GAME 12

BAYLOR at TCU

Nov. 24 | 11 a.m. CT | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas
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Game Notes: Baylor | TCU | Big 12

STORY LINES
- Baylor closes out its 2017 schedule with a trip to face long-time rival TCU at Amon Carter Stadium in a rare Friday game. Kick-off is set for 11 a.m. CT on FS1.
- Baylor and TCU will meet for the 113th time, the most-played series for both programs. TCU leads 53-52-7.
- Friday's game is Baylor's fourth against a ranked opponent in 2017 and second against a top-10 team.
- Baylor leads the Big 12 with 196.3 passing yards allowed over the last 3 games down from 261.7 on the year.
- Thirty-three different freshmen or sophomores have started a game for Baylor through in 2017.
- Denzel Mims has racked up 1,061 receiving yards in 2017 to give Baylor a 1,000 yard receiver for the seventh-straight season. BU is the only program in FBS to accomplish the feat from 2011-17.
- A Daingerfield, Texas native, Mims has recorded 100-plus yards receiving in five of the last eight games.
- The Baylor defense did not allow a touchdown at Kansas, a program first in a road Big 12 game. The Bears are allowing only 350 ypg in the month of November, second best in the conference.
- Baylor running backs have 51 receptions in 2017, after catching only 40 passes from 2013-16 combined.
- QB Charlie Brewer set Baylor records for completions (43) and attempts (63) while posting his first career 400-yard passing performance against Tech. Both totals were also single-game highs in the Big 12 for 2017. - Brewer's 68.6 completion percentage ranks second all-time on the Baylor single-season list and second among all Big 12 freshmen in league history behind only OU's Sam Bradford (69.5) in 2007.
- Round Rock native James Lynch leads all Big 12 freshmen with 3.0 sacks on the year, top 16 in the league.
- Against Texas Tech, 516 of Baylor's 523 yards (98.7%) were attributed to freshmen and sophomores.
- Six Baylor players have started all 11 games in 2017: Sam Tecklenburg, Blake Blackmar, Pat Lawrence, Denzel Mims, Ira Lewis and Taylor Young.
- Kicker Connor Martin leads the Big 12 with a 85.7 percent (13th, FBS) conversion rate on field goals and ranks second in the league with 18 made field goals on the season.
- Baylor has had 17 true freshmen appear in a game in 2017, the fourth-largest total nationally.
- Junior Greg Roberts is the only player in the Big 12 and one of 20 nationally to block 2+ kicks in 2017.
- The Bears' 27 first-time starters in 2017, including 11 true freshmen, are both the third largest total in FBS.