Saturday, October 2
Stillwater, OK
6 PM
Baylor
at
Oklahoma State
No. 21 Football Travels to OSU for Top-25 Matchup
9/29/2021 2:46:00 PM | Football
Saturday's game is one of five week 5 matchups of unbeaten teams.
GAME 5
21/24 BAYLOR (4-0, 2-0 Big 12) at 19/18 OKLAHOMA STATE (4-0, 1-0 Big 12)
Oct. 2, 2021 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN2 and ESPN App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App
Stillwater, Okla. • Boone Pickens Stadium (60,000) • Social Media: @BUFootball | #SicEm
Oct. 2, 2021 • 6:00 p.m. CT • Watch: ESPN2 and ESPN App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App
Stillwater, Okla. • Boone Pickens Stadium (60,000) • Social Media: @BUFootball | #SicEm
STORY LINES
• No. 21 Baylor travels to No. 19 Oklahoma State for one of five week 5 matchups of unbeaten teams.
• The game is one of four this week matching two ranked teams, and the only one on Saturday night.
• BU is 18-21 all-time vs. OSU, including 7-13 in Stillwater. Baylor lost 11-straight at Oklahoma State before snapping the streak in 2015 and has won two of its last three in Stillwater (2015, 2019).
• Baylor is looking to defeat ranked opponents in consecutive weeks for the first time since 1974.
• Baylor is 4-0 for the 6th time in 9 seasons since 2013 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021). Prior to 2013, the last time Baylor started a season 4-0 was 1991.
• BU defeated No. 14 Iowa State 31-29 Saturday, earning its first win vs. a ranked team since 2015. It was the first time an unranked BU team defeated a ranked opponent since the 2012 Holiday Bowl.
• The Bears beat the Cyclones despite 197 fewer yards of total offense (282-479), 75 more penalty yards (100-25) and 12 fewer first downs (15-27).
• Baylor ranks 6th nationally in rushing offense (271.8 ypg). The Bears have rushed for 1,087 yards and 12 TDs and needed only 3 games to surpass last season's rushing totals (813 yards, 8 TDs).
• Baylor is 1 of 11 FBS teams (only in Big 12) without an interception thrown this season (93 passes).
• Gerry Bohanon leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally with a 177.1 passing efficiency, while the Baylor defense leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally with a 100.9 passing efficiency allowed.
• Baylor allows only 0.75 sacks per game, which is best in the Big 12 and tied for 7th in FBS.
• BU has had 3 players combine for six 100-yard rushing games this season after having none last year.
• Trestan Ebner ranks 4th among FBS players with 166 all-purpose yards per game, and he ranks 11th among active FBS players (3rd in Power-5) with 3,498 career all-purpose yards (10th-most in BU history).
• Baylor has 82 wins since 2011, tied for 2nd-most in the state of Texas behind only A&M (87).
• Baylor ranks 2nd in the FBS with 28 college graduates on its 2021 preseason roster (Illinois-29).
• Baylor has 23 takeaways and a +10 turnover margin in 13 games under Dave Aranda. BU's defense under Aranda has 16 INTs and 7 FRs, while BU has committed only 13 turnovers (8 INT, 5 FUM).
ADDITIONAL STORYLINES
• Baylor returned 17 of 22 starters and 54 of 68 letterman from last season's team.
• The Bears welcomed four new assistant coaches for 2021 – Jeff Grimes (Offensive Coordinator/TEs), Eric Mateos (Offensive Line), Chansi Stuckey (Wide Receivers) and Kevin Curtis (Cornerbacks).
• The Bears added a pair of experienced O-Line transfers with Jacob Gall (13 starts at Buffalo) and Grant Miller (16 starts at Vanderbilt). Four members of the O-Line have a combined 91 career starts.
• BU returned 7 starters on offense, led by OL Connor Galvin and Xavier-Newman Johnson with 27 starts apiece.
• Baylor's defense returned 10 starters from a unit which allowed only 203.0 passing yards per game last season, second-best in the Big 12. BU has allowed 149.0 passing ypg in 4 games this year.
• Baylor's five starting defensive backs have a combined 197 career games played and 97 career starts. CB Raleigh Texada leads all BU returners with 33 career starts (27-consecutive).
• BU is playing its 120th season of football and holds a 613-584-44 (.512) all-time record. Baylor has scored in a school-record 178 straight games - doubling the previous record of 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
GRIMES BRINGS RVO TO WACO
• Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has brought RVO to Waco - "Reliable Violent Offense" - an attacking, multiple-formation offense that runs a few plays a lot of ways with as much misdirection as any team in the country.
• Under Grimes, Baylor's offense leads the Big 12 in total offense (491 ypg) and rushing offense (272 ypg).
• BU ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in scoring offense (42.8 ppg), passing efficiency (176.0) and yards per play (7.58)
• Baylor is the only Big 12 team and 1 of 11 in FBS without an interception thrown this season (93 passes).
• Grimes' 2020 BYU offense finished 3rd nationally in scoring (43.5 ppg) and 7th in total offense (522.2 ypg).
• Joining Grimes in making the move from Provo to Waco is offensive line coach Eric Mateos, who spent the past two seasons at BYU. Mateos' offensive line ranked 8th nationally in 2020 with 1.0 sacks allowed per game, and the Bears currently ranked tied for 7th nationally with only 0.75 sacks allowed per game in 2021.
OFF TO 4-0 START FOR 6TH TIME IN LAST 9 SEASONS
• Baylor is 4-0 for the 6th time in 9 seasons since 2013. BU started 4-0 in 2013-16, 2019 and 2021.
• BU went 22-straight seasons without starting 4-0 (1991-2012) before starting 4-0 in 6 of the last 9 seasons.
• Baylor is also looking to start 3-0 in Big 12 play for the 6th time in the last 9 seasons since 2013. BU did not start 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play in any of the league's first 17 seasons (1996-2012).
FOURTH DOWN SUCCESS
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with 8 fourth-down conversions this season. The Bears are 8-of-9 on fourth downs, and the only failed fourth-down attempt was on 4th-and-17 in the final minutes of the win at Texas State.
• BU has gone 3-for-3 on fourth downs in their own territory, converting once in each of the first three games – 4th-and-1 from own 34 at TXST, 4th-and-3 from own 37 vs. TXSO and 4th-and-3 from own 46 at Kansas.
• BU has punted only once when facing 4th-and-4 or less this season, and that was when facing 4th-and-3 from its own 43 while leading 24-13 in the 4th quarter at Texas State.
RANKED FOR 9TH TIME IN LAST 12 SEASONS
• With its No. 21 ranking in the Sept. 26 AP Top 25, Baylor has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 9 of 12 seasons since 2010, after going 17 years between national rankings (1993-2010).
• The Bears climbed from receiving no votes in the AP poll in any of the first three weeks to No. 21 after their win over No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25. The win was Baylor's first over a ranked opponent since 2015.
BEARS AMONG BIG 12'S BEST DEFENSES
• Baylor's defense leads the Big 12 in scoring defense (15.8 ppg), pass efficiency defense (100.9),
and ranks second in opponent 3rd-down percentage (30.8), passing defense (149.0 ypg) and interceptions (4)
• Additionally, Baylor leads the BIg 12 in net yards per punt (45.7).
• Baylor's defense has allowed only 186.4 passing yards per game in 13 games under head coach Dave Aranda.
• The Bears held Kansas to 57 passing yards, the 2nd-fewest by a BU defense in Big 12 play in the last 20 seasons, eclipsed only by the 54 passing yards allowed to Texas in the 2013 de-facto Big 12 Championship game.
• Three Baylor DBs picked off passes in the Sept. 4 win at Texas State – JT Woods, Jalen Pitre and Jairon McVea.
MILESTONES TO WATCH
• Trestan Ebner needs 35 all-purpose yards to tie Antwan Goodley (3,533) for 9th on Baylor's all-time list.
• Ebner will play his 52nd career game on Saturday, tied for 3rd-most in program history (record is Chris Platt-57).
• Ebner needs 61 rushing yards to become the 34th BU player with 1,300+ career rushing yards.
• Ebner (1,308) and R.J. Sneed (1,308) are racing to become BU's 22nd player with 1,400 career receiving yards.
• Tyquan Thornton needs 3 receptions to become the 22nd player in program history with 100+ career receptions, joining teammates Ebner (106) and Sneed (105).
• Thornton needs 82 receiving yards to become 18th player in BU history with 1600+ career receiving yards.
• Terrel Bernard needs 1 sack to become the 13th player in program history with 11.0+ career sacks.
• Gerry Bohanon needs 23 rushing yards to tie Cody Carlson (424) for 9th-most rushing yards by a QB in BU history
OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 40th time and the 26th-consecutive season.
• This year's game (Oct. 2) is the earliest in a calendar year the Bears have played a game in Stillwater.
• Baylor is 18-21 all-time against Oklahoma State, including 7-13 in Stillwater, 9-7 in Waco and 2-1 at neutral sites.
• Baylor has won 2 of its last 3 games in Stillwater after snapping an 11-game losing streak on OSU's home field.
COMPLETE NOTES
• No. 21 Baylor travels to No. 19 Oklahoma State for one of five week 5 matchups of unbeaten teams.
• The game is one of four this week matching two ranked teams, and the only one on Saturday night.
• BU is 18-21 all-time vs. OSU, including 7-13 in Stillwater. Baylor lost 11-straight at Oklahoma State before snapping the streak in 2015 and has won two of its last three in Stillwater (2015, 2019).
• Baylor is looking to defeat ranked opponents in consecutive weeks for the first time since 1974.
• Baylor is 4-0 for the 6th time in 9 seasons since 2013 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021). Prior to 2013, the last time Baylor started a season 4-0 was 1991.
• BU defeated No. 14 Iowa State 31-29 Saturday, earning its first win vs. a ranked team since 2015. It was the first time an unranked BU team defeated a ranked opponent since the 2012 Holiday Bowl.
• The Bears beat the Cyclones despite 197 fewer yards of total offense (282-479), 75 more penalty yards (100-25) and 12 fewer first downs (15-27).
• Baylor ranks 6th nationally in rushing offense (271.8 ypg). The Bears have rushed for 1,087 yards and 12 TDs and needed only 3 games to surpass last season's rushing totals (813 yards, 8 TDs).
• Baylor is 1 of 11 FBS teams (only in Big 12) without an interception thrown this season (93 passes).
• Gerry Bohanon leads the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally with a 177.1 passing efficiency, while the Baylor defense leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally with a 100.9 passing efficiency allowed.
• Baylor allows only 0.75 sacks per game, which is best in the Big 12 and tied for 7th in FBS.
• BU has had 3 players combine for six 100-yard rushing games this season after having none last year.
• Trestan Ebner ranks 4th among FBS players with 166 all-purpose yards per game, and he ranks 11th among active FBS players (3rd in Power-5) with 3,498 career all-purpose yards (10th-most in BU history).
• Baylor has 82 wins since 2011, tied for 2nd-most in the state of Texas behind only A&M (87).
• Baylor ranks 2nd in the FBS with 28 college graduates on its 2021 preseason roster (Illinois-29).
• Baylor has 23 takeaways and a +10 turnover margin in 13 games under Dave Aranda. BU's defense under Aranda has 16 INTs and 7 FRs, while BU has committed only 13 turnovers (8 INT, 5 FUM).
ADDITIONAL STORYLINES
• Baylor returned 17 of 22 starters and 54 of 68 letterman from last season's team.
• The Bears welcomed four new assistant coaches for 2021 – Jeff Grimes (Offensive Coordinator/TEs), Eric Mateos (Offensive Line), Chansi Stuckey (Wide Receivers) and Kevin Curtis (Cornerbacks).
• The Bears added a pair of experienced O-Line transfers with Jacob Gall (13 starts at Buffalo) and Grant Miller (16 starts at Vanderbilt). Four members of the O-Line have a combined 91 career starts.
• BU returned 7 starters on offense, led by OL Connor Galvin and Xavier-Newman Johnson with 27 starts apiece.
• Baylor's defense returned 10 starters from a unit which allowed only 203.0 passing yards per game last season, second-best in the Big 12. BU has allowed 149.0 passing ypg in 4 games this year.
• Baylor's five starting defensive backs have a combined 197 career games played and 97 career starts. CB Raleigh Texada leads all BU returners with 33 career starts (27-consecutive).
• BU is playing its 120th season of football and holds a 613-584-44 (.512) all-time record. Baylor has scored in a school-record 178 straight games - doubling the previous record of 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
GRIMES BRINGS RVO TO WACO
• Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has brought RVO to Waco - "Reliable Violent Offense" - an attacking, multiple-formation offense that runs a few plays a lot of ways with as much misdirection as any team in the country.
• Under Grimes, Baylor's offense leads the Big 12 in total offense (491 ypg) and rushing offense (272 ypg).
• BU ranks 2nd in the Big 12 in scoring offense (42.8 ppg), passing efficiency (176.0) and yards per play (7.58)
• Baylor is the only Big 12 team and 1 of 11 in FBS without an interception thrown this season (93 passes).
• Grimes' 2020 BYU offense finished 3rd nationally in scoring (43.5 ppg) and 7th in total offense (522.2 ypg).
• Joining Grimes in making the move from Provo to Waco is offensive line coach Eric Mateos, who spent the past two seasons at BYU. Mateos' offensive line ranked 8th nationally in 2020 with 1.0 sacks allowed per game, and the Bears currently ranked tied for 7th nationally with only 0.75 sacks allowed per game in 2021.
OFF TO 4-0 START FOR 6TH TIME IN LAST 9 SEASONS
• Baylor is 4-0 for the 6th time in 9 seasons since 2013. BU started 4-0 in 2013-16, 2019 and 2021.
• BU went 22-straight seasons without starting 4-0 (1991-2012) before starting 4-0 in 6 of the last 9 seasons.
• Baylor is also looking to start 3-0 in Big 12 play for the 6th time in the last 9 seasons since 2013. BU did not start 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play in any of the league's first 17 seasons (1996-2012).
FOURTH DOWN SUCCESS
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with 8 fourth-down conversions this season. The Bears are 8-of-9 on fourth downs, and the only failed fourth-down attempt was on 4th-and-17 in the final minutes of the win at Texas State.
• BU has gone 3-for-3 on fourth downs in their own territory, converting once in each of the first three games – 4th-and-1 from own 34 at TXST, 4th-and-3 from own 37 vs. TXSO and 4th-and-3 from own 46 at Kansas.
• BU has punted only once when facing 4th-and-4 or less this season, and that was when facing 4th-and-3 from its own 43 while leading 24-13 in the 4th quarter at Texas State.
RANKED FOR 9TH TIME IN LAST 12 SEASONS
• With its No. 21 ranking in the Sept. 26 AP Top 25, Baylor has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 9 of 12 seasons since 2010, after going 17 years between national rankings (1993-2010).
• The Bears climbed from receiving no votes in the AP poll in any of the first three weeks to No. 21 after their win over No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25. The win was Baylor's first over a ranked opponent since 2015.
BEARS AMONG BIG 12'S BEST DEFENSES
• Baylor's defense leads the Big 12 in scoring defense (15.8 ppg), pass efficiency defense (100.9),
and ranks second in opponent 3rd-down percentage (30.8), passing defense (149.0 ypg) and interceptions (4)
• Additionally, Baylor leads the BIg 12 in net yards per punt (45.7).
• Baylor's defense has allowed only 186.4 passing yards per game in 13 games under head coach Dave Aranda.
• The Bears held Kansas to 57 passing yards, the 2nd-fewest by a BU defense in Big 12 play in the last 20 seasons, eclipsed only by the 54 passing yards allowed to Texas in the 2013 de-facto Big 12 Championship game.
• Three Baylor DBs picked off passes in the Sept. 4 win at Texas State – JT Woods, Jalen Pitre and Jairon McVea.
MILESTONES TO WATCH
• Trestan Ebner needs 35 all-purpose yards to tie Antwan Goodley (3,533) for 9th on Baylor's all-time list.
• Ebner will play his 52nd career game on Saturday, tied for 3rd-most in program history (record is Chris Platt-57).
• Ebner needs 61 rushing yards to become the 34th BU player with 1,300+ career rushing yards.
• Ebner (1,308) and R.J. Sneed (1,308) are racing to become BU's 22nd player with 1,400 career receiving yards.
• Tyquan Thornton needs 3 receptions to become the 22nd player in program history with 100+ career receptions, joining teammates Ebner (106) and Sneed (105).
• Thornton needs 82 receiving yards to become 18th player in BU history with 1600+ career receiving yards.
• Terrel Bernard needs 1 sack to become the 13th player in program history with 11.0+ career sacks.
• Gerry Bohanon needs 23 rushing yards to tie Cody Carlson (424) for 9th-most rushing yards by a QB in BU history
OKLAHOMA STATE SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 40th time and the 26th-consecutive season.
• This year's game (Oct. 2) is the earliest in a calendar year the Bears have played a game in Stillwater.
• Baylor is 18-21 all-time against Oklahoma State, including 7-13 in Stillwater, 9-7 in Waco and 2-1 at neutral sites.
• Baylor has won 2 of its last 3 games in Stillwater after snapping an 11-game losing streak on OSU's home field.
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