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Quick Look at TCU as the Frogs Hop Up to Oklahoma for a Battle with the No. 4 Sooners

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After opening a season with four consecutive home games for just the second time in its history, TCU is on the road for a second consecutive week as it makes the short trek up I-35 to face No. 4 Oklahoma on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on ABC.

TCU has won five of its last 11 games versus top-five opponents with only two of those contests at home. Since TCU began Big 12 play in 2012, six of its nine regular-season games versus Oklahoma have been decided by seven points or less. Zach Evans is the first Horned Frog since 2002 with four consecutive 100-yard rushing games. Kendre Miller (7.84) and Evans (7.82) rank first and second nationally among active players in career yards per carry average.

ROAD WARRIORS
• Since 2009, TCU is tied for third nationally with 45 road wins. The Horned Frogs are 45-20 (.692) in that stretch.
• TCU's 53-26 record (.671) in road and neutral-site games since 2009 is seventh-best nationally.
• TCU's 35-19 mark (.648) in conference road games since 2009 is tied for 10th-best in the FBS.
• TCU is 23-19 on the road in its Big 12 history.

SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma holds a 16-5 series lead over TCU.
• The Horned Frogs are 3-6 versus the Sooners in Norman, 2-8 in Fort Worth, 0-1 in Oklahoma City and 0-1 in Arlington (2017 Big 12 Championship Game).
• The first game in the series was a 34-19 Sooners' victory in Oklahoma City in 1944.
• TCU's 17-10 win at No. 5 Oklahoma in the 2005 season opener was its first victory over an opponent ranked that high since a 6-0 decision at No. 1 Texas in 1961. The 10 points by OU marked its fewest in a home game under former Head Coach Bob Stoops.

REMEMBER ME?
• TCU outside receivers coach Malcolm Kelly was a two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection and a 2005 Freshman All-American at Oklahoma.
• Kelly totaled 144 receptions for 2,285 yards and 21 touchdowns in just three seasons. When he left Norman, Kelly ranked second all-time at Oklahoma with 21 touchdown catches and nine 100-yard receiving games. He tied a school record with 11 receptions as a sophomore versus Texas Tech in 2006.

TRUE LEADER
• Quarterback Max Duggan has been named one of two Big 12 student-athletes selected to represent the conference in serving on the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group.
• As part of the committee assignment, Duggan will represent the interests of Big 12 football players and college football as a whole.

TCU NOTABLES
• Over the last seven seasons, TCU has the Big 12's third-best conference record (39-26) and overall mark (61-32).
• TCU is one of just seven programs nationally to finish with an Associated Press Top-10 final ranking in at least three of the last seven seasons (2014, 2015, 2017). The others are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State.
• TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson, at 21 seasons, is the nation's second-longest tenured head coach, trailing only Iowa's Kirk Ferentz (23rd year).
• During Patterson's time at TCU, all other FBS programs in Texas have had at least four head coaches.
• Patterson has released two music singles in which he wrote and provided lead vocals on, "Take A Step Back" and "Game On."
• TCU's 34-32 win over Cal improved its record to 8-0 under Patterson against Pac-12 opponents.

NFL HOUSE GUESTS
• TCU was the practice site for three weeks last month for the New Orleans Saints, who were displaced due to Hurricane Ida.
• The Saints were the third NFL team in the last 11 years to practice at TCU. The Dallas Cowboys have utilized the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility, while TCU was the host practice site for the Pittsburgh Steelers during Super Bowl XLV in Arlington.