Frogs to face Jayhawks on Halloween at 2:30 p.m.
10/29/2026
TCU (3-4, 1-3) is looking to get back in the win column when it faces Kansas on Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium on Halloween.
GAME DAY DETAILS
TCU (3-4, 1-3) vs. Kansas (3-4, 1-3)
Saturday, October 31 - 2:30 p.m.
Amon G. Carter Stadium - Fort Worth, Texas
Tracking the Game:
Television » FS1 (Carlo Jimenez, Spencer Tillman)
Radio Tuning » KZPS 92.5 FM and Sirius XM 83 / Spanish KAMV-FM 107.1-2 and KLNO-FM 94.1-2
Radio Streaming » The Varsity Network App
Live Stats » StatBroadcast
GAME DAY TIMELINE
Parking Lots Open – 9:30 a.m.
Frog Alley Opens – 11:30 a.m.
Frog Walk – 12:00 p.m.
Gates Open – 1:00 p.m.
Carter March – 1:40 p.m.
Pregame Show – 2:10 p.m.
Kickoff vs. Kansas – 2:30 p.m.
WHAT'S NEW AT THE CARTER
TCU has announced multiple new features and experiences coming to historic Amon G. Carter Stadium for the 2026 season.
The lighting system in The Carter has been completely overhauled with brand new, full-spectrum LED lights. A similar installation was done in Schollmaier Arena last year and quickly became a fan favorite.
Many preparations have been made to ensure that this offers an elite experience inside the stadium, and fans are encouraged to stay in their seats as we start a new fourth quarter tradition against Grambling State.
Thanks to our extended partnership with Learfield, we have overhauled the structure with another brand new, state-of-the-art LED board to match the clarity and quality of the board in the north endzone. The structure will remain, but the screen will now stretch edge-to-edge rather than be framed within it, and the old scoreboard will be fully integrated.
A full list of new features at historic Amon G. Carter Stadium can be found here.
NOTING THE GAME
- TCU looks to get back in the win column when it faces Kansas on Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium on Halloween.
- The game, dubbed the Haunting at the Carter, is a blackout and marks the first time the Frogs have hosted a home game on Halloween since 2009.
- The Horned Frogs lead the all-time series with the Jayhawks 27-9-4, including a 12-2-2 mark in Fort Worth. This is the first matchup at TCU between the two teams since 2021, and the Frogs have won five straight and 11 of the last 12 against KU. In the five-game win streak in the series, TCU has scored at least 31 points in each matchup and has put up an average of 43.4 points.
TCU has allowed just 17 offensive plays of 20+ yards, the fewest in the Big 12 and ninth least in the country.
NOTING THE HORNED FROGS
- TCU is in its fifth season under the direction of head coach Sonny Dykes in 2026. The 2022 National Coach of the Year led TCU to 36 wins in his first four seasons, the most by a TCU head coach since Francis Schmidt won 37 from 1929-32.
- Dykes has also led programs at SMU (2018-21), Cal (2013-16), and Louisiana Tech (2010-12). In all four stops, Dykes has guided the program to the postseason, making him one of four active head coaches to take four different schools to a bowl game, joining Butch Jones, Lane Kiffin, and Rich Rodriguez.
- Dykes is also one of eight active head coaches to have appeared in the CFP National Championship game, along with Kirby Smart, Dabo Swinney, Ryan Day, Marcus Freeman, Kalen DeBoer, Mario Cristobal, and Curt Cignetti. Dykes and Cignetti are the only two coaches in CFP history to take over a losing program and direct them to the CFP in their first season.
- For the first time in three seasons, TCU has a new starting quarterback directing the offense as Harvard transfer Jaden Craig takes the reins. With the Crimson, he became the most accomplished quarterback in program history and left Cambridge with multiple school records. Through seven games, Craig has posted numbers that are not only near the top of the conference, but the country. He is currently ranks second in the Big 12 in 300-yard passing performances (4) passing average per game (295.14). His passing average sits sixth nationally.
- The Horned Frogs also have a new offensive play caller in Gordon Sammis. For the past two seasons, Sammis ran the offense at UConn, helping the Huskies post consecutive nine-win seasons for the first time in program history while producing one of the nation's most efficient and explosive offenses. During that span, UConn achieved the program's first-ever 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard receiver and 1,000-yard rusher in the same season.
- This season, TCU's offense has had a highly efficient tight end room, ranking in the top three in receptions (47), receiving yards (652) and touchdowns (8) for the program since 1996.
- In year three under defensive coordinator Andy Avalos, the Horned Frog defense has been elite. The unit currently leads the Big 12 in Third Down Defense (15th in FBS), First Down Defense (10th in FBS), Scoring Defense (6th in FBS) and Total Defense (6th in FBS). Through seven games, TCU's defense has allowed just 97 points (13.9 per game), which ranks fourth among power-four teams this season.
WATCH LIST FROGS
Home to 10 national awards since 2009, the Horned Frogs are no strangers to taking home hardware including the Ted Hendricks Award (Jerry Hughes, 2009), the Rimington Trophy (Jake Kirkpatrick, 2010), the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (Trevone Boykin, 2014; Max Duggan, 2022), the Jim Thorpe Award (Tre'von Moehrig, 2020; Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, 2022), the Davey O'Brien and Unitas Golden Army Award (Max Duggan, 2022), and of course, the Heisman Trophy (Davey O'Brien, 1938).
Prior to the 2026 season, eight Frogs earned preseason recognition (listed below). Two more Frogs picked up in-season watch list additions.
- Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- Sports Info Solutions Preseason All-Big 12 First Team
- Sports Info Solutions All-America Team
- Sports Info Solutions All-Big 12 First Team
- Senior Bowl Top 300 List
- Manning Award Watch List
- Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee
- Outland Trophy Watch List
- Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- Jason Witten Man of the Year Award Watch List
- Sports Info Solutions All-Big 12 Second Team
- Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List
- Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List
- Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
- Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
- Outland Trophy Watch List
- Senior Bowl Top 300 List
- Sports Info Solutions All-America Team
- Sports Info Solutions All-Big 12 First Team
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