THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas (AP) - Bryce Petty had three touchdown passes, including two to Corey Coleman, and No. 12 Baylor scored on 11 straight possessions despite looking sluggish at times in a 60-14 victory over Kansas on Saturday.
Baylor (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) had to settle for field goals after two of three first-half fumbles by the Jayhawks deep in their territory, but still rolled up 669 yards in their 14th straight home victory in the 91st homecoming game. That streak ties Auburn for the longest in the nation.
Coleman had a career-high 167 yards receiving and TDs of 72 and 49 yards, the latter putting the Bears up 46-7 early in the third quarter.
Kansas (2-6, 0-5) had 0 yards rushing at halftime in its 31st straight loss away from home and 28th in a row in a true road game since winning at UTEP in 2009.
The Bears had to wait two weeks for their bounce-back win after their undefeated season ended at West Virginia. During the lull, Baylor also found out it will have an uphill climb in the playoff rankings after debuting at No. 13 in the race for the first four-team postseason tournament.
Petty said he didn't like sitting on that loss for two weeks, but his offense didn't show much urgency early in what turned into Baylor's fourth game with at least 60 points this season.
After a three-and-out to start the game, the Bears got the ball inside the Kansas 25 after fumbles on consecutive possession in the second quarter but didn't get a first down either time.
After the second fumble, by Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings when he was sacked by K.J. Smith, Baylor had to call a timeout before the first snap. It didn't help.
The beneficiary was Chris Callahan, who kicked four field goals to match his season high from a wild 61-58 win over TCU.
Petty secured his 20th straight game with at least one touchdown pass on the game's first score, throwing short to Coleman, who ran free down the sideline on the 72-yarder after Cassius Sendish slipped when closing in for the tackle.
Petty was 15 of 27 for 277 yards before going to the sideline for good late in the third quarter.
Devin Chafin had a career-high 112 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Big 12 rushing leader Shock Linwood finished with 81 yards and a leaping score from the 1.
The Jayhawks had two players - cornerback Derrick Neal and defensive lineman Keon Stowers - taken to a hospital after getting injured in the first half.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Senior QB Bryce Petty threw a 72-yard TD pass in the 1st quarter that tied the 4th-longest pass of his career and tied the 41st-longest pass in program history.
• Petty threw for 277 yards in the game and now has 6,374 career passing yards, passing Nick Florence (6,301) for 2nd on the Bears' all-time list.
• Petty threw 3 TDs, giving him 20 on the season, which ranks 6th on Baylor's single-season list.
• Petty had his 20th straight game with multiple touchdowns responsible for, which is the nation's longest active streak.
• WR Corey Coleman had a career-long 72-yard TD catch in the 1st quarter, which tied the 41st-longest pass in program history.
• Coleman's 167 receiving yards were a career high and the 20th-most in a game in BU history (most by any player with fewer than 5 receptions; Coleman had 3 catches).
• Coleman had his 3rd career 100-yard receiving game, tied for 14th-most in Baylor history.
• Coleman added a 49-yard TD catch in the 3rd quarter, giving him 7 TD catches this season and 9 for his career.
• DE Shawn Oakman had his 3rd fumble recovery of the season (4th of career), giving him the most in a season by a Baylor player since Ahmad Dixon had 3 in 2011.
• Oakman also had an 8-yard sack and forced fumble, recording his 6th sack of the season (8th of career) and 2nd forced fumble of the year (4th of career).
• Oakman had 2 tackles-for-loss, giving him 12.5 on the season, equaling his total from last year. With 25.0 career TFLs, he needs 3 more to reach Baylor's all-time top 10.
• IR Levi Norwood had a 10-yard TD catch in the 3rd quarter for his 1st TD of the season and the 9th of his career.
• RB Shock Linwood had a 39-yard run in the 1st quarter, which was Baylor's longest rush of the season, besting Seth Russell's 31-yard TD run at Buffalo.
• Linwood had a 1-yard TD run in the 1st quarter for his 10th rushing TD of the season and 18th of his career.
• Linwood's 18 career rushing TDs are tied for 10th-most in Baylor history, and his 10 rushing TDs this season are tied for 8th on Baylor's single-season list.
• RB Devin Chafin had a career-high 112 rushing yards, recording his 2nd career 100-yard rushing game.
• Chafin had a 1-yard TD run in the 1st quarter and another 1-yard TD run in the 2nd quarter, giving him 3 TDs this season and 7 in his career.
• Redshirt freshman DE K.J. Smith had an 8-yard sack (and forced fumble) and an 11-yard sack (and forced fumble), doubling his season total to 4 sacks.
• Smith had a career-high 3.0 tackles-for-loss, giving him 7.5 TFLs on the season.
• PK Chris Callahan tied a school record with 4 field goals made in a game, marking the 7th time a Baylor player has reached that number and the 2nd time Callahan has tied the record in the last 3 games.
• Callahan became the 6th FBS player to make 4 field goals in a quarter and the first since Oregon State's Jose Cortez on Oct. 31, 1998.
• Callahan had 18 points scored kicking in the game, moving him into 5th on Baylor's single-season list with 61 points scored kicking.
• Callahan's field goals made were from 27, 33, 33 and 37 yards, giving him 10 consecutive made field goals after starting his career 1-of-6.
• QB Seth Russell had a 4-yard TD run in the 4th quarter, giving him 3 rushing TDs this season and 6 for his career.
STAT OF THE GAME
167: Receiving yards for Corey Coleman, the most by any player in Baylor history with fewer than 5 receptions (Coleman had 3 catches).
TWEET OF THE GAME
TOP QUOTE
"I really appreciate the crowd we had today and the weather was just unreal. It was a beautiful day for a college football game. It was just a great setting for our homecoming crowd and for our players." - Baylor head coach Art Briles
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor goes back on the road to face Oklahoma Saturday (Nov. 8).
