November 27, 2015 Week 13 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

TCU takes the belt, 28–21, at home over Baylor.

Home · New Holder

TCUAP No. 15 28

Away · Defending Holder

BaylorAP No. 7 21

AP poll, week 13: Baylor No. 7 at TCU No. 15 · No. 1 that week: Florida. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

TCU took the belt here, ending Baylor’s run of 6 days and 0 defenses (reign #293) and starting reign #294. It lasted 288 days and 2 defenses, until Arkansas took it on September 10, 2016.

For TCU this was its 10th shot at the belt; it had held the belt 3 times before — and it took it back here.

It was the 3rd of 3 belt games between the two; going in, Baylor led the belt series 2–0; all-time Baylor leads 2–1. Every meeting →

AI-Written

Recap

TCU claimed the College Football Belt with a 28-21 victory over Baylor in a turnover-filled affair that saw the Horned Frogs capitalize on five Baylor miscues. The game featured explosive plays from both offenses early, with Baylor scoring first on a Devin Chafin 1-yard run, then TCU answering with Jarrison Stewart's 25-yard touchdown reception from Trevone Boykin in the first quarter. The pivotal moment came in the second quarter when Josh Carraway returned a Baylor fumble 56 yards for a touchdown, a momentum-swinging play that effectively decided the belt. Despite Baylor's overall statistical advantage with 335 total yards and 273 rushing yards, the Frogs' opportunistic defense and Boykin's ability to convert in key moments proved decisive in the closing stages, with TCU scoring late to secure the belt.

Josh Carraway's 56-yard fumble return for a touchdown in Q2 -- TCU's pivotal defensive score that swung momentum decisively in the Frogs' favor
Jarrison Stewart's 25-yard touchdown reception from Trevone Boykin in Q1 -- TCU's early offensive spark that kept pace with Baylor
Baylor's five turnovers vs TCU's two -- the turnover margin proved to be the decisive factor in TCU claiming the belt

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

TCUBaylor

Total yards302335

Rushing yards154273

Passing yards14862

First downs1521

3rd down conv.2/176/22

Turnovers25

Penalties–yards8–656–50

Time of possession32:0927:51

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 10:40	Baylor	+1 yd	Devin Chafin 1 Yd Run (Chris Callahan Kick)
Q1 15:00	TCU	+33 yd	Jaden Oberkrom kickoff for 59 yds , Chris Platt return for 33 yds to the Bayl 39
Q1 8:55	TCU	+25 yd	Jarrison Stewart 25 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q1 10:40	Baylor	+32 yd	Spencer Evans kickoff for 60 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 32 yds to the TCU 37
Q1 7:28	Baylor	+5 yd	Devin Chafin 5 Yd Run (Chris Callahan Kick)
Q1 8:15	Baylor	+44 yd	Johnny Jefferson run for 44 yds to the TCU 17 for a 1ST down
Q1 7:03	TCU	+33 yd	Trevone Boykin pass complete to Emanuel Porter for 33 yds to the Bayl 34 for a 1ST down
Q1 7:28	Baylor	+29 yd	Spencer Evans kickoff for 61 yds , KaVontae Turpin return for 29 yds to the TCU 33
Q1 0:51	TCU	-14 yd	Trevone Boykin pass intercepted Xavien Howard return for 14 yds to the Bayl 19
Q1 0:34	Baylor	+0 yd	Chris Johnson pass intercepted Nick Orr return for no gain to the TCU 24
Q2 12:55	Baylor	-56 yd	Josh Carraway 56 Yd Fumble Return (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q2 4:51	TCU	+9 yd	Trevone Boykin run for 9 yds to the TCU 49 Trevone Boykin fumbled, forced by Jamal Palmer, recovered by Bayl Taylor Young
Q2 3:25	Baylor	-8 yd	Chris Johnson run for a loss of 6 yards to the TCU 38 Chris Johnson fumbled, recovered by Bayl Corey Coleman, Corey Coleman rush for a loss of 2 yards to the TCU 38
Q3 1:00	TCU	+11 yd	TEAM punt blocked by Terence Williams blocked by Terence Williams
Q4 4:57	Baylor	+8 yd	Devin Chafin run for 8 yds to the TCU 45 Devin Chafin fumbled, recovered by TCU Derrick Kindred
Q5 0:00	Baylor	+4 yd	Devin Chafin 4 Yd pass from Chris Johnson (Chris Callahan Kick)
Q5 0:00	TCU	+1 yd	Trevone Boykin 1 Yd Run (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)
Q6 0:00	TCU	+8 yd	KaVontae Turpin 8 Yd pass from Trevone Boykin (Jaden Oberkrom Kick)

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	18/33	148	4.5	2	1	21.3

Baylor

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Chris Johnson	7/24	62	2.6	1	1	12.6

Rushing

TCU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aaron Green	17	72	4.2	0	14
Kyle Hicks	11	53	4.8	0	17
Trevone Boykin	14	16	1.1	1	9
KaVontae Turpin	2	9	4.5	0	7
Shaun Nixon	2	4	2.0	0	3

Baylor

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Devin Chafin	26	119	4.6	2	15
Johnny Jefferson	12	82	6.8	0	44
Shock Linwood	14	58	4.1	0	15
Chris Johnson	15	13	0.9	0	9
Corey Coleman	3	5	1.7	0	14

Receiving

TCU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Emanuel Porter	3	48	16.0	0	33
Jarrison Stewart	2	39	19.5	1	25
Dominic Merka	2	20	10.0	0	13
KaVontae Turpin	3	15	5.0	1	8
Kyle Hicks	4	14	3.5	0	11
Shaun Nixon	2	6	3.0	0	3
Kolby Listenbee	1	5	5.0	0	5
Aaron Green	1	1	1.0	0	1

Baylor

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
KD Cannon	3	28	9.3	0	11
Shock Linwood	1	15	15.0	0	15
Corey Coleman	1	8	8.0	0	8
Jay Lee	1	7	7.0	0	7
Devin Chafin	1	4	4.0	1	4

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Interceptions

TCU

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Nick Orr	1	0	0

Baylor

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Xavien Howard	1	14	0

Kick Returns

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
KaVontae Turpin	2	61	30.5	32	0

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chris Platt	1	33	33.0	33	0

Kicking

TCU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jaden Oberkrom	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Baylor

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chris Callahan	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punt Returns

TCU

No recorded stats in this category.

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Lynx Hawthorne	1	1	1.0	1	0

Punting

TCU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ethan Perry	12	454	37.8	0	0	52

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Drew Galitz	10	401	40.1	0	0	56

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 400763464) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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