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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, September 3
Fort Worth, Texas
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Upset bid falls short at TCU
9/4/2016 12:08:00 AM | Football
FORT WORTH, Texas – TCU scored touchdowns on its first three possessions of the second half, breaking a halftime tie and going on to hold off South Dakota State, 59-41, in the season opener for both teams Saturday night at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
The two teams combined for more than 1,100 yards of total offense in the contest, starting with a 10-play, 80-yard scoring drive by the Horned Frogs on their first possession of the game.
SDSU reeled off the next 17 points to take a 10-point lead early in the second quarter. Redshirt freshman kicker Chase Vinatieri opened the Jackrabbit scoring with a 25-yard field goal. After TCU committed a penalty with the ball on the Jackrabbit 1 on the ensuing possession, Makiah Slade intercepted a pass in front of the goal line and Isaac Wallace broke through the Horned Frog defense four plays later for an 87-yard touchdown run.
Jordan Brown jumped a route and recorded the Jackrabbits' second interception of the game moments later and SDSU again turned a miscue into points as Taryn Christion weaved his way through the TCU defense for a 12-yard touchdown run.
The momentum shifted back in TCU's favor on an 81-yard punt return for touchdown by Kevontae Turpin. Horned Frog quarterback Kenny Hill then scored on the first of his three rushing touchdowns in the game with 1 minute, 37 seconds to play in the first half, finding paydirt from 4 yards out after the Jackrabbits committed their only turnover of the game.
The Jackrabbit offense responded with a quick four-play, 63-yard scoring drive that ended with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Christion to Jake Wieneke down the middle of the field.
However, TCU's quick-strike offense came through with a drive in the waning seconds of the first half to tie the game at 24 heading into intermission as Ryan Graf banked his 32-yard field goal attempt off the left upright but through.
The Horned Frogs' offense continued its prowess as TCU took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards on five plays, culminating in a 60-yard catch and run by Jaelan Austin.
SDSU knotted the game for the last time, at 31, countering with an eight-play, 75-yard drive finished off by a 16-yard scoring strike from Christion to tight end Dallas Goedert. Goedert ended the night by tying his career-high with five catches for 96 yards.
Kyle Hicks and Hill scored on respective runs of 3 and 6 yards to push the TCU lead to 45-31 with under three minutes to play in the third quarter, but the Jackrabbits again found the answer by scoring the next 10 points. A 34-yard Christion-to-Wieneke connection on the next-to-last play of the third quarter was followed by a 37-yard Vinatieri field goal three minutes into the fourth quarter.
TCU had the final answer thanks to a fortunate bounce as Taj Williams corralled a batted ball down the left sideline and scored from 46 yards out. Hill, who completed 33-of-49 passes for 439 yards and ran for 45 more, capped the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run with four minutes to play.
The Horned Frogs ended with a 662 to 461 advantage in total offense. Christion ended the night with a career-high 333 yards on 19-of-30 passing, while Wieneke collected eight receptions for 196 yards. Wallace led the ground game with 112 yards on only seven carries.
Williams gathered in a game-high 11 receptions for 158 yards for TCU.
Junior Anthony Washington, who was making his Jackrabbit debut, led the defensive effort with 11 tackles. Jesse Bobbit added eight. Travin Howard made 10 stops to lead TCU, with Aaron Curry recording 1.5 sacks.
GAME NOTES
* Saturday's game marked the first meeting in football between the Jackrabbits and TCU
* The Jackrabbits dropped to 1-8 versus current Big 12 Conference members all-time and and1531-8 versus FBS opponents (since 2008)
* SDSU played its first game in the state of Texas since 2008 (def. Stephen F. Austin, 50-48)
* Wieneke became the third Jackrabbit receiver to top 3,000 career receiving yards, finishing the night with 3,072 yards. He also moved into fourth place in career receptions at SDSU with 153, passing both JaRon Harris (152 receptions from 2005-08) and Glen Fox (152 receptions from 2006-09).
* Wieneke now has 29 career touchdown receptions in 27 games and has eight multi-TD games in his career (six games with 2 TD receptions and two with 3 TDs)
* Both of Wallace's career 100-yard rushing games have been against FBS opponents – 118 yards at Kansas in 2015 and 112 yards on Saturday versus TCU
UP NEXT
* The Jackrabbits will open Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium by hosting Drake on Sept. 10. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
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The two teams combined for more than 1,100 yards of total offense in the contest, starting with a 10-play, 80-yard scoring drive by the Horned Frogs on their first possession of the game.
SDSU reeled off the next 17 points to take a 10-point lead early in the second quarter. Redshirt freshman kicker Chase Vinatieri opened the Jackrabbit scoring with a 25-yard field goal. After TCU committed a penalty with the ball on the Jackrabbit 1 on the ensuing possession, Makiah Slade intercepted a pass in front of the goal line and Isaac Wallace broke through the Horned Frog defense four plays later for an 87-yard touchdown run.
Jordan Brown jumped a route and recorded the Jackrabbits' second interception of the game moments later and SDSU again turned a miscue into points as Taryn Christion weaved his way through the TCU defense for a 12-yard touchdown run.
The momentum shifted back in TCU's favor on an 81-yard punt return for touchdown by Kevontae Turpin. Horned Frog quarterback Kenny Hill then scored on the first of his three rushing touchdowns in the game with 1 minute, 37 seconds to play in the first half, finding paydirt from 4 yards out after the Jackrabbits committed their only turnover of the game.
The Jackrabbit offense responded with a quick four-play, 63-yard scoring drive that ended with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Christion to Jake Wieneke down the middle of the field.
However, TCU's quick-strike offense came through with a drive in the waning seconds of the first half to tie the game at 24 heading into intermission as Ryan Graf banked his 32-yard field goal attempt off the left upright but through.
The Horned Frogs' offense continued its prowess as TCU took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards on five plays, culminating in a 60-yard catch and run by Jaelan Austin.
SDSU knotted the game for the last time, at 31, countering with an eight-play, 75-yard drive finished off by a 16-yard scoring strike from Christion to tight end Dallas Goedert. Goedert ended the night by tying his career-high with five catches for 96 yards.
Kyle Hicks and Hill scored on respective runs of 3 and 6 yards to push the TCU lead to 45-31 with under three minutes to play in the third quarter, but the Jackrabbits again found the answer by scoring the next 10 points. A 34-yard Christion-to-Wieneke connection on the next-to-last play of the third quarter was followed by a 37-yard Vinatieri field goal three minutes into the fourth quarter.
TCU had the final answer thanks to a fortunate bounce as Taj Williams corralled a batted ball down the left sideline and scored from 46 yards out. Hill, who completed 33-of-49 passes for 439 yards and ran for 45 more, capped the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run with four minutes to play.
The Horned Frogs ended with a 662 to 461 advantage in total offense. Christion ended the night with a career-high 333 yards on 19-of-30 passing, while Wieneke collected eight receptions for 196 yards. Wallace led the ground game with 112 yards on only seven carries.
Williams gathered in a game-high 11 receptions for 158 yards for TCU.
Junior Anthony Washington, who was making his Jackrabbit debut, led the defensive effort with 11 tackles. Jesse Bobbit added eight. Travin Howard made 10 stops to lead TCU, with Aaron Curry recording 1.5 sacks.
GAME NOTES
* Saturday's game marked the first meeting in football between the Jackrabbits and TCU
* The Jackrabbits dropped to 1-8 versus current Big 12 Conference members all-time and and1531-8 versus FBS opponents (since 2008)
* SDSU played its first game in the state of Texas since 2008 (def. Stephen F. Austin, 50-48)
* Wieneke became the third Jackrabbit receiver to top 3,000 career receiving yards, finishing the night with 3,072 yards. He also moved into fourth place in career receptions at SDSU with 153, passing both JaRon Harris (152 receptions from 2005-08) and Glen Fox (152 receptions from 2006-09).
* Wieneke now has 29 career touchdown receptions in 27 games and has eight multi-TD games in his career (six games with 2 TD receptions and two with 3 TDs)
* Both of Wallace's career 100-yard rushing games have been against FBS opponents – 118 yards at Kansas in 2015 and 112 yards on Saturday versus TCU
UP NEXT
* The Jackrabbits will open Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium by hosting Drake on Sept. 10. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
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Team Stats
SDSU
TCU
Total Yards
461
662
Pass Yards
333
439
Rushing Yards
128
223
Penalty Yards
31
125
1st Downs
23
35
3rd Downs
6
11
4th Downs
0
0
TOP
31:39
28:21
1st Quarter
SDSU 0, TCU 7
TCU - Hicks, Kyle 15 yd run (Graf, Ryan kick), 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:43
SDSU 3, TCU 7
SDSU - Chase Vinatieri 25 yd field goal 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:05
2nd Quarter
SDSU 10, TCU 7
SDSU - Isaac Wallace 87 yd run (Chase Vinatieri kick), 4 plays, 99 yards, TOP 2:04
SDSU 17, TCU 7
SDSU - Taryn Christion 12 yd run (Chase Vinatieri kick), 3 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:29
SDSU 17, TCU 14
TCU - Turpin, K. 81 yd punt return (Graf, Ryan kick)
SDSU 17, TCU 21
TCU - Hill, Kenny 4 yd run (Graf, Ryan kick), 3 plays, 13 yards, TOP 0:53
SDSU 24, TCU 21
SDSU - Jake Wieneke 31 yd pass from Taryn Christion (Chase Vinatieri kick) 4 plays, 63 yards, TOP 0:48
SDSU 24, TCU 24
TCU - Graf, Ryan 32 yd field goal 8 plays, 51 yards, TOP 0:47
3rd Quarter
SDSU 24, TCU 31
TCU - Austin, Jaelan 60 yd pass from Hill, Kenny (Graf, Ryan kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:40
SDSU 31, TCU 31
SDSU - Dallas Goedert 16 yd pass from Taryn Christion (Chase Vinatieri kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:54
SDSU 31, TCU 38
TCU - Hicks, Kyle 3 yd run (Graf, Ryan kick), 8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 2:46
SDSU 31, TCU 45
TCU - Hill, Kenny 6 yd run (Graf, Ryan kick), 9 plays, 82 yards, TOP 1:47
SDSU 38, TCU 45
SDSU - Jake Wieneke 34 yd pass from Taryn Christion (Chase Vinatieri kick) 5 plays, 79 yards, TOP 2:50
4th Quarter
SDSU 41, TCU 45
SDSU - Chase Vinatieri 37 yd field goal 5 plays, 41 yards, TOP 2:29
SDSU 41, TCU 52
TCU - Williams, Taj 46 yd pass from Hill, Kenny (Graf, Ryan kick) 10 plays, 85 yards, TOP 3:21
SDSU 41, TCU 59
TCU - Hill, Kenny 8 yd run (Graf, Ryan kick), 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 3:35
Game Leaders
CMP
19
TD
3
YDS
333
INT
0
CMP
0
TD
0
YDS
0
INT
0
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