Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

BCS buster hopeful TCU shuts out UNLV

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes, Ed Wesley scored running and catching the ball and the TCU defense smothered UNLV to get its first shutout of the season, 41-0 on Saturday.

It was another dominating performance for the eighth-ranked Horned Frogs (8-0, 4-0 Mountain West), who for now are in position to be this season's BCS buster.

TCU won its 10th consecutive game overall, and 12th in a row at home - a span at Amon Carter Stadium in which the Frogs have outscored their opponents by an average margin of 43-9 since a loss to Utah two years ago. The 19th-ranked Utes will be in Fort Worth in two weeks.

UNLV (3-6, 1-4) never challenged the Horned Frogs, a week after a 38-7 victory at BYU boosted them to sixth in the Bowl Championship Series standings and past Boise State, the only other undefeated team from a non-BCS conference.

2009-10-31     23:08:50 GMT

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