UCF Beats TCU 21-13 as TCU Gives It Away Four Times
Keyone Jenkins completed 19 of 20 passes for 160 yards and lost two fumbles, and UCF still beat TCU 21-13 to move to 3-1.
Taevion Swint opened the scoring with a 13-yard run in the first quarter, and Jeremy Payne tied it with a 1-yard run for TCU. Nate McCashland's 29-yard field goal put TCU up 10-7 in the second quarter, and Jenkins hit Caden Piening from 19 yards with 4:58 left in the half to give UCF a 14-10 lead. McCashland kicked a 45-yarder in the third, so it was 14-13 UCF going into the fourth. Landen Chambers ran in from 1 yard with 12:25 left to make it 21-13, and neither team scored again. The lead changed twice and the game was tied once.
The numbers tilt toward the losing side. TCU gained 343 yards to UCF's 266, with Jaden Craig throwing for 310 yards on 25 of 40, but only 33 rushing yards on 27 carries. TCU turned it over four times: two interceptions from Craig and two lost fumbles. UCF gave it away twice, both fumbles from Jenkins, and its defense had four sacks. Four giveaways to two is most of the difference, and 13 points was never going to be enough.
For fantasy, Payne led the board with 18.9 points on 15 carries, a touchdown and six catches. Jordan Dwyer had 5 catches for 100 yards for TCU, and Jenkins finished with 13.3 even with those two lost fumbles. TCU falls to 2-2, and UCF gets the win with a quarterback who threw 20 passes and was only incomplete once.