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Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Recap

Saturday, December 31, 2022 | 2 p.m. MT No. 3 TCU 51, No. 2 Michigan 45 State Farm Stadium | Glendale, Arizona
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
TCU #3 TCU (13-1) 14 7 20 10 51
UM #2 Michigan (13-1) 0 6 24 15 45

2022 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

GAME BOOK


 

Attendance:
71,723
Kickoff Time:
2:11 p.m. MT
End of Game:
5:06 p.m. MT
Game Duration:
3:55


SCORING SUMMARY

QTR TIME SCORE
(V-H)		 TEAM SCORING PLAY DRIVE
1st 09:22 7-0 TCU Bud Clark 41 yd interception return (Griffin Kell kick) 00:09
1st 02:27 14-0 TCU Max Duggan 1 yd rush (Griffin Kell kick) 12-76 (05:19)
2nd 13:46 14-3 Michigan Jake Moody 42 yd FG 8-51 (03:41)
2nd 04:56 21-3 TCU Taye Barber 6 yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell kick) 10-83 (04:24)
2nd 00:00 21-6 Michigan Jake Moody 59 yd FG 5-26 (00:47)
3rd 09:29 21-9 Michigan Jake Moody 21 yd FG 7-63 (04:09)
3rd 06:32 21-16 Michigan Ronnie Bell 34 yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Jake Moody kick) 3-45 (01:12)
3rd 04:25 28-16 TCU Emari Demercado 1 yd rush (Griffin Kell kick) 6-75 (02:07)
3rd 02:52 34-16 TCU Dee Winters 29 yd interception return (Jordy Sandy rush failed) 01:25
3rd 01:47 34-22 Michigan J.J. McCarthy 20 yd rush (J.J. McCarthy rush failed) 3-69 (00:58)
3rd 00:49 41-22 TCU Max Duggan 1 yd rush (Griffin Kell kick) 3-78 (00:52)
3rd 00:03 41-30 Michigan Kalel Mullings 1 yd rush (J.J. McCarthy rush) 3-75 (00:46)
4th 14:13 41-38 Michigan Roman Wilson 18 yd rush (Ronnie Bell pass from J.J. McCarthy) 2-27 (00:47)
4th 13:07 48-38 TCU Quentin Johnston 76 yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell kick) 3-79 (00:59)
4th 10:02 51-38 TCU Griffin Kell 33 yd FG 4-1 (02:07)
4th 03:18 51-45 Michigan Roman Wilson 5 yd pass from J.J. McCarthy (Jake Moody kick) 9-56 (03:28)


TCU STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
CB 1 Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson
WR 11 Derius Davis
QB 15 Max Duggan
WR 18 Savion Williams
RB 33 Kendre Miller
WR 4 Taye Barber
OL 56 Alan Ali
OL 74 Andrew Coker
OL 77 Brandon Coleman
OL 78 Wes Harris
OL 79 Steve Avila
POS. NO. DEFENSE
WR 1 Quentin Johnston
LB 13 Dee Winters
CB 24 Josh Newton
S 26 Bud Clark
S 28 Millard Bradford
S 3 Mark Perry
DL 52 Damonic Williams
LB 57 Johnny Hodges
LB 6 Jamoi Hodge
DL 95 Terrell Cooper
DL 98 Dylan Horton

TCU RESERVES

0 - Blair Conwright, 12 - Geor’quarius Spivey, 14 - Abe Camara, 15 - Josh Foster, 17 - Deshawn McCuin, 17 - Trent Battle, 19 - Jared Wiley, 19 - Shadrach Banks, 2 - Kee'yon Stewart, 27 - Jaionte McMillan, 27 - Gunnar Henderson, 3 - Emari Demercado, 31 - Jordy Sandy, 34 - Zach Marcheselli, 39 - Griffin Kell, 4 - Namdi Obiazor, 42 - Brent Matiscik, 53 - John Lanz, 55 - Robby Rochester, 58 - Altrique Barlow, 66 - Noah Bolticoff, 7 - Jordan Hudson, 71 - Marcus Williams, 75 - Brannon Brown, 76 - Garrett Hayes, 80 - D'Andre Rogers, 81 - Chase Curtis, 82 - Alex Honig, 86 - Curtis Raymond III, 87 - Blake Nowell, 9 - Emani Bailey, 90 - Caleb Fox, 91 - Tymon Mitchell, 93 - George Ellis, 96 - Lwal Uguak, 99 - Soni Misi, 99 - Luke Laminack.

MICHIGAN STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
OL 52 Karsen Barnhart
OL 55 Olusegun Oluwatimi
WR 6 Cornelius Johnson
OL 65 Zak Zinter
RB 7 Donovan Edwards
OL 76 Ryan Hayes
OL 77 Trevor Keegan
WR 8 Ronnie Bell
TE 84 Joel Honigford
TE 86 Luke Schoonmaker
QB 9 J.J. McCarthy
POS. NO. DEFENSE
CB 0 Mike Sainristil
DB 19 Rod Moore
DB 2 Will Johnson
DB 22 Gemon Green
LB 23 Michael Barrett
LB 25 Junior Colson
DE 32 Jaylen Harrell
DB 5 DJ Turner
DL 58 Mazi Smith
DE 90 Mike Morris
DL 94 Kris Jenkins

MICHIGAN RESERVES

1 - Andrel Anthony, 13 - Tyler Morris, 13 - Jake Moody, 14 - Roman Wilson, 17 - Braiden McGregor, 18 - Eyabi Okie, 18 - Colston Loveland, 20 - Kalel Mullings, 22 - Tavierre Dunlap, 25 - Zach Peterson, 26 - Rayshaun Benny, 28 - Quinten Johnson, 3 - A.J. Henning, 33 - German Green, 34 - Leon Franklin, 36 - Keshaun Harris, 39 - Joe Taylor, 4 - Micah Pollard, 42 - T.J. Guy, 45 - Greg Tarr, 53 - Trente Jones, 55 - Mason Graham, 58 - Giovanni El-Hadi, 6 - R.J. Moten, 7 - Makari Paige, 75 - Andrew Gentry, 78 - Kenneth Grant, 79 - Jeffrey Persi, 8 - Derrick Moore, 80 - Eamonn Dennis, 82 - Max Bredeson, 88 - Matthew Hibner, 89 - Carter Selzer, 91 - Taylor Upshaw, 91 - Brad Robbins, 96 - Julius Welschof, 99 - Cam Goode.


 
2022 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

OFFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME Quentin Johnston
Quentin Johnston
Jr., WR, TCU

DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE GAME Dee Winters
Dee Winters
Sr., LB, TCU


TEAM STATISTICS TCU UM
First downs 19 25
Rushing 13 7
Passing 6 13
Penalty 0 5
Rushes-Yards 41-263 40-186
Passing Yards 225 342
Passes Comp-Att-Int 14-29-2 21-35-2
Total Offense
(Plays-Yards)		 70-488 75-528
Punt Returns-Yards 1-31 2-16
Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-75 3-78
Punts (Number-Avg) 6-44.5 5-44.6
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1
Sacks By
(Number-Yards)		 4-32 1-7
Penalties-Yards 7-85 5-28
3rd Down Conversions 8-of-16 3-of-13
4th Down Conversions 0-of-0 0-of-2
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: TCU - Emari Demercado, 17-150, 1 TD; Kendre Miller, 8-57; Max Duggan, 15-57, 2 TD.

Michigan - Donovan Edwards, 23-119; J.J. McCarthy, 10-52, 1 TD; Roman Wilson, 1-18, 1 TD; Kalel Mullings, 5-5, 1 TD; Colston Loveland, 1- -8.
Passing: TCU - Max Duggan, 14-29-2, 225, 2 TD.

Michigan - J.J. McCarthy, 20-34-2, 343, 2 TD; Donovan Edwards, 1-1-0, -1.
Receiving: TCU - Quentin Johnston, 6-163, 1 TD; Jordan Hudson, 2-34; Derius Davis, 2-12; Taye Barber, 2-12, 1 TD; Jared Wiley, 1-6; Emari Demercado, 1- -2.

Michigan - Ronnie Bell, 6-135, 1 TD; Roman Wilson, 5-104, 1 TD; Colston Loveland, 4-36; Cornelius Johnson, 2-30; A.J. Henning, 2- -3; Luke Schoonmaker, 1-32; Donovan Edwards, 1-8.
Punting: TCU - Jordy Sandy, 6-267, 44.5.

Michigan - Brad Robbins, 5-223, 44.6.
Returns: TCU - Punt: Derius Davis, 1-31; Kickoff: Derius Davis, 4-75; Intercept: Bud Clark, 1-41; Dee Winters, 1-29.

Michigan - Punt: A.J. Henning, 2-16; Kickoff: A.J. Henning, 3-78; Intercept: Rod Moore, 1-0; Mike Sainristill, 1-8.
Field Goals: TCU - Griffin Kell, 1-1 (33 Good).

Michigan - Jake Moody, 3-3 (42 Good, 59 Good, 21 Good).
Tackles:
(Solo-Assist-Total, Sacks-Yds, TFL-Yds)		 TCU - Millard Bradford (7-1-8, 0, 2-3); Dee Winters (7-0-7, 0, 3-8); Dylan Horton (5-1-6, 4-32, 4-32); Abe Camara (5-1-6, 0, 1-1); Jamoi Hodge (5-0-5, 0, 0); Bud Clark (4-1-5, 0, 0); Johnny Hodges (3-2-5, 0, 1-2); Mark Perry (2-2-4, 0, 0.5-1); Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson (3-0-3, 0, 0); Josh Newton (1-2-3, 0, 0.5-1); Namdi Obiazor (2-0-2, 0, 0); Jaionte McMillan (2-0-2, 0, 0); Terrell Cooper (1-0-1, 0, 0); Derius Davis (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jared Wiley (1-0-1, 0, 0); Tymon Mitchell (1-0-1, 0, 0); Trent Battle (1-0-1, 0, 0); Caleb Fox (0-1-1, 0, 0.5-0); Deshawn McCuin (0-1-1, 0, 0); Chase Curtis (0-1-1, 0, 0); Soni Misi (0-1-1, 0, 0.5-0).

Michigan - Rod Moore (9-3-12, 0, 0); Makari Paige (4-3-7, 1-7, 1-7); Mike Sainristil (4-3-7, 0, 1-2); Junior Colson (4-2-6, 0, 0); Michael Barrett (2-3-5, 0, 1-2); Kris Jenkins (2-2-4, 0, 0); Joe Taylor (3-0-3, 0, 0); Jaylen Harrell (2-1-3, 0, 0); DJ Turner (2-1-3, 0, 0); Mazi Smith (1-2-3, 0, 0); Mike Morris (2-0-2, 0, 0); Mason Graham (2-0-2, 0, 0); Gemon Green (1-1-2, 0, 0); Quinten Johnson (1-1-2, 0, 0); Will Johnson (1-1-2, 0, 0); Braiden McGregor (1-0-1, 0, 0); Rayshaun Benny (0-1-1, 0, 0); Kalel Mullings (0-1-1, 0, 0); German Green (0-1-1, 0, 0).