THE RUNDOWN
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Corey Coleman set career highs of 15 catches and 224 yards to help No. 10 Baylor roll past No. 16 Oklahoma 48-14 on Saturday.
It was the most receptions ever by a player against the Sooners. Coleman also caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score as the Bears (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, No. 12 in CFP) maintained their conference and national title hopes.
Bryce Petty, who repeatedly said he was "ready for OU" after the win over Kansas the week before, proved it by completing 32 of 42 passes for 387 yards and a touchdown. It was Baylor's first road win in 12 tries against the Sooners (6-3, 3-3, No. 15 CFP), and the Bears' first road win against a ranked team since Art Briles took over as head coach in 2008.
Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight was carted off after being sacked in the fourth quarter.
Baylor has won three of the past four meetings with the Sooners after losing the first 20. The Bears defeated the Sooners 41-12 last year in Waco.
The Sooners were without star receiver Sterling Shepard, who suffered a groin injury the previous week against Iowa State.
Baylor took a 3-0 lead, but Oklahoma responded with a 64-yard touchdown drive. Knight hurdled a defender on an 18-yard run, then later threw a eight-yard touchdown pass to Michiah Quick. On Oklahoma's next possession, Knight found Durron Neal for a 9-yard touchdown pass to bump the Sooners' lead to 14-3.
Baylor scored the next 45 points.
Petty fired a 33-yard touchdown pass to Coleman that trimmed Oklahoma's lead to 14-10 early in the second quarter. Bryce Hager intercepted Knight and returned it to the Oklahoma 1, and Devin Chafin scored on the next play to put Baylor on top 17-14.
After a roughing-the-punter penalty kept a Baylor drive alive, Chafin scored from 2 yards out to bump Baylor's lead to 24-14, a score that held until halftime.
Coleman's 5-yard touchdown run three minutes into the second half increased Baylor's advantage to 31-14, and Shock Linwood's 3-yard touchdown run made it 38-14.
Oklahoma's defenders backed off Baylor's receivers in the third quarter, and Petty burned the Sooners by completing 16 of 17 passes for 206 yards in the period.
Oklahoma has lost two conference home games in a season for the first time in 16 years under coach Bob Stoops.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor defeated Oklahoma in Norman for the first time, snapping an 11-game losing streak.
• Baylor snapped a 37-game losing streak in road games against ranked opponents. The Bears' last win in those games was Nov. 2, 1991, when the Bears beat No. 24 Arkansas by a final score of 9-5. Today's starting quarterback Bryce Petty was 5 months old when that happened.
• Baylor also snapped an 18-game losing streak in the state of Oklahoma; BU's last previous win in Oklahoma was Sept. 2, 1995, a 37-5 win at Tulsa.
• Baylor handed Oklahoma just its 7th loss in Norman during the Bob Stoops era (89-7).
• Baylor's 34-point victory was the largest by a visiting team in Norman during the Stoops era. The only other double-digit victor was Notre Dame (17-point win) in 2012, and the 6 previous losses in the Stoops era came by a combined 36 points.
• Baylor held Oklahoma scoreless in the 2nd quarter, marking the first time OU failed to score in any quarter this season and snapping a 34-quarter streak back to 2013.
• Senior QB Bryce Petty (387 passing yards) set Baylor's school record with his 14th career 300-yard passing game, breaking a tie with RG3.
• Petty had his 18th career 200-yard passing game, breaking a tie with Nick €ˆFlorence for 2nd-most in BU history.
• Petty completed 18 consecutive passes between the 2nd and 3rd quarters (last 4 passes of 2nd quarter, first 14 passes of 3rd quarter).
• Petty completed a career-high 32 passes.
• WR Corey €ˆColeman had a career-high 15 receptions, the 2nd-most receptions in a game in program history.
• Coleman's career-high 224 receiving yards were the 2nd-most in a game in Baylor history.
• Coleman had his 4th career 100-yard receiving game, tied for 10th-most in BU history.
• Coleman had 231 all-purpose yards, which tied the 10th-most in a game in Baylor history.
• Coleman's 6-game streak with at least one touchdown catch is the nation's longest active streak.
• Coleman had a 33-yard TD catch in the 2nd quarter, his 8th TD catch of the season, tying him for 7th on BU's single-season list.
• Coleman added a 5-yard rushing TD in the 3rd quarter for his 1st career rushing TD; he also has 10 career receiving TDs and 1 career kick return TD.
• LB €ˆGrant Campbell recorded his 1st career sack.
• LB Bryce Hager had his career-first interception and returned it 36 yards to the OU 1-yard line in the 2nd quarter. €ˆBU scored a TD on its next play.
• Hager (10 tackles) had his 12th career double-digit tackles game (4th of season).
• RB €ˆShock Linwood had rushing TDs of 3 and 15 yards, giving him 12 rushing TDs this season (t-6th in BU history) and 20 rushing TDs in his career (8th in BU history).
• RB €ˆDevin €ˆChafin had TD runs of 1 and 2 yards, giving him 5 rushing TDs on the season and 9 career rushing TDs.
• WR Antwan €ˆGoodley had 9 catches for 92 yards, tying a season high in receptions and coming up just short of his 4th 100-yard game of the year.
• PK €ˆChris Callahan made a 34-yard field goal in the 1st quarter and a 24-yarder in the 4th quarter, giving him 12 consecutive made field goals after starting his career 1-of-6.
STAT OF THE GAME
224: Receiving yards for Corey Coleman, a career high and second-most in Baylor history.
TWEET OF THE GAME
TOP QUOTE
"Yeah we are Baylor. This is different. This isn't the same team as the 90's or the 80's. You all are going to have to get that out of your minds. We love being part of this. We love being the underdog. We play so much better when we are mad and upset. We can't ever be happy, can't ever be satisfied. Coach Briles tells us that all the time. When we come out determined and ready to rock `n roll it's going to be a good day for us." - Baylor QB Bryce Petty
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor has a bye week before returning home to McLane Stadium to face Oklahoma State Nov. 22.
