Sept. 15, 2007
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2007 BAYLOR FOOTBALL
Sept. 15, 2007
POSTGAME NOTES
BAYLOR (2-1) 34, TEXAS STATE (1-2) 27
Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas
Attendance: 36,274
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Baylor leads the all-time series 7-0. All seven meetings have taken place in Waco.
• Baylor is 13-0 all-time against Football Championship Subdivision (former Divsion I-AA) opponents.
• Baylor is 31-14 all-time on the third Saturday of September, including a 2-1 mark all-time on Sept. 15.
• Baylor is 119-61-2 all-time in September, including a 11-6 mark under head coach Guy Morriss.
• Baylor is 11-14 when scoring first under Morriss.
• Baylor is 11-3 when leading at halftime under Morriss.
• Baylor is 11-10 in night games under Morriss.
• Baylor is 12-20 on artificial turf under Morriss.
• Baylor is 12-14 in green jerseys under Morriss, 9-18 in green pants, 6-7 in green-on-green and 12-23 in gold helmets.
TEAM NOTES
• Baylor has held its opponent without a first-quarter offensive touchdown in 16 of the last 25 games with 13 first-quarter shutouts in that span.
• Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in 23 of the last 26 games.
• Baylor's passing yardage (412) was the 2nd-best single-game total in school history. Only last week's 423 yard performance surpasses it.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• WR Krys Buerck made his first career start.
• QB Blake Szymanski has passed for at least 200 yards in four consecutive games, tying Don Trull for the second-longest streak in school history. Shawn Bell established the record with 11 consecutive 200-yard games during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
• Szymanski had 246 passing yards in the first half; it was the fifth-highest single-half passing yardage total in school history.
• Szymanski became the first player in Baylor history to record five-plus touchdown passes in consecutive weeks.
• Szymanski became the first Bear to record five-plus touchdown passes twice.
• Szymanski is now tied for 11th in Baylor history with 11 touchdowns in one season.
• Szymanski joined Shawn Bell (2004 vs. Texas A&M, 2005 vs. Kansas) as the only players in school history with multiple games with four-plus touchdown passes. There have been eight such games in school history (Billy Patterson vs. Loyola [Calif.], 1938; Larry Isbell vs. Texas A&M, 1950; Terry Southall vs. Syracuse, 1966; Jeff Watson vs. Missouri [3OT], 1996).
• Szymanski joined Shawn Bell (at Texas, vs. Kansas, 2006) as the only Baylor quarterbacks to record back-to-back 300-yard passing games.
• Szymanski is the fourth Baylor quarterback to record multiple 300-yard passing games in the same season. Bell (2006), Cody Carlson (1986) and Neal Jeffrey (1973) are the other three.
• FB Keegan Vann's first-quarter touchdown reception was the first touchdown of his career.
• WR Krys Buerck's second-quarter touchdown reception was the first touchdown of his career.
• Buerck established career highs with 7 receptions and 85 yards receiving.
• Buerck's fourth-quarter kickoff return was the first of his career.
• RB Jay Finley's fourth-quarter touchdown reception was the first touchdown of his career.
• WR Brad Taylor established a career high of 85 yards receiving.
• FS Jordan Lake established a career high with 10 total tackles.
• WR David Gettis' return of the game's opening kickoff was the first of his career.
• WR Earl Patin's second-quarter kickoff return was the first of his career.
