11/5/2026
The Horned Frogs head to Tucson to face 22nd-ranked Arizona in the Friday nightcap on ESPN at Casino Del Sol Stadium.
GAME DAY DETAILS
TCU (4-4, 2-3) at No. 22 Arizona (6-2, 3-2)
Friday, November 6 - 9:15 p.m. CT
Casino Del Sol Stadium - Tucson, Arizona
Tracking the Game:
Television » ESPN (Anish Shroff, Andre Ware, Morgan Uber)
Radio Tuning » KZPS 92.5 FM and Sirius XM 268 / Spanish KAMV-FM 107.1-2 and KLNO-FM 94.1-2
Radio Streaming » The Varsity Network App
Live Stats » StatBroadcast
NOTING THE GAME
- The Horned Frogs head to Tucson to face 22nd-ranked Arizona in the Friday nightcap on ESPN.
- TCU enters the month of November with a 4-4 record, but is set to face three opponents currently ranked in the latest polls in its final four contests.
- This will mark TCU's first trip to Tucson since 2003, and the second meeting between the schools since Arizona joined the Big 12.
- Arizona defensive line coach Joe Salave’a served as Co-Defensive Coordinator alongside TCU defensive coordinator Andy Avalos at Oregon in 2019 and 2020.
- In addition, Sonny Dykes was Arizona's offensive coordinator from 2007-09.
TCU's defense has allowed 1.5 touchdowns per game this year, tied for the fifth-fewest in the FBS and the least in the Big 12.
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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 eight 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) and fourth in passing average per game (275.9). His passing average sits 13th 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 second in receiving yards (712), receptions (51) 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 (20th in FBS), First Down Defense (15th in FBS), Scoring Defense (8th in FBS) and Total Defense (14th in FBS). Through eight games, TCU's defense has allowed just 113 points (14.1 per game), which ranks fifth 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).
- 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
- 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
