{"id":106166,"date":"2025-12-31T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106166\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:08:09","slug":"tcu-beats-usc-in-ot-at-alamo-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106166\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU beats USC in OT at Alamo Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gettyimages-2253390127-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">SAN ANTONIO, TX &#8211; DECEMBER 30: Texas Christian University Horned Frogs running back Jon Denman (13) and Texas Christian University Horned Frogs wide receiver Eric McAlister (1) celebrate after Denman scores a touchdown against the Southern California  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">SAN ANTONIO, Texas &#8211; TCU (9-4) managed an overtime win against the University of Southern California (9-4) at the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Tuesday night, with the Horned Frogs handing out a 30-27 win against the Trojans.<\/p>\n<p>   Valero Alamo Bowl 2025 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TCU quarterback Ken Seals got his very first start as a Horned Frog as TCU appeared in their third straight bowl game against the No. 16 ranked USC Trojans in the Alamo Bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TCU Tight Ends Coach Mitch Kirsch handled the play-calling duties for the offense, after former offensive coordinator Kendal Briles left to take a job at South Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">For USC, their fourth straight bowl game under head coach Lincoln Riley ended with them breaking a potential three-win streak for such games.<\/p>\n<p> TCU player highlights <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gettyimages-2254108573-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS &#8211; DECEMBER 30: Ken Seals #9 of the TCU Horned Frogs warms up prior to the game against the USC Trojans at Alamodome on December 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Seals led the team in passing yards with 288 to score a single touchdown. Seals completed 29\/40 passes, and had one interception.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jeremy Payne led TCU in rushing with 72 yards, making 13 carries and scoring a touchdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Payne also led in receiving with 80 yards. He received six times in total.<\/p>\n<p> USC player highlights <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/gettyimages-2254108393-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS &#8211; DECEMBER 30: Jayden Maiava #14 of the USC Trojans warms up prior to the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Alamodome on December 30, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jayden Maiava led the team in passing yards with 18\/29 completions. He had 280 passing yards in total, one TD and two interceptions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">King Miller led for rushing with 99 yards, and made 25 carries. He scored a single touchdown.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Tanook Hines led for receiving with 163 yards, receiving six times in total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/ncaa-football\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article SAN ANTONIO, TX &#8211; DECEMBER 30: Texas Christian University Horned Frogs running back Jon Denman (13) and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,2469,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-106166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}