•Chris Manfredini's four field goals accounted for all of the Frogs'
scoring in a 12-3 victory over Texas Tech.
•Peter LoCoco had four field goals in a 25-10 win at UNLV.
DYNAMIC DUO
•Chris Manfredini (9-of-11) and Peter LoCoco (9-of-12) are a combined
18-of-23 on field goals this season.
•Manfredini is 22-of-24 in his two years at TCU. When including a 10-of-11 mark for Cincinnati in 2003, he is 32-of-35 (91.4 percent) in his collegiate career.
•LoCoco has made eight straight attempts over the last four games.
•LoCoco had touchbacks on 4-of-6 kickoffs at New Mexico and is 15-of-55
(27.3 percent) on touchbacks this season.
ON A MISSION
•Stephen Hodge had five solo tackles on TCU kickoffs against San Diego
State, helping him total a team-high and career-best nine stops in the game.
•Hodge was TCU's Special Teams Player of the Week at Army after recording solo stops on five of the Frogs' six kickoffs. He also forced a fumble against the Black Knights.
BLOCK PARTY
•Daryl Washington and Steven Coleman blocked punts against San Diego
State, giving TCU three punt blocks on the year. Robert Henson had one
versus Texas Tech.
THE RETURN GAME
•Starting safey Brian Bonner tops the MWC and ranks eight nationally
with a 14.8 punt return average.
•With Marcus Brock ranking seventh (7.6 average), TCU has two of the
top-seven punt returners in the league.
•Donald Massey is third in the MWC with a 21.4 kickoff return average.
TOUGH TO RETURN AGAINST
•TCU is allowing just 3.6 yards on punt returns and 18.6 on kickoff returns.
•The Frogs have forced fumbles on kickoff returns in two of the last
five games.
THE PUNTERS
•TCU punters Brian Cortney (39.7 average) and Derek Wash (37.5) have
combined to put 13-of-46 (28.3 percent) kicks inside the opponent 20 with
only two touchbacks.
FROG TIDBITS
SATURDAY IS A DAY FOR FROGS
•TCU has won 16 straight Saturday games and is 17-1 on that day over the
last two seasons.
•During that stretch, the Frogs are 2-2 on other days of the week (1-0
on Sundays, 1-2 on Thursdays).
DAYLIGHT IS A GOOD SIGN
•TCU is 11-0 in day games over the last two seasons and 8-3 at night.
•The NCAA recognizes a night game as starting at 5 p.m. local time.
CLOSE CALLS
•Dating back to the 2003 campaign, 19 of TCU's last 46 games have been decided by seven points or less. The Frogs are 16-3 in those contests.
QUICK STARTS
•During their five-game winning streak, the Frogs have outscored their
opponents 53-3 in the first quarter and 121-6 in the first half. TCU trails
45-40 in the second half.
•TCU has had a season-best 14 points in the first quarter in each of the
last two games.
•TCU's top defensive quarter is the opening 15 minutes, as its foes have
scored just 15 points in 10 games (1.5 per contest). The 15 points are less
than half of the Frogs' next-best defensive quarter (31, third quarter).
•The Frogs have outscored the opposition 160-53 in the first half and 100-72 in the second half.
•TCU has scored in the first quarter in 16 of its last 19 games.
•After scoring first in 10 of 12 contests in 2005, TCU has been first on
the board just five times in 10 games this year. However, the Frogs have
scored first in each of their last four games.
•Since the start of the 2002 season, the Frogs have scored first in 71.2
percent (42-of-59) of their games.
QUARTER BREAKDOWN
•TCU has outscored the opposition in three of four quarters this season.
Frog opponents hold a 41-39 fourth-quarter edge. Last season, TCU surrendered just 31 fourth-quarter points for its best defensive quarter.
•Keyed by 24-point explosions against both Army and San Diego State, the
Frogs' most potent offensive effort (97 points) has come in the second
quarter.
•The largest point differential (59 points) in a quarter is the second
quarter with TCU holding a 97-38 advantage.
•Dating back to last year, the Frogs have allowed just 72 fourth-quarter
points in their last 22 games (3.3 per contest). During that same period,
TCU has outscored its foes by a 263-158 margin in the second half.
WINNING IS HABIT FORMING
•TCU has started a season with a record of 8-2 or better for the fourth
time in Gary Patterson's six seasons as head coach.
•The Frogs' 35 wins over the last four years are tied with Boston
College for the 15th-best total in the nation.
IN THE ZONE
•The Frogs top the Mountain West Conference in red-zone offense while
placing second in defense.
•TCU has scored on 35-of-40 (87.5 percent) possessions in the red zone.
The Frogs have 21 touchdowns and 14 field goals.
•Opponents have just 24 red-zone visits against TCU for the lowest total
in the MWC, three less than any other team (Colorado State, 27). The Frogs
have allowed only eight touchdowns and eight field goals. The opposition hasscored on 16-of-24 possessions (66.7 percent). San Diego State is the leaderat 63.0 percent.
CONTROLLING THE CLOCK
•TCU is 6-0 when holding an edge in time of possession and 2-2 when the
opponent has the ball longer.
•TCU is averaging 30:57 on the season to place third in the MWC.
THE TURNOVER STORY
•Over the last two seasons, TCU is 14-0 when winning the turnover battle
and 3-3 on the negative side. The Frogs are 2-0 when coming out even.
•TCU is plus-6 in turnover margin in its eight wins this season and
minus-4 in the two losses.
•Since the start of the 2005 season, TCU is 19-3. In those three defeats, the Frogs have been at minus-2 or worse in turnover margin in each game.
•Against BYU, the TCU defense failed to register a takeaway for the
first time in 19 games dating back to Oct. 30, 2004 at Cincinnati.
•The minus-2 differential versus the Cougars was the largest turnover
deficit for TCU since a negative-3 last year at SMU (Sept. 10, 2005).
•The Frogs led the nation last season in turnover margin (+21), takeaways (40) and interceptions (26).
FINDING THE SCOREBOARD
•At 174 games, TCU has the sixth-longest streak in the nation for not
being shut out. The Frogs haven't been blanked since a 32-0 defeat at Texas
on Nov. 16, 1991.
ROAD WARRIORS
•TCU is 16-7 (.696) in road and neutral-site games since the start of
the 2003 season, tying for the fifth-best mark in Division I-A.
1. USC - 23-3 (.885)
2. Boise State - 19-5 (.792)
3. LSU - 17-6 (.739)
4. Boston College - 17-7 (.708)
5. TCU - 16-7 (.696)
5. West Virginia - 16-7 (.696)
ON THIS DATE
•TCU is 6-5 all-time when playing on Nov. 25. Its last game on that date
was a 38-6 loss to No. 18 Texas A&M in 1995. The previous year, in 1994, theFrogs posted a 24-17 win over Texas Tech.
FROGS OR TADPOLES?
•In offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse, linebacker Daryl Washington and
defensive ends Wayne Daniels and Jerry Hughes, TCU is tied for 16th
nationally in having the fewest number (four) of true freshmen who have
played this season.
•Eleven redshirt freshmen have seen action.
BONUS FOOTBALL
•TCU is 5-4 since the NCAA adopted overtime play in 1996.
WIN-LOSS UPDATE
•After just three winning seasons in 13 years (1985-97), TCU has won
over 70 percent of its games (76-31, .710) since the start of the 1998
campaign when head coach Gary Patterson arrived on campus.
•TCU has an all-time record of 535-504-57 (.514) in its football history
which began in 1896.
AT HOME
•Since the start of the 2000 season, TCU is 33-5 (.868) in Amon Carter
Stadium. Included in that total are undefeated marks in four (2000, 2002,
2003, 2005) of those years which contributed to at least 10 wins in each
season.
•Over the last four years, TCU's 19-4 (.826) mark ranks in a tie for 17th nationally in home winning percentage.
•The BYU contest (Sept. 28) closed a stretch of three home games in 20
days for TCU. The Frogs have just three home dates in the final 65 days of
the regular season, including one (San Diego State, Nov. 18) in a 50-day
span.
•The 12-3 win over Texas Tech saw TCU record its first sellout crowd
since 1984, when the Frogs hosted Texas. The attendance of 45,647 against
the Red Raiders represented the second-largest crowd in TCU history,
surpassed only by the 47,280 for that 1984 contest against the Longhorns.
•TCU sold a record 13,962 football season tickets this season.
SCHEDULING QUIRKS
•Since the start of the 1996 season, the Frogs are 12-8 in non-Saturday,
regular-season games. Under Patterson, TCU is 9-7 and has played on every
day of the week.
•TCU has played 16 of its 66 regular-season contests (24.2 percent)
under Patterson on non-Saturdays.
WHERE TO FIND THE TCU ASSISTANTS
•Press Box: Mike Schultz (offensive coordinator/running backs), Dick
Winder (quarterbacks), Tony Tademy (linebackers) and Chad Glasgow (safeties).
•Field: Dick Bumpas (defensive coordinator/defensive line), Charles
McMillian (cornerbacks), Jarrett Anderson (wide receivers), Dan Sharp (tight ends/special teams) and Eddie Williamson (assistant head coach/offensive line).
AN EXPERIENCED STAFF
•TCU returned its entire coaching staff from the 2005 season.
•The Frogs are one of just four teams (N.C. State, Oklahoma, Temple) in
Division I-A to have all 10 of their coaches play Division I football. Eight members of the TCU staff competed on the Division I-A level with two in I-AA.
HERE TO STAY
8At a Nov. 22, 2005 news conference, TCU athletics director Danny
Morrison announced that football coach Gary Patterson agreed to a contract
extension through 2012.
ACTIVITY AND LAYOFFS
•TCU's 2006 regular-season schedule could be classified in three phases.
•Prior to facing Army on Oct. 21, which began a stretch of playing on
seven consecutive Saturdays to close the regular season, the Frogs opened
the 2006 campaign with three games in 14 days before playing just twice in
34 days.
8After facing Texas Tech on Sept. 16, the Frogs had an open date before
back-to-back Thursday games versus BYU (Sept. 28) and Utah (Oct. 5).
Following its date in Salt Lake City, TCU had another bye week before
returning to action at Army.
•TCU had four straight Saturdays (Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 14)
without a game.
THE RANKINGS
•Based on number of votes received (16 in both polls), TCU is ranked
27th in this week's Associated Press Top 25 and 28th by USA Today. The Frogs had 44 votes in the Harris Interactive poll to rank 27th.
•TCU appeared in 15 consecutive top-25 polls by the Associated Press and
USA Today before falling out after a Sept. 28 loss to BYU.
•At No. 15 in the Sept. 17 and Sept. 24 USA Today poll, the Frogs had their highest September ranking since 1959.
•With a No. 21 appearance in the USA Today poll and a No. 22 spot in the
Associated Press Top 25, TCU posted its highest preseason rankings since it
was No. 20 by AP in 2000.
THE BCS
•The Frogs were 14th in the final 2005 BCS standings. It was the 20th time TCU appeared in the BCS standings, the most of any school playing in a
conference without an automatic BCS bid. Boise State is second at 18.
•Since Gary Patterson arrived at TCU as defensive coordinator in 1998,
the Frogs are 12-6 against teams from leagues with automatic BCS bids.
•If this year's BCS rules were in effect last season, TCU would have
been in a BCS bowl.
HONORARY BIG 12 MEMBERS
•In a stretch of just 15 games, dating back to the start of the 2005 season, TCU went 4-0 against the Big 12 while allowing just 11.0 points per
game.
•Only four Big 12 teams (Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Colorado) won
more games than TCU against Big 12 foes during that period.
•TCU opened and closed the 2005 campaign with victories over Big 12 squads, winning 17-10 at Oklahoma and 27-24 over Iowa State in the Houston Bowl.
•The Frogs defeated Baylor (17-7) and Texas Tech (12-3) earlier this
season, holding the Bears and Red Raiders to a combined one touchdown and 10 points.
BOUNCING BACK
•In the week after a regular-season loss, TCU has a 12-4 record under
coach Gary Patterson.
•The Frogs have never lost three in a row under Patterson.
•TCU hasn't dropped three straight contests since a four-game skid in the 1998 campaign.
PLAYING THE SERVICE ACADEMIES
•TCU's Gary Patterson is 8-0 as a head coach against the service academies. Under Patterson, the Frogs are 6-0 versus Army and 1-0 against both Air Force and Navy.
AFFORDABLE LIVING
•Coldwell Banker has ranked Fort Worth, Texas, as the fourth-most affordable city in the nation to have a Division I-A football program.
•Tulsa was ranked first with an average home price of $148,575. The remainder of the top five includes Southern Miss (Hattiesburg, Miss.;
$151,225), Ball State (Muncie, Ind.; $151,238), TCU (Fort Worth, Texas;
$151,250) and Louisiana-Monroe (Monroe, La.; $153,271).
•Stanford (Palo Alto, Calif.; $1,652,042) headlined the most-expensive
college markets. Tied for second were Los Angeles-based UCLA and USC
($1,565,099).
•Air Force (Colorado Springs, Colo.) was second to TCU in the Mountain
West Conference with an average home price of $217,000.
VERSATILE FROGS
•The TCU defensive line features five former high school running backs:
Tommy Blake, Jerry Hughes, Cody Moore, Jared Retkofsky and Jarrarcea
Williams.
KEY NUMBERS FROM TECH
•TCU's 12-3 win over Texas Tech marked the first time the Frogs won when
scoring 12 or fewer points since a 12-3 win over UT-Arlington in the 1974
season opener.
•TCU became the first team since 2000 to hold Texas Tech without a touchdown. The Red Raiders were limited to 204 yards passing after entering
the contest with a 396.5 per game mark.
OFFENSIVE BREAKTHROUGHS
•TCU's 50 touchdowns in 2005 set a new single-season school record. The
previous mark was 49 in 2000. With 48 touchdowns in 2004, the Frogs have
recorded their top three single-season touchdown totals in school history
over the last six years with Mike Schultz as offensive coordinator.
•During that same period, TCU has had three of its top four single-season point totals. The 398 points in 2005 were the second-best mark in school history.
OUTRIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS
•The 2005 campaign saw TCU capture its first outright conference title
since 1958.
•The Horned Frogs have taken part in conference championships in four
different leagues over the last 12 years.
•Prior to last season, the five previous conference titles for TCU had
been shared. TCU was co-champions of the Southwest Conference in 1959 and
1994, while also sharing a pair of Western Athletic Conference titles (1999, 2000) and a Conference USA championship (2002).
PERFECTION
•With an 8-0 record in its debut season in the Mountain West Conference
last year, TCU posted its first undefeated conference record (8-0) since the 1938 national championship team swept through the Southwest Conference.
•The 2005 Frogs were just the fourth team in school history to go through a season undefeated in league play, joining the 1938 and 1932 Southwest Conference squads as well as the 1920 team that was unblemished in the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
NFL DRAFT PICKS FROM MWC TEAMS
•TCU 163, San Diego State 133, BYU 131, Utah 123, Colorado State 93,
Wyoming 75, New Mexico 59, UNLV 40, Air Force 7.
FROGS AND THE NFL
•In Gary Patterson's five-year tenure as head coach, TCU has had 14 players drafted with a total of 25 in NFL camps.
•Seven players from last year¹s Frog team were in NFL camps: Cory Rodgers (WR, fourth-round draft pick, Green Bay), Michael Toudouze (OT, fifth-round draft pick, Indianapolis), Drew Coleman (CB, sixth-round draft pick, New York Jets), Quincy Butler (CB, free-agent, Dallas), Tye Gunn (QB, free-agent, Chicago), Jeremy Modkins (S, free-agent, Green Bay) and defensive tackle Ranorris Ray (DT, free-agent, Dallas).
•Six other former Horned Frogs are currently active in the NFL: Anthony
Alabi (OT, Miami), Robert Pollard (DE, Seattle), Aaron Schobel (DE, Buffalo), Bo Schobel (DE, Indianapolis), Matt Schobel (TE, Philadelphia),
LaDainian Tomlinson (RB, San Diego) and Ryan Tucker (OL, Cleveland).
SPECIAL FROG
•Former TCU tailback and current National Football League star LaDainian
Tomlinson was named to CBS SportsLine.com's All-Decade Team. He was joined
in the All-Decade backfield by former USC standouts Matt Leinart and Reggie
Bush.
•The Web site wrote of Tomlinson, Before he started running wild with the San Diego Chargers, Tomlinson was an excellent college player at TCU.
•Tomlinson rushed for a combined 4,008 yards in his final two years of college, including 2,158 as a senior. He ran for an NCAA single-game record
406 yards versus UTEP in 1999 and won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's
top running back in 2000. Tomlinson, who has earned his TCU degree, had his
No. 5 jersey honored by the Frogs last season.
TCU AND THE HEISMAN
•In 1938, quarterback Davey O'Brien became the first player from TCU and
the Southwest Conference to capture the Heisman Trophy. O'Brien's name dons
the trophy awarded each year to the most outstanding quarterback in the
country.
•In the 70-year history of the Heisman Trophy, five Frogs (O'Brien; Sammy Baugh, 4th - 1936; Jim Swink, 2nd - 1955; Kenneth Davis, 5th - 1984;
LaDainian Tomlinson, 4th - 2000) have finished in the top five in voting.
TCU AMONG STORIED PROGRAMS
•TCU was ranked 39th in Street & Smith's listing of the 50 Greatest
College Football Programs of All Time.
•Selections were based on the following: national championships, undefeated seasons, major bowl wins, major bowl appearances, conference championships, overall won-loss percentage, graduation rate, All-Americans, Heisman Trophy winners, No. 1 overall NFL draft picks, NCAA infractions and mascot ferocity.
•The Horned Frogs have produced two national championship teams (1935,
1938), a Heisman Trophy winner (Davey O'Brien, 1938) and four others to
finish in the top five in voting (Sammy Baugh, 4th - 1936; Jim Swink, 2nd -
1955; Kenneth Davis, 5th - 1984; LaDainian Tomlinson, 4th - 2000).
•TCU has posted four 10-win campaigns in the past six years and advanced
to seven bowl games in the last eight seasons.
A LOOK AHEAD
•TCU has finalized its 2007 non-conference schedule:
Sept. 1 - vs. Baylor
Sept. 8 - at Texas
Sept. 22 - vs. SMU
Oct. 13 - at Stanford
•Three of the Frogs' opponents (Baylor, Texas, SMU) are former Southwest
Conference rivals.
•TCU and Stanford will be meeting for the first time in football.
PARKERS MAKE COMMITMENT TO FULLY ENDOW THE TCU TIGHT END POSITION
•TCU Board of Trustee member Ron Parker '76 and his wife, Paula '77,
have made a commitment to fully endow an athletic scholarship for the tight
end position on the Horned Frog football team.
•This is the first such fully endowed athletic scholarship at TCU. Parker was a two-year letterman (1974-75) at tight end for the Frogs after
transferring from Blinn Junior College, where he was named the top male
student. He graduated from TCU with a degree in political science.
•Parker is currently senior vice-president of human resources for PepsiCo North America. He oversees all of Frito-Lay North America as well as Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade North America. He also has Pepsi-Cola North
America, half of the total PepsiCo Global organization, under his direction.
•Parker is a former member of the Chancellor's Advisory Council, the
International Board of Visitors of TCU's Neeley School of Business and the
Dallas Regional Council. He also participates in the Black Alumni Alliance
and served on The Commission on the Future of TCU.
•Considered by TCU coaches as one of the best all-around players on the
team, Parker was a preseason All-Southwest Conference selection in 1975.
Parker had 33 receptions and two touchdowns in his TCU career, including 21
catches for 289 yards as a senior in the 1975 campaign.
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