Baylor, Kansas Postgame Notes
10/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
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MEMORIAL STADIUM - LAWRENCE, KAN.
OCT. 10, 2015 - ATTENDANCE: 25,910
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor and Kansas met for the 15th time. BU leads 11-4 in the all-time series, including a 4-4 mark in Lawrence.
- Baylor is 31-4 in its last 35 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
- Baylor's 28 points in the 2nd quarter tied its most ever in a 2nd quarter and tied the 4th-most in any quarter in program history.
- Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 17 of 18 games since 2014.
- Baylor has scored in 105 straight games - the previous school record was 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
- Baylor is 34-8 when ranked under Briles, including a 15-8 mark in away games.
- Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .789 (45-12).
- Baylor is 41-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
- Baylor improved to 9-2 in true road games since 2013 after going 7-17 in the first 5 years of the Briles era.
- Baylor has won 14 of its last 18 games away from Waco.
- Baylor has started 3 consecutive seasons 5-0 for the first time in program history.
- Terrell Burt, Pat Colbert, Lynx Hawthorne and Desmine Hilliard served as captains at Kansas.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor finished with a season-low 644 yards of total offense, which ranked as the 26th-most in program history.
- Baylor's defense held Kansas scoreless on its final 13 drives, limiting the Jayhawks to 11 first downs in that span.
- Baylor went scoreless in the 4th quarter, marking just its 2nd scoreless quarter this season (2nd quarter at SMU).
- Baylor has outscored opponents 321-111 through 5 games and leads the nation in victory margin (42.0 ppg).
- Baylor (5 passing TDs) has thrown at least 4 TD passes in every game this season and is averaging 5.2 touchdown passes per game.
- Baylor had its 37th all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense - 32 of those games have been in the Briles era, including all 5 games this season.
- Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 25 of 31 games since 2013, including 17 games with 600+ yards in that span.
- Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 54 times in the 57 games since 2011 - that mark leads the nation.
- Baylor has scored 60+ points 8 times in its last 18 games, including 4 of 5 games this season.
- Baylor has scored 50+ points 16 times since 2013 and 25 times since 2011, both the most among all FBS teams in those spans.
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 45 of its last 50 contests and 40+ points in 40 of its last 50 games.
- Baylor's defense has forced multiple turnovers in 38 of 57 games under Phil Bennett, and BU is 33-5 under Bennett when forcing multiple turnovers.
- Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in 21 straight games (18-3 in that stretch).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- QB Seth Russell threw for 246 yards and 3 TDs - it was his first career start without at least 4 TD passes (27 total TD passes in 6 starts).
- Russell also ran for a 5-yard TD, giving him at least 4 TDs accounted for in all 6 career starts.
- Russell's 3 TD passes gave him 22 on the season, tied for 5th-most on Baylor's single-season passing TDs list.
- WR Corey Coleman had a pair of 11-yard TD catches in the 1st quarter, giving his 26 career TD catches, 3rd-most in BU history.
- Coleman's TD receptions gave him 13 TD catches on the season, tying Antwan Goodley (2013) for 2nd-most in a season in BU history.
- Coleman (108 receiving yards) had his 9th career 100-yard receiving game, tied for 7th-most in Baylor history with Lawrence Elkins (1962-64) and Melvin Bonner (1989-92).
- Coleman's 7 receptions gave him 130 in his career, moving him past Levi Norwood (2011-14) for 12th-most in Baylor history.
- RB Shock Linwood (134 rushing yards) had his 12th career 100-yard rushing game, tying Lache Seastrunk (2012-13) for 2nd-most in Baylor history.
- Linwood now has 2,852 career rushing yards, passing Jerod Douglas (2,811 from 1994-97) for 2nd-most in Baylor history.
- Linwood scored on a 1-yard TD run, giving him 31 career rushing touchdowns, 4th-most in BU history. It was his 7th rushing TD of the season.
- Linwood also had his 4th 100-yard rushing game of the season, tying his previous best (2013 and 2014) and tying for 9th-most in a season in Baylor history.
- DE Shawn Oakman had an 8-yard sack in the 3rd quarter, giving him a Baylor-record 16.0 career sacks.
- Oakman improved to 38.5 career tackles-for-loss, moving past Robin Jones (38.0 from 1988-91) and into a tie with John Garrett (2000-03) for 2nd on Baylor's career list.
- TE LaQuan McGowan had an 18-yard TD catch in the 2nd quarter for his 1st TD reception of the season and 2nd of his career.
- RB Johnny Jefferson scored on a 5-yard TD run in the 2nd quarter, marking his 10th career rushing touchdown (4th of season).
- True freshman QB Jarrett Stidham threw TD passes of 37 and 30 yards for his career-first multi-TD game, giving him 4 TD passes on the season.
- Stidham also set new career highs in passing yards (117), completions (9) and attempts (10).
- Redshirt freshman WR Ishmael Zamora had a career-long 37-yard TD catch in the 3rd quarter for his 2nd career TD.
- WR Davion Hall had a 30-yard TD reception in the 3rd quarter for his 2nd career TD catch (1st of season).
- CB Xavien Howard had his 8th career interception (3rd of season).
- Howard also recovered a fumble and returned it 30 yards for his career-first touchdown.
- DE Jamal Palmer had 0.5 sack, giving him 10.0 career sacks. - LB Raaquan Davis had a career-best 11 tackles (10 solo).
