FORT WORTH, Texas _ Another week, another showstopper performance for the TCU defense.
Good thing, because it will be needed next week.
For a fourth consecutive week, the No. 8 Horned Frogs held an opponent under 14 points, taking a 24-7 victory against Texas on Saturday night at Amon G. Carter Stadium.
The win kept TCU (8-1, 5-1) in line for a chance at the Big 12 title and to move up in the next College Football Playoff rankings. A big test will come next week when the Frogs travel to Norman to take on No. 5 Oklahoma, which defeated No. 11 Oklahoma State in a 62-52 shootout.
Next week will be a showdown of the Big 12's two first-place teams.
TCU will bring the league's best defense, a unit that has allowed 27 points in the past four games. The Frogs ranked 49th in the country in defense after defeating West Virginia 31-24 on Oct. 7. They entered Saturday's game against Texas at No. 10.
Ben Banogu had two of seven sacks by TCU, which won its fourth straight against Texas for the first time since 1935-38.
Darius Anderson's 31-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1 with 4:23 left sealed the game for the Frogs.
TCU scored on three of its first four possessions, getting a pair of touchdown runs by Kyle Hicks, to lead 17-0.
Hicks scored on a 1-yard run to finish a sharp nine-play opening drive for the Frogs and again on a 14-yard run in the second quarter.
Texas scored two plays later, after long catches by Lil'Jordan Humphrey and Collin Johnson.
TCU stopped two Texas drives late in the second quarter, including one on back-to-back sacks by Banogu. The Frogs had four sacks in the first half.
