December 31, 2014 Postseason Neutral site Belt defended

TCU defends the belt, 42–3, at a neutral site over Ole Miss.

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TCUAP No. 6 42

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Ole MissAP No. 9 3

AP poll, week 16: Ole Miss No. 9 at TCU No. 6 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

TCU came in 60 days into reign #291, which began with a win over West Virginia, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. TCU went on to defend it 8 more times before Oklahoma State took it on November 7, 2015, 371 days after the reign began.

For Ole Miss this was its 13th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 4 times before.

This is the only time Ole Miss and TCU have met with the belt on the line.

AI-Written

Recap

TCU dominated Ole Miss from start to finish in this New Year's Eve bowl game, with the Horned Frogs' defense setting the tone early. The game's first score came just 23 seconds into the first quarter when Aaron Green hauled in a 31-yard touchdown pass from Kolby Listenbee, and TCU added another score moments later on Green's 15-yard rushing touchdown to jump out to a commanding 14-0 lead. Ole Miss struggled throughout, managing only 129 total yards of offense and converting just 3 of 15 third-down attempts, while TCU's defense forced four turnovers including three interceptions of Bo Wallace. TCU's offense kept the chains moving efficiently, recording eight third-down conversions on 14 attempts, and added two more touchdown passes to Josh Doctson and Kolby Listenbee in the second and third quarters to put the game completely out of reach.

Aaron Green's 31-yard TD reception 23 seconds into Q1 gave TCU immediate momentum and set the defensive tone
Three interceptions of Bo Wallace throughout the game (Q1, Q2, Q4) prevented Ole Miss from generating any offensive rhythm
Josh Doctson's 12-yard TD reception in Q2 pushed TCU's lead to 21-0 and essentially decided the game
Ole Miss's lone score was Gary Wunderlich's 27-yard field goal in Q4, which came far too late to matter

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

TCUOle Miss

Total yards423129

Rushing yards1779

Passing yards246120

First downs2410

3rd down conv.8/143/15

Turnovers44

Penalties–yards5–556–44

Time of possession34:4824:29

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 14:37	Ole Miss	+0 yd	Bo Wallace pass intercepted Chris Hackett return for no gain to the Miss 35
Q1 15:00	TCU	+26 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 65 yds , Jaylen Walton return for 26 yds to the Miss 26
Q1 14:00	TCU	+31 yd	Aaron Green 31 Yd pass from Kolby Listenbee (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q1 14:00	TCU	+24 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 60 yds , Jaylen Walton return for 24 yds to the Miss 29
Q1 6:23	TCU	+15 yd	Aaron Green 15 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q1 4:04	Ole Miss	-1 yd	Bo Wallace pass intercepted Derrick Kindred return for 1 yd to the TCU 42
Q1 3:56	TCU	-2 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to David Porter for a loss of 2 yards David Porter fumbled, recovered by Miss C.J. Johnson
Q1 2:14	Ole Miss	+37 yd	Gary Wunderlich 52 yd FG MISSED OLE MISS Penalty, Personal Foul (Justin Bell) to the TCU 49
Q1 1:21	TCU	-3 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted Keith Lewis return for 3 yds to the Miss 30
Q2 11:00	TCU	+12 yd	Josh Doctson 12 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q2 2:42	TCU	+0 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted Cody Prewitt return for no gain to the Miss 2
Q2 2:00	Ole Miss	+0 yd	James McFarland 0 Yd Interception Return (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q2 1:20	Ole Miss	+28 yd	Bo Wallace pass complete to Markell Pack for 28 yds to the Miss 42 for a 1ST down
Q3 13:37	TCU	+35 yd	Kolby Listenbee 35 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 15:00	Ole Miss	+65 yd	Nathan Noble kickoff for 64 yds , Ranthony Texada return for 65 yds to the Miss 34
Q3 13:37	TCU	+31 yd	Ryan DeNucci kickoff for 64 yds , Mark Dodson return for 31 yds to the Miss 32
Q3 13:17	Ole Miss	+0 yd	Bo Wallace run for no gain to the Miss 27 Bo Wallace fumbled, forced by Marcus Mallet, recovered by TCU Marcus Mallet
Q3 13:09	TCU	+27 yd	Josh Doctson 27 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q3 9:00	Ole Miss	+20 yd	Bo Wallace pass complete to Cody Core for 20 yds to the Miss 44 for a 1ST down
Q3 10:15	Ole Miss	+20 yd	I'Tavius Mathers run for 5 yds to the Miss 8 for a 1ST down TCU Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (15 Yards) to the Miss 23 for a 1ST down
Q3 4:19	Ole Miss	-5 yd	TEAM run for a loss of 14 yards to the TCU 26 TEAM fumbled, recovered by Miss Bo Wallace Jordan Wilkins run for a loss of 5 yards to the TCU 26
Q4 11:41	TCU	+41 yd	Jaden Oberkrom 41 yd FG MISSED
Q4 13:15	TCU	+21 yd	Trevone Boykin run for 21 yds to the Miss 31 for a 1ST down
Q4 9:08	TCU	-36 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted Senquez Golson return for 36 yds to the TCU 11
Q4 7:18	Ole Miss	+27 yd	Gary Wunderlich 27 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

TCU

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Trevone Boykin	22/31	187	6.0	3	3	67.6
Kolby Listenbee	1/1	31	31.0	1	0	100.0
Bram Kohlhausen	4/5	28	5.6	0	0	54.6

Ole Miss

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Bo Wallace	10/23	109	4.7	0	3	0.9
Devante Kincade	1/3	11	3.7	0	0	4.1

Rushing

TCU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aaron Green	18	68	3.8	1	17
Trevone Boykin	10	65	6.5	0	22
Trevorris Johnson	8	31	3.9	0	11
Kyle Hicks	4	6	1.5	0	4
Cliff Murphy	1	4	4.0	0	4
Cameron Echols-Luper	1	3	3.0	0	3

Ole Miss

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
I'Tavius Mathers	7	26	3.7	12
Devante Kincade	3	5	1.7	3
Jaylen Walton	8	3	0.4	5
Jordan Wilkins	4	3	0.8	5
Bo Wallace	14	-14	-1.0	4

Receiving

TCU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Josh Doctson	6	59	9.8	2	27
Aaron Green	2	46	23.0	1	31
Kolby Listenbee	3	44	14.7	1	35
Emanuel Porter	2	20	10.0	0	11
Deante Gray	2	18	9.0	0	10
Ty Slanina	3	16	5.3	0	6
David Porter	3	15	5.0	0	12
Jordan Moore	2	12	6.0	0	6
Griffin Gilbert	1	8	8.0	0	8
Desmon White	1	8	8.0	0	8
Ja'Juan Story	1	2	2.0	0	2
Trevone Boykin	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Ole Miss

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Markell Pack	4	55	13.8	28
Cody Core	3	28	9.3	20
I'Tavius Mathers	1	11	11.0	11
Evan Engram	1	11	11.0	11
Quincy Adeboyejo	1	10	10.0	10
Jaylen Walton	1	5	5.0	5

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Interceptions

TCU

Player	INT	YDS	TD
James McFarland	1	0	1
Derrick Kindred	1	1	0
Chris Hackett	1	0	0

Ole Miss

Player	INT	YDS
Senquez Golson	1	36
Keith Lewis	1	3
Cody Prewitt	1	0

Kick Returns

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ranthony Texada	1	65	65.0	65	0

Ole Miss

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jaylen Walton	4	78	19.5	26	0
Mark Dodson	2	49	24.5	31	0

Kicking

TCU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jaden Oberkrom	0/1	0.0	0	6/6	6

Ole Miss

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Gary Wunderlich	1/2	50.0	27	0/0	3

Punt Returns

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cameron Echols-Luper	2	6	3.0	4	0

Ole Miss

No recorded stats in this category.

Punting

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ethan Perry	4	169	42.3	0	3	55

Ole Miss

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Will Gleeson	8	345	43.1	0	1	65

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 400610182) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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