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Updated at 3:32 p.m., Saturday, October 25, 2008

CFB: No. 15 TCU beats Wyoming 54-7

By DAVID JIMENEZ
Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmy Young had a school-record 226 yards receiving and caught three touchdown passes to help No. 15 TCU defeat Wyoming 54-7 today.

Young had scoring catches of 60, 55 and 39 yards, and hauled in a 65-yarder to set up another touchdown as TCU (8-1, 5-0 Mountain West) won their fourth straight game.

Jimmy Oliver had the TCU record with 206 yards receiving against Texas Tech in 1994. Young, who had five catches, is just the second player in school history to record a 200-yard receiving game.

Young's big day led a Horned Frogs offense that piled up a season-high 444 yards.

Andy Dalton completed 16-of-22 passes for 334 yards and he threw for four touchdowns. The Horned Frogs, who led 38-7 after three quarters and rested most of their starters in the fourth, have outscored their opponents 140-28 during their winning streak.

Wyoming (2-6, 0-5), which upset TCU last season, has dropped five in a row and lost all its conference games by at lest 20 points.

Devin Moore had 114 yards rushing for the Cowboys, including a 42-yard TD run that cut TCU's lead to 14-7 midway through the second quarter.

Wyoming quarterback Karsten Sween left the game in the third quarter after taking a blow to the head from TCU linebacker Robert Henson. Sween, who took off his pads after going to the bench, did not return and was replaced by Dax Crum.

TCU is coming off a 32-7 victory over BYU that ended the Cougars' 16-game winning streak.

Coach Gary Patterson was worried about a letdown after the Horned Frogs vaulted up the polls and were ranked 14th in the initial Bowl Championship Series standings.

TCU put those fears to rest on its first drive of the game.

The Horned Frogs needed only four plays to score. Dalton hit a streaking Young for a 60-yard touchdown pass. The duo hooked up for 55 yards early in the second quarter.

After Wyoming's only points of the game, Aaron Brown returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to put the Horned Frogs back up by 14 points midway through the second quarter.

TCU built on its 24-7 halftime lead when Dalton scored on a 1-yard run after hitting Young for 65 yards, the longest pass play for the Horned Frogs this season.

Young's final catch of the game was his 39-yard touchdown reception with a minute remaining in the third. The sophomore wide receiver was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after handing the ball to himself between his legs after he crossed the goal line — similar to a basketball player trying to dribble the ball between his legs.

Moore's 114 yards on the ground were the most against the a TCU defense which game into the game leading the nation rushing defense and total defense.