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4/4 BAYLOR €ˆ(2-0) 66, NR/NR LAMAR (1-1) €ˆ 31
McLANE STADIUM • WACO, TEXAS
SEPT. 12, 2015 • ATTENDANCE: 44,491

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Baylor has won 17 straight at home (tied with Alabama for nation's best) and not lost in Waco since Oct. 13, 2012. BU €ˆhas the nation's best home record since 2011 at 26-1.
• Baylor is 36-10 in home games during the Art Briles era.
• Baylor is a perfect 7-0 in games at McLane Stadium, with an average margin of victory of + 32.1 points.
• Baylor is averaging 55.6 points per game and 670.4 yards per game at McLane Stadium.
• Baylor has started 2-0 in 6 straight seasons - prior to this stretch BU hadn't done so in back-to-back years since 1979-80.
• Baylor is 6-2 in home openers in the Briles era, including 6 straight wins.
• Baylor has scored 60+ points in 9 of its last 14 home games.
• Baylor has totaled 500 or more yards of offense in 16 of its last 17 home games.
• Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 14 of 15 games since 2014.
• Baylor has won 10 straight games against Texas opponents and is 17-3 vs. in-state schools since 2011.
• Baylor has won 23 of its last 24 games played in €ˆTexas and is 34-4 in the Lone Star State since 2011.
• Baylor is 28-4 in its last 32 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
• Baylor and Lamar €ˆmet for the 4th time. BU leads the all-time series 3-1, including a 2-1 mark in €ˆWaco.
• Baylor has scored in 102 straight games - the previous school record was 89 games from €ˆDec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor is 31-8 when ranked under Briles, including an 18-0 mark in home games.
• Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .778 (42-12).
• Baylor is 38-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
• Lee Bristow, Aiavion Edwards and Gus Penning served as captains at Lamar.

TEAM NOTES
• Baylor topped 700 yards of total offense for the 11th time in program history. BU's 785 yards of total offense ranked as the 2nd-most in program history.
• Baylor had its 34th all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense - 29 of those games have been in the Briles era.
• Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 22 of 28 games since 2013, including 14 games with 600+ yards in that span.
• Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 51 times in the 54 games since 2011 - that mark leads the nation.
• Baylor has scored 30+ points in 42 of its last 47 contests and 40+ points in 37 of its last 47 games.
• Baylor has scored 50+ points 13 times since 2013, and 22 times since 2011, both the most among all FBS teams in those spans.
• Baylor's 412 rushing yards were its 6th-most in program history.
• Baylor had three players with over 100 rushing yards (Johnny Jefferson, Shock Linwood, Terence Williams) for 3rd time in program history (at SMU in 1993 (John Henry, Brandell Jackson, Bradford Lewis) and vs. Washington in 2011 (Terrance Ganaway, Tevin Reese, Jarred Salubi)).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• WR Corey Coleman set a new school record with 4 TD catches, passing 6 different players that shared the previous record: Lawrence Elkins, Melvin Bonner (twice), Reggie Newhouse, €ˆKendall €ˆWright, KD €ˆCannon and Jay Lee.
• Coleman (182 receiving yards) had his 6th career 100-yard receiving game, passing Bruce Davis (1980-83) for 9th-most in program history.
• Coleman's 182 receiving yards tied the 12th-most in a game in program history and 2nd-most in his career, trailing his 224 receiving yards at Oklahoma last season.
• Coleman now has 18 career TD receptions, passing Gerald McNeil for 7th on Baylor's all-time list.
• Coleman became the 8th receiver in Baylor history to eclipse 2,000 career receiving yards (2,006).
• Coleman also took over the school record for average receiving yards per game (80.24), passing Kendall Wright (80.08).
• RB Shock Linwood had a career-best-tying 3 rushing touchdowns, moving him into 5th on Baylor's career rushing TDs list with 27.
• Linwood (130 rushing yards) €ˆhad his 9th career 100-yard rushing game, 4th-most in €ˆBaylor history.
• Linwood moved from 8th to 5th on Baylor's career rushing yards list with 2,338, passing Dennis Gentry (2,231), Darrell Bush (2,249) and Robert Griffin III €ˆ(2,254).
• DE Shawn €ˆOakman had 3.5 tackles-for-loss, moving him into 4th on Baylor's career list with 35.5, passing Mike Singletary (34.0), Justin €ˆCrooks (33.5), Scotty Lewis (33.0) and Daryl €ˆGardner (32.5).
• Oakman also recorded his 14th career sack, tying Scotty Lewis for 3rd on Baylor's career list, 1.0 back of the school record held by Daryl Gardner and Chris McAllister.
• QB Seth €ˆRussell (342 passing yards) had his 3rd career 300-yard passing game, tying Neal Jeffrey and Blake Szymanski for 4th-most in school history.
• Russell threw 4 touchdown passes, giving him at least 4 TD passes in all 3 career starts - he threw 5 TDs in both previous starts.
• WR Jay Lee (111 receiving yards) had his 2nd career 100-yard receiving game - he previously had 136 yards at Buffalo in 2014.
• Lee tied his career best with 9 receptions, equaling his total at Buffalo in 2014.
• RB Terence Williams had his 1st career 100-yard rushing game with 121 yards on 14 carries.
• CB Xavien Howard recorded his 6th career interception
• RB Johnny Jefferson had a career-best 121 rushing yards, including a career-best 46-yard TD run. It was Jefferson's 2nd career 100-yard rushing game.
• TE LaQuan McGowan made his career-first start.
• QB Jarrett Stidham rushed for his first career touchdown.