Date/Time: Thu, Nov 22 / 07:35:00 PM ET, Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, TexasWith Texas A&M’s departure from Big 12, the classic Thanksgiving game between the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns is no longer a college football tradition. The Longhorns (8-2, 5-2 Big 12) have played 75 games on Thanksgiving dating back to 1895, including 64 games against their long time rival Texas A&M.
The Thanksgiving game in Texas is long time tradition that began two years after the Longhorns were founded. Two years after their establishment, the Horns first played Texas A&M on Thanksgiving.
However, things changed this season. Instead of facing the Aggies, the Longhorns will meet several opponents in the coming years, starting with Big 12’s newcomers, the TCU Horned Frogs, who will travel to Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for their first Thanksgiving matchup in 84 years.
The Horned Frogs last played on Thanksgiving on November 29, 1928, when they defeated the Southern Methodist Mustangs 15-6. Despite the newcomer status, TCU (6-4, 3-4) is one of Texas' oldest rivals, having played 82 times, making it the fifth-most played series in Texas history.
The Longhorns have won the last 15 meetings in Austin and own a comfortable 61-20-1 edge over TCU. The two teams have met just once since the old Southwest Conference was officially dissolved in 1996. Texas won the last meeting, 34-13 in 2007. The game marked the first and only time the two programs met since the Texas beat TCU 27-19 in 1995, the last year of the Southwest Conference.
Texas, which closes its regular season at Kansas State on December 1, has won four straight since dropping back-to-back games vs. No.7 West Virginia and No. 10 Oklahoma (Weeks 5 and 6 respectively). Quarterback David Ash has responded well to being pulled from the Longhorns' 21-17 victory at Kansas on October 27, completing 72% of his passes and scoring five touchdowns in two games. Ash was 25-of-31 for a career-high 364 yards in the Longhorns' 33-7 victory over Iowa State on November 10th.
At 6-4 overall and 3-4 in Big 12 play, TCU is out of the conference race, but already qualified for bowl play. The Frogs are coming off a 23-10 loss to the then-No. 1 Wildcats on Nov. 10 and has lost three of their last four games. Over its last three games, TCU had many ups and downs. Trevone Boykin, who took over at quarterback after Casey Pachall left school to deal with substance abuse, has thrown for 14 touchdowns, and eight interceptions. TCU’s defense, 16th in the country at 326.3 yards allowed, had an acceptable performance against Kansas State two weeks ago, but they haven’t been consistent when playing Big 12 rivals.
The Longhorns will be the fourth team TCU has faced this season which did not play the week before. The Horned Frogs are 3-0 in such games with victories over SMU (24-16), Baylor (49-41) and West Virginia (39-38 in double overtime).
Game Odds:
Texas Christian Horned Frogs: +7-110, ML +240
Texas Longhorns: -7-110, ML -280
Game Total: 58, o/u -110
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