TCU dominates Virginia, 30-14

Published September 11, 2009 4:00am ET



TCU held Virginia’s new spread offense to seven first downs Saturday, and the No. 16 Horned Frogs breezed to a 30-14 victory in their season opener.

Virginia (0-2) largely avoided the turnover problems that led to their opening loss to William & Mary, but couldn’t get anything going against the stout TCU defense.

Virginia escaped its first home shutout since 1984 when Jameel Sewell heaved a 56-yard touchdown pass to Javaris Brown late in the game. He added 26-yard TD to Tim Smith with 1:48 left.

Before that, it was all TCU. Joseph Turner and Jeremy Kerley had TD runs, and Andy Dalton threw a 31-yard scoring pass to Jimmy Young. Ross Evans kicked three field goals.