DALLAS (FWAA) – TCU quarterback Trevone
Boykin threw for career highs in yards and completions,
including the winning touchdown pass with 23 seconds remaining,
to lead the Horned Frogs to a thrilling 55-52 win at Texas Tech.
Boykin's 527 yards of total offense that included 42 on the ground
earned him the AutoNation FWAA Offensive Player of the Week
honor for games of the weekend of Sept. 26.
The
senior from Dallas passed for 485 yards, the second-best total for
any player in TCU's 119-year history. He completed 34-of-54 passes,
and his four touchdowns extended his FBS-best streak to 19 straight
games with a touchdown pass. Boykin's 69 career touchdown passes
are now only two shy of Andy Dalton's school-record 71 from 2007-10.
It was Boykin's final pass of the day that will long be remembered
as receiver Josh Doctson deflected the ball to a diving Aaron Green
in the back of the end zone, allowing TCU to stave off Texas Tech's
upset bid. Doctson had caught 18 passes for 267 yards and three
touchdowns before providing one final assist. Just a year ago, TCU
throttled Tech, 82-27.
Boykin leads all active players nationally in total offense,
and went over the 10,000-yard mark for his career with 10,250. It
was the second straight game for Boykin to top 400 yards of total
offense and the fifth time he's surpassed that in his career.
As part of AutoNation's history of charitable involvement, AutoNation
will donate $1,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
in Boykin's name. This charitable college football initiative culminates
with the AutoNation Cure Bowl, a new post-season NCAA football game
that kicks off bowl season at the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando,
Fla., and will be aired by CBS Sports Network. The aptly named AutoNation
Cure Bowl also serves as a fund raiser for the BCRF, CharityWatch's
only A+ rated breast cancer organization in the country.
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"We want to celebrate the very best of college football,
while also helping to raise awareness for the importance of finding
a cure for cancer," says AutoNation CMO Marc Cannon. "This
season-long partnership with the FWAA, leading up to the AutoNation
Cure Bowl, puts a spotlight on a cause that we're determined to
tackle."
"In our 75th season of existence, this a marvelous platform
to get our players and the team of the week series excellent exposure
as well as helping AutoNation in its effort to fight cancer and
contribute to the educational funds of deserving student-athletes,"
said FWAA 2015 President Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald. "It
is very exciting to be able to help our organization as well as
others in this splendid effort."
The FWAA National Defensive Player of the Week and National Team
of the Week, both sponsored by AutoNation for the first time this
year, have been determined collectively by a group of FWAA officers
and the FWAA All-America Committee for several years. The AutoNation
FWAA Offensive Player of the Week has been added this season. Nominations
are taken from game performance all over the country each week and
then those nominations are reviewed by the FWAA, which determines
the actual recipients.
AutoNation is also the new sponsor of the 2015 FWAA All-America
Team, which will be comprised of 26 first-team and 26 second-team
selections as nominated by the membership and chosen by the FWAA
All-America Committee. The 2015 AutoNation FWAA All-America Team
will be announced at the AutoNation Cure Bowl on Dec. 19.
Coincidentally, the 2002 and '03 FWAA All-America teams were
honored on the floor of the very same Citrus Bowl Stadium. Over
the years, the FWAA's All-America teams have been honored in different
locations and on various media platforms during the second-longest
continuous annual selection of an All-America team in major college
football.
Additionally, the AutoNation 75th Anniversary FWAA All-America
Team, which was announced in August, will be celebrated during the
2015 season. That team includes players selected from past FWAA
All-America teams dating to 1944, three years after the organization
was formed in 1941. The AutoNation 75th Anniversary FWAA All-America
Team is composed of three teams of 25 players each, with all eight
decades, starting in the 1940s, represented among the playing eras
of members on the team. It includes 56 National Football Foundation
College Football Hall of Famers. Forty-one schools are represented
on the team that was selected by an FWAA Blue Ribbon Committee after
taking into consideration nomications from the membership.
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About
the AutoNation Cure Bowl: The AutoNation Cure Bowl a
new post-season NCAA football game whose net proceeds benefit the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The AutoNation Cure Bowl takes
place December 19 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, and will be broadcast
by CBS Sports Network. The bowl is scheduled to involve teams from
the American Athletic and Sun Belt conferences.
About the Football Writers Association of America:
Founded in 1941, the FWAA consists of 1,400 men and women who cover
college football. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters
and publicists, as well as key executives in all the areas that
involve the game. The FWAA works to govern areas that include game-day
operations, major awards and its annual All-America team. For more
information about the FWAA and its award programs, contact Steve
Richardson at tiger@fwaa.com.
2015 AutoNation National Offensive Players of the Week •
Week of Sept. 5: Derrick Henry, Alabama •
Week of Sept. 12: Dalvin Cook, Florida State
• Week of Sept. 19: Leonard Fournette, LSU
• Week of Sept. 26: Trevone Boykin, TCU •
Week of Oct. 3: Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State •
Week of Oct. 10: Jordan Canzeri, Iowa •
Week of Oct. 17: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford •
Week of Oct. 24: Dak Prescott, Mississippi State •
Week of Oct. 31: DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame •
Week of Nov. 7: Brandon Allen, Arkansas •
Week of Nov. 14: Deshaun Watson, Clemson •
Week of Nov. 21: Vernon Adams Jr., Oregon •
Week of Nov. 28: Brandon Doughty, Western Kentucky •
Week of Dec. 5: Christian McCaffrey, Stanford
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