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21/19 BAYLORà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (3-0) 38, NR/NR RICE (0-3)à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 10 RICE STADIUM - HOUSTON, TEXAS SEPT. 16, 2016 - ATTENDANCE: 27,047 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor has now started 3-0 in each of the last 6 seasons.
- Baylor won its 19th consecutive regular-season non-conference game.
- Baylor is 12-3 in true road games over the last 3-plus years, after going 7-17 in the previous 5 years.
- Baylor has won 53 games since 2011, most in the Big 12 Conference.
- Baylor has rushed for a touchdown in 31 consecutive games, the longest active streak among Power Five conference teams.
- Baylor is 18-5 in its last 23 games played away from Waco.
- Baylor and Rice met for the 81st time. Baylor is now 49-30-2 in the all-time series, including 8 straight wins in the series a 27-20-2 record in Houston.
- Baylor improved to 11-0 in September games since 2013 -- the Bears' last September loss was on Sept. 29, 2012 at West Virginia (70-63).
- Baylor is 21-5 against in-state schools over the last 5+ seasons and has won 14 of its last 16 vs. Texas foes.
- Baylor is 39-7 in its last 46 games; five of the seven losses were away from home and five of seven were against top-15 teams.
- Baylor is 30-4 in its last 34 games played in Texas and 41-7 in the state over the last 5+ seasons.
- Baylor is 44-2 since 2010 when allowing less than 35 points and 15-20 in that span when allowing 35+ points.
- Baylor has scored in a school-record 116 straight games - the previous school record was 89 games fromà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
- Jordan Feuerbacher, Ira Lewis, Chris Platt and Tion Wright served as team captains vs.à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Rice.
TEAM NOTES
- Baylor held Rice to 31 passing yards, the fewest by a Baylor FBS opponent since the Bears held Arkansas to 28 passing yards on Nov. 10, 1990 (BU won 34-3).
- Baylor's 638 yards of total offense were the 30th-most in a game in program history.
- Baylor topped 600 yards of total offense for the 41st time in program history and 36th time since 2010.
- Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 64 times in the 68 games since 2011 - that mark leads the nation.
- Baylor has topped 500 yards of offense 52 times in 68 games since 2011 - that mark leads the nation.
- Baylor has gained 500 yards of offense in 31 of 42 games since 2013.
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 54 of its last 61 contests.
- Baylor was held under 40 points for just the 15th time in its last 61 games.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- RB Shock Linwood had 57 rushing yards, setting a new school record with 3,676 career rushing yards. He passed Walter Abercrombie (1978-81) with 3,665 yards.
- WR KD Cannon's 213 receiving yards were the 5th-most in a game in program history.
- Cannon became the first player in program history with 3 games of 200+ receiving yards.
- Cannon has caught a TD pass in each of the first 3 games this season and has at least one reception in all 29 career games.
- Cannon had his 7th career 100-yard receiving game, 10th-most in program history.
- Cannon had TD receptions of 10 and 28 yards, giving him 18 career receiving touchdowns, passing Gerald McNeil for eighth on Baylor's career receiving TDs list.
- Cannon (9 receptions) now has 132 career receptions, passing Levi Norwood (128) and Robert Quiroga (131) for 12th on Baylor's all-time receptions list.
- Cannon now has 2,250 career receiving yards, passing Lawrence Elkins (2,094) for 8th on Baylor's career receiving yards list.
- QB Seth Russell improved to 11-0 in his career as a starter. In his 11 career starts, Russell has thrown 43 TD passes (3.9 TD passes/game) and only 9 interceptions.
- Russell (337 passing yards) now has 4,096 career passing yards, moving ahead of Don Trull (3,784), Aaron Karas (3,799), Jermaine Alfred (3,968) and Terry Southall (4,100) for 11th on Baylor's career passing yards list. It was Russell's 5th career 300-yard passing game, 4th-most in program history.
- Russell now has 9 career games with 200+ passing yards, tied with J.J. Joe and Jeff Watson for 8th-most in program history.
- Russell threw 3 TD passes, giving him 49 career TD passes, good for 3rd-most in program history.
- RB Terence Williams had a 24-yard TD run in the 2nd quarter for his 3rd rushing TD of the season and 6th of his career.
- TE Jordan Feuerbacher had a career-long 22-yard TD catch in the 3rd quarter for his 2nd TD of the season and 2nd of his career.
- RB JaMycal Hasty had a career-high 105 rushing yards and ran for a 16-yard TD for his 2nd career rushing touchdown.
- LB Aiavion Edwards had 11 tackles, his 3rd career double-digit tackles game.
- S Davion Hall recorded a career-best 9 tackles, added one tackle-for-loss and had a pass breakup.
- NB Travon Blanchard returned after missing the first two games due to injury. He had a career-high-tying 3.0 tackles-for-loss among his 9 tackles, and he added a sack.
- PK Chris Callahan made a 23-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter for his 31st career FG made, tying Robert Bledsoe and Marty Jimmerson for 4th-most in program history.
- DE Greg Roberts, CB Verkedric Vaughns and RB Terence Williams made their career-first starts.