Football Travels to Stillwater to Take On OSU
10/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Game Notes: Baylor | Oklahoma State | Big 12
Talent: Justin Kutcher (pxp), Mark Helfrich (analyst) Petros Papadakis (analyst)
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BAYLOR
0-5, 0-2 Big 12Ranking NR: - AP, NR - Coaches
Last Game: Sept. 30, 2017 loss at Kansas St., 33-20
Head Coach: Matt Rhule (Penn State, '97)
Career Record: 28-28 (5th season)
BU Record: 0-5 (1st season)
vs. OSU: 0-0
OKLAHOMA STATE
3-1, 1-1 Big 12Ranking: 14 - AP, 14 - Coaches
Last Game: Sept. 30, 2017 win at Texas Tech, 41-34
Head Coach: Mike Gundy (Oklahoma St., '90)
Career Record: 107-51 (13th season)
OSU Record: 107-51 (13th season)
vs. BU: 7-5
STORY LINES
- Baylor wraps up a two-game road stint with a trip to Stillwater and a date with No. 14 Oklahoma State. The Bears have won three straight over OSU and have been the victor in four of the last five meetings.
- Despite an open week, the Bears lead all of FBS with seven plays of 60- and 70-plus yards.
- Denzel Mims ranks second nationally with seven receiving touchdowns and 15th with 533 receiving yards.
- The Baylor defense has allowed only eight touchdowns (42.1%/18th FBS) in 19 opponent redzone trips.
- Of Baylor's 16 touchdown scoring drives in 2017, 15 have lasted 2:30 or less. The Bears are averaging 1:07 per touchdown scoring drive in 2017.
- Baylor leads the Big 12 in tackles for loss (37.0, 35th NCAA) and is fourth in sack with 11.0.
- Blake Lynch and Harrison Hand both rank in the top three in the Big 12 with four passes broken up.
- Underclassmen account for 62% (219 of 353) of Baylor's total tackles through five games.
- Quarterback Zach Smith has thrown for 200+ yards and at least two TDs in six of seven career starts. He is averaging 326.6 yards per game and 2.6 touchdowns per game in five career Big 12 meetings.
- Smith was awarded Baylor's final single-digit jersey, the number eight, following the K-State game.
- The Bears' 21 first-time starters in 2017, including eight true freshmen, are the second most in FBS.
- Connor Martin tied the Baylor record with four field goals (32, 41, 46 [career best], 36) against Oklahoma, and ranks second in the Big 12 and in the top 28 nationally with eight field goals made.
- Clay Johnston ranks third in the Big 12 with 8.5 TFL and 10th in the nation with 1.70 TFL per game.
- Baylor has had 16 true freshmen appear in a game in 2017, the seventh-largest total nationally.
- Freshmen & sophomores are responsible for 72.9% (1625 of 2228) of Baylor's all-purpose yards.
- Baylor receivers lead all of FBS in receptions of 40 (11), 60 (6) and 70 (6) yards.
- Baylor is playing its 116th season of football and first under Matt Rhule, who completed a successful four-year term at Temple from 2013-16. Baylor holds a 588-561-44 (.511) record all-time.
- John Lovett's 74-yard touchdown run at K-State is the longest for a true freshman in Baylor history.
- Of Baylor's 110 starters through five games, 51 have been freshmen or sophomores, including 13-of-22 (six offense and seven defense) at Kansas State.
