SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 1, 2014
No. 10 Texas Christian 31, No. 22 West Virginia 30: Jaden Oberkrom converted a 37-yard field goal as time expired to lift the visiting Horned Frogs to a comeback win over the Mountaineers.
B.J. Catalon ran for 105 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns for TCU (7-1, 4-1 Big 12), which recovered from a 13-0 deficit to keep alive its Big 12 title and national playoff hopes. Trevone Boykin went 12-of-30 for 166 yards and a TD while adding a rushing score as the Horned Frogs won their third straight contest.
Clint Trickett completed 15-of-26 passes for 162 yards with one TD and two interceptions for West Virginia (6-3, 4-2), which could not manage a first down on any of its final three drives. Dreamius Smith ran for 70 yards and a score while Mario Alford hauled in a TD catch for the Mountaineers.
Catalon made Trickett pay for an interception with a 23-yard TD burst late in the third quarter, but a field goal restored West Virginiaกฏs two-score lead at 30-21 with 14:56 left. Catalon ran for a 6-yard score 7 1/2 minutes later to chop the deficit to 30-28, and Boykinกฏs 40-yard pass to Kolby Listenbee on the final drive put TCU in position for Oberkromกฏs winning kick.
Trickett and Alford connected on a 23-yard score on the game's opening drive and the Mountaineers tacked on a pair of field goals before the Horned Frogs got on the board with Boykinกฏs 47-yard hookup to Deanteกฏ Gray. Boykin turned a West Virginia fumble into a 2-yard TD run with 9:27 left in the third to give TCU its first lead at 14-13, but Smith capped the ensuing possession with a 5-yard TD run and Terrell Chestnut scooped up a fumble and rumbled 35 yards on the next play from scrimmage to swell the Mountaineersกฏ advantage to 27-14.
GAME NOTEBOOK: TCU was held to seven points in the first half after going for 24 or more before the break in each of its first seven games. กญ The Horned Frogs forced three turnovers and a pair of punts in second quarter but had three drives end in West Virginia territory without scoring. กญ West Virginia WR Kevin White was held to three catches for 28 yards while being covered primarily by TCU DB Kevin White.