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Show DAILY 14 Sunday, October 11, 2009 HERALD TCU squeezes past Air Force still a canState, in the top 10 didate to give the Bowl Championship Series some flavor come January. Dietz finished for 42 yards for the Falcons, but their biggest completion came on a trick play when receiver Jonathan Warzeka took a pitch and points but we didn't," Patterson said. "I feel very fortunate right now." The last TCU turnover led to an touchdown run by Connor Dietz that cut the Air Force deficit to three with 57 35. 40 DAItYMiKAlD AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. Any win looks like a work of art for a TCU team with a lot to pluy for this season even if the art looks more like an ice sculpture than a Picasso. Andy Dalton and the Horned Frogs slid their way through the icy mist, bitter wind and Air Force defease Saturday to keep their BCS hopes alive with a dicey 7 win over the Falcons. "Every way we do H, we're e seconds left. But TCU recovered the onside kick to end the suspense and improve to for the first time since 2003. fell short The Falcons (3-because of an offense that produced only four plays of more than 15 yards and a starting quarterback, Dietz, who completed only one pass for 5 yards over the first three quarters. going to do it the hard way," said TCU coach Gary Patter"Our execution has got to be son, whose team won its previ- better," Air Force coach Troy ous two in driving rainstorms. Calhoun said "And we've got to This time, with wind chills in get execution from all 11 guys." the single digits and a frozen TCU came in with the namist and drizzle falling, Dulton tion's rushing dethrew for 198 yards, receiver fense a stat that likely will suffer after allowing 229 yards Jeremy Kerley had a rushing touchdown and a kickof f against Air Force's triple opMounreturn and TCU (54), tion. But the defense was good tain West) piled up 371 of its 393 enough to secure a win in nasty conditions the kind of game yards in the first three quarters. But TCU had to fight for four Patterson's team knew it would have to grind through if 2009 is quarters for this win, thanks to three turnovers, including going to be a special season. two after driving inside the Air "The only way to get to be Force 10 and another at the is to get to 54)," he said. end when the Horned Frogs "We're 50 right now." could've run out the clock. With the win, TCU should "Easily, we could've scored stay, along with No. 6 Boise 10th-rank- threw a touchdown to Kevin Fogler to cut Air Force's deficit to before halftime. It was the first offensive touchdown for the Falcons in more than 11 quartersthough it didn't stop lines of traffic from streaming out of the Academy at halftime, as the announced crowd of 30,104 dwindled to a few brave thousand who were willing to hang out in the drenching cold part of an unusually brisk autumn storm to hit the Rockies this weekend. With a kickoff temperature at 19 degrees, it was the coldest game for the Frogs since they joined the Mountain West 5-- 0 2-- 14-- 7 20-1- top-rank- d five Wyoming 37, New Mexico 13: At Laramie, Wyo., Austyn passed for three touchdowns as Wyoming beat New Mexico in an MWC game played on an unseasonably cold fall afternoon after a snowstorm. Carta-Samue- 12-- MWCLOCAL 47 pnss from Cain IPriDips kick). 4:17. I: MWl Standings Ail Games ConfarariM Pf PA 0 67 40 0 20 17 0 42 23 0 24 17 80 47 Wyoming TCU BYU 2 Utah 1 Force S0SU 2 1 Air 0 0 0 0 UNLV CSU NewMex. L 4 5 0 2 4 4 1 3 26 30 3 2 2 40 66 3 3 3 14 27 2 2 W 3 0 6 74 26 1 PF 136 159 173 137 178 117 148 151 87 PA 155 110 83 83 0 3 Ji Phillips Possession 32:49 For 17 r- RUSHING-T- CU. Dalton Shivers Turner Tucker Team Stephens Warzeka l.Brock Clay Force. Fogler Wesley 5. 1 Tew -fr First ouartw Turner AFA 2 run (Evans kick), 3:44. Fogler 16 pass from Warzeka (Soderberg run (Evans kick), 3:32. Wyo Wyo NM 7 6 0 2 15 8 First Quarter 23 pass from Porterje Unrein Safety. 1:03. Johnson 110) PASSING UNM, 0 13 37 WEBER ST. 31 7:04. kick). kick). 9:39. Weber St. E. Washington Web First EWaa Wed 20 FG Snoy , 15,283. downs USU 18 NMSU 10 171 81 6 235 354 Return Yards 23 39 Passing Return Yards 6 First 91 31 downs WOre. 21 DSC 20 Possession 36 04 23:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Bolen WSU. Smith Team EWU Jones Nichols 8101, Team 228). 22). CHiggins Beaumonte PASSING WSU, CHiogins EWU, RHSIVING-W- SU, Toone Nichols Bolen Philips Eldndge Francisco Smith Tafuna Halmill EWU, Davis6-13Boyce5-88- , Overbay Jones Edwards Martin NEW MEXICO ST. 20, Utah St New Mexico St 0 7 10 3 UTAH 7 7 ST. 0 3 Fumbles-Lo- 2914 Possession 30:46 KUIVI DUAL STATISTICS Utah SI. Turtxn njSHWG Speight M Smfi New Mexico Borel 5B. Wals tostm 1, St, SSimth JeHemmg 11), Team PASSING Morrison Utah St. Borel 81 5. New Mexico St.. Wats RECEIVING Moats Utah St. Sawyer Momson Mitchell MSmitn New Bowman Gwacham Armstrong S.Smith Mexico St, Allen Anderson lt).AIen16). DIXIE STATE 31 WESTERN OREGON 23 17 , 70 3 0 s Time ot s RUSHING 299 Passing 5 Fumbles-Los- t Fumblss-Los- t 31 13 1:04 s 33 Passing E. WASHINGTON 13 3 3 19 7 0 0 FlrstQuarter 22, 10:24, first quarter run fMoroan kickl. 12:33 Second quarter D run (tack blocked). 13:58 Vakapuna D Langston 40 FG. :40 Third quarter W0 Morgan 24 FG, 12:49 W0 Kuenzi 15 run (Morgan kick). 10:35 0 Jimenez 5 pass trom Thompson (Nelson pass from Thompson), 6:28 D Evans 5 pass tromt Thompson (Langston kick), 00:00 Fourth quarter D Vakapuna 74 run (Langston kick). 9:53 Fullerton 8 pass from Ridded (kick failed). W0 W0BreQ s Porterie Wyo. RECEIVING UNM, Butler Benjamin B Williams C.Hemandez Kirk Reed James Dary.Jones Stewart Wyoming, DLeonard Wnght Burkhalter McNeill Boiling Genho 0 Arnold Bokjet exrunning change on Utah's next possession. Mychal Sisson recovered for the Rams at the Colorado State 39. Walls - Possession 14). 14 (JJVm Second Quarter (Watts Alexander 33 run FG J.Aho 39. 5:17. 13 4:31. (kick failed), s Time ot JJones Warzeka Air A run downs t 30 25 29:35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-UButler Wnght B.Williams Ponene 733). James Carta- Stewart Wyo. Alexander Young B Johnson 9, ' (kick 5,370. 28 s TCU, rtcks Kerley 3 Yards Time ol Deb Force, RECEIVING New Mexico Wyoming ' TCU 232 First Wesley Hicks Kerley Air Force, Dietz Hunter Clark PASSING TCU, Air Second Quarter nV 252 Fumbles-los- WYOMING 37, NEW MEXIC0 I I Boyce blocked), 8:56. Web Smith 3 26:05 STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL Square I 33:55 Possession 27:11 Tew Dalton Warzeka EWas A Return Third Quarter 23. 7:25. Fourth Quarter 19 pass Irom Nichols FG Snoy Web Wyo 22 s 0 NMSU Web WllirK (Snoy kick), 11:03. Web FG Snoy 21, 1:32. Web 08 Salary, Web Phillips 30 pass from C.Higglns (Snoy kick), :32. t N..10TCU20.A.RFORCE17 - 24 Passing 24) 5:27 rain.iin7f?Q 0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Wide Cain Smithson Team Reed Brooks Colorado St, Mason 30, Greer Greenwood Mosure Morton PASSING Stucker Utah. Cain Colorado St.. Stucker RECEIVING Wide Utah, Reed Wesson Brooks Peel Key Colorado St. Morton Greer Pert; '",i""m -" 58 s "- 7. FG 75 Time ol UriSS.H "Wo 184 t Pauga Utah-- 248 BUSHINO-U- tah, 8 p.m. 198 I. Wide and Cain fumbled the First Quarter run (Hughes kick), 3.48. Second Quarter NMSU FG Hughes 31, 9:35. 7:09. USU Sawyer 15 pass from Morrison lUlinsM kick), :48. Third Quarter USU Bowman 21 pass from Borel (Ulinskl kick), 13:44. NMSU run (Hughes kick), 7:48. S.Smith Fourth Quarter NMSU FG Hughes 28, :00. return (Jarrett kick). 2:19. 2:54. to the 17-3- Second Quarter 80 pass torn C Higgins Stewart 2 run (Watts kick), Wyo Stewart 54 pass from Wyo (Watts kick), 3:44. A 14,502. NM First downs 23 s Fumbles-Los- Time ot 17 14 36 interruption run behind on Mason's center Tim Walter's block. Wide receiver Rashaun Greer ran a triple reverse 45 yards Eight plays later, Stucker found Dion Morton along the sideline for a scoring play to put Colorado State ahead . Morton caught the ball in found Wide in the flat for the touchdowa Johnson preserved front of R.J. Stafford at the 10 the win by picking off his third and ran into the end zone with 4:54 left in the third quarter. pass after Colorado State had "I can't tell you how hordriven to the Utah 44. "We talked at halftime about rible it feels," Stucker of his how we were moving the ball interceptions. "This is one that great," Cain said. "We just had really hurts." 184 yards. Shemtt kickoff and scored d-half 24-1- 7, 0-- EWas d d 28-ya- 2:55. field on Ben DeLine's goal. Colorado State took the secon- fourth quarter. Cain led the surge when he TD pass to threw a David Reed with 4:17 remaining in the third quarter. On Colorado State's next drive, Johnson intercepted a pass intended for Dion Morton. Taking over at their own 27, the Utes drove to the Colorado State 1 and Wide ran untouched into the end zone with 9:29 left. Utah took the lead, after Johnson intercepted another pass at Utah's 27. Cain New Mexico State 20, Utah State 17: At Las Cruces, N.M., New Mexico State's Kyle field goal as Hughes' time expired gave NMSU a in win over Utah State ( 14, USLTs WAC opener. Sophomore running back Robert Turbin had Fourth Quarter 23 downs 3 15 yards and Cameron Higgins threw two touchdown passes as Weber State spoiled Eastern Washington's homecoming. h er threw two incomplete passes, and they were forced to punt. Colorado State tied it with 9:03 left in the second quarter 0-- Weber State 31, Eastern Washington 13: At Cheney, Wash., Trevyn Smith rushed for 143 a career-hig- reached the Utah 49, but Stuck- times. Utah has beaten Colorado four straight State (34, times. Utah trailed 17-- with 4:43 left in the third quarter and then scored 14 points to tie the game with 9:29 left in the degrees. The New Mexico team, which stayed Friday night 50 miles away in Cheyenne, had to be escorted to Laramie over a closed Interstate 80 by two snowplows and a Wyoming Highway Patrol car Saturday morning to make the game. Third Quarter AFA 0-- temperature was e Wyo Bolger 28 pass from (kick blocked), 405 TCU Return Yards Yards 227 Wyomlng at Air Force, noon Colorado SI. at TCU. 2 p m. BYU at San Diego St, 4 p.m. UNLV, First ls for the first time since 2006. New Mexico fell to The snowstorm dumped close to a foot of snow In southeast Wyoming Friday night and early Saturday, closing major highways in the area. Lara- - . mie received 7 inches and the Burkhaller 31 pass trom Wyo (D Leonard pass trom NM FG J Alio 31 06 30,104. Passing Passing fiaturn Fumbles-tos- TCU 20, Air Force 17 BYU at UNLV, lata Utah at A s 129 152 157 Saturday's mutts 37. New Memco 13 Wan 24. Colorado St 17 TCU AFA Utah run (Phillips kick). 9:29. Wide Utah Wide a pass from Cain (Phillips kick), 3:40. A 30.499. CSU Utah 17 First downs 22 76 Wyoming Saturday, Oct Carta-Samue- Third Quarter FC Evans 38, 3 06. FG Soderberg 28, 1:03. Fmirlfi Quarter FG Evans 27, 13:04. Dietz 8 run (Soderberg luck), :67, TCU AFA Fourth Quarter L ls kick). 1:19. Mason run DeLine kick), 1110 Morton 36 pass from Stucker (DeLine CSU CSU jgQygQ W years ago. The temperature was 25 degrees at kickoff. Colorado State's Leonard Mason ran for a career high Nick Oppenneer's intercep130 yards. Grant Stucker was passing for 184 yards, tion late in the quarter set up the Rams at their own 40. They but was intercepted three yards for Wyoming (4-which has won three straight game-tim- 3-- Continued from Bl had TD passes of 31, 28 and 54 0-- to keep going and punch it in and that's what we did." The teams were tied 3 at the half. Utah scored first, driving 56 yards to set up a field goal by Joe Phillips with 5:27 left in the first quarter. 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