2022 Big 12 Championship Game
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| Date | December 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Deuce Vaughn (RB, Kansas State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | TCU by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Ashanti | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kevin Mar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 69,335 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ABC: Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe ESPN Radio: Mike Couzens, Max Starks | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 TCU y^ | 9 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Kansas State y$ | 7 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Texas | 6 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 1 | – | 8 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Kansas State 31, TCU 28OT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on December 3, 2022, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was the 21st edition of the Big 12 Championship Game, and determined the champion of the Big 12 Conference for the 2022 season. The game began at 11:00 a.m. CST on ABC.[1] The game featured the TCU Horned Frogs and the Kansas State Wildcats. Sponsored by soft drink company Keurig Dr Pepper through its flagship Dr Pepper brand, the game was officially be known as the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game.[2]
Teams
The two teams met in the regular season on October 22, with TCU winning 38–28.[3] This was the seventeenth meeting between the two teams, with the all time series tied at 8–8 heading into the game.[4]
TCU
The Horned Frogs clinched a spot in the game following their defeat of Texas on November 12.[5] The Horned Frogs entered the championship game with a perfect 12–0 record and a conference record of 9–0. This was TCU's second appearance in the championship game, having lost 17–41 to Oklahoma in the 2017 game.
Kansas State
The Wildcats clinched a spot in the game following their victory against in-state rivals Kansas on November 26. The Wildcats entered the championship game with a record of 9–3 and a conference record of 7–2. Kansas State's losses were against Tulane, TCU, and Texas. This was Kansas State's fourth appearance in the championship game, appearing in the 1998, 2000, and 2003 games, losing in 1998 and 2000 and winning in 2003.
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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| No. 10 Kansas State | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| No. 3 TCU | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
at AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas
- Date: December 3, 2022
- Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 69,335
- Referee: Kevin Mar
- TV announcers (ABC): Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Holly Rowe
- Box score
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Fighting for a spot in the College Football Playoff, TCU would score first with a 1-yard Touchdown reception by Taye Barber.
Kansas State would respond with 2 Touchdown drives to take a 14-7 in the middle of the 2nd quarter. By the end of the 1st half, TCU trimmed the wildcats' lead to 4 with a 42-yard field goal.
Kansas State would take their first double digit lead with a RJ Garcia 25-yard TD reception, only for TCU to respond with a Touchdown for their own. Afterwards, The frogs had a chance to reclaim the lead, they made it all the way to the 8-yard line, where Max Duggan's pass to Quentin Johnson was intercepted by Julius Brents in the end zone.
The interception would turn into a touchdown drive capped off by a 44-yard run by Deuce Vaughn, sending Kansas State's lead back to 11. TCU once again responded with another 42-yard goal, Kansas state would not score on their next drive, giving TCU one more chance.
At the 3:08 mark in the 4th quarter, TCU's apparent Touchdown reception by Jordan Hudson was called back due to an Offensive Pass Interference penalty. However Max Duggan would make it up for it by running for a 1st down on 2nd & 20 that same drive. With less than 2 minutes to go, TCU tied the game with a 8-yard QB Run, and a successful pass to Jared Wiley. Kansas State got to midfield, but could not go further, so they punted and TCU ran out the clock to go to Overtime.
TCU won the coin toss and started on the right side of the field, on their 1st drive of OT, they made it to within 1 yard of scoring a TD on 3rd & goal, but Kendre Miller was stopped by the Kansas State defense (Replays showed that the ball may have crossed the line for a TD on that play, but the officials did not review the play.) With 4th down at the one, TCU elected to go for it, giving the ball to Kendre Miller again, but was once again stopped by the Wildcats' defense and TCU turned it over on downs.
Afterwards, Ty Zentner clinched the Big 12 title for Kansas State with a 31-yard field goal.
Aftermath
With the win, Kansas State clinched their first Big 12 championship since 2012.
TCU's loss ended their shot at a perfect regular season and their 1st outright Big 12 title. (they shared the Big 12 championship with Baylor in 2014)
Impact on the College Football Playoff
Not only did #3 TCU loss that day, #4-ranked USC, who was also looking for the their 1st CFP appearance with a record of 11-1, lost in the PAC-12 Championship to #11 Utah. (Which gave USC their 2nd loss in the season & costing them a spot in the CFP)
The outcome of those games resulted in a debate on social media. With many believing that despite making the conference championship undefeated, they could still be dropped out of the top 4 rankings in favor of Ohio State (who had an 11-1 record but did not make the conference championship following their loss to Michigan on Thanksgiving weekend & ranked #5) & Alabama (who also did not make the SEC Championship with a 10-2 record and was ranked #6 in the CFP Rankings that week),
Other Observers & analysts believed TCU had done enough to clinch their spot in the Playoff, believing that they shouldn't be punished for playing an extra game just to lose by 3 in Overtime.
On the day of the College Football Playoff Selection Show, the winning arguments were on the TCU Side, as they did not drop in the rankings and kept their #3 ranking, thus clinching a spot in the CFP for the first time in school history. They are scheduled to face undefeated Big Ten champion Michigan Wolverines in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Eve.
Statistics
Team statistics
| Statistic | Kansas State | TCU |
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| First downs | 20 | 18 |
| First downs rushing | 9 | 9 |
| First downs passing | 11 | 7 |
| First downs penalty | 0 | 2 |
| Third down efficiency | 5 of 16 | 2 of 15 |
| Fourth down efficiency | 2 of 3 | 3 of 4 |
| Total plays–net yards | 76–404 | 73–469 |
| Rushing attempts–net yards | 44–205 | 37–218 |
| Yards per rush | 4.7 | 5.9 |
| Yards passing | 199 | 251 |
| Pass completions–attempts | 18–32 | 18–36 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Punt returns–total yards | 2–14 | 2–7 |
| Kickoff returns–total yards | 6–138 | 4–76 |
| Punts–total yardage | 7–319 | 5–224 |
| Fumbles–lost | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Penalties–yards | 4–40 | 4–45 |
| Time of possession | 32:00 | 28:00 |
Individual statistics
| Wildcats passing | |||||
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| C–A | Yds | TD | INT | ||
| Will Howard | 18–32 | 199 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wildcats rushing | |||||
| Car | Yds | TD | Avg | ||
| Deuce Vaughn | 26 | 130 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| Wildcats receiving | |||||
| Rec | Yds | TD | Avg | ||
| Phillip Brooks | 6 | 48 | 0 | 8.0 | |
| Horned Frogs passing | |||||
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| C–A | Yds | TD | INT | ||
| Max Duggan | 18–36 | 251 | 1 | 1 | |
| Horned Frogs rushing | |||||
| Car | Yds | TD | Avg | ||
| Max Duggan | 15 | 110 | 1 | 7.3 | |
| Horned Frogs receiving | |||||
| Rec | Yds | TD | Avg | ||
| Quentin Johnston | 4 | 139 | 0 | 34.8 | |
See also
References
- ^ "Big 12 Announces 2022 Football Conference Schedule". Big 12 Conference. November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Championship Tickets on Sale". Big 12 Conference. July 27, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "No. 8 TCU rallies again to beat No. 17 K-State for B12 lead". ESPN. October 22, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ "Kansas State Wildcats vs. TCU Horned Frogs football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ "Replay: No. 18 Texas football falls to No. 4 TCU in key Big 12 race showdown". Austin American Statesman. November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.