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16/15 BAYLOR (3-0) vs. RV/RV Oklahoma State (2-1) Sept. 24, 2016 | 6:30 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | McLane Stadium (45,140) TV: FOX

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MEDIA INFORMATION Date Saturday, Sept. 24 | 6:30 p.m. CT Location Waco, Texas | McLane Stadium (45,140) TV FOX TV Talent Gus Johnson (pxp), Joel Klatt (analyst), Shannon Spake (sideline) Radio ESPN Central Texas | Sirius/XM 81/81 Online Audio Listen Online Live Stats Game Notes Baylor Notes | Oklahoma State Notes Twitter @BUFootball BAYLOR-OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES Series Oklahoma State leads, 19-15 In Waco Baylor leads, 7-6 In Stillwater Oklahoma State leads, 12-6 Neutral Sites Baylor leads, 2-1 First Meeting Oct. 25, 1914 - OSU, 60-0 Last Meeting Nov. 21, 2015 - Baylor, 45-35 16/15 BAYLOR BEARS Record 3-0, 0-0 Big 12 Ranking 16 (AP), 15 (Coaches) Last Game Sept. 16, 2016 (defeated Rice, 38-10) Head Coach Jim Grobe (Virginia, 1975) Career: 113-115-1 (20th season) BU Record: 3-0 (1st season) RV/RV OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS Record 2-1, 0-0 Big 12 Ranking RV (AP), RV (Coaches) Last Game Sept. 17, 2016 (defeated Pittsburgh, 45-38) Head Coach Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State, 1990) Career: 96-48 (12th season) Oklahoma State Record: 96-48 (12th season)

STORY LINES
- In its first Big 12 game of 2016, Baylor hosts Oklahoma State Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on FOX.
- BU is 3-0 for the 6th-straight year with wins over Northwestern St. (55-7), SMU (40-13) & Rice (38-10).
- Baylor is looking to start a season 4-0 for the 4th-straight year, which would be a program first.
- Baylor and Oklahoma State meet for the 35th time on Saturday. OSUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € leads the all-time series 19-15
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € holds a 7-6 lead in Waco and looks to win 3-straight for the 1st time since 1915-42 (9 in a row).
- Baylor is 12-2 in the $266 million McLane Stadium, with an average scoring margin of + 27.1 points.
- Baylor is averaging 50.9 points per game and 613.4 yards per game in 2+ years at the riverfront stadium.
- Baylor has the nation's best home record since 2011 at 31-3.
- Baylor has won 22 of its last 27 Big 12 games, including 13 of its last 15 in Waco.
- Baylor is 4-2 over the last 6 years in Big 12 openers, after being just 3-11 before that.
- Baylor hasn't lost a game in September since 2012 (9/29 vs. WVU) and is 11-0 since.
- BU has won 30 of its last 34 games played in Texas and is 41-7 in the state over the last 5+ seasons.
- Baylor moved up 5 spots to No. 16 in the APà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Top 25 and 4 places to No. 15 in the Amway Coaches Poll.
- BU's been ranked in a school-record 53 straight AP Polls, FBS' 4th-best streak.
- Baylor leads the Big 12 and is third nationally in scoring defense, giving up just 10.0 ppg.
- The Bears are 4th in conference and 14th in FBS in scoring offense, averaging 44.3 ppg.
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has #AmericasTopOffense, which has led the NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in total and scoring offense for past 3 years.
- Averaging 557.3 yards of offense in 2016, BU is ranked 4th in Big 12 and 8th nationally.
- Giving up just 249.3 ypg, the Bears are 2nd in Big 12 and rank 7th nationally in total defense.
- Baylor is playing its 114th season of football and 1st under acting head coach Jim Grobe.
- Baylor won at least 10 games for a 3rd-straight season, earned a program-high ranking of No. 2 and was 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl champions last season.
- Baylor returns 41 lettermen and 11 starters (4 o; 5 d; 2 st) from the 2015 squad.
- Senior RBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Shock Linwood (3,675yds.) became BU's career rushing leader vs. Rice breaking Walter Abercrombie's record of 3,665. He also needs 2 rushing TDs to set a new BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € career mark.

QUICK NOTES
- Baylor is outscoring opponents 58-14 in the 2nd-halves of 2016's first 3 games.
- Baylor heads into conference action undefeated for a 6th-straight year.
- 2016 marks a new era as acting head coach Jim Grobe takes the reins of the Baylor football program. Grobe's four decades on the sidelines include 20 seasons and 113 career wins as a head coach at Ohio, Wake Forest and Baylor.
- Including walk-ons, Baylor has played a total of 32 freshmen in 2016, 19 redshirt freshmen & 13 true freshmen.

OVERALL SUCCESS:
- Baylor opened the season 3-0 for the sixth-straight season.
- Baylor has won 53 games over the past 5-plus years (best in Big 12), as well as 2 Big 12 titles and 3 bowl games.
- In last 46 games BU has just 7 losses, 5 to top 15-ranked teams (and 5 away from home).
- Baylor has been bowl-eligible in 6-straight years for the 1st time in school history.
- Baylor has won 19-consecutive regular-season non-conference games, dating back to 2010.

#AMERICASTOPOFFENSE SUCCESS:
- While not putting up the record-breaking numbers of the past 3 years, Baylor's offense has still been potent.
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € scored 38 points in the final 3 quarters vs. Rice as KDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Cannon (9 catches for 213 yds.) starred.
- The Bears didn't start fast against SMU (3 pts. on first 6 drives), but scored on 5 of their next 8 possessions.
- In less than a half of work against Northwestern State, Baylor's first team offense racked up 340 yards of offense and scored on all seven of its possessions (5 TDs, 2 FGs).
- Baylor is 2nd team in FBS history to lead nation in scoring (48.1 ppg in 2015) in 3 straight seasons (1979-81 BYU), according to ESPN Stats & Info.
- #AmericasTopOffense in 2015: No. 1 nationally in Scoring (48.1) and Total Offense (616.2), 2nd in Rushing (326.7), 3rd in Pass Efficiencyà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (170.8) and First Downsà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (29.5).

DEFENSIVE SUCCESS:
- For 2016, the Bears have switched to a 3-4 defense and it has had much success in the first three games.
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € has been especially good against the pass, leading the country in team pass efficiency defense (58.60), while giving up just 97.0 yards per game through the air, which ranks 1st in the league and 3rd in the nation.
- With the return of NBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Travon Blanchard from injury the Bears were at their best against Rice, holding the Owls to only 31 yards passing, the fewest by a Baylor FBS opponent since holding Arkansas to 28 yards on Nov. 10, 1990 (BU won 34-3).
- While the offense struggled early against SMU, the defense kept the game close, forcing 4 turnovers.
- Safety Orion Stewart was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week with 8 tackles and 2 INTs vs. SMU.
- Despite not forcing a turnover against Northwestern State, Baylor's defense allowed only 78 yards of offense to the Demons. For the game, Baylor forced 13 punts and 11 3-and-outs.
- Phil Bennett's defense has forced at least one turnover in 29 of its last 32 games and 60 of 68 games (83 INTs, 57 FR).
- Baylor's D has forced multiple turnovers in 43 of 68 games (with 37-6 record).
- Baylor forced at least 2 turnovers in 9 of 13 games of 2015 and has done so in 1 of 3 games in 2016.

RUSHING SUCCESS:
- For 3 games, the Bears are averaging 282.0 yards on the ground, which is tops in the Big 12 and 9th in the nation.
- BU's ground attack has been spread evenly between 3 RBs (Shock Linwood, Terence Williams and JaMycal Hasty).
- Each of those 3 RBs is averaging 71.0 ypg or more, while QB Seth Russell is also a threat to run with 27 ypg.
- Baylor has rushed for a TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in 31-straight games, the longest streak among Power Five conference teams.
- Baylor led all Power Five schools in rushing in 2015: 326.7 yards per game.
- Baylor's backfield has produced six 1,000-yard rushers in the last five seasons.

O-LINE EXCELLENCE:
- Baylor ranks 2nd in Big 12 and 6th in FBS giving up only .33 sacks per game.
- BU also ranks 10th nationally and 3rd in the Big 12 by allowing only 3.33 TFLs per contest.
- Despite 4 first-time starters, the wall is protecting Seth Russell and helping BU lead the Big 12 in rushing.
- Baylor's 2015 o-line led the Big 12 and ranked 15th nationally by giving up just 15 sacks in 13 games (1.15 per game).
- Baylor has accounted for 4 straight Big 12 Offensive Linemen of the Year (Spencer Drango 2015 & 2014[co], Cyril Richardson 2013 & 2012).
- BU has had at least one All-American o-lineman in seven of the last eight years.

#WIDERECEIVERU SUCCESS:
- Baylor has had 12 different players catch a pass in 2016, but is led by KDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Cannonà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (29-straight games with a catch), who has 24 catches for 352 yards and 4 TDs. Cannon's catch streak is tied for 12th-longest active streak in the nation.
- Since 2009 BU's receiving corps has totaled: 6 NFLà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Draftees, 1 Biletnikoff Award winner, 5 All-Americans, 17 All-Big 12 honors and 6 1,000-yard seasons.

SPECIAL TEAMSà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € IMPROVEMENT:
- Acting head coach Jim Grobe has stressed specials teams throughout his tenure and the work has paid off.
- The Bears are 2nd in the Big 12, allowing only 16.86 yards per kickoff return, after ranking 7th a year ago (23.05).
- Meanwhile, BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € ranks 5th in Big 12 and 47th nationally with 9.82 yds per punt return, after 9th and 113th in 2015 (4.27).

RANKINGS SUCCESS:
- Baylor has been ranked in 53 straight AP Polls, the 4th-longest streak nationally (Top 15 in 43 of last 48 polls).
- Baylor has won 7 games over AP/Coaches/BCS/CFP top 10 teams since 2011.
- Baylor is 8-1 vs. AP Top 25 opponents at home over last 5 seasons.
- Baylor and Alabama are the only teams to beat at least 1 Top 10 team in each of last 5 years.
- BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € is 12-9 overall vs. APà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Top 25 teams since 2011.

HOME SUCCESS:
- Baylor has the nation's best home record since 2011 at 31-3.
- In home games, Baylor is 35-5 over the last 6-plus seasons.
- Baylor is 12-2 in the $266 million McLane Stadium, with an average scoring margin of + 27.1 points.
- Baylor is averaging 50.9 points per game and 613.4 yards per game in 2+ years at the riverfront stadium.

ROAD SUCCESS: BU has won 18 of last 23 games played outside of Waco.

NEUTRAL SUCCESS: BU has won 7 of last 9 neutral-site games.

CONFERENCE SUCCESS:
- Baylor boasts the most wins (52) and conference titlesà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (2, tied) in the Big 12 Conference over the last five-plus years.
- BU's three-year overall record of 34-7 and league mark of 22-5 are the best among Big 12 schools.

IN-STATE SUCCESS:
- BU has won 30 of its last 34 games played in Texas and is 41-7 in the state over last 5-plus years.
- Baylor is 21-5 vs. in-state schools over last 5-plus seasons and has won 14 of last 16 vs. Texas foes.

LATE-SEASON SUCCESS: BU has compiled a FBS-best 23 winsà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (23-7) in Nov. & Dec. since 2011 (7-1 in Dec.).

MOREà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € ONà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € #AMERICASTOPOFFENSE
- Baylor led all FBS teamsà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in TD drives of 2 min. or less in each of the last 2 seasons - 49 a year ago & 41 in 2014. The Bears have 10 such drives in the first 3 games of 2016.
- Baylor has scored 20+ points in the first half in 23 of 29 games since start of the 2014 season.
- Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 64 times in the 68 games since 2011 -- that is 2nd in the nation (Oregon, 65).
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 54 of its last 61 contests.
- Baylor has had a 1,000-yard rusher in 6 straight seasons (Jay Finley-2010; Terrance Ganaway-2011; Lache Seastrunk-2012, 2013; Shockà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Linwood-2014, 2015; Johnny Jefferson-2015).
- Baylor is 47-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime and has led at the half in 18 of its last 22 games.

OFFENSIVEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € STANDOUTS
- In his first three games back from an injury in October 2015, QBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Seth Russell, a senior, has thrown for 761 yards and 9 TDs on 62-of-105 passing.. Russell improved to 11-0 in his career as a starter with the win over Rice. In his 11 career starts, Russell has thrown 43 TD passes (3.9 TD passes/game) and only 9 interceptions. The Garland, Texas, product is the Baylor career leader in pass efficiency (169.6) and total offense yards/play (8.865). He also ranks: second in passing yards/attempt (9.460), yards/completion (16.06), third in TD/interception ratio (3.8) and passing TDs (49), fifth in interception percentage (.0300), sixth in completion percentage (.590) and 12th in passing yards (4,096) for his career.
- Senior RBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Shock Linwood is a Maxwell, Doak Walker, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose, Senior Bowl and Rotary Lombardi watch list member. He is a veteran with 40 games played (third-most on squad) and 27 career starts (second-most on team). The Linden, Texas, native became BU's all-time leading rusher in win over Rice and now has 3,675 yards, which is third-most among active FBS players.
- Senior Cà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Kyle Fuller has garnered a place on the Rimington Trophy, Outland Trophy, Senior Bowl and Rotary Lombardi watch lists in 2016. He has played 42 career games (most on team) and started 29 (most on squad). The Wylie, Texas, product is a three-year starter and helps anchor a young o-line that has allowed only one sack in the first three games.
- Junior WRà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € KDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Cannon is on watch lists for the Biletnikoff and Tyler Rose awards. He is the most experienced receiver on the squad and ranks third all-time on school's career yards-per-game (77.59) and seventh in yards-per-reception (17.04) lists, while being eighth in TDs (18) and yards (2,250). The Mount Pleasant, Texas, product has a 29-game reception streak (every game of career), which is tied for the 12th-longest active streak.

DEFENSIVE STARS
- DEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € K.J. Smith is a fourth-year junior lineman. He is a technically sound veteran with 14 career starts and 29 games played on a young defensive line. He has played in every game over the past two seasons, including eight starts in 2014 as a redshirt freshman. He has 12 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 3.0 TFLs in the first three games.
- Senior NBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Travon Blanchard suffered a knee injury during fall camp and missed the first two games of the year. He started all 13 games a year ago earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league's coaches. The Orange, Texas, native is a quick, rangy, playmaker at hybrid linebacker/safety spot. He made his return against Rice and delivered 9 tackles (7 solo), 1 sack, 3 TFLs and a PBU.
- Junior LBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Taylor Young has been recognized on watch lists for the Bednarik, Butkus and Rotary Lombardi awards this fall. He is a returning All-Big 12 linebacker and starting WLB in 12 of 13 games in 2015. The DeSoto, Texas, product is a powerful, compact, leader with 23 starts and 28 games played. He was the 2014 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year. Young has 13 tackles, 1 sack and 5.0 TFLs in the three opening games.
- DBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Ryan Reid was recently selected to the Senior Bowl watch list. He is a fifth-year senior cornerback. The Dallas, Texas, native is a veteran with 26 career starts (third-most on team) and 34 career games played (sixth on squad). He was named preseason All-Big 12 by Lindy's. Reid suffered an injury early in the SMUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € game and missed the Rice game.

SPECIALà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € TEAMS CONTRIBUTORS
- Junior PK Chris Callahan has made 30 of his last 40 FGs, after starting his career 1-of-6. His 267 career points scored now rank 2nd in program history. On the year, Callahan is 5-for-7 on FGs.
- Pà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Drew Galitz, a sophomore, is fourth in the Big 12 and 38th nationally with an average of 43.1 yards per punt
- Punt returner Tony Nicholson, a redshirt freshman, made his debut against Northwestern State. The Grand Prairie, Texas, native is ranked third in the Big 12 and 25th in the country with a 11.5 punt return average.

BIGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 12'S BESTà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € PROGRAMà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € SINCEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 2013
Baylor's three-plus year record of 35-7 and league mark of 22-5 are the best among Big 12 schools. The Bears have also won two conference championships since 2013.

SHOCK BREAKS 35-YEAR-OLDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € SCHOOLà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € RUSHINGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € RECORD
Baylor senior Shock Linwood is the nation's third-leading active rusher and became Baylor's all-time leader in rushing yards against Rice. He still needs 2 TDs to hold the school's career rushing TD mark.

CANNONà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € BECOMINGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € MODELà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € OFà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € CONSISTENCYà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € ASà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € TOPà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € TARGET
After the loss of 2015 Biletnikoff Award winner Corey Coleman to the NFL, junior KDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Cannon was expected to become Seth Russell's No. 1 target, but an injury heading into fall camp delayed the speedster's progression. Three games into the season, Cannon is starting to return to form.

- Only player in BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € history with 3 career 200-yard receiving games (213 vs. Rice)
- Has caught pass in all 29 career games played, which is tied for the 12th-longest active streak
- Has caught TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € in all 3 games of 2016
- Ranks No. 1 in Big 12 and 9th in FBSà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € with 8.0 catches per contest
- Ranks 2nd in Big 12 and 10th in FBS with 117.3 yards receiving per game

BACKFIELD BECOMINGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € FOUR-HEADEDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € MONSTER
Through the first three games of 2016, Baylor has displayed a balanced rushing attack with JaMycal Hasty, Shock Linwood and Terence Williams all producing over 71.0 yards per game on the ground. Meanwhile, QBà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Seth Russell has showed his running ability when necessary.

OKLAHOMAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € STATE SERIESà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € HISTORY
This is the 35th meeting between Baylor and Oklahoma State. The Cowboys lead the all-time series 19-15 after Baylor won 45-35 last year in Stillwater - its first win at OSU since 1939. However, the Bears hold a 8-7 advantage when the series is in Waco and won 49-28 when the two teams met at McLane Stadium in 2014. The Bears and Cowboys first met Oct. 25, 1914, with OSU blanking Baylor 60-0. The Bears won the next nine meetings (1915-42) before a 20-7 OSU victory in 1972. The teams have met once in the postseason, a 24-14 OSU victory, in the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl at the Astrodome in Houston. BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € will be looking for three-straight victories against OSU for the first time since that string of nine in a row. As Big 12 foes, the Cowboys lead the series 16-4, but the Bears have won three of the last four meetings.

SERIES NOTES: Baylor won 9 of the first 10 meetings with Oklahoma Stateà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € from 1914-1942, but OSU has won 18 of the last 24 games in the series. ... In 1974, an 0-2 Baylor team knocked off 12th-ranked Oklahoma State at Floyd Casey Stadium. That win started an 8-1 stretch to close the regular season for the Bears in a season that culminated with a Southwest Conference championship. ... In the 1983 Bluebonnet Bowl, Gerald McNeil caught 10 passes for 163 yards against the Cowboys. ... Baylor forced eight turnovers in the 2005 game.

BAYLOR'S DISRPUTIVE DEFENSE
BU's defensive impact has improved under sixth-year D-coordinator Phil Bennett. Over the last three-plus seasons, in which Baylor has posted a Big 12-best 35-7 record and won two league titles, the Bears D has increased its sacks and tackles-for-loss totals. In 2016, the Bears have debuted a 3-4 look that has resulted in a stifling defensive effort through three games.

BEST IN TEXAS
Baylor has posted the best record among in-state programs over the last five-plus years, a 53-15 mark [see list below]. The Bears are also 21-5 head-to-head vs. Texas schools since 2011, and boast an overall 41-7 record in games played in the Lone Star State.

WIN-LOSS RECORDS (since 2011):
Baylor 53-15
Houston 50-19
TCU 47-20
Texas A&M 46-22
Texas 38-29

THE BAYLOR SYSTEM IS AMERICA'S TOP OFFENSE
Baylor's unique, record-breaking system has set the standard for offense in contemporary college football. For three-straight seasons, Baylor has led the nation in both Total Offense (616.2 ypg in 2015, 581.5 ypg 2014, 618.8 ypg 2013) and Scoring (48.1 ppg in 2015, 48.2 ppg 2014, 52.4 ppg 2013), just the second program in NCAA history to do soà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (first since BYU 1979-81).

THE BAYLOR OFFENSE: à ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € A unique, up-tempo spread attack with origins in Bill Yeoman's `Houston Veer' (perhaps most identifiable by wide splits of receivers and a power running game); it's a balanced offense, not to be confused with more common pass-heavy spread attacks. The Baylor offense is also in use under former Art Briles assistants at Syracuse (head coach Dino Babers), Texasà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert) and Tulsa (head coach Philip Montgomery).

BEARS MAKEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € HABIT OFà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € BEATINGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € TOP 10 TEAMS
Baylor is the one of only two schools (Alabama) to have wins over Top 10 teams in each of the past five seasons.
(rankings AP/Coaches/BCS or CFP).

2011: Beat 5th/5th/5th Oklahoma, 45-38
2012: Beat 2nd/2nd/1st K-State, 52-24
2013: Beat 12th/8th/10th Oklahoma, 41-12
2014: Beat 9th/12th/- TCU, 61-58
Beat 9th/9th/9th Kansas State, 37-28
2015: Beat 4th/4th/6th Oklahoma State, 45-35
Beat 10th/11th/10th North Carolina, 49-38

NATION'S MOST BALANCED OFFENSE Baylor annually ranks among the nation's leaders in both passing and rushing. The Bears rush more often than pass, and have run the ball on 58.1 percent of plays over the last five seasons.

HASTYà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € NAMEDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € BIGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 12 NEWCOMERà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € OFà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € THEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € WEEK
Baylor football running back JaMycal Hasty was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, conference officials announced Monday. Hasty, a redshirt freshman, had 14 carries for 105 yards and a touchdown on the ground and also caught two passes for 26 yards in Baylor's 38-10 win over Rice. He got Baylor on the board in the second quarter with a 16-yard TD run up the middle to put BU in front 7-3.This is the first season that the league has awarded a newcomer honor and Hasty is the first Bear to claim the accolade. He joins safety Orion Stewart, who won the league's Defensive Player of the Week award last week, as BU players to be recognized by the conference in 2016.

BUà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € LEADINGà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € NATION INà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 50-POINTà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € GAMESà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € SINCEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 2013
After opening the year with 55 points against Northwestern State, the Bears continue to lead the nation in 50-point outings since 2013.

MOSTà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € 50-Point Games Since 2013
Baylor 18
Oregon 16
Ohio State 12

BAYLOR'S POWERFUL OFFENSE ALSO CRAZY FAST
After three games it appears, Baylor will continue a three-plus year period of dominance in scoring quickly. The Bears have had 10TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € drives under two minutes in the first three games of the year. In 2015, BU led the nation in plays per game (84.8), TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € drives of two minutes or less (49), fewest seconds per play (17.7) in the first half and TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € throws of 25 or more yards downfield (16). In 2014, Baylor led the nation in plays/gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (87.5), TD drives of one min. or lessà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (24), TD drives of two min. or less (41) and fewest seconds-per-play in the first halfà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (18.0). The Bears also led the NCAA in TDs of 40 or more yards (19) and TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € throws of 25 or more yardsà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (24). In 2013, Baylor led the nation in seconds-per-playà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (16.7), TD drives of one minute or less (29), TD drives of two minutes or lessà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (60) and most plays of 40 yards or more (37). [all stats via ESPN Stats & Info]

BAYLOR'Sà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € OFFENSIVEà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € STREAKS
- Baylor has topped 500 yards of offense 52 times in the 68 games since 2011, which leads the nation.
- Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 31 of 42 games since 2013, including 21games with 600+ yards in that span.
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 54 of its last 61 contests and 40+ points in 46 of its last 61 games.
- Baylor has scored 50+ points 18 times since 2013, and 27 times since 2011, both most among all FBS teams.
- Baylor has scored in 116 straight games -- previous school record was 89 games fromà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
- Baylor reached 600 yards of offense in 5 games in 2014, in 8 of 13 games of 2015 and 1 of 3 in 2016. BU has 40 such games in its history (36 since 2008).
- Baylor topped 700 yards of total offense in five games in 2016 (SMU, 723; LU, 785, Rice 793;OSU, 700; UNC, 756). BU has accomplished the feat 14 times in program history.

GANGGREEN DEFENSE AMONG LEAGUE'S BEST
It's hard to overstate the role Baylor's defense has had in the Bears' success the last three-plus seasonsà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € (Big 12-best 35-7 record and two league titles). Phil Bennett's D ranks among the Big 12 and national leaders in several key per-snap categories and takeaways.

UPà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € NEXT
Following the Big 12 opener against Oklahoma State, Baylor will continue Big 12 play at Iowa State Saturday, Oct. 1. That game is scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on FS1.