TCU 41, San Diego St. 7

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	4	28
Total Yards	85	498
Passing	98	115
Rushing	-13	383
Penalties	3-30	9-105
3rd Down Conversions	1-11	9-17
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	1	1
Possession	16:31	43:29

Air/Ground Leaders
San Diego State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Westling 6/17 61 0 0 Lindley 4/8 37 0 0	TCU Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Jackson 10/19 115 1 0
San Diego State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Henderson 4 5 0 3 Campbell 1 3 0 3	TCU Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Jackson 27 131 2 17 Brown 10 66 0 20
San Diego State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 6 52 0 27 Wallace 1 34 0 34	TCU Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Reagan 4 53 1 33 Kerley 2 23 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SDSU	TCU
	FG	02:56	Ross Evans 20 Yd	0	3
SECOND QUARTER				SDSU	TCU
	FG	14:03	Ross Evans 42 Yd	0	6
	TD	05:45	Ryan Christian 10 Yd Run (Ross Evans Kick)	0	13
	TD	00:22	Shae Reagan 3 Yd Pass From Marcus Jackson (Ross Evans Kick)	0	20
THIRD QUARTER				SDSU	TCU
	TD	12:11	Mekell Wesley 2 Yd Run (Lane Yoshida Kick)	7	20
	TD	03:47	Marcus Jackson 9 Yd Run (Ross Evans Kick)	7	27
FOURTH QUARTER				SDSU	TCU
	TD	09:17	Joseph Turner 5 Yd Run (Ross Evans Kick)	7	34
	TD	03:21	Marcus Jackson 3 Yd Run (Ross Evans Kick)	7	41

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Backup quarterback Marcus Jackson rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns in his first start this season to help TCU defeat San Diego State 41-7 on Saturday.

Getting the start after Andy Dalton injured his right knee in a loss to top-ranked Oklahoma last weekend, Jackson went 10-of-19 for 115 yards and had scoring runs of 9 and 3 yards.

Jackson, a junior, also threw a touchdown pass just before halftime that gave TCU (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West) a 20-0 lead.

San Diego State (1-4, 0-1) lost starting QB Ryan Lindley to a right shoulder injury in the second quarter. Lindley, who passed for 433 yards in a win over Idaho last week, was wearing a sling on the sideline.

Drew Westling took over for Lindley and was 6-of-17 for 61 yards.

Mekell Wesley had a touchdown run for the Aztecs, who have been outscored 138-40 in their last three games against the Horned Frogs.

San Diego State had only 85 yards of offense and four first downs. In their last trip to Fort Worth, the Aztecs had just 87 total yards in a 52-0 loss two years ago.

Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said on Friday that Dalton would be available to play in an emergency. Jackson and TCU's defense made sure that wasn't needed.

Ross Evans kicked field goals of 25 and 42 yards to give TCU a 6-0 lead early in the second quarter.

Ryan Christian's 10-yard TD run extended the lead to 13-0, and Jackson threw a 3-yard TD pass to Shae Reagan just before halftime to put the Horned Frogs on top 20-0.

Jackson has thrown all three of TCU's touchdown passes this season.

Jackson's only miscue came early in the third quarter. San Diego State's Russell Allen recovered Jackson's fumble at the TCU 1.

Wesley punched it in for a 2-yard scoring run two plays later.

Jackson had a 9-yard TD run in the third. Jackson was about to dive when he collided with linebacker Andrew Preston, which sent Jackson airborne into the end zone.

TCU's Aaron Brown rushed for 66 yards and Joseph Turner added 63 as the Horned Frogs had a season-high 383 yards on the ground.

The Aztecs had minus-13 yards rushing against TCU, which came in leading the nation in run defense.