Nov. 29, 2008

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No. 7 TEXAS TECH (11-1, 7-1) 35, BAYLOR (4-8, 2-6) 28
JONES AT&T STADIUM • LUBBOCK, TEXAS
NOV. 29, 2008 • ATTENDANCE: 53,470

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Texas Tech leads the all-time series 34-32-1; the Red Raiders have won each of the last 13 meetings.
• Texas Tech holds a 22-14-1 advantage in games played at Lubbock; Baylor last won at Lubbock in 1990 (nine straight).
• Baylor is 41-159-6 all-time against ranked opponents, 26-140-5 when unranked and playing a ranked opponent. The Bears have lost 19 straight against nationally ranked opponents and are 2-45 against ranked opponents during the Big 12 era.
• Seven of Baylor's eight losses have come against teams nationally ranked at some point this season, including six on game day.
• This was Baylor's sixth game against a nationally ranked opponent this season, the most such games since playing six in 1977.
• This was Baylor's fourth game against a top-10 opponent this season, the most such games since playing four in 1979.
• Baylor has lost nine straight road games and 11 straight Big 12 road games.
• Baylor is 39-79-2 all-time in televised games, including a 2-6 mark this season.
• Largest crowd to ever watch a Baylor-Texas Tech game.

TEAM NOTES
• Baylor scored 46 touchdowns on the season, the second-best season total in school history and one shy of the 1994 team's program record.
• Baylor scored at least one rushing touchdown in each game this season. It is the fifth season in school history that Baylor has recorded at least one rushing touchdown in each game: 1952 (10 games), 1953 (10 games), 1980 (11 games) and 1986 (11 games).
• The Bears' current 12-game streak with at least one rushing touchdown is the program's longest since a 14-game run over the 1997 and 1998 seasons and the longest within one season in program history.
• Baylor produced at least 100 yards rushing for the fifth consecutive Big 12 game, the Bears' longest such streak since a seven-game streak to end the 1997 season.
• Baylor eclipsed 200 yards rushing in consecutive Big 12 games for the first time since a three-game stretch in 1997.
• Baylor's first-quarter touchdown drive that lasted 7:16 was the Bears' longest scoring drive (time) this season. The previous long was 5:51 against Iowa State.
• Baylor used 14 plays on that drive, tying its longest drive (plays) this season.
• Baylor's 29 rushing touchdowns this season tied for the second-best season total in school history and were one shy of the school mark of 30, which was established in 1980 and tied in 1993.
• Three Baylor players scored at least six rushing touchdowns each this season (Robert Griffin, 13; Jay Finley, 7; Jacoby Jones, 6). It is the first time a Baylor trio has done that since 1991 when John Henry, J.J. Joe and Robert Strait each scored six rushing touchdowns.
• Baylor's first halftime lead against Texas Tech since 1995 (6-0), a game Baylor won 9-7.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• NB Jake La Mar played in his 47th career game, establishing a Baylor record for career games played.
• DT Vincent Rhodes played in his 46th career game, tying the previous Baylor record for career games played.
• QB Robert Griffin tied Baylor's single-season record for rushing touchdowns (13). Steve Beaird also had 13 rushing touchdowns in 1973.
• Griffin moved into a fourth-place tie on Baylor's season touchdown passes list with 15, tying Larry Isbell (1950).
• Griffin moved into fourth place on Baylor's season points list with 78, the most by a Baylor player since Beaird had 96 points in 1974.
• RB Jay Finley notched his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game. He is the first Baylor player to accomplish the feat since Rashad Armstrong in 2003 (Sam Houston State and Colorado).
• Finley is the first Baylor player to rush for at least 100-yards in consecutive Big 12 games since Armstrong did so in the final two games of the 2002 season and the first Big 12 game of the 2003 season.
• Finley's third-quarter, 47-yard run was a career long and tied for Baylor's fifth-longest run this season.
• LB Joe Pawelek finished the season with 128 total tackles, the ninth-best season total in Baylor history and the best by a Baylor linebacker since James Francis had 129 in 1989.
• Pawelek collected at least seven tackles in each game this season.
• Pawelek finished the season with 73 assisted tackles, the fourth-best season total in Baylor history and the best since Geff Gandy had 74 in 1982.
• LB Antonio Johnson's first-quarter interception was the first of his career.
• CB Tim Atchison established a career high with six tackles.
• La Mar established a career high with 11 tackles; it was his first career game with 10-plus tackles.
• IR Mikail Baker finished the season with 758 kickoff return yards, the second-best season total in school history and five shy of the school record.