Cheez-It Bowl ·
Cheez-It Bowl
Records are after this game.
TCU beat California by 3 points in overtime, the Cheez-It Bowl.
It was played at a neutral site: Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ.
How the game turned
OT1 TCU 10, California 7
TCU 100% to win
Song 27-yd field goal, TCU wins it 10-7
Big moments
- 1Q1 4:33 · TCU 0, California 7TCU's win chance fell from 44% to 35%.Garbers 4-yd TD run, California goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q2 0:38 · TCU 0, California 7TCU's win chance fell from 39% to 23%.Muehlstein sacked, turnover on downs
- 3Q3 0:03 · TCU 7, California 7TCU's win chance rose from 26% to 50%.Olonilua 1-yd TD run, ties it 7-7
- 4OT1 · TCU 10, California 7TCU's win chance rose from 42% to 100%.Song 27-yd field goal, TCU wins it 10-7
TCU's lowest chance to win was 11 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
In overtime, TCU's chance to win went from 42 percent to 99 percent when TCU kicked a field goal.
The score went from TCU 7, California 7 to TCU 10, California 7.
The play: Song 27-yd field goal, TCU wins it 10-7.
What happened next
TCU finished the 2018 season 7-6.
California finished the 2018 season 7-6.
TCU's first game of the 2019 season: W 39-7 vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Aug 31, 2019
about 8 months laterCalifornia's first game of the 2019 season: W 27-13 vs UC Davis, Aug 31, 2019
about 8 months laterThe teams' next meeting after Dec 26, 2018: TCU 34, California 32, Sep 11, 2021
about 3 years later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.