3:57 PM ET
Associated Press
WACO, Texas -- Fourth-ranked TCU had players shuffling connected and disconnected the tract arsenic the last seconds were ticking disconnected the clock. Kicker Griffin Kell was the past 1 to get into place.
"That looked similar chaos, but we signifier it each Thursday precisely similar that," Frogs manager Sonny Dykes said.
And the Horned Frogs executed it perfectly to enactment undefeated successful what was nary signifier situation.
Kell kicked a 40-yard tract extremity connected the game's last play, and TCU bushed Baylor 29-28 connected Saturday, scoring 9 points successful the last 2:07 to debar different imaginable playoff-busting nonaccomplishment connected the banks of the Brazos River.
Emari Demercado scored connected a 3-yard TD tally to headdress a 90-yard thrust with 2:07 near to get the Frogs (11-0, 8-0 Big 12) wrong 28-26, but helium was incapable to propulsion successful a walk connected the 2-point conversion attempt.
After kicking deep, TCU utilized each 3 of its timeouts portion forcing a three-and-out, and it got the shot backmost astatine its 31 with 1:34 left. Max Duggan had 2 completions earlier converting 1 3rd down with a 12-yard tally connected a backmost draw.
Demercado was abbreviated of a clock-stopping archetypal down connected a tally to the Baylor 23, going down successful the halfway of the tract with astir 16 seconds near earlier the violative and peculiar teams units ran by each other. The shot was snapped astatine 3 seconds, and the footwear by Kell, who earlier had an extra-point effort clank disconnected the upright, went done arsenic clip ran out.
"The large happening astir that past drive, we were throwing each of our time 1 concepts," Duggan said. "We were throwing casual worldly that we signifier and we tin bash with our eyes closed, and worldly that you judge in. ... So conscionable going retired there, being confident, believing it was going to happen, and Griff makes a immense footwear for us."
TCU, which already had clinched a spot successful the Big 12 Championship Game, hasn't been undefeated this heavy successful a play since 2010, erstwhile it finished 13-0 with a Rose Bowl triumph and No. 2 nationalist ranking.
When the Frogs played astatine McLane Stadium for the archetypal clip successful 2014, aft it archetypal opened, they mislaid 61-58. That was their lone nonaccomplishment that season, and they went connected to stock the Big 12 rubric with Baylor. They were the archetypal 2 teams near retired of the inaugural four-team College Football Playoff.
Baylor (6-5, 4-4) was coming disconnected a 31-3 location nonaccomplishment to Kansas State a week earlier, but past year's Big 12 champions took a 28-20 pb aft a brace of existent freshmen scored TDs aboriginal successful the 4th quarter: choky extremity Kelsey Johnson's 12-yard drawback and Richard Reese's 1-yard run.
"It's a pugnacious locker room," Baylor manager Dave Aranda said. "I told them that I privation that we, that I, could instrumentality the symptom away."
Duggan was 24-of-35 passing for 327 yards and a touchdown, and helium besides ran for a people portion starring the Frogs with 50 yards rushing connected 8 carries. Kendre Miller had a rushing TD successful his 12th consecutive game, a 2-yarder aboriginal successful the 2nd 4th that tied it astatine 14 earlier helium got wounded aboriginal successful the 2nd half.
TCU didn't pb until Duggan deed a wide-open Gunnar Henderson for a 26-yard touchdown with 5 1/2 minutes near successful the 3rd quarter, 1 play aft the 2 had connected for 20 yards. It was 20-14 aft Kell's missed PAT.
Baylor's Blake Shapen was 21-of-30 passing for 269 yards and a score, portion Craig "Sqwirl" Williams ran for 112 yards. Monaray Baldwin had six catches for 123 yards, including a 74-yard summation connected third-and-11 that acceptable up Reese's TD with 9:47 left.
"For it to extremity that mode truly hurt," Williams said.
THE TAKEAWAY
TCU: Another comeback for the Frogs, who past period overcame double-digit deficits successful the 2nd fractional against Oklahoma State and Kansas State. They ne'er faltered aft respective players dealt with flu-like symptoms during the week, and they finished the crippled without starring receiver Quentin Johnston and Miller.
Baylor: The Bears ne'er truly had overmuch occupation moving the ball, piling up 501 full yards, 232 connected the ground. On their opening drive, they had 56 yards rushing - doubly arsenic overmuch Texas had the full crippled against TCU a week earlier. But they missed a accidental to instrumentality a halftime pb erstwhile Shapen's walk was intercepted successful the extremity portion by Bud Clark with 4 seconds left.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
TCU volition enactment successful the apical 4 of the AP canvass connected Sunday, and should inactive beryllium successful the all-important apical 4 of the caller CFP rankings connected Tuesday.
UP NEXT
TCU ends the regular play astatine location against Iowa State adjacent Saturday.
Baylor is astatine Texas connected Friday.
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