{"id":279113,"date":"2025-10-05T08:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279113\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:37:17","slug":"tcu-pulls-away-late-defeats-colorado-35-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279113\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Pulls Away Late, Defeats Colorado, 35-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FORT WORTH \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Despite an early deficit, TCU battled back and pulled away late to claim a 35-21 victory over Colorado on Saturday night at Amon G. Carter Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTCU (4-1) was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/josh-hoover\/17407\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17407\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hoover<\/a>, who passed for 275 yards and four touchdowns. <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/joseph-manjack-iv\/17467\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17467\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Manjack IV<\/a> led the team receiving the ball, gaining 65 yards and finding the end zone once.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jamel-johnson\/17412\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17412\" target=\"_blank\">Jamel Johnson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/namdi-obiazor\/17426\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17426\" target=\"_blank\">Namdi Obiazor<\/a> led the Frogs in tackling, each earning 10. The pair also tallied an interception, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/bud-clark\/17386\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17386\" target=\"_blank\">Bud Clark<\/a> in that statistical category.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nColorado (2-4) opened up a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, but the Frogs were able to generate a response to close the first half on a high note. The first touchdown came with 2:38 remaining in the second quarter as Hoover scored on a quarterback sneak to cut the lead to one score.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFollowing an interception by Clark, Hoover would find <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/eric-mcalister\/17421\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17421\" target=\"_blank\">Eric McAlister<\/a> on a fade route in the end zone to tie the game with just over 90 seconds remaining until halftime.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Buffaloes were able to generate a drive to close the half, but Obiazor picked CU off on a deflected pass at the goal line to stop any potential score by the visiting team.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe two defenses shut down the offenses in the third quarter, but within the first minute of the fourth Hoover found <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/lafayette-kaiuway\/17415\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17415\" target=\"_blank\">Lafayette Kaiuway<\/a> in the end zone on fourth down to give the Frogs a seven-point lead.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter a penalty forced a TCU punt, the Colorado returner muffed the punt and TCU recovered to give the offense an opportunity deep in Buffaloes territory. The offense took advantage, with Hoover finding Manjack for a score to give the Frogs a 28-21 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Facing a fourth down with under 30 seconds remaining in the game, Hoover found a wide-open McAllister to cement a double-digit victory for TCU.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Noting the Frogs<\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>TCU recorded three interceptions for the first time in a game since SMU on Sept. 25, 2021 \u2026 It was also the first time TCU has had a game with three or more interceptions and two or more sacks November 29, 2019 vs. West Virginia \u2026 It was the first time this century TCU has won a game by 14+ points after trailing by 14+ points \u2026 TCU ended Colorado&#8217;s streak of three or fewer turnovers in 35 straight games. It was their longest streak since at least 1996 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/gofrogs.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/josh-hoover\/17407\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17407\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hoover<\/a> threw for four or more touchdowns for the seventh time of his career, the most of any active QB.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Up Next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TCU hits the road again to face off with Kansas State in Manhattan. The game is set for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on FOX, the Frogs&#8217; third consecutive game on the national television station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH \u2013\u00a0Despite an early deficit, TCU battled back and pulled away late to claim a 35-21 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":279114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-279113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115320654624609592","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}