Texas Christian 36, Boise State 35
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 12, 2011
Where: Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho
Temperature:
43°
Head Official:
Scott Novak
Attendance:
34146
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Casey Pachall threw five touchdown
passes and the game-deciding two-point conversion pass to Josh Boyce to lift
No. 24 Texas Christian to a dramatic 36-35 victory over No. 5 Boise State in a
Mountain West Conference showdown in Boise.
Boise State kicker Dan Goodale was
wide right on a 39-yard field-goal attempt as time expired as the Broncos (8-1,
3-1) waved goodbye to their national championship hopes and TCU (8-2, 5-0) won
its 22nd consecutive conference game.
Pachall, who passed for 473 yards,
tossed a 25-yard scoring pass to Brandon Carter with 1:05 remaining. Horned
Frogs coach Gary Patterson decided to go for two points, and Pachall hit Boyce
in the right flat for the one-point lead as TCU snapped the Broncos’ 35-game
home winning streak.
Boyce caught five passes for 163
yards and three touchdowns.
Boise State’s Kellen Moore threw two
touchdown passes, including a go-ahead 54-yard touchdown pass to Dallas
Burroughs 13 seconds into the final quarter. The loss was just the third of
Moore’s four-year career.
Pachall torched Boise State’s
secondary in the first half, throwing touchdown passes of 74 and 69 yards to
Boyce and 75 yards to Carter.
The Horned Frogs led 20-14 at
halftime but Tyrone Crawford’s 31-yard fumble return on the first offensive
play of the second half put Boise State back in the lead.
D.J. Harper scored from 3 yards out
midway through the third quarter to give the Broncos a 28-20 lead before
Pachall hit Boyce on a 2-yard scoring pass and then ran a the two-point
conversion run to tie the score.
Boise State’s previous loss came
last November against Nevada when kicker Kyle Brotzman missed a game-winning
attempt late in regulation time and another in overtime.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Texas Christian |
|
Boise State |
Waymon James
|
Player |
D.J. Harper
|
6 |
Attempts |
24 |
26 |
Yards |
125 |
4.3 |
Avg Yards |
5.2 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
2 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Receiving
Texas Christian |
|
Boise State |
Josh Boyce
| Player |
Matt Miller
|
5 |
Receptions |
9 |
163 |
Yards |
73 |
32.6 |
Avg Yards |
8.1 |
3 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Texas Christian
|
506 |
33 |
473 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
2 |
Boise State
|
446 |
126 |
320 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
4 |