Football Battles Iowa State on Homecoming
10/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 19, 2004
Baylor-Iowa State Notes
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BAYLOR (2-4, 0-3) vs. IOWA STATE (2-4, 0-3)
Oct. 23, 2004 • 2:05 p.m. CDT • Homecoming
Floyd Casey Stadium (50,000) • Waco, Texas
Baylor returns to action Saturday, Oct. 23, hosting Iowa State as a part of annual homecoming festivities on the Baylor campus. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. CDT at Floyd Casey Stadium. This is the 72nd homecoming game in Baylor football history. The Bears will don tribute jerseys for the Iowa State game, honoring Baylor's 1974 "Miracle on the Brazos" team.
Fans unable to attend the Baylor-Iowa State football game may purchase the BaylorVision game-day production beginning at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 through the official web site for Baylor Athletics, www.baylorbears.com. The BearCast, which costs $6.95 and includes all BaylorVison-events for the month, will include nearly everything that appears on the big screen on homecoming game-day, from pre-game coverage through Baylor coach Guy Morriss' post-game news conference, along with in-game audio from the Baylor Radio Network. For more information, go to www.BaylorBears.com.
Both teams enter Saturday's game on three-game losing streaks. The Bears (2-4, 0-3) dropped a 59-27 shootout at Nebraska last Saturday. Meanwhile, the Cyclones (2-4, 0-3) were edged 19-14 at Colorado that same day. Both teams also look to snap losing streaks in Big 12 play. Baylor has lost 10 consecutive conference games since last season's Colorado victory. Iowa State has dropped 13 straight since a win at home against Missouri in 2002.
Baylor and Iowa State meet for the sixth time on the gridiron; the Cyclones hold a 3-2 advantage in the series, which dates back to a 35-0 Baylor victory Sept. 17, 1988, at Ames, Iowa. Iowa State has won each of the previous three meetings and holds a 3-1 advantage in the series since the inception of the Big 12, including a 41-0 decision in the teams' last meeting -- at Ames in 2001.
The Bears are in their second season under the direction of head coach Guy Morriss, who has compiled a four-year career record of 14-27 and a 5-13 mark in two seasons at Baylor. Dan McCarney, a 1975 Iowa graduate, is in his 10th season at Ames. He has compiled a career record of 40-71, all coming at Iowa State. McCarney is the second-longest tenured coach at his school in the Big 12.
BAYLOR-IOWA STATE SERIES
Saturday is the sixth meeting between Baylor and Iowa State in football, the fourth as Big 12 Conference opponents. The first meeting was a 35-0 Baylor victory at Ames, Iowa, in 1988. The Bears also won the first meeting as Big 12 foes, a 49-21 decision Oct. 26, 1996, in Waco. However, the Cyclones have won the last three meetings: 24-17 at Ames in 1997, 31-17 at Floyd Casey Stadium in 2000, and 41-0 at Ames in 2001.
SERIES NOTES: Baylor's 35-0 victory in 1988 was the third of three consecutive victories to open the season; the Bears lost the following week at Texas Tech and finished the year 6-5 overall. In that game, Baylor out-gained Iowa State 380-160 and ran 27 more plays than the Cyclones. The game was televised regionally on Raycom. The Bears held Iowa State to 51 yards rushing on 36 carries and 53 yards on 7-of-17 passing. It was the last time Baylor held an opponent to fewer than 60 yards both rushing and passing. ... The 1996 victory was Baylor's first as a Big 12 member. Baylor tallied a season-high 624 yards of offense, including 397 on the ground (tied for third in school history), with four rushing TDs and three passing TDs. Baylor's 49 points still stand as the most by the Bears in a Big 12 game. The game featured a 69-yard run by Jerod Douglas, tied for the 16th-longest in school history. Douglas finished with 19 carries for 154 yards, the 18th-best single-game total in school history and the third-best single-game total in a Big 12 contest.
BAYLOR vs. BIG 12 NORTH
Nearly all of Baylor's success in the Big 12 Conference has come against teams from the North Division. The Bears are 4-21 against teams from the North with only one victory (Texas, 1997) against teams from the South. Baylor's victories against North teams are as follows: Iowa State (1996), Kansas (1998), Kansas (2002) and Colorado (2003).
QUICK SLANTS ...
• Baylor and Iowa State enter Saturday's game collared with the two longest losing streaks in Big 12 play. The Bears have lost 10 straight league games since last season's 42-30 upset of Colorado, while Iowa State has dropped 13 straight Big 12 games since defeating Missouri in 2002.
• Saturday's game against Iowa State is one of only two Baylor contests in its final nine of the 2004 season against a team that did not participate in a bowl game last season. The other is Texas A&M.
• Not counting Iowa State, Baylor's 2004 Big 12 foes are a combined 33-9 (.786) heading into games this weekend. All seven have been ranked at some point this season, and all five Big 12 South opponents are ranked in this week's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.
• Through six games, Baylor quarterbacks have completed 57.5 percent of their passes. The Bears established a school record last year, completing 56.7 percent of their pass attempts.
• Baylor's 17 turnovers this season have led to 66 points for the opponent. Meanwhile, the Bears have scored just seven points off five opponent turnovers, all of which came on LB Justin Crooks 9-yard fumble return for a TD against Texas State and the ensuing PAT.
• The Bears have gone 14 consecutive quarters without forcing a turnover. The last was Maurice Lane's interception of a North Texas pass on the final play of the first half (Sept. 25).
• Baylor posted several offensive season highs against Nebraska: 400 yards of total offense (second-best total under Guy Morriss), 300 yards passing, two TD passes (tied) and 78 total plays. The Bears also were flagged a season-high tying eight times.
• Baylor QBs have thrown at least one TD in seven consecutive games, dating back to the 2003 season-finale against Oklahoma State. That marks the longest such streak at Baylor since a 10-game streak that encompassed the final three games of 1986 and the first seven games of 1987.
• RB Paul Mosley has 29 carries of five-plus yards on the year out of 64 total carries, including 12 that have gone for 10-plus yards. Mosley leads all Baylor ball carriers with 4.9 yards per tote.
• P Daniel Sepulveda has recorded at least one punt of 50-plus yards in ever game of his collegiate career (18 games).
• PK Kenny Webb has converted 41 consecutive PAT attempts during his career. He has never missed a PAT attempt as a collegiate kicker.
• As a team, Baylor has converted 46 consecutive PAT attempts dating back to the 2002 season. That streak is tied for the 10th-longest active streak nationally.
• WR Trent Shelton has caught at least one pass in 17 consecutive games with at least two catches in 10 consecutive contests. Shelton's consecutive games with a catch streak is the longest by a Bear since Reggie Newhouse closed his Baylor career with a 34-game stretch that spanned the entire 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons.
• LB Justin Crooks is fourth in the Big 12 with 8.5 tackles per game; he also is fourth in the conference among linebackers. Crooks is tied for fifth in the conference with 0.33 fumbles forced per game.
• Crooks has recorded four or more tackles in 17 straight games and five or more tackles in 15 of the last 16 games. He has started 19 straight games for the Bears.
• WR Dominique Zeigler has 24 receptions in six games this season after only nine receptions last season. He has recorded four or more receptions in five of six games this season and is tied for 10th in the Big 12 and 88th nationally with 4.00 receptions per game.
• WR Marques Roberts needs five receptions to crack Baylor's all-time top 10 receptions list and 51 yards to become the school's 21st career 1,000-yard receiver.
• OS Willie Andrews has been credited with five or more tackles in 13 of his last 15 outings and four or more tackles in eight of his last nine games. He has started 18 consecutive games for Baylor.
• OL Quintin Outland has started 32 consecutive games for the Bears along the offensive line and played in all 41 games of his BU career.
• KOS Ryan Havens has 12 touchbacks in 28 kickoffs (42.9 percent) this season. The Nebraska game was the first this year for the sophomore without at least one touchback.
• PK Kenny Webb has moved into ninth place all-time at Baylor with 41 career successful PAT attempts. He needs one more to tie eighth-place Matt Bryant, who, like Webb, did not miss during his collegiate career. • OS Willie Andrews needs 61 yards in total kick returns (kickoffs and punts) to break Kalief Muhammad's school record of 1,633 career yards.
BAYLOR ON HOMECOMING
Baylor plays its 72nd homecoming game Saturday. The Bears are 33-34-4 all-time in homecoming games and have lost six consecutive such games since a 23-21 victory over Texas in 1997. Baylor's first homecoming game was in 1930, a 14-0 loss to Texas. Iowa State makes its second appearance as Baylor's homecoming opponent. The Bears defeated the Cyclones 49-21 in 1996, the third of four consecutive homecoming victories for Baylor. Baylor has faced TCU (31 meetings) the most on homecoming, followed by Texas A&M (20), Arkansas (eight), Kansas State (two), Texas Tech (two), Texas (two), and six other teams once.
SHOALS FAMILIAR WITH CYCLONES
DL Klayton Shoals faces his former team Saturday when the Bears host Iowa State. Shoals, who transferred to Baylor in the summer of 2003, began his collegiate career with the Cyclones in 2002. He sat out that season as a redshirt. This season, Shoals has appeared in all six games with 14 tackles, tied for eighth on the squad. He also has forced a fumble.
BAYLOR SCHEDULE AMONG NATION'S TOUGHEST
Through games of Oct. 16, Baylor's schedule ranks third nationally behind only Notre Dame (42-17, .712) and North Carolina (33-15, .688). The Bears' Division I-A opponents' cumulative record is 36-17 (.679). Baylor's future opposition strength of schedule (36-17, .679) is second nationally, trailing only Notre Dame (42-17, .712). Not only is Baylor's schedule among the nation's elite, the Bears' opponents also play tough schedules. In fact, seven Baylor opponents rank in the nation's top 37 for cumulative Division I-A opposition: Texas (fourth), Texas A&M (fifth), Oklahoma (12th), Oklahoma State (23rd), Nebraska (29th), Iowa State (34th) and Texas Tech (37th). When all Division I opponents are considered, Texas State's schedule ranks ninth nationally.
THREE AMIGOS: ROBERTS, SHELTON, ZEIGLER
WRs Dominique Zeigler (24 receptions), Marques Roberts (21 receptions) and Trent Shelton (18 receptions) give the Bears a solid receiving corps. The trio has combined for 63 receptions and is on pace to become just the eighth Baylor trio to combine for 100 or more receptions in a season. In fact, only four times has a Baylor team produced three receivers with at least 30 receptions each. Here is a look at the seven seasons in which Baylor's top three receivers have combined for 100 or more receptions along with the four seasons in which those three receivers had at least 30 receptions each: • 1963 -- 129 receptions
• 1964 -- 127 receptions (Lawrence Elkins - 50, Ken Hodge - 35, Harlan Lane - 32)
• 1966 -- 109 receptions (Tommy Smith - 41, Paul Becton - 38, Jack Eisenhart - 30)
• 1983 -- 113 receptions
• 1998 -- 107 receptions (Morris Anderson - 37, Derek Lagway - 37, Derrius Thompson - 33)
• 2001 -- 129 receptions (Reggie Newhouse - 61, Andra Fuller - 36, John Martin - 32)
• 2002 -- 140 receptions
OPPORTUNISTIC BEARS FIND WAYS TO SCORE
When Braelon Davis blocked a North Texas punt and recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown, it marked the eighth time under the direction of head coach Guy Morriss (since the beginning of the 2003 season) the Bears have posted a non-offensive score: • 2003 vs. UAB -- James Todd blocked punt for safety
• 2003 vs. Colorado -- Jamaal Harper 7-yard fumble return (forced by Derrick Cash)
• 2003 at Kansas -- James Todd blocked punt recovery in end zone (blocked by Michael Boyd)
• 2003 at Kansas State -- Robert Quiroga 98-yard kickoff return
• 2003 vs. Texas Tech -- Robert Quiroga 100-yard kickoff return
• 2003 vs. Oklahoma State -- Willie Andrews 30-yard fumble return (forced by John Garrett)
• 2004 vs. Texas State -- Justin Crooks 9-yard fumble return (forced by Montez Murphy)
• 2004 vs. North Texas -- Braelon Davis blocked punt recovery in end zone (blocked by Davis)
ANDREWS CLIMBS KICK, PUNT RETURN CHARTS
OS Willie Andrews continues to rapidly move up Baylor's career kick and punt return records charts. Andrews enters the Iowa State game 61 yards shy of Kalief Muhammad's school record of 1,633 career total kick return yards (kickoff and punt returns). Andrews has tallied 1,573 yards in his career, 1,109 yards in kickoff returns and 464 yards in punt returns. Andrews tallied 110 yards on five kickoff returns last week against Nebraska and became just the seventh player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-yard plateau for a career. He enters the Iowa State game fifth on Baylor's career list, just nine yards behind fourth-place Derrick McAdoo (1,118 yards, 1983-1986). Muhammad holds the school mark at 1,425. Andrews also ranks third all-time at Baylor in yards per kickoff return (24.64), tied for sixth in total kickoff returns (45), sixth in total punt returns (54), eighth in punt return yards (464), and 10th in yards per punt return (8.59). Last season, Andrews established school season records for total kick returns (55) and total kick return yards (873). He also set school single-game marks with eight kickoff returns for 196 yards against Texas A&M. In the season opener against UAB, Andrews tallied 171 yards on six kickoff returns, including a career-long 58-yard return. He also averaged 30.0 yards per return on four efforts against Missouri.
SEPULVEDA SECOND NATIONALLY IN PUNTING
Through games of Oct. 16, P Daniel Sepulveda is second in the NCAA statistical rankings with 46.79 yards per punt. A Ray Guy Award nominee, Sepulveda trails only Michigan State's Brandon Fields (49.22) and leads Wake Forest's Ryan Plackemeier (46.71). Colorado's John Torp is fourth at 46.10. Of Sepulveda's 34 punts this season, 15 have traveled at least 50 yards, three have traveled at least 60 yards, and another was kicked from the opponent's 40 and coffined at the 3. Sepulveda has placed 13 punts inside the opponent's 20 yard line and five punts inside the five with one coffin. Against Missouri, he placed five punts inside the Tigers' 20, a career best. The Dallas, Texas, native is third in school history with 41 career punts of 50-plus yards, 33.9 percent of his punts and seven shy of Ron Stowe's school record. He is fifth in school history with six career punts of 60-plus yards, 5.0 percent of his punts and four shy of Kyle Atteberry's school record. Sepulveda established the school single-season record with 26 punts of 50-plus yards last season, including three punts of 60-plus yards (tied for fourth at Baylor). He has at least one punt of 50 or more yards in each of his 18 career games.
HOME, SWEET HOME
Baylor has been a markedly better team at Floyd Casey Stadium during head coach Guy Morriss' tenure, evidence by the fact that the Bears are 5-5 at home and 0-8 on the road in that time. Here is a breakdown of how the Bears have fared at home and on the road both this season and under Morriss:
_____2004_____ __UNDER MORRISS__ HOME AWAY HOME AWAYRecord 2-1 0-3 5-5 0-7 Scoring Offense 23.7 18.3 20.4 14.4 Scoring Defense 20.3 53.0 28.4 49.0Total Offense 288.3 314.7 310.9 262.6Total Defense 282.0 511.3 336.1 491.4 Rushing Offense 113.3 73.3 130.6 72.3 Rushing Defense 135.0 271.6 154.1 248.4Passing Offense 175.0 241.3 180.3 190.1Passing Defense 147.0 239.7 182.0 242.9 Turnovers 5 9 16 23 Takeaways 3 2 17 8 Turnover Margin - 0.7 - 2.3 + 0.1 - 2.1
PARKS RECEIVES TIME AWAY FROM QUARTERBACK
Redshirt freshman QB Terrance Parks is not waiting for his number to be called at signal caller to get on the field. Parks has played several snaps at receiver in the Bears' first six games. He has caught four passes for 39 yards and has rushed five times for 16 yards. He is among 10 quarterbacks nationally who are seeing time at other positions: WR - Jabari Arthur, Akron WR - Kendal Briles, Houston WR - Damion Carter, Southern Miss FB - Curt Dukes, Duke SS - Matt Lane, La.-Lafayette WR - Bernard Morris, Marshall WR - Terrance Parks, Baylor LS - Beau Pierce, San Jose State WR - Michael Robinson, Penn State WR - Antwan Smith, Kent State
NOTES FROM THE NEBRASKA GAME
• Baylor's 27 points were the Bears' most in nine games against Nebraska. The previous high was in the Bears' 26-7 victory at Lincoln in 1956. Nebraska had recorded three consecutive shutouts against Baylor at Memorial Stadium since the Huskers' 31-10 victory in 1977.
• The 86 total points between the Bears and the Huskers were the third-most in a Baylor Big 12 game behind only the 1996 triple-overtime 49-42 loss to Missouri and the 63-28 loss to Oklahoma State in 2002, both of which featured 91 total points.
• When Baylor scored TDs on consecutive drives during the third quarter, it marked the first time since the 2000 game at Oklahoma State that the Bears reached the end zone on consecutive drives in a Big 12 road game.
• When Baylor scored TDs on three consecutive drives during the third quarter, it marked the first time the Bears had accomplished the feat since the final drive and the first two overtime possessions in the 1996 game against Missouri. It marked the first time in a non-overtime game since the first three possessions of the 1994 game against Texas.
• Baylor's 21 third-quarter points were the most since the Bears scored 21 points in the third quarter against Colorado in 2003. It marked the most points Baylor has scored in a quarter on the road since scoring 35 points in the first quarter of the 1993 game at San Jose State.
• Baylor's 300 passing yards were the Bears' most since throwing for 338 yards against Kansas State in 2002. The total is the highest in a road game since the Bears threw for 323 yards at California in 2002.
• DT M.T. Robinson made his first start of the season.
• CB Braelon Davis made his first career start and responded with a career-high four tackles, including two solo efforts.
• WR Trent Shelton extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 17 games.
• WR Marques Roberts posted career highs of seven receptions and 99 receiving yards.
• OS Willie Andrews surpassed the 1,000-yard plateau in career kickoff return yardage. He now has 1,109 yards, fifth all-time at Baylor and nine yards shy of fourth-place Derrick McAdoo (1983-1986).
• Andrews now stands second all-time at Baylor with 1,573 career total kick returns, trailing only Kalief Muhammad (1,633 yards; 1997-2000). Andrews has 1,109 yards in kickoff returns and 464 yards in punt returns.
• LB Justin Crooks posted a career high with 13 tackles on the day (seven solos, six assists). His previous high was 10 on three occasions. • Crooks extended his streak of consecutive games with at least four tackles to 17 games. He has recorded five or more tackles in 15 of the last 16 games.
• P Daniel Sepulveda extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one punt of 50-plus yards to 18 games. He has recorded at least one punt of 50-plus yards in every game of his career.
• PK Kenny Webb converted his 39th, 40th and 41st consecutive PAT attempts. Webb has never missed a PAT attempt as a collegiate kicker.
• RB Paul Mosley's 14-yard run in the second quarter was his 12th run of 10-plus yards this season.
• Mosley registered his third rushing TD of the season in the third quarter. Mosley has all of Baylor's rushing TDs this season.
• FB Jonathan Evans' 23-yard reception was a season-long. His career long was a 30-yarder against Colorado in 2003.
• TE Marcus Venus recorded a career high with six receptions. His previous high was three on two occasions.
• QB Dane King established a career high with 281 passing yards. His previous high was 224 against Texas State.
• King posted his third 200-yard passing game of the season. He already is tied for 11th all-time at Baylor with three career 200-yard passing games.
• King also established career highs for completions (23) and pass attempts (38). His attempts were the most by a Baylor quarterback since Greg Cicero attempted 38 passes at Texas A&M in 2001.
• King's 8-yard run in the third quarter was a career long. His previous long was 2 yards on several occasions.
• Baylor's 82-yard scoring drive in the third quarter was a season long and the longest by the Bears since a 97-yard march against Colorado in 2003.
BAYLOR AMONG NATION'S YOUNGEST TEAMS
With 96 underclassmen out of 135 players on its 2004 roster, Baylor ranks as the second-youngest team in Division I-A football behind only SMU. The Bears are 71.1 percent underclassmen, while SMU is 76.1 percent (86 of 113). Only one school has more underclassmen on its roster: Army, which lists 120 underclassmen on a roster of 178 players. North Carolina (92 of 135) is the only other team with at least 90 underclassmen. Baylor's depth chart features 29 underclassmen out of 50 spots (two-deep at 25 positions). Eight underclassmen are listed as starters at their respective positions: WR Dominique Zeigler, DT M.T. Robinson, DT Julian Hill, OS Maurice Linguist, CB James Todd, CB Anthony Arline, P Daniel Sepulveda and DS Jonathan Weeks.
NEXT UP...
Baylor plays its second consecutive home game, hosting Texas A&M. The Bears and the Aggies tee it up for the 101st time Saturday, Oct. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. CDT at Floyd Casey Stadium.
