FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Matthew Tucker ran for two touchdowns, Andy Dalton threw for a score while setting another TCU record and the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs stretched their home winning streak to 15 games with a 62-7 victory over Tennessee Tech from the FCS on Saturday night.
Dalton tied Max Knake’s school record of 622 career completions with his second against the Golden Eagles, a 24-yard pass to Josh Boyce less than 5 minutes into the game to put TCU (2-0) ahead to stay.
The Horned Frogs scored twice in the final 1:26 of the first half for a 35-7 lead after Tennessee Tech (0-2) fumbled on consecutive offensive plays.
There would be no repeat of Gary Patterson’s first home game as the Frogs’ coach in 2001, when they lost to lower-division Northwestern State of Louisiana. That was the last time they lost a home opener.
