Postgame Notes
9/22/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 22, 2007
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2007 BAYLOR FOOTBALL Sept. 22, 2007
POSTGAME NOTES
BAYLOR (3-1) 34, BUFFALO (1-3) 21
UB Stadium • Buffalo, N.Y.
Attendance: 22,676
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• First-ever meeting.
• Baylor is 2-0 all-time against current Mid-American Conference members.
• Baylor is 26-40-2 all-time in games played east of the Mississippi River, including a 4-1 mark in games played in New York.
• Baylor is 120-61-2 all-time in September, including a 12-6 mark under head coach Guy Morriss.
• Baylor is 47-23-1 all-time on the fourth Saturday of September, including an 8-3 mark on Sept. 22.
• Baylor is 20-13-5 all-time when 2-1, snapping a three-game losing streak in such situations.
• Baylor is 12-6-3 all-time when 2-1 following a win and 3-3 all-time when 2-1 with a two-game winning streak.
• Baylor improved to 16-11 under Morriss when scoring at least 20-plus points and 10-2 when scoring 30-plus points.
• Baylor has won 16 consecutive games when scoring at least 34 points, dating back to a 49-42 triple-overtime loss to Missouri in 1996.
• Baylor has won 21 consecutive games when scoring at least 34 points in regulation, dating back to a 63-35 loss to Texas in 1994.
• Baylor is 12-14 when scoring first under Morriss.
• Baylor is 12-3 when leading at halftime under Morriss.
• Baylor is 12-10 in night games under Morriss.
• Baylor is 13-20 on artificial turf under Morriss.
• Baylor is 6-18 in white jerseys under Morriss, 10-18 in green pants, 3-12 in white-on-green and 6-9 in green helmets.
TEAM NOTES
• Baylor snapped a three-game losing streak in road games.
• Baylor has held its opponent without a first-quarter offensive touchdown in 17 of the last 26 games with 14 first-quarter shutouts in that span. The Bears have accomplished these feats in three of four games this season.
• Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in 24 of the last 27 games, including 16 games with at least two turnovers forced.
• Baylor has out-scored its opponents 38-7 in the first quarter this season.
• Baylor now has 12 sacks through four games this season after recording only 11 sacks in 12 games last season.
• Baylor's 11-play, 85-yard touchdown drive to start the third quarter was the Bears' longest drive of the season in terms of yardage and tied for the longest scoring drive in terms of plays this season.
• Baylor eclipsed the 100-yard rushing plateau for the first time since rushing for 110 yards at Colorado last season.
• Baylor eclipsed the 200-yard rushing plateau for the first time since rushing for 215 yards at SMU in the 2005 season opener.
• Baylor's rushing total was its highest since rushing for 280 yards against Samford in 2002.
• Baylor's five turnovers forced were a season high; the Bears forced five turnovers on three different occasions last season.
• Baylor tallied more rushing yards (229) than passing yards (172) for the first time since the 2005 game against Texas.
• Baylor has scored 30-plus points in three consecutive games for the first time since accomplishing the feat at Colorado, at Texas and against Kansas last season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• DE Damien Taylor and RB Jay Finley both made their first career starts.
• FS Jordan Lake's first-quarter interception was his first since the play on which he sustained a broken collarbone that ended his season last year against Kansas State.
• Lake also became the first Baylor player with multiple interceptions in a game since Dwain Crawford had two picks against Kansas State last season.
• Finley established a career high with 80 yards rushing; his previous high was 28 yards against Rice.
• Szymanski established a career high with 91 yards rushing, the best single-game rushing effort by a Baylor quarterback since Odell James had 92 yards rushing against Kansas State in 1998.
• Szymanski's 39-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run was the longest rush of his career.
• Szymanski saw his streak of four consecutive games with at least 200 yards passing end.
• Szyamanski has thrown for three-plus touchdowns in three consecutive games.
• IR Joe Bennett's 43-yard, third-quarter punt return was the longest of his career.
• IR Justin Akers tied his career high with seven receptions.
• LB Joe Pawelek tallied a season-high nine tackles.
• LB Nick Moore tallied a season-high nine tackles.
