Pachall, TCU beat Bulldogs in Poinsettia Bowl

The teams traded field goals in the first half before Quinton Patton pulled in a 2-yard TD pass from Cameron. The play originally was ruled an incompletion, but was overturned after video review. Patton got one foot inbounds before tumbling out of the side of the end zone.

"I felt like we had the best of them in the first half," White said. "Against good teams, you can't be lackadaisical against them."

Late in the first half, TCU cornerback Greg McCoy jumped a route, intercepted Cameron's pass and returned it 25 yards to the Bulldogs 25. Four plays later, Ed Wesley ran 7 yards up the gut to tie it at 10.

"They were hitting us in the mouth in the first half and we had to counter," Dawson said.

TCU had 190 yards rushing.

"I was a little disappointed in the way we played tonight," Dykes said. "I wish we would have played better. I think we would have had a good opportunity to win. But they made plays down the stretch when they needed to and we didn't."