TCU Falls to No. 22 Arizona, 29-28, in Closing Minutes

Friday, November 6

Tucson, Ariz.

9:15 p.m.

TCU

4-5 , 2-4

Arizona

7-2 , 4-2

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
TCU	0	14	7	7	28
Arizona	10	0	7	12	29

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TUCSON, Ariz. – In a game that came down to the end, TCU Football dropped a contest to 22nd-ranked Arizona Friday night at Casino Del Sol Stadium.

Trailing by eight, Arizona scored a touchdown to cut it to two with under two minutes remaining. On the ensuing kickoff, the Wildcats recovered a fumble off a squib kick and then scored a field goal that ended up being the game winner.

Jaden Craig went 28-for-41 for 232 yards and one score, while adding two touchdowns on the ground. His top targets were Kari Ashley, who caught 14 passes for 95 yards, and Jordan Dwyer, posting nine receptions for 86 yards and a score.

Defensively, senior captain Hudson Hooper led the way with 12 tackles and an interception returned for a touchdown. Jordan Lester followed, posting eight tackles.

Arizona was rolling early in the game, taking a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. After the defense started to generate some stops, TCU's offense responded and marched down the field to cut the lead to three after a Craig touchdown scramble.

With the game needing a break, the Frogs found one by way of a 93-yard pick six by Hudson Hooper, and TCU took the lead heading into the intermission.

The two teams would exchange blows in the third quarter, each scoring a touchdown. Following a Wildcat score midway through the quarter, TCU embarked on a five-minute drive to regain the lead entering the fourth quarter.

After an Arizona field goal, the Frogs were able to control the ball and take it down the field culminating in a Craig rushing touchdown to put the road team up eight with under seven minutes to play.

With its backs against the wall at numerous points in the drive, Arizona would not be denied, eventually finding the end zone with under two minutes remaining to cut the lead to two after a failed two-point conversion.

On the following kickoff, the Wildcats attempted a pooch kickoff that was fumbled by the Frogs and recovered by Arizona. The home team would proceed to make a field goal to take the lead with just over 30 seconds remaining in the ballgame.

Needing to get into field goal range, Craig threw an interception on the first play of the TCU drive to end the game.

NOTING THE GAME

TCU has now scored in 429 consecutive games, the second-longest scoring streak in NCAA history. The Frogs were last shutout on Nov. 16, 1991 against Texas … Jaden Craig scored a rushing touchdown for the third consecutive game, a first for a TCU quarterback since Max Duggan closed the 2022 season with three such game … Hudson Hooper's 93-yard interception return was the fourth longest in school history and longest by a non-defensive back.

UP NEXT

TCU returns home to play Kansas State on Saturday, November 14. Time and TV will be announced following Saturday's games.