GAME 11: AT #23 HOUSTON COUGARS
NOV. 22 | TDECU STADIUM | HOUSTON, TX | 3:00 PM
TV: FOX Streaming: FOX SPORTS APP / / FOXSPORTS.COM Talent: Tim Brando, Devin Gardner, Josh Sims Radio: KZPS 92.5 FM, TuneIn, Varsity App, Riff Ram App Talent: Brian Estridge, Marshall Newhouse, Elvis
Gallegos Spanish Radio: KTNO 620 AM Talent: Miguel Cruz, Roberto Ramirez
GAME NOTES
- TCU concludes its 2025 regular season road schedule on Saturday with an in-state showdown at [24/25] Houston. It will be a ranked foe in consecutive weeks for TCU who fell at [12] BYU last Saturday – the first time TCU has played consecutive ranked opponents in true road games since 1982 (at [6] SMU and at [10] Arkansas).
- TCU’s last win over a ranked opponent in a true road game came in the 2022 season when they went to Austin and beat No. 18 Texas, 17-10.
- TCU is 2-3 on the road this season (4-1 at home) and averaging 380 yards per game (446.8 at home). Defensively, the Frogs have been more stout on the road, averaging 369.2 yards allowed compared to 378.2 at home.
- TCU WR Eric McAlister leads all P4 receivers with 111.9 receiving yards per game against P4 competition (8 games). USC’s Makai Lemon is second at 105.3.
- McAlister is currently ninth in single-season receiving yards and will jump in ranks at the following totals: 48 (8th), 58 (7th), 72 (6th), 77 (5th), 94 (4th), 121 (3rd), 129 (2nd).
- LB Kaleb Elarms-Orr is one of only 3 P4 linebackers to post an 80+ grade as a run defender and tackler, and 75+ in coverage according to PFF. His 70.2 snaps per game lead all P4 LBs
HOUSTON NOTES
- The Cougars matched their win total from their first two seasons in the Big 12 Conference, beginning the season 8-2. Houston faces two in-state rivals to close out the season on Nov. 22 and Nov. 29 against TCU and at Baylor, respectively.
- Houston has won five consecutive road games in a season for the fifth time in program history after its 30-27 win at UCF. The Cougars have won 6 road games in the same season twice, 2011 and 2021. A win at Baylor to close out the season would be just the third 6-0 road record in program history.
- The Cougars win over #24/25 Arizona State in Week 9 was their first against a ranked team on the road since 2017 when Houston beat #17/14 South Florida 28-24 on Oct. 29, 2017 in Tampa. The Cougars have beaten ranked opponents in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2017-18. Houston snapped Arizona State’s 10-game home winning streak dating to 2023.
- Houston has won 8+ games for the first time since joining the Big 12 Conference. Houston’s five Big 12 wins in 2025 are a program record after joining the league in 2023 and winning two and three, games in the first two seasons, respectively. The turnaround has been a product of an offensive resurgence that has seen the Cougars offensive efficiency trend upward from 121st in 2024 to 60th in 2025.
- Houston is the only two FBS teams unbeaten on the road this season while also playing five or more road games.
- The Cougars have allowed 22.1 points per game this season, 46th nationally, however the defense has allowed just 20.7 points per game, 34th nationally and fifth in the Big 12.
- Houston has five wins this season when allowing the first score, most in the Big 12. The only FBS team with more such victories is Vanderbilt (five).
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