No. 4 TCU nonetheless undefeated after game-ending FG at Baylor

WACO, Texas — Griffin Kell kicked a 40-yard subject aim on the ultimate play of the sport, and fourth-ranked TCU beat Baylor 29-28 on Saturday, scoring 9 factors within the closing 2:07 to keep away from one other potential playoff-busting loss on the banks of the Brazos River.

Emari Demercado scored on a 3-yard TD run with 2:07 left to get the Frogs (11-0, 8-0 Huge 12, No. 4 CFP) inside 28-26, however he was unable to tug in a cross on the 2-point conversion try.

After kicking deep, TCU used all three of its timeouts whereas forcing a three-and-out, and acquired the ball again with 1:34 left at its 31. Max Duggan transformed one third down with a 12-yard scramble, and after Demercado’s third-down run to the Baylor 23, the sector aim unit scrambled onto the sector with the clock working. The kick by Kell, who earlier had an extra-point try clank off the upright, went by way of as time ran out.

TCU, which had already clinched a spot within the Huge 12 championship sport, hasn’t been undefeated this deep in a season since 2010, when it completed 13-0 with a Rose Bowl victory and No. 2 nationwide rating.

When the Frogs performed at McLane Stadium for the primary time in 2014, after the power first opened, they misplaced 61-58. That was their solely loss that season, and so they went on to share the Huge 12 title with Baylor. They had been the primary two groups not noted of the inaugural four-team Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Baylor (6-5, 4-4) was coming off a 31-3 residence loss to Kansas State every week earlier, however final 12 months’s Huge 12 champions took a 28-20 lead after a pair of true freshmen scored TDs early within the fourth quarter: tight finish Kelsey Johnson’s 12-yard catch, and Richard Reese’s 1-yard run.