November 1, 2014 Week 10 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

TCU takes the belt, 31–30, on the road at West Virginia.

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West VirginiaAP No. 20 30

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TCUAP No. 10 31

AP poll, week 10: TCU No. 10 at West Virginia No. 20 · No. 1 that week: East Carolina. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

TCU took the belt here, ending West Virginia’s run of 14 days and 1 defense (reign #290) and starting reign #291. It lasted 371 days and 13 defenses, until Oklahoma State took it on November 7, 2015.

For TCU this was its 9th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before — and it took it back here.

It was the first of 2 meetings between the two with the belt on the line; all-time TCU leads 2–0.

AI-Written

Recap

West Virginia came out hot, scoring 13 points in the first quarter with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Mario Alford and two field goals by Josh Lambert, but TCU answered with a 47-yard touchdown pass from Trevone Boykin to Deante' Gray. The Mountaineers' five turnovers proved catastrophic throughout the contest, particularly a crucial fumble by Rushel Shell in the second quarter that TCU's Chris Bradley recovered, and back-to-back interceptions of Clint Trickett in the third quarter that helped TCU seize control. TCU's defense forced the issue with defensive touchdowns, including a 35-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Terrell Chestnut in the third quarter, while the Frogs' ground game featuring B.J. Catalon and Aaron Green wore down the Mountaineers. Despite a late field goal by Lambert and a 46-yard connection from Trickett to Mario Alford to get West Virginia back in it, TCU's Catalon sealed the belt with a 6-yard rushing touchdown with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Mario Alford 23-yard TD reception in Q1 -- West Virginia's quick strike set the tone early
Rushel Shell fumble recovered by TCU in Q2 -- turned possession and momentum toward the Frogs
Terrell Chestnut 35-yard fumble return TD in Q3 -- defensive score put TCU ahead for good
B.J. Catalon 6-yard rushing TD in Q4 -- sealed the belt for TCU with 7:33 left

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

West VirginiaTCU

Total yards357389

Rushing yards195223

Passing yards162166

First downs1716

3rd down conv.6/195/15

Turnovers52

Penalties–yards6–405–40

Time of possession32:4126:44

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 11:10	West Virginia	+23 yd	Clint Trickett pass complete to Kevin White for 23 yds to the TCU 23 for a 1ST down
Q1 11:00	West Virginia	+23 yd	Mario Alford 23 Yd pass from Clint Trickett (Josh Lambert Kick)
Q1 6:45	West Virginia	-1 yd	Dreamius Smith run for a loss of 1 yard to the TCU 4 Dreamius Smith fumbled, forced by Derrick Kindred, recovered by WVirg
Q1 6:19	West Virginia	+21 yd	Josh Lambert 21 Yd Field Goal
Q1 3:52	West Virginia	+44 yd	Josh Lambert 44 Yd Field Goal
Q1 1:44	TCU	+47 yd	Deante' Gray 47 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin , (Jaden Oberkrom KICK)
Q2 13:05	West Virginia	+4 yd	Rushel Shell run for 4 yds to the WVirg 43 Rushel Shell fumbled, forced by James McFarland, recovered by TCU Chris Bradley
Q2 9:51	West Virginia	-29 yd	Clint Trickett pass intercepted Chris Hackett return for 29 yds to the WVirg 21
Q2 5:40	TCU	+2 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Josh Doctson for 2 yds Josh Doctson fumbled, forced by Karl Joseph, recovered by TCU for a 1ST down
Q2 3:54	West Virginia	+7 yd	Wendell Smallwood run for 5 yds to the WVirg 23 Wendell Smallwood fumbled, forced by Chris Hackett, recovered by TCU Derrick Kindred , return for 7 yds to the WVirg 23 Derrick Kindred fumbled, recovered by TCU
Q2 3:28	TCU	+0 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted KJ Dillon return for no gain to the WVirg 24
Q3 14:05	TCU	-2 yd	B.J. Catalon run for a loss of 2 yards to the TCU 23 B.J. Catalon fumbled, recovered by TCU Halapoulivaati Vaitai
Q3 10:51	West Virginia	-6 yd	TEAM run for a loss of 6 yards to the WVirg 27 TEAM fumbled, recovered by TCU Mike Tuaua
Q3 9:27	TCU	+2 yd	Trevone Boykin 2 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 6:51	West Virginia	+5 yd	Dreamius Smith 5 Yd Run (Josh Lambert Kick)
Q3 8:29	West Virginia	+50 yd	Dreamius Smith run for 50 yds to the TCU 17 for a 1ST down
Q3 6:36	TCU	-35 yd	Terrell Chestnut 35 Yd Fumble Return (Josh Lambert Kick)
Q3 3:49	West Virginia	-1 yd	Clint Trickett pass intercepted Paul Dawson return for 1 yd to the WVirg 36 WEST VIRGINIA Penalty, Defensive Holding (Marquis Lucas) declined
Q3 2:25	TCU	+23 yd	B.J. Catalon 23 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 1:57	West Virginia	+46 yd	Clint Trickett pass complete to Mario Alford for 46 yds to the TCU 12 for a 1ST down
Q4 14:56	West Virginia	+23 yd	Josh Lambert 23 Yd Field Goal
Q4 14:30	TCU	+25 yd	Aaron Green run for 25 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q4 7:33	TCU	+6 yd	B.J. Catalon 6 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q4 7:25	TCU	+27 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 64 yds , Mario Alford return for 27 yds to the WVirg 28
Q4 6:15	West Virginia	-3 yd	Clint Trickett sacked by Mike Tuaua for a loss of 3 yards to the WVirg 25 Clint Trickett fumbled, forced by Mike Tuaua, recovered by WVirg Wendell Smallwood , return for 0 yards
Q4 5:40	TCU	+21 yd	Trevone Boykin run for 21 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Q4 1:28	TCU	+40 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Kolby Listenbee for 40 yds to the WVirg 33 for a 1ST down
Q4 0:00	TCU	+37 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 37 Yd Field Goal

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

West Virginia

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Clint Trickett	15/26	162	6.2	1	2	25.1

TCU

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Trevone Boykin	12/30	166	5.5	1	1	22.1

Rushing

West Virginia

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Dreamius Smith	12	70	5.8	1	50
Wendell Smallwood	15	64	4.3	0	11
Andrew Buie	12	42	3.5	0	12
Rushel Shell	8	35	4.4	0	14
Clint Trickett	6	-10	-1.7	0	6

TCU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
B.J. Catalon	20	105	5.3	2	23
Aaron Green	11	63	5.7	0	25
Trevone Boykin	9	49	5.4	1	21
Kolby Listenbee	1	5	5.0	0	5
Zach Allen	1	1	1.0	0	1

Receiving

West Virginia

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Mario Alford	3	79	26.3	1	46
Jordan Thompson	7	39	5.6	0	8
Kevin White	3	28	9.3	0	23
Rushel Shell	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wendell Smallwood	1	8	8.0	0	8

TCU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deante Gray	2	55	27.5	1	47
Kolby Listenbee	2	47	23.5	0	40
Josh Doctson	3	29	9.7	0	15
Desmon White	2	15	7.5	0	11
Cliff Murphy	1	8	8.0	0	8
B.J. Catalon	1	7	7.0	0	7
Aaron Green	1	5	5.0	0	5

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Interceptions

West Virginia

Player	INT	YDS	TD
K.J. Dillon	1	0	0

TCU

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Chris Hackett	1	29	0
P.J. Dawson	1	1	0

Kick Returns

West Virginia

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Mario Alford	1	27	27.0	27
Andrew Buie	1	17	17.0	17
Shelton Gibson	1	9	9.0	9

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cameron Echols-Luper	3	15	5.0	8	0

Kicking

West Virginia

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Josh Lambert	3/3	100.0	44	3/3	12

TCU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jaden Oberkrom	1/1	100.0	37	4/4	7

Punt Returns

West Virginia

No recorded stats in this category.

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cameron Echols-Luper	2	-6	-3.0	0	0

Punting

West Virginia

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Nick O'Toole	7	318	45.4	1	1	59

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ethan Perry	9	317	35.2	0	4	40

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 400547885) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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