November 15, 2014 Week 12 · Regular Season Belt defended

TCU defends the belt, 34–30, on the road at Kansas.

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Recap

TCU's defense held firm in a back-and-forth offensive shootout at Kansas to retain the belt with a 34-30 victory. The Horned Frogs struck first with Trevone Boykin finding Ty Slanina for a 27-yard touchdown pass, but Kansas answered with two touchdowns of their own to take the lead, including a 67-yard bomb from Michael Cummings to Jimmay Mundine that set up a short touchdown run. TCU's offense responded decisively in the second half, with Aaron Green scoring twice on the ground, including a 24-yard dash that gave TCU the lead for good. Kansas mounted a desperate final comeback attempt, with Nigel King hauling in a 78-yard touchdown pass to briefly pull within striking distance, but TCU's defense made the crucial stops needed down the stretch to preserve the belt.

Ty Slanina 27-yard TD reception in Q1 -- TCU's opening salvo set the tone for the Frogs' high-powered passing attack
Nigel King 78-yard TD reception in Q3 -- Kansas's most explosive play kept the Jayhawks in the game but ultimately too little, too late
Aaron Green's two rushing touchdowns (3 yards and 24 yards) in Q3 -- The back's two scores proved decisive in giving TCU breathing room late
Cameron Echols-Luper 69-yard kickoff return for TD in Q3 -- A momentum-swinging play that briefly suggested Kansas might steal the belt before TCU's defense tightened

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

KansasTCU

Total yards418463

Rushing yards76133

Passing yards342330

First downs1924

3rd down conv.7/188/16

Turnovers13

Penalties–yards7–555–40

Time of possession30:4928:22

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 13:19	TCU	+25 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to David Porter for 25 yds to the Kans 32 for a 1ST down
Q1 12:36	TCU	+27 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Ty Slanina for 27 yds for a TD, (Jaden Oberkrom KICK)
Q1 6:49	Kansas	+2 yd	Corey Avery run for 2 yds for a TD, (Matthew Wyman PAT BLOCKED)
Q1 12:36	TCU	+21 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 61 yds , JaCorey Shepherd return for 21 yds to the Kans 25
Q1 6:26	TCU	+27 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Emanuel Porter for 27 yds to the Kans 38 for a 1ST down
Q2 14:30	Kansas	+20 yd	Michael Cummings pass complete to Jimmay Mundine for 20 yds to the TCU 43 for a 1ST down
Q2 12:02	Kansas	+13 yd	Michael Cummings pass complete to Jimmay Mundine for 13 yds for a TD, (Matthew Wyman KICK)
Q1 0:01	Kansas	-5 yd	Michael Cummings run for a loss of 5 yards to the Kans 37 Michael Cummings fumbled, recovered by Kans Tony Pierson
Q2 12:02	Kansas	+23 yd	Trevor Pardula kickoff for 64 yds , Cameron Echols-Luper return for 23 yds to the KANSAS 42 TCU Penalty, Illegal Block (10 Yards) to the TCU 14
Q2 9:15	TCU	+38 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Josh Doctson for 38 yds to the Kans 42 for a 1ST down
Q2 8:24	TCU	+0 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted JaCorey Shepherd return for no gain to the Kans 2
Q2 3:41	TCU	+24 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 24 yd FG GOOD
Q2 1:36	Kansas	+31 yd	Michael Cummings pass complete to Nigel King for 31 yds to the TCU 32 for a 1ST down
Q2 3:41	TCU	+20 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 64 yds , JaCorey Shepherd return for 20 yds to the Kans 21
Q3 12:02	Kansas	+1 yd	Michael Cummings run for 1 yd for a TD, (Matthew Wyman KICK)
Q3 13:31	Kansas	+67 yd	Michael Cummings pass complete to Jimmay Mundine for 67 yds to the TCU 5 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:47	TCU	+3 yd	Aaron Green run for 3 yds for a TD, (Jaden Oberkrom KICK)
Q3 9:20	TCU	+21 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Kyle Hicks for 21 yds to the Kans 3 for a 1ST down
Q3 8:27	Kansas	+78 yd	Michael Cummings pass complete to Nigel King for 78 yds for a TD, (Matthew Wyman KICK)
Q3 8:47	TCU	+20 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 58 yds , JaCorey Shepherd return for 20 yds to the Kans 27
Q3 8:16	Kansas	+44 yd	Trevor Pardula kickoff for 64 yds , Ranthony Texada return for 44 yds to the TCU 45 Ranthony Texada fumbled, forced by Trevor Pardula, recovered by Kans Darious Crawley
Q3 5:50	TCU	+26 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Ty Slanina for 26 yds to the TCU 36 for a 1ST down
Q3 3:48	TCU	+24 yd	Aaron Green run for 24 yds for a TD, (Jaden Oberkrom KICK)
Q3 2:38	Kansas	+69 yd	Trevor Pardula punt for 57 yds , Cameron Echols-Luper returns for 69 yds for a TD, (Jaden Oberkrom KICK)
Q3 2:38	TCU	+23 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 62 yds , JaCorey Shepherd return for 23 yds to the Kans 26
Q3 0:20	Kansas	-12 yd	TEAM run for a loss of 12 yards to the Kans 23 TEAM fumbled, recovered by Kans Michael Cummings
Q4 13:45	TCU	+33 yd	Aaron Green run for 33 yds to the Kans 7 for a 1ST down
Q4 12:08	TCU	+25 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 25 yd FG GOOD
Q4 9:07	TCU	-2 yd	Trevorris Johnson run for a loss of 2 yards to the TCU 10 Trevorris Johnson fumbled, forced by Victor Simmons, recovered by Kans Tedarian Johnson
Q4 7:42	Kansas	+23 yd	Matthew Wyman 23 yd FG GOOD
Q4 3:26	Kansas	-28 yd	Michael Cummings pass intercepted Chris Hackett return for 28 yds to the Kans 23

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

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Michael CummingsKansas	19/37	332	9.0	2	1	64.1
T.J. MillweardKansas	1/1	10	10.0	0	0	100.0
Trevone BoykinTCU	26/36	330	9.2	1	1	61.9

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tony PiersonKansas	11	33	3.0	0	14
Corey AveryKansas	10	27	2.7	1	5
De'Andre MannKansas	6	18	3.0	0	6
Michael CummingsKansas	8	10	1.3	1	18
Aaron GreenTCU	19	128	6.7	2	33
Desmon WhiteTCU	1	11	11.0	0	11
Kyle HicksTCU	1	2	2.0	0	2
Trevone BoykinTCU	11	2	0.2	0	11
Trevorris JohnsonTCU	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jimmay MundineKansas	7	137	19.6	1	67
Nigel KingKansas	5	128	25.6	1	78
Nick HarwellKansas	4	28	7.0	0	12
Rodriguez ColemanKansas	1	17	17.0	0	17
Justin McCayKansas	1	14	14.0	0	14
Trent SmileyKansas	1	10	10.0	0	10
Tre' ParmaleeKansas	1	8	8.0	0	8
Ty SlaninaTCU	6	95	15.8	1	27
David PorterTCU	6	67	11.2	0	25
Josh DoctsonTCU	1	38	38.0	0	38
Emanuel PorterTCU	2	38	19.0	0	27
Kolby ListenbeeTCU	3	34	11.3	0	18
Kyle HicksTCU	2	28	14.0	0	21
Aaron GreenTCU	4	26	6.5	0	10
Cameron Echols-LuperTCU	1	3	3.0	0	3
Ja'Juan StoryTCU	1	1	1.0	0	1

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Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
JaCorey ShepherdKansas	1	0	0
Chris HackettTCU	1	28	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
JaCorey ShepherdKansas	6	119	19.8	23
Ranthony TexadaTCU	1	44	44.0	44
Cameron Echols-LuperTCU	2	35	17.5	23
Buck JonesTCU	2	23	11.5	12

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Matthew WymanKansas	1/1	100.0	23	3/4	6
Jaden OberkromTCU	2/2	100.0	25	4/4	10

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cameron Echols-LuperTCU	3	86	28.7	69	1
Chris HackettTCU	1	6	6.0	6	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Trevor PardulaKansas	6	306	51.0	2	1	64
Michael CummingsKansas	1	21	21.0	0	0	21
Ethan PerryTCU	3	101	33.7	0	1	44

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

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