4/4 BAYLOR (1-0) €ˆ 56, NR/NR SMU €ˆ(0-1) 21
GERALD J. FORD STADIUM • DALLAS, TEXAS
SEPT. 4, 2015 • ATTENDANCE: 32,047

MISCELLANEOU ­S NOTES

• Baylor is 75-35-4 all-time in season openers, including an 11-9 mark in the Big 12 era.
• Baylor is 7-1 in season openers during the Art Briles era, and the Bears have started each of the last five seasons prior to 2015 with at least two straight wins.
• Baylor's 28 1st-quarter points tied the 4th-most in any quarter in school history -- it was the 6th time in the last 27 games that Baylor scored 28+ in the first quarter.
• Baylor is 5-3 under Briles in its first road game of the year, including 4 straight wins.
• Baylor has won 9 straight games against Texas opponents and is 16-3 vs. in-state schools since 2011.
• Baylor is 8-2 in true road games since 2013, after going 7-17 in true road games during the first 5 years of the Briles era.
• Baylor has won 22 of its last 23 games played in €ˆTexas and is 33-4 in the Lone Star State since 2011.
• Baylor is 27-4 in its last 31 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
• BU is now 33-4 in the Lone Star state over the last 5 years.
• Baylor and SMU €ˆmet for the 81st time. BU leads the all-time series 38-36-7, including a 19-18-4 mark in Dallas. Baylor has won 12 straight vs. SMU.
• Baylor has scored in 101 straight games -- the previous school record was 89 games from €ˆDec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor is 30-8 when ranked under Briles, including a 13-8 mark in away games and wins in 12 of its last 17 away games when ranked.
• Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .774 (41-12).
• Jimmy Landes, Jay Lee and Jamal Palmer served as captains at SMU.

TEAM NOTES
• Baylor tied a school record with 6 TD passes in a game -- that was accomplished 3 times previously; 2007 vs. €ˆRice, 2011 vs. TCU and 2014 vs. €ˆTCU.
• Baylor's 423 passing yards were the 3rd-most in a road game in program history and tied the 16th-most in any game in program history.
• Baylor held SMU scoreless for the final 39:03 of the game after allowing 21 points in the first 20:57 of game time -- BU closed the game on a 28-0 run.
• Baylor scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 13 of 14 games since 2014.
• Baylor is 37-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
• Baylor has scored 30+ points in 41 of its last 46 contests and 40+ points in 36 of its last 46 games.
• Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 50 times in the 53 games since 2011 -- that mark leads the nation.
• Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 21 of 27 games since 2013, including 13 games with 600+ yards in that span.
• Baylor had its 33rd all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense -- 28 of those games have been in the Briles era.
• Baylor topped 700 yards of total offense for the 10th time in program history. BU's 723 yards of total offense ranked as the 7th-most in program history.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• LB €ˆGrant Campbell, S Taion €ˆSells and NB Travon Blanchard made their career-first starts.
• WR €ˆIshmael Zamora, WR Chris Platt, RB €ˆTerence Williams, P Drew Galitz, LB Clay Johnston, DE Greg Roberts, OL Blake Blackmar, OL Rami Hammad, OL Patrick Lawrence QB Jarrett Stidham, DE Jamie Jacobs, DT Andrew Morris and DE €ˆXavier Jones all made their Baylor debuts.
• QB Seth €ˆRussell tied his career best with 5 touchdown passes (7, 22, 36, 41 and 57 yards), giving him 16 career TD €ˆpasses.
• Russell had a 4-yard rushing TD, giving him 7 career rushing touchdowns.
• Russell accounted for a school-record-tying 6 touchdowns. He previously tied the record in 2014 against Northwestern State, and he joined four other BU players with 6 TDs responsible for in a game -- Blake Szymanski 2007 vs. €ˆRice, Robert Griffin III 2011 vs. Rice, Nick Florence 2012 at West Virginia and Bryce Petty 2014 vs. €ˆTCU.
• Russell threw for 376 yards, the 23rd-most in a game in program history.
• WR KD €ˆCannon (104 receiving yards) had his 4th career 100-yard receiving game, tying four other players for 11th-most in program history.
• WR Jay Lee tied a school record with 3 TD receptions (7, 22, 41 yards), giving him 10 career TD catches and his 2nd career multi-TD game (2 at Buffalo, 2014).
• Lee's 3 TD catches tied the school record held by Lawrence Elkins (1963 at Texas A&M), Melvin Bonner (1992 vs. Utah State and 1992 at TCU), Reggie Newhouse (2001 at Missouri), Kendall Wright (2011 at Kansas State), KD Cannon (2014 vs. Northwestern State).
• All 3 of Lee's receptions went for touchdowns, totaling 70 yards.
• WR Corey Coleman (178 receiving yards) had his 5th career 100-yard receiving game, tying Bruce Davis (1980-83) for 9th-most in program history.
• Coleman had a 57-yard TD catch for his 14th career receiving touchdown, tying Trent Shelton (2003-06) for 9th-most in program history.
• Coleman's 178 receiving yards were the 14th-most in program history.
• Sophomore QB/WR Chris Johnson saw his first career action as a wide receiver.
• True freshman QB Jarrett Stidham completed his first career pass attempt for a 42-yard TD.
• WR Chris Platt had a 42-yard TD catch for his career-first TD reception.
• RB Devin Chafin had a 3-yard rushing TD, giving him 13 career rushing touchdowns.
• LB Grant Campbell had a career-best 11 tackles -- his previous best was 3 tackles vs. SMU in 2014.
• DE Jamal Palmer had a career-best 9 tackles -- his previous best was 7 at TCU in 2013.
• NB Travon Blanchard had a career-best 8 tackles -- his previous best was 5 at Oklahoma in 2014.
• S Taion Sells had his 2nd career interception.
• CB Tion Wright had his career-first interception and returned it 28 yards.