2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team

The 2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were led by 19th-year head coach Gary Patterson. They finished the season 5–7, 3–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

2019 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	5–7 (3–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Patterson (19th season)
Co-offensive coordinators	Sonny Cumbie (6th season) Curtis Luper (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chad Glasgow (5th season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Uniform
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2019 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 7 Oklahoma y$^		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 13 Baylor y		8	–	1					11	–	3
No. 25 Texas		5	–	4					8	–	5
Oklahoma State		5	–	4					8	–	5
Kansas State		5	–	4					8	–	5
Iowa State		5	–	4					7	–	6
West Virginia		3	–	6					5	–	7
TCU		3	–	6					5	–	7
Texas Tech		2	–	7					4	–	8
Kansas		1	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23 OT
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

The 2019 Big 12 media days were held July 15–16, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. In the Big 12 preseason media poll, TCU was predicted to finish in fourth in the standings.^[1]

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Oklahoma	761 (68)
2	Texas	696 (9)
3	Iowa State	589
4	TCU	474
5	Oklahoma State	460
6	Baylor	453
7	Texas Tech	281
8	West Virginia	241
9	Kansas State	191
10	Kansas	89

Preseason All-Big 12 teams

To be released.

Schedule

TCU's 2019 schedule will begin with three non-conference games: at home against Arkansas–Pine Bluff of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), on the road against Purdue of the Big Ten Conference, and home again against SMU of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). In Big 12 Conference play, the Horned Frogs will play four home games against Kansas, Texas, Baylor, and West Virginia; and five road games against Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	8:00 p.m.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FSN	W 39–7	40,422
September 14	6:30 p.m.	at Purdue*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 34–13	60,037
September 21	2:30 p.m.	SMU*	No. 25	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	FS1	L 38–41	41,250
September 28	11:00 a.m.	Kansas		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FS1	W 51–14	41,960
October 5	1:00 p.m.[a]	at Iowa State		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN2	L 24–49	59,553
October 19	1:30 p.m.	at Kansas State		Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 17–24	48,298
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 15 Texas		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	FOX	W 37–27	47,660
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at Oklahoma State		Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	ESPN	L 27–34	52,861
November 9	11:00 a.m.	No. 12 Baylor		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	FS1	L 23–29 3OT	45,870
November 16	11:00 a.m.	at Texas Tech		Jones AT&T Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 33–31	50,459
November 23	7:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Oklahoma		Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	FOX	L 24–28	82,241
November 29	3:15 p.m.	West Virginia		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	ESPN	L 17–20	40,126
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Source:^[2]

1. Changed from 11:00 a.m. kickoff due to inclement weather.

Personnel

Roster

2019 TCU Horned Frogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Jalen Reagor Jr WR 2 Mikel Barkley So RB 3 Emari Demercado Jr WR 4 Taye Barber So RB 6 Darius Anderson Sr WR 7 John Stephens Jr. So WR 9 Te'Vailance Hunt So WR 11 Dylan Thomas Jr WR 12 Derius Davis So WR 14 Karson Ringdahl Sr QB 15 Max Duggan Fr QB 17 Matthew Downing  Fr QB 18 Matthew Baldwin  Fr QB 19 Grant Beucler  Fr RB 21 Daimarqua Foster Fr WR 22 Blair Conwright Fr RB 24 Darwin Barlow Fr WR 31 Michael Byrd Jr. Jr RB 33 Sewo Olonilua Sr RB 34 Deryl Reynolds So WR 36 Ryan Martin Sr TE 36 Brent Matiscik Fr WR 44 Michael Franklin Fr TE 47 Carter Ware So OT 51 Quazzel White So G 53 John Lanz  Fr C 55 Kellton Hollins Jr OT 56 Austin Myers Jr G 60 Nate Guyton Sr G 62 David Bolisomi  Sr C 65 Colson Altman Jr G 66 Ian Burnette  Fr OT 68 Anthony McKinney Sr C 69 Coy McMillon So G 70 Cordel Iwuagwu  Sr OT 71 Marcus Williams Fr OT 72 Kris Dike  Fr C 73 Blake Hickey Sr OT 74 Andrew Coker Fr G 75 Brannon Brown Fr OT 77 Lucas Niang Sr G 78 Wes Harris So C 79 Esteban Avila  Fr WR 80 Al'Dontre Davis So TE 81 Pro Wells So WR 82 Jason D'Armore Jr WR 83 Cade Rosenkranz Fr TE 84 Dominic DiNunzio Fr WR 85 Niven Raj Jr WR 86 Jack Heathcott Jr WR 87 TreVontae Hights  Sr TE 88 Artayvious Lynn Jr WR 89 Jack Powers  Fr TE 89 Tristan White Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Tre Tomlinson Fr CB 2 Kee'Yon Stewart Fr CB 3 Donovann Collins Fr S 4 Keenan Reed Sr S 6 Innis Gaines Sr S 7 Trevon Moehrig So S 9 Atanza Vongor  Fr S 10 Deshawn McCuin Fr CB 12 Jeff Gladney  Sr LB 13 Dee Winters Fr LB 14 DeMauryon Holmes  Fr S 15 Josh Foster Fr CB 16 C. J. Caesar II  Fr LB 18 Ben Wilson So LB 19 Dylan Jordan Fr CB 20 La'Kendrick Van Zandt So CB 21 Noah Daniels So S 22 Michael Onyemaobi So CB 23 Tony Wallace Jr CB 24 Julius Lewis Sr LB 25 Wyatt Harris Fr CB 26 Vernon Scott Sr S 27 Ar'Darius Washington  Fr S 28 Nook Bradford Fr DE 29 Thomas Armstrong Fr LB 30 Garret Wallow Jr DE 32 Ochaun Mathis  Fr S 33 Ryan McGee Sr LB 34 Zach Marcheselli Fr LB 35 Elias Garcia Jr S 37 Travis Carpenter Fr DE 40 Parker Workman Jr DE 41 Brandon Bowen Jr DT 42 Earl Barquet Fr DT 43 Izaih Filikitonga  Fr DE 44 Colton Ellison Fr DE 46 Connor Koch So CB 48 Caleb Biggurs So DT 90 Ross Blacklock Jr DE 91 Shameik Blackshear Sr DT 92 Benedict Brafi So DT 93 George Ellis III So DT 94 Corey Bethley Jr DT 95 Terrell Cooper So DE 97 Christian Applewhite Sr DT 99 Soni Misi So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 31 Jordy Sandy Fr K 32 Jonathan Trujillo  Fr K 37 Cole Bunce Sr K 39 Griffin Kell Fr K 40 Ray Thomas Jr P 41 Dillon Jones Jr K 43 Maxwell Finch Jr K 46 Jonathan Song Sr LS 49 Antonio Ortiz So LS 50 Donovan Cahill Jr LS 61 Wil Houston Jr K 82 Cole Sayre Fr	Head coach Gary Patterson (Head Coach, 18th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Sonny Cumbie (Co-Offensive Coordinator/QBs, 6th season) Chad Glasgow (Defensive Coordinator/LBs, 18th season) Jarrett Anderson (Inside Wide receivers Coach, 22nd season) Rusty Burns (Offensive Analyst, 11th season) Malcolm Kelly (Outside Receivers Coach, 1st season) Paul Gonzales (Safeties Coach, 7th season) Zarnell Fitch (Defensive Line Coach, 5th season) Dan Sharp (Defensive Line Coach, 19th season) Jeremy Modkins (Cornerbacks Coach, 8th season) Ilaiu Moeakiola (Co-Graduate Assistant–Defense, 3rd season) Tony Savino (Co-Offensive Analyst, 4th season) Brian Hernandez (Co-Defensive Analyst, 2nd season) Darrell Patterson (Co-Defensive Analyst, 2nd season) Garrett Altman (Co-Graduate Assistant–Video, 2nd season) Kenny Hill (Co-Graduate Assistant–Video, 1st season) Michael Smith (Co-Graduate Assistant–Video, 1st season) Michael Downing Jr. (Co-Graduate Assistant–Video, 2nd season) Demontie Cross (Director of Player Personnel, 2nd season) Brett Lemoine (Director of High School Relations, 3rd season) Rachel Phillips (Director of Recruiting Relations, 3rd season) Matt Lewis (Director–Football Operations, 17th season) Don Sommer (Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, 19th season) David Gable (Assoc. Director–Sports Medicine, 17th season) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 29, 2016

Game summaries

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Lions	0	0	7	0	7
Horned Frogs	10	6	13	10	39

See also: 2019 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team

At Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	10	3	14	7	34
Boilermakers	3	3	0	7	13

See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	18	13	0	10	41
No. 25 Horned Frogs	7	10	7	14	38

See also: 2019 SMU Mustangs football team

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	0	0	0	14	14
Horned Frogs	21	17	0	13	51

See also: 2019 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Texas Christian scored 21 points in the first quarter against Kansas and led 38–0 at halftime, with Max Duggan making his second consecutive start at quarterback. However, Alex Delton still was on record as a team captain and he saw play time in the second half. Headed into the fourth quarter with no score, Kansas had only managed 55 yards on 34 plays. Quarterback Carter Stanley finished 12–29 in passing with 84 yards, but the Jayhawks managed to score in the fourth quarter to avoid being shut out. The game ended with TCU scoring 51 to the Jayhawks' 14.^[3]

At Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	0	3	7	14	24
Cyclones	7	14	14	14	49

See also: 2019 Iowa State Cyclones football team

At Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	0	10	7	0	17
Wildcats	7	7	3	7	24

See also: 2019 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Both Texas Christian and Kansas State entered the game having a week off from the regular season schedule.^[4] TCU featured quarterback Alex Delton, a former player for Kansas State who transferred to TCU during the off-season.^[5] But when the game time came around, Delton only completed two passes for a total of six yards and the bulk of the passing was completed by freshman Max Duggan, who put up 29 passes with 16 completions for a total of 132 yards passing.^[6]

Kansas State gained an early 7–0 lead and never trailed the rest of the way. TCU head coach Gary Patterson said, “I think you have an 80 percent chance of getting beat if you have a punt blocked.” Kansas State did block a punt in this game, as did Iowa State in the previous game for TCU that they also lost.^[7] The final score of the game was Kansas State 24, Texas Christian 17.^[6]

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Longhorns	3	14	3	7	27
Horned Frogs	3	10	14	10	37

See also: 2019 Texas Longhorns football team

At Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	3	14	0	10	27
Cowboys	10	7	7	10	34

See also: 2019 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
No. 12 Bears	0	0	3	6	7	7	6	29
Horned Frogs	3	6	0	0	7	7	0	23

See also: 2019 Baylor Bears football team

Heading into Week 11 of the college football season, rival Baylor was on top of the Big 12 conference standings with an undefeated 8–0 record. Recent victories over West Virginia and Texas Tech were close and TCU was looking to win a few more games to become eligible for a bowl game. Both teams have been able to score and the game was listed as one of the most "compelling matchups" for the week by MSN Sports.^[8]

At Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	17	10	0	6	33
Red Raiders	0	16	12	3	31

See also: 2019 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

At Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Horned Frogs	0	10	7	7	24
No. 9 Sooners	14	7	7	0	28

See also: 2019 Oklahoma Sooners football team

West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	3	3	7	20
Horned Frogs	7	3	7	0	17

See also: 2019 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Rankings

Further information: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
CFP	Not released										—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2020 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
1	21	Jalen Reagor	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
1	31	Jeff Gladney	CB	Minnesota Vikings
2	40	Ross Blacklock	DT	Houston Texans
3	96	Lucas Niang	OT	Kansas City Chiefs
7	236	Vernon Scott	S	Green Bay Packers