Oct. 17, 2009

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IOWA STATE (4-3, 1-2) 24, BAYLOR (3-3, 0-2) 10
JACK TRICE STADIUM • AMES, IOWA
OCT. 17, 2009 • ATTENDANCE: 42,253

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Iowa State leads the all-time series 5-4, including a 3-2 advantage in games played at Ames.
• Baylor is 9-31 against Big 12 North teams during the league's existence.
• Baylor is 47-40-6 all-time on the third weekend of October. The Bears are 202-201-21 all-time in the month of October.

TEAM NOTES
• Baylor has lost 13 consecutive Big 12 road games. The Bears' last conference road game was a 34-31, triple-overtime victory at Colorado in 2006.
• Baylor has lost 21 consecutive games when trailing at halftime. The last time Baylor overcame a halftime deficit was Oct. 21, 2006, against Kansas when the Bears overcame a 35-17 halftime deficit for a 36-35 victory.
• Baylor falls to 0-11 in the Art Briles era when allowing more than 21 points. The Bears are 7-0 in that time when allowing 21 or fewer points.
• Baylor drops to 1-11 in the Briles era when allowing at least 20 first downs. The Bears are 6-0 in that time when allowing fewer than 20 first downs.
• Baylor has lost eight consecutive games on natural grass. The Bears' last win on a natural surface was at Colorado in 2006.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• LB Joe Pawelek started his 39th consecutive game, the longest streak by a Baylor player since Maurice Lane's school-record, 45-game streak that ran from 2002 to 2005.
• RG James Barnard, FS Jordan Lake and C J.D. Walton all started their 30th consecutive games.
• LB Antonio Jones started his 18th consecutive game.
• WR David Gettis started his 14th consecutive game.
• IR Kendall Wright has caught at least one pass in each game of his career, an 18-game streak.
• TE Justin Akers has caught at least one pass in eight consecutive games.
• WR Ernest Smith's 59-yard reception in the first quarter was the longest of his career.
• Smith produced the first 100-yard receiving game of his career.
• Smith reached the 100-yard plateau during the first half. He is the first Baylor player with at least 100 yards receiving in a half since Dominique Zeigler accomplished the feat against Texas A&M in 2006 (Zeigler had 166 yards in the first half vs. Texas A&M).
• CB Tim Atchison's second-quarter interception was the first of his career.
• Szymanski is the first Baylor player to throw at least three interceptions in a game since Michael Machen was picked three times against Texas in 2007.