{"id":456165,"date":"2026-10-04T12:58:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456165\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:58:26","slug":"byu-holds-on-to-win-a-slugfest-against-the-tcu-horned-frogs-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/456165\/","title":{"rendered":"BYU Holds On To Win A Slugfest Against The TCU Horned Frogs In Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bcsnn.com\/football\" class=\"pathway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/arrow.png\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBYU Holds On To Win A Slugfest Against The TCU Horned Frogs In Fort Worth\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBYU Holds On To Win A Slugfest Against The TCU Horned Frogs In Fort Worth\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDetails\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBYU Athletic Communications | BYU Cougars\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcsnn.com\/football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t04 October 2026\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BYUHelmet_Blue.jpg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/> <\/p>\n<p><a id=\"startOfPage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 No. 10 BYU defeated TCU on the road 17-10 Saturday night, marking the Cougars\u2019 third straight season with a 4-0 start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With adverse weather affecting both offenses, BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick\u2019s offense featured 38 rushes and 24 passing attempts.<\/p>\n<p>BYU accumulated 216 total yards of offense, quarterback Bear Bachmeier leading on the ground with 66 yards and two touchdowns, including a 21-yard score in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Bachmeier also had 66 passing yards on 11 completions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars totaled 141 rushing yards for 4.1 yards per carry, even with reigning Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year LJ Martin exiting the game in the first quarter after just two carries.<\/p>\n<p>The BYU defense was led by a ferocious pass rush. The Cougars totaled four sacks in the game, their most since totaling five against Navy in 2020. Tausili Akana, Nusi Taumoepeau, Braxton Lindsay and Jake Clifton racked up the BYU sacks. Safety Faletau Satuala snatched an interception, which he returned for 59 yards. The junior\u2019s pick led to BYU\u2019s first score of the game. Tommy Prassas led the team in tackles with seven.<\/p>\n<p>BYU is now 9-2 in one-score games in the past three seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football BYU Holds On To Win A Slugfest Against The TCU Horned Frogs In Fort Worth BYU Holds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[97287,97288,2692,261,97286,416,116,118,117,2469],"class_list":["post-456165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-cfb-invitational","tag-cfb-playoff","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-football","tag-college-scores","tag-college-sports","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-ncaa-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456165","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=456165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}