TCU football pulled off the upset over No. 16 USC, 30-27 in an overtime shootout, in the Alamo Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 30 inside the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The hero for the Horned Frogs proved to be running back Jeremy Payne, who broke through multiple Trojans defenders along the sideline on a check-down pass from Ken Seals to win the game in overtime with a 35-yard touchdown catch.
It's a rather poetic win for TCU, as it comes on the 10th anniversary of its historic come-from-behind overtime win in the 2016 Alamo Bowl against Oregon, when the Horned Frogs trailed 31-0 at halftime. On Tuesday, the Horned Frogs erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter with a 5-yard touchdown from Payne and a 27-yard field goal from Kyle Lemmermann as time expired.
TCU improved to 4-0 in its trips to the Alamo Bowl.
USC looked to have been on its way to a win in its first trip to the Alamo Bowl when Jayden Maiava connected with Jaden Richardson on third-and-8 for a ridiculous, one-handed 21-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter. TCU held USC to just a field goal in the fourth quarter and to start overtime.
Maiava completed 18-of-30 passes for 280 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. With USC without its top-three receivers, including Biletnikoff Award winner Makai Lemon, true freshman Tanook Hines had a huge night, finishing with six catches for 163 receiving yards.
Seals completed 29-of-40 passes for 258 yards, a touchdown and an interception in his first start for the Horned Frogs with Josh Hoover in the transfer portal. Seals also had a rushing touchdown on the night.
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