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12/12 BAYLOR (6-1, 3-1) vs. NR/NR KANSAS (2-5, 0-4) Nov. 1, 2014 | 3:00 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | McLane Stadium (45,140) TV: FOX Sports 1

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MEDIA INFORMATION Date Sat., Nov. 1 | 3:00 p.m. CT Location Waco, Texas | McLane Stadium (45,140) TV FOX Sports 1 Radio ESPN Central Texas | Sirius 117 | XM 202 Online Audio Listen Online Live Stats Gameday Central Gameday Info Ticket Info Purchase Tickets Game Notes Baylor Notes | Kansas Notes Twitter @BUFootball BAYLOR-KANSAS SERIES Series Baylor leads, 9-4 In Waco Baylor leads, 6-0 In Lawrence Kansas leads, 4-3 Neutral N/A First Meeting Sept. 18, 1971 - Kansas, 22-0 Last Meeting Oct. 26, 2013 - Baylor, 59-14 12/12 BAYLOR BEARS Record 6-1, 3-1 Big 12 Ranking 12 (AP), 12 (Coaches) Last Game Oct. 18, 2014 (lost to West Virginia, 41-27) Head Coach Art Briles (Texas Tech, 1979) Career: 84-61 (12th season) BU Record: 50-33 (7th season) NR/NR KANSAS JAYHAWKS Record 2-5, 0-4 Big 12 Ranking NR (AP), NR (Coaches) Last Game Oct. 18, 2014 (lost at Texas Tech, 34-21) Head Coach Clint Bowen (Kansas, 1995) Career: 0-3 (1st season) KU Record: 0-3 (1st season)

STORYLINES
• Coming off an open date, Baylor returns to Waco to host Kansas for Homecoming on Saturday. The contest will be broadcast on FS1 at 3 p.m. CT.
• Baylor is 21-3 in its last 24 games, the 3rd-best mark over that stretch (FSU, 23-1 & Michigan St. 22-2).
• Baylor leads FBS?in total offense (579.0 ypg) and is second in scoring offense (49.0 ppg), while its defense is 42nd nationally in scoring (23.0 ppg) and 18th in total defense (325.3 ypg).
• Baylor has won 13 straight at home (2nd-best in nation) and not lost in Waco since Oct. 13, 2012, vs. TCU.
• Baylor has the nation's best home record since 2011 at 22-1.
• In home games, Baylor is 26-3 over the last 4+ seasons and 32-10 in the Art Briles era.
• BU has won 17 straight games played in Texas, and is 28-3 in the Lone Star state over the last 3+ years.
• Baylor is 24-7 when ranked under head coach Art Briles.
• Baylor and Kansas will meet for the 14th time on Saturday. The Bears lead the all-time series 9-4, including a perfect 6-0 mark versus the Jayhawks in Waco and a 4-0 record under Briles.
• Baylor is 43-43-4 all-time in Homecoming games, but has won its last four. Included in that string of four victories is a 2012 triumph over Kansas, 41-14. BU also beat KU?in 2006, 36-35, for Homecoming.
• Baylor is 3-0 in its new on-campus, riverfront $266 million McLane Stadium.
• For Homecoming, fans have been asked to #StripeMcLane - sections will alternate green and gold.
• Baylor has outscored foes 343-161 through 7 games and is 3rd in the FBS in victory margin (26.0).
• Baylor's offense is No. 2 in the country in first downs per game (29.3), 5th in passing yards per completion (15.90), 7th in passing offense (349.9 ypg) and 8th in tackles for loss allowed (3.86).
• Baylor's defense ranks ninth nationally in TFLs per game (7.9) and 11th in sacks (3.43).
• In the Briles era, BU?is 5-4 after an off-week, but has won its last 3 such games.
• BU has won 3 straight following a loss (no back-to-back losses since 2012) by an average of 19.3 points.
• Individually, senior QB?Bryce Petty is 7th in FBS with 20.0 points responsible for per game and 10th with 15.02 passing yards per completion.
• Sophomore CB Xavien Howard leads the nation with 2.0 passes defended per game, while junior DE?Shawn Oakman is 11th nationally with 1.5 tackles for loss per game.

TEAM QUICK?HITS
• Baylor is the only school in the country to have wins over top 10 teams in each of the past four seasons.
• Baylor has scored at least one TD in 25?of 28 quarters played this season.
• Baylor has outscored opponents 204-65 in the first half this season (29.1-9.3 average).
• Baylor's 3 losses in its last 24 games were all away with home with two coming against top-15 teams.
• Art Briles earned his 50th win at BU?vs. TCU. He passed John D.?Bridgers as the 3rd-winningest coach in BU history.
• Baylor is the most successful FBS-team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .766 (36-11).
• Baylor has been ranked in the AP?Top 25 for a school-record 26 straight weeks.
• Baylor has been ranked in the Top 15 in 21 straight weekly polls.
• The Bears have now been ranked in 5 straight seasons for the 1st time since being ranked in 5 straight from 1953-57.
• Baylor is 31-2 over the last 4-plus seasons when leading at halftime with 24 straight wins.
• Baylor is bowl-eligible for the 5th consecutive year for the 1st time in school history.
• Baylor is playing its 7th season of football under Briles and its 113th season in program history.
• Baylor returned 48 lettermen and 10 starters (5 o; 4 d; 1 st) from a 2013 squad that won a school-record 11 games, claimed its first Big 12 title and earned its first trip to a BCS-bowl game.
• After winning the Big 12 in 2013, BU looks to repeat as conference champion for 1st time in school history.

OFFENSE
• Baylor is outscoring its opponents 117-28 in 1st quarters and 87-37 in 2nd quarters this year.
• 40% of BU's rushing total has come in the 4th quarter of Big 12 games (5.54/rush average vs. 3.83 in first 3 quarters)
• Baylor has scored in 94 straight games -- the previous record was 89 games from?Dec. 31, 1979 through Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor is 14-1 since the start of 2012 when attempting 50 or more rushes.
• Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 14 of 20 games since 2013, including 11 games with 600+ yards in that span.
• Baylor has scored 40+ points in 30 of its last 39 games and has scored 30+ points in 34 of its last 39 contests.
• Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 44 times in the 47 games since 2011.
• Baylor has reached 600 yards of offense in 4 games this year. BU has 31 such games in its history (26 in Briles era).
• Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves of 6 of 7 games this season.
• Baylor has scored at least 14 points in 14 of 28 quarters played this season.
• Baylor ranks 11th in team passing efficiency (156.13) and 15th in 4th-down conversion percentage (.720).
• Baylor's rushing attack leads the Big 12 with 229.1 yards per contest. That mark is 21st nationally.
• Baylor is tied for tied for 10th nationally by averaging 3.0 rushing TDs per game.
• Baylor is the only school in the country with three players on the Biletnikoff watch list (Cannon, Goodley, Norwood).
• Baylor set an NCAA scoring record in 2013 with 681 points in 13 games. BU's 52.4 points/game were tied for fourth-most all-time.
• Baylor had 4 of its top 5 returning receivers miss time during the season's first four games due to injury.

DEFENSE
• Baylor is 7th in the NCAA in yards allowed per play (4.41). BU led the Big 12 allowing only 4.75 yards per play in 2013.
• Baylor is tied for 9th nationally by forcing 5.86 3-and-outs per game.
• Baylor is 10th in FBS by limiting foes to a .231 conversion percentage (3-of-13) on 4th down.
• BU?is 16th nationallly in first downs allowed per game (18.1).
• Baylor ranks 18th in the country in team passing efficiency defense (107.68)
• Baylor 20th nationally in 3rd-down conversion percentage (.325).
• While surrendering just 111.9 ypg, Baylor's rushing defense is 18th nationally.
• Baylor has recorded three or more sacks in 5 of 7 games this season.
• Baylor has allowed 14 or fewer points in 10 of its last 20 games and 3 of 7 games of 2014.
• Baylor tied a school record with nine sacks vs. SMU as 9 different players recorded at least half a sack.
• Baylor's total defense (67 yards) & rush defense (-24 yards) vs. SMU are both the 3rd-best performances of 2014.
• Phil Bennett's defense has forced 2 or more turnovers in 18 of its last 27 games (22-5 record in span).
• Baylor's opening-day shutout of SMU was its first over an FBS?opponent since Sept. 23, 1995 (14-0 vs. NCST).
• 11 members of Baylor's defense have recorded at least half a sack in 2014, while 6 have 2.0 or more sacks.
• Baylor's D has 3 or more turnovers in 9 games since 2013 & has won 21 of its last 22 with 3+ takeaways.

INDIVIDUAL QUICK?HITS
OFFENSE
• QB?Bryce Petty has thrown a TD?in 19 straight games in which he has played. He is picking up 15.02 yards per completion, which is the nation's 10th-best mark.
• RB?Shock Linwood leads the Big 12 with 99.4 yards rushing per game. Linwood has 9 rushing TDs on the year. That figure ranks 20th-best in the country.
• Baylor's back-up QB, Seth Russell, leads the Big 12 with a pass efficiency of 187.0, while Petty is 5th (147.1).
• WR KD?Cannon ranks 19th nationally with 94.4 yards receiving per game.
• In Big 12 games only, WR Antwan Goodley is averaging 118.2 receiving yards per game, 2nd-best in the league.
• Baylor has had 5 players tally 10 100-yard receiving performances (Cannon 3, Corey Coleman 2, Jay Lee, Lynx Hawthorne, Goodley 3) in 2014.

DEFENSE
• DE?Shawn Oakman is third in the Big 12 and 11th in the NCAA?with 1.5 tackles for loss sacks per game. He leads BU with 10.5 TFLs (needs 9.5 to tie BU?single season record) and 5.0 sacks on the year (5.5 away from BU?record).
• With 3 interceptions on the year, S Orion Stewart and DB?Xavien Howard are 23rd in the nation and 3rd in the Big 12 with .4 INTs per game.
• MLB Bryce Hager, an All-America candidate, leads the team with 55 tackles. He has had 13 in each of the last 2 games, after only having 29 in the previous 5 games. He?led the Big 12 in tackles in 2012 (124, 9.5/game)
• LB Taylor Young filled up the stat sheet at WVU with 12 tackles, 3.0 TFL and 2.0 sacks for 22 yards of losses.
• DE Beau Blackshear already has 4.5 sacks in 2014. That is more than he had in his previous 2 years combined.
• 3 starters (Blackshear, Andrew Billings & Stewart) are Waco natives.

SCHEDULE STRENGTH
Baylor's 2014 schedule includes nine games against opponents from Power Five conferences, an equal or higher number to 12 of the 25 schools in the Associated Press Top 25 [see list below].

GAMES AGAINST POWER-5 OPPONENTS (2014):
11 games: Florida St.
10 games: Arizona St., Clemson, Georgia, K-State, Oklahoma St., Stanford, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon, TCU, Utah
9 games: Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Missouri, Michigan St., Nebraska, Ohio St.
8 games: Mississippi, Mississippi State, Texas A&M
3 games: East Carolina
0 games:?Marshall

BAYLOR IS AMERICA'S TOP OFFENSE
Baylor leads the country total offense (579.0 ypg) and is second in scoring offense (49.0 ppg) through the season's first seven games . BU?returned a nation's-best 6,319 yards from its 2013 totals when it led the country in both categories. Currently BU's offense?is the only one in the country to be in the top-five of total offense each of the last four years. Over the past few years, the Bears have shattered numerous NCAA, Big 12 and school records.

BAYLOR'S RETURN TO PROMINENCE UNDER BRILES
It's no secret that Art Briles has completely rebuilt Baylor's football program back to national prominence, but most impressive is how speedy and pronounced the transformation has been (Briles is third on the BU?career wins list).

BAYLOR HOMECOMING HISTORY
Baylor plays its 91st Homecoming game Saturday, marking the 105th anniversary of its first Homecoming in 1909. Baylor's Homecoming Parade is the nation's largest, and Baylor is among the first five schools nationally ever to celebrate Homecoming. The event became annual in 1924 when the name was changed from "Good Will Week" to Homecoming. The Bears are 43-43-4 in Homecoming contests, including a 7-11 record in the Big 12 era. Baylor's first Homecoming game was a 6-3 win over TCU?in 1909, however, it would not play another such game until 1915, when it beat TCU on Thanksgiving Day, 51-0. From 1916 thru 1923, there again was a gap in Homecoming festivities until 1924. Baylor has played a Homecoming game every season since 1924, with the exception of two years during World War II (1943-44) when the Bears didn't field a team. The Bears and Jayhawks have met twice before for Baylor's Homecoming with BU winning both of those games.

KANSAS?SERIES HISTORY
Saturday is the 14th meeting between Baylor and Kansas in football, the 11th as Big 12 Conference opponents. Baylor leads the all-time series, 9-4 and owns a 6-0 record vs. the Jayhawks in games played in Waco. BU?has won all four meetings under Art Briles and is 7-3 in the Big 12 era versus KU. The first meeting between the schools was a 22-0 Kansas victory at Lawrence, Kan., in 1971. The Bears won the first meeting as Big 12 foes, a 31-24 decision Oct. 10, 1998, in Waco.?In their last meeting in Waco, the Bears took care of KU,?41-14, in a Homecoming game for BU on Nov. 3, 2012. Last season, Baylor cruised to a 59-14 victory in Lawrence.

PUNISHING GROUND GAME EXCELS LATE
Through four Big 12 Conference games, Baylor's punishing rushing attack (leads Big 12, 21st nationally at 229.1 ypg) has excelled throughout games and overwhelmed opponents in fourth quarters. Forty percent of Baylor's rushing yardage (360 of 889 yards) in conference games has been accumulated in the final quarter, and the Bears' per-rush average is almost two yards more in the fourth quarter [see chart below].

BAYLOR RUSHING ATTACK IN 4TH QUARTER (Conf. games)
First 3 Quarters: 529 yards on 138 carries, 3.83 yds/rush
4th Quarter: 360 yards on 65 carries, 5.54 yds/rush

INJURIES?PROVING?COSTLY?FOR?BEARS
When Baylor takes the field against Kansas, the Bears will be without three starters, who have all been lost to season-ending injuries. Senior OL Troy Baker, junior OL?Desmine Hilliard and junior DE?Jamal Palmer have all been sidelined for the rest of year. Baker suffered his injury in the West Virginia game, Hilliard came out late in the TCU?contest and Palmer went down at Iowa State. Five other starters have missed one or more 2014 games due to injury: QB Bryce Petty, WR Antwan Goodley, WR Corey Coleman, LB Aiavion Edwards, WR/PR Levi Norwood.

NCAA'S "TOUGHEST SCHEDULES"
Baylor's schedules have ranked among the nation's 25 most difficult in five of the last seven seasons [see list below], and among the top 35 all seven years. Four times over the last seven seasons Baylor has ranked among the NCAA's top 20 "toughest schedules" (per NCAA.com).

NCAA'S "TOUGHEST SCHEDULE" RANKINGS (2007-2013):
2007: 33rd
2008: 17th
2009: 14th
2010: 32nd
2011: 9th
2012: 25th
2013: 20th

THE?NATION'S MOST?BALANCED?OFFENSE
Baylor is the nation's only team to rank among the Top 25 in both rushing yards and passing yards over the last three seasons, and the Bears have ranked among the Top 15 all three years. Additionally, Baylor has rushed on more than 55 percent of its plays over the last three seasons. The Bears have opened up 2014 as balanced as ever.

OWNING?THE?LONE?STAR?STATE
Baylor has racked up a 14-3 record vs. in-state foes over the last four years, including victories in its last seven meetings with other Texas schools. The Bears have also been successful against any opponent when the game has been played in the Lone Star state, boasting a 17-game win streak and a 28-3 mark in contests over the last four years in Texas.

HOME WINNING STREAK IS?NATION'S SECOND-BEST
Baylor's 13-game home win streak is a school record and is tied for the nation's second-best active string:

NCAA FBS ACTIVE HOME WINNING STREAKS
Auburn - 14
Baylor - 13
Alabama - 13
Marshall - 12
Michigan State - 12

HOME-COOKING KIND?TO?BEARS
• Baylor is 22-1?in Waco since 2011 and 26-3 at home since 2010.
• Baylor's 22-1 record is the nation's best in the FBS?since 2011 (at home field).
• Baylor's last loss in Waco was Oct. 13, 2012, vs. TCU.
• Baylor has scored 70 or more points in five of its last 10 home games.
• Baylor has had 500 or more yards of total offense in nine of the last 10 homes game

OPPORTUNISTIC?DEFENSE
Baylor's defense under coordinator Phil Bennett has demonstrated a knack for making big plays at key moments to contribute to the Bears winning ways over the past three seasons. In three-plus years under Bennett, Baylor's D has recorded at least one takeaway in 41 of 46 games - a total of 96 takeaways (59 interceptions, 37 fumbles recovered). Overall under Bennett, Baylor is 26-4 when recording two or more takeaways.

BEARS BEATING?THE?BEST
Baylor is the only school in the country to have wins over Top 10 teams in each of the past four seasons.

(rankings AP/Coaches/BCS)
2011: Beat 5th/5th/5th Oklahoma, 45-38
2012: Beat 2nd/2nd/1st K-State, 52-24
2013: Beat 12th/8th/10th Oklahoma, 41-12
2014: Beat 9th/12th/- TCU, 61-58

STARTING?FAST
BU?has scored at least one touchdown in 25 of 28 quarters of action this season, but the Bears seem to do most of their damage early. Baylor has scored at least one TD in the first quarter of all seven games this year and is outscoring opponents 117-28 in the opening quarter.

AP?TOP 25 TEAMS 0-7 IN?WACO LAST FOUR SEASONS
With its win over No. 9 TCU, Baylor improved to 7-0 over the last three-plus seasons vs. Top 25-ranked teams at home (2-0 in 2013, 2012 and 2011).

W 61-58 vs. No. 9/12/- TCU (10/11/14)
W 30-10 vs. No. 23/24/25 Texas (12-7-13)
W 41-12 vs. No. 12/8/10 Oklahoma (11-7-13)
W 41-34 vs. No. 24/rv/23 Oklahoma St. (12-1-12)
W 52-24 vs. No. 2/2/1 Kansas St. (11-17-12)
W 45-38 vs. No. 5/5/5 Oklahoma (11-10-11)
W 50-48 vs. No. 14/15/- TCU (9-2-11)

OFFENSIVE?LINE?PROTECTING?QB
Baylor's QBs?have not had to worry much about getting their uniforms dirty as BU's offensive line is ranked 35th in the country by allowing only 11 sacks over the first seven games (1.57 sacks per game). Over the past five years, the Bears have done a solid job keeping the signal caller upright (see list below).

SACKS-PER-GAME ALLOWED:
2014: 1.57 (11 for 69 yds in 7 games)
2013: 1.69 (22 for 113 yds in 13 games)
2012: 1.46 (19 for 92 yds in 13 games)
2011: 2.23 (29 for 175 yds in 13 games)
2010: 1.54 (20 for 120 yds in 13 games)
2009: 2.58 (31 for 196 yds in 12 games)