STILLWATER, Okla. -- Sawyer Robertson accounted for five TDs and threw for 393 yards, leading Baylor football to its fifth consecutive road win, dating back to 2024, in a 45-27 win over Oklahoma State, on Saturday afternoon in front of 45,689 at Boone Pickens Stadium.
Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Big 12 Conference) used an electric offensive game and a stifling second-half defensive performance – holding Oklahoma State (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) to just 99 yards in the final stanza.
The Bears rolled to their second 600+ yard game of the year, totaling 612 yards of total offense, including 219 rushing and 393 passing. Baylor – which allowed 349 yards to a track-play laden OSU offense under interim head coach Doug Meacham, surrendered only 99 yards of total offense in the second half, including eight rushing yards.
Baylor had now won five straight road games, including a win at No. 16 SMU earlier in September, and a three-game win streak in 2024 that featured a beatdown of once-hot Texas Tech, and wins at Houston and West Virginia.
Robertson eclipsed the 300+ yard passing mark for the third time in five games and for the seventh time in his career and stretched his streak to nine straight games with a passing TD, short of the program record of 13. He completed 24-of-35 passes for 393 yards and four scores, and added a rushing TD in the fourth quarter.
Matthew Klopfenstein,
Kobe Prentice,
Michael Trigg and
Kole Wilson each hauled in TDs, which marked the first time since 2025 that four or more receivers hauled in TD catches.
Josh Cameron totaled six catches for 98 yards, while Wilson chipped in six for 76 yards. Trigg had three catches for 62 yards. Prentice and Robertson connected for a 73-yard scoring strike to open the second half, the longest pass play for the Bears since 2022.
Bryson Washington went for 77 yards and a score on 10 carries, while freshman
Caden Knighten,
Michael Turner and
Joseph Dodds each had shining moments. Knighten toted it five times for 81 yards, including a career-long 49 yarder, while Turner carried it 13 times for 47 yards and Dodds had a career-best four totes.
All-America linebacker
Keaton Thomas led the Bears defense, collecting eight tackles and a pair of pass break-ups.
Jackie Marshall recorded a sack for the second consecutive game and sophomore linebacker
Kyland Reed collected a career-high six tackles.
The Bears will return to McLane Stadium on Saturday, playing host to Kansas State at 11 a.m. on ESPN+ and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
Baylor struck first out of the gate, taking its first drive 78 yards on just three plays, with Robertson finding Wilson for a 34-yard TD to take a 7-0 lead with just 12:27 left in the first quarter.
Oklahoma State used some trickeration to even the game, scoring on a 12-play, 75-yard drive that saw WR Sam Jackson IV complete a 26-yard reverse pass to TE Josh Ford to even the game at 6:54 left in the first.
The Bears mounted a 64-yard scoring drive to regain the lead to open the second stanza, with Washington rumbling in from 19 yards out for fifth TD of the year.
After an OSU field goal narrowed the BU lead to 14-10, the Bears took a 21-10 advantage on a 78-yard drive over six plays that saw Robertson find Klopfenstein for a six-yard score with just over nine minutes left in the half.
OSU's 75-yard drive cut the lead to 21-17, featuring a 10-yard scoring TD from Trent Howland.
Robertson found Trigg for a 10-yard TD strike to complete a 56-yard drive over six plays for a 28-17 lead.
A 42-yard field goal from 5-foot-11, 230-pound kicker Logan Ward cut the lead to 28-20.
The Bears mounted a drive in the final minute but a 52-yard field goal from
Connor Hawkins missed wide.
At the end of the half, OSU held a 349-285 advantage in total yards, including 200 in the pass game and 149 on the ground. Baylor had thrown for 153 yards and rushed for 132.
Right out of the half, the Bears struck for a TD on a 73-yard bomb from Robertson to Prentice, his fifth TD of the year, to take the lead to 34-20. It was the longest pass play for the Bears since 2022.
The Cowboys took advantage of a fourth-down stop around midfield and marked 55 yards on five plays to cut the lead to 35-27 with 5:22 left in the third quarter, as Howland pushed himself in from one-yard out.
The Bears finished off the game with the final 10 points, notching a 36-yard field goal from Hawkins to cap an 11-play, 56-yard drive seconds into the fourth quarter, before completing a 10-play, 89-yard drive with a two-yard Robertson TD rush in a drive. The final two drives accumulated 5:33 and 5:29, respectively, to wrap up the win.
