TCU will face Houston on Friday, October 4, 2024 (10/4/24) at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Here’s what you need to know:

What: Big 12 football

WHO: TCU vs. Houston

When: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, (10/04/24)

Where: Amon G. Carter Stadium

Time: 7:30

TV: ESPN

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Here’s a preview capsule via Associated Press:

Houston (1-4, 0-2 Big 12) at TCU (3-2, 1-1), Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

BetMGM college football odds: TCU at 16 1/2.

Series record: Draw 13-13.

WHAT IS AT STAKE?

TCU is seeking its 10th straight win in a series that Houston first dominated after joining the Southwest Conference in 1976. Houston hasn’t beaten TCU since 1992, three years before the SWC’s dissolution sent the schools to separate conferences. Houston was shut out in consecutive games for the first time since 1994. Since reaching the national championship game two seasons ago, the Horned Frogs have hit over .500 in Big 12 play just once, after winning their conference opener last year.

KEY MATCHUP

QB Josh Hoover and the TCU offense against the Houston defense. Hoover ranks third nationally with 1,774 passing yards (355 per game), setting season highs in three straight weeks, increasing to 507 in last week’s 38-27 victory over Kansas. The Cougars are giving up an average of 294 yards per game, including just 147 passes.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Houston: QB Donovan Smith. The passing game has all but disappeared in back-to-back shutout losses to open the Big 12 under first-year coach Willie Fritz, 34-0 at Cincinnati and 20-0 at home to Iowa State. Over the last two weeks combined, Smith was 19 of 28 for 144 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. The former Texas Tech quarterback has two TD passes and five picks this season.

TCU: WR Jack Bech ranks second nationally with 647 yards receiving after rushing for 131 yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 10 catches against the Jayhawks. He already has four 100-yard games, including a career-best 200 yards in his last home game, a 35-34 loss to UCF.

FACTS & FIGURES

This is Houston’s first visit to TCU since 2004, the schools’ last season together in CUSA. TCU won the first Big 12 meet last year 36-13. … Houston was shut out three times in a row for once in school history. They were the final three games of the program’s second season in 1947. … Hoover scored at least two touchdowns in eight consecutive games. … Dana Holgorsen, who was fired as Houston’s coach last year, is an advisor on Sonny Dykes’ TCU team. From 2000 to 2006 they were assistants to Mike Leach at Texas Tech. … Horned Frogs NT Hakeem Ajijolaiya played 40 games in four seasons in Houston, including six starts last season.

(The AP contributed to this report)

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