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BAYLOR BEARS (3-0, 0-0) at TEXAS A&M AGGIES (2-1, 0-0)
OCT. 1, 2005 • KYLE FIELD • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS • 11:30 A.M. CDT
FOX SPORTS NET

BAYLOR OPENS 2005 BIG 12 PLAY AT TEXAS A&M
After a one-week hiatus, Baylor returns to the gridiron this weekend, opening Big 12 Conference play against Texas A&M. Kickoff between the Bears and the Aggies is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. CDT at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Baylor (3-0, 0-0) last played Sept. 17, defeating Army 20-10 at West Point. The Bears are off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1996. Texas A&M (2-1) defeated Texas State 44-31 last Thursday in a game that was moved forward two days due to Hurricane Rita. The Aggies have won two straight after a season-opening loss at Clemson.
Saturday's game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports Net. Joel Myers handles play-by-play duties, while Dave Lapham provides color commentary. John Radigan, host of FSN's Southwest Sports Report, provides sideline commentary. The game can be seen live in the Waco, Texas, area on Time Warner Cable channel 26 and Grande Cable channel 27.

BAYLOR-TEXAS A&M SERIES
Saturday is the 102nd meeting between Baylor and Texas A&M in football, the second most-played series in Baylor football history behind only TCU (103 meetings). The Aggies hold a 62-30-9 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to a 33-0 A&M victory in 1899. Texas A&M also leads the series 28-10-3 in games played at College Station. This is the first time Baylor has faced the Aggies without a loss since 1980.

SERIES NOTES: Baylor snapped a 13-game losing streak and an 18-game non-win streak with last season's 35-34 overtime victory over the Aggies at Floyd Casey Stadium. That also was the first overtime game in the series' history. ... Texas A&M's 13-game winning streak and 18-game non-loss streak both were the longest in the series' history. Baylor's longest winning streak was four games from 1978 to 1981. The Bears also went 6-0-1 against the Aggies from 1948 to 1954. ... In 1936, Baylor and 14th-ranked Texas A&M battled to a scoreless tie in the Bears' first ever game against a ranked opponent. The following season, Baylor posted its first ever victory over a ranked opponent as the 15th-ranked Bears blanked the 13th-ranked Aggies 13-0. That also was Baylor's first game as a ranked team; it propelled the Bears to a 5-0 record and a No. 5 national ranking. ... A 21-21 tie in 1951 stopped Baylor's 4-0 season start. ... In 1965, Kenny Stockdale was 20-of-27 for 286 yards and two TDs as the Bears shutout the Aggies 31-0. That yardage total ranks 19th all-time at Baylor. ... In the 1979 Baylor victory, Mike Singletary recorded 22 tackles. That tally still ranks eighth in school history.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR ...
• Baylor seeks its first 4-0 start since 1991. The Bears have started 4-0 only 16 times -- 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1960 and 1980.
• Baylor looks to win four consecutive games for the first time since the 1991 team started 4-0.
• Baylor looks for three consecutive road wins for the first time since 1995 when the Bears won their first three road games -- at Tulsa, at North Carolina State and at Houston -- after winning their final road game in 1994 at Rice.
• Baylor is 2-0 under head coach Guy Morriss following an open date. The Bears have won four straight after a bye week, dating back to a 34-9 loss to Minnesota in 2000.
• Morriss is 4-1 all-time vs. Texas A&M, 3-0 as a player at TCU and 1-1 as a head coach at Baylor.
• Baylor seeks back-to-back wins against Texas A&M for the first time since 1984 and 1985.
• Baylor has allowed 60 or fewer rushing yards in consecutive games (55 by Samford and 56 by Army) for the first time since the 1989 season when it held Houston to 24 yards and SMU to 2 yards in back-to-back weeks.
• Baylor forced nine turnovers (5 fumbles and 4 interceptions) in 11 games a year ago, but has forced seven (3 fumbles and 4 interceptions) over the first three games of the 2005 campaign.
• 2005 Thorpe Award candidate FS Maurice Lane now has 216 career solo tackles, good for third on Baylor's all-time list and just 16 shy of overtaking second-place Ray Berry (1983-86). Lane has 302 career tackles (216 solos and 86 assists) and needs two to crack the Bears' career top 10 list.
• Senior LG Lequalan McDonald should draw his 27th straight start along the o-line against Texas A&M, while Lane should make his 38th career start (every game of his collegiate career in which he has played) and senior OS Willie Andrews should make his 27th straight start in the secondary.
• WR Trent Shelton has at least one reception in 25 consecutive games, tied for the 14th-longest active streak in Division I-A and the longest at Baylor since Reggie Newhouse's school-record 34-game streak.
• With 74 career receptions, Shelton needs four receptions to crack Baylor's career top-15 list.
• Junior WR Dominique Zeigler needs five receptions to crack the Bears' career chart. Zeigler has caught at least two passes in each of his last 13 appearances.
• Junior QB Shawn Bell is 4-4 in his career as a starting quarterback. All four losses came against nationally ranked opponents.
• Junior RB Paul Mosley and sophomore RB Brandon Whitaker have combined for 105 touches this season without a fumble.
• The Bears have scored 28 points off their opponents seven turnovers while holding opponents to 10 points of their own seven turnovers.
• Baylor is 7-2 under Morriss when scoring at least 24 points and 6-0 when holding the opponent under 20 points.

BAYLOR IN CONFERENCE OPENERS
Baylor is 44-40-4 (.523) all-time in conference openers, but 2-7 in Big 12 Conference openers. However, the Bears have won two of their last three Big 12 openers, defeating Kansas 35-32 in 2002 and Colorado 42-30 in 2003.
In 79 seasons as a member of the Southwest Conference, Baylor was 42-33-4 (.557) in league openers. The Bears won six of their last seven, 10 of their last 12 and 14 of their last 17 such games.
This is the sixth time Baylor has opened Big 12 play on the road. Each of the previous five Big 12 openers away from home resulted in losses (1996 at Texas Tech, 1998 at Colorado, 1999 at Oklahoma, 2001 at Iowa State, 2004 at Texas).
Baylor faces Texas A&M in a conference opener for the first time since 1979 while members of the Southwest Conference.

BAYLOR IN TELEVISED GAMES
Saturday's game is the 97th televised game in Baylor football history; the Bears are 37-57-2 all-time in televised games. Baylor is 1-0 in televised games this season and 2-4 in televised games under head coach Guy Morriss.
This is the ninth consecutive season in which Baylor has played on Fox Sports Net. The Bears are 2-13 all-time on FSN with wins over North Carolina State (9/19/98) and Colorado (10/4/03). Baylor appeared on FSN three times last season -- at Texas, vs. Missouri and vs. Oklahoma.

INJURY REPORT
Junior DT Corey Ford (right knee) is out due to a knee injury sustained against Samford (9/10).

IOWA STATE GAME TIME SET
Baylor's Oct. 8 game at Iowa State has been set for a 1 p.m. CDT kickoff at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The game will not be televised.

FROM THE ARMY GAME ...
• Baylor allowed its fewest points in road game since a 20-7 win at North Texas in 2000.
• Baylor's three first-half points allowed was the lowest first-half point total allowed by the Bears since leading Texas State 17-3 at halftime last season (Baylor won 24-17).
• Baylor's three points allowed through the first three quarters was the lowest point total allowed by the Bears through three quarters since leading North Texas 16-3 through three quarters in 1999 (Baylor won 23-10).
• The Bears held Army to 56 yards rushing, the second consecutive game in which Baylor has held its opponent to fewer than 60 yards rushing.
• WR Shaun Rochon's game-opening, 40-yard kickoff return was a career-long return. His previous long was 23 yards against North Texas in 2004.
• QB Shawn Bell's first-quarter 40-yard completion was a career-long pass. His previous long was 34 yards against Texas A&M in 2004.
• RB Paul Mosley's second-quarter, 21-yard run was the longest rush of his career. His previous long was 18 yards on three occasions.
• WR J Fields' second-quarter reception was his first of the year. Fields missed the season's first two games due to an injured hamstring.
• P Daniel Sepulveda's third-quarter, 63-yard punt was his 11th career punt of 60-plus yards, breaking Kyle Atteberry's school record. It also was Sepulveda's season-long punt and extended his Baylor career record of 50-plus yard punts to 54.
• Shelton established a career high with 84 yards receiving.
• FS Maurice Lane moved into third place on Baylor's career solo tackles list. He now has 216 solo tackles as a Bear.
• Lane tallied a team- and game-high 14 tackles (five solos), the 15th double-digit tackle performance of his career.
• TE Jason Smith recorded his first career start.
• Rochon's fourth-quarter touchdown was the first rushing TD of his career.

BEARS RUN TABLE AGAINST NON-CONFERENCE FOES
Baylor's win at Army gave the Bears their first 3-0 start since 1996. It also gave the Bears a perfect record in the non-conference portion of their schedule for the first time since the same season.
In fact, Baylor has gone undefeated against non-conference foes only 15 times since joining the Southwest Conference in 1915. In 1951, the Bears went undefeated against non-conference opponents but fell to Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Baylor has accomplished the feat only four times since 1962.
Here is a look at seasons in which the Bears went undefeated against non-conference opponents: 1916 (6-0), 1919 (5-0), 1923 (4-0), 1928 (5-0), 1932 (4-0), 1940 (4-0), 1947 (4-0), 1949 (4-0), 1956 (5-0*), 1961 (4-0*), 1976 (3-0), 1988 (4-0), 1991 (3-0), 1996 (3-0), 2005 (3-0) ... * includes bowl win.

BEARS MOVE BALL ON FIRST DOWN
Through the first three games of the season, Baylor has averaged 6.0 yards per play on first down, gaining 198 yards on 36 first-down plays against SMU, 190 yards on 30 first-down plays against Samford and 194 yards on 31 first-down plays against Army. Baylor quarterbacks are 24-of-33 for 244 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and one sack on first down this season.

BAYLOR IN BIG 12 CONFERENCE STATISTICAL RANKINGS
Through games of Sept. 24, Baylor ranks seventh in the Big 12 Conference and 35th nationally with 32.0 points per game. Defensively, Baylor is one of seven Big 12 teams allowing fewer than 16.0 points per game. The Bears rank seventh in the league in total offense (378.7 ypg) and fifth in total defense (288.0 ypg); Baylor is 21st nationally in total defense. Baylor's pass efficiency defense ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 13th nationally with a 95.7 rating.
Individually, RB Paul Mosley ranks 12th in the league and 65th nationally in rushing (75.7 ypg) and is fourth in the league and tied for 29th nationally with 10.0 points per game. WR/KR Shaun Rochon ranks second in the league and ninth nationally in punt return yardage (19.2 ypr), while OS/KR Willie Andrews ranks third in the Big 12 and 14th nationally in the same category (15.2 ypr). P Daniel Sepulveda is second in the conference and third nationally, averaging 47.6 yards per punt. PK Ryan Havens averages 2.0 field goals per game, tied for first in the Big 12 and tied for seventh nationally.

BEARS STINGY AGAINST THE RUN
Baylor allowed only 56 yards rushing on 40 attempts against Army, one game removed from allowing 55 yards rushing on 29 attempts against Samford. It marked the first time Baylor held consecutive opponents below 60 yards rushing since 1989. The Samford tally was the lowest rushing total by a Baylor opponent since the Bears held SMU to 30 yards rushing in 1995.
Through games of Sept. 24, Baylor ranks 24th nationally and sixth in the Big 12 Conference against the run, allowing only 94.7 yards per game.
The Army game was the fourth time under head coach Guy Morriss and the 37th time since 1980 that Baylor held an opponent under 60 yards rushing. Baylor is 3-1 in such games under Morriss (losing at Oklahoma in 2003) and 34-3 in such games since 1980.
The Bears' 55 yards allowed against Samford was the 13th-lowest since 1990 and the lowest since the beginning of the Big 12 Conference era in 1996. The 56 yards allowed against Army tied for 14th-lowest in school history.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
Baylor had two non-offensive touchdowns against Samford -- Jamaal Harper's 29-yard fumble return for a touchdown and Shaun Rochon's 85-yard punt return for a touchdown. It also marked the first time Baylor has recorded two non-offensive scores in one game since Samir AL-AMIN returned two interceptions for touchdowns against Southern Illinois in the 2001 season finale. In 26 games under head coach Guy Morriss, the Bears have recorded 11 non-offensive scores:
• 2003 vs. UAB -- James Todd blocked punt for safety
• 2003 vs. Colorado -- Jamaal Harper 7-yard fumble return (forced by Derrick Cash)
• 2003 at Kansas -- James Todd blocked punt recovery in end zone (blocked by Michael Boyd)
• 2003 at Kansas State -- Robert Quiroga 98-yard kickoff return
• 2003 vs. Texas Tech -- Robert Quiroga 100-yard kickoff return
• 2003 vs. Oklahoma State -- Willie Andrews 30-yard fumble return (forced by John Garrett)
• 2004 vs. Texas State -- Justin Crooks 9-yard fumble return (forced by Montez Murphy)
• 2004 vs. North Texas -- Braelon Davis blocked punt recovery in end zone (blocked by Davis)
• 2004 vs. Iowa State -- Braelon Davis defensive PAT (interception return)
• 2005 vs. Samford -- Jamaal Harper 29-yard fumble return (forced by Colin Allred)
• 2005 vs. Samford -- Shaun Rochon 85-yard punt return

BEARS SPREAD THE WEALTH IN PASSING GAME
Baylor quarterbacks connected with nine different receivers in the game against Samford. It marked the ninth time in Guy Morriss' tenure -- and the second consecutive game -- that Baylor quarterbacks completed passes to at least nine different receivers.
YEAR OPPONENT COMPLETIONS RECEIVERS
2003 UAB 20 9
2003 North Texas 19 10
2003 Texas Tech 18 11
2003 Oklahoma State 21 9
2004 at UAB 28 13
2004 at Nebraska 25 9
2004 Texas A&M 32 10
2005 at SMU 23 9
2005 Samford 19 9

ZEIGLER, SHELTON CLIMB BAYLOR CAREER RECEPTIONS LIST
Junior WRs Trent Shelton and Dominique Zeigler are inching closer to Baylor's career receptions top 15 list. Entering Saturday's game at Texas A&M, Zeigler has 73 career receptions, five behind 15th-place Derrius Thompson (1996-98). Shelton enters the Texas A&M game with 74 career receptions.
Last season, Shelton (38) and Zeigler (55) joined Marques Roberts (40) as the only the fifth Baylor trio with at least 30 receptions each.
Shelton heads into the Texas A&M game having caught at least one pass in 25 consecutive games, the longest such string for a Bear since Reggie Newhouse ended his career with a 34-game streak (2000-2002). Shelton's streak is the 14th-longest active streak nationally and the second-longest in the Big 12. Here is a look at the longest active streaks nationally:
40 - Jovon Bouknight, WR, Wyoming
38 - Charles Sharon, WR, Bowling Green State
36 - Chris Francies, WR, UTEP
33 - Derek Hagan, WR, Arizona State
32 - Mark Philmore, WR, Northwestern
32 - Bill Sampy, WR, Louisiana-Lafayette
30 - Garrett Mills, TE, Tulsa
28 - Nichiren Flowers, WR, Nevada
28 - Steve Odom, WR, Toledo
28 - Cory Rodgers, WR, TCU
27 - Vincent Marshall, WR, Houston
27 - Mark Simmons, WR, Kansas
26 - Scott Mayle, WR, Ohio
25 - Trent Shelton, WR, BAYLOR
25 - Jason Avant, WR, Michigan
25 - Greg Jennings, WR, Western Michigan
25 - Brian Leonard, FB, Rutgers
25 - Tres Moses, WR, Rutgers
25 - Robert Ortiz, WR, San Diego State
25 - Jeff Webb, WR, San Diego State
24 - Antwon Courington, WR, Southern Mississippi
23 - Jared Ellerson, WR, Minnesota
22 - Ryne Robinson, WR, Miami (Ohio)

ANDREWS MAKES MARK IN MULTIPLE AREAS
One of Baylor's most versatile players, senior OS Willie Andrews again figures to be a busy man in the secondary and on special teams for the 2005 Bears. On the field for 854 snaps as a junior, the 2005 All-America and All-Big 12 candidate has started 26 consecutive games in the secondary entering the Texas A&M game.
Andrews led the 2004 Bears in sacks (three), ranked No. 2 in both tackles for loss (10) and quarterback hurries (seven) and was No. 3 in total tackles with 67. A near consensus 2004 first-team All-Big 12 honoree as a return specialist, he also garnered a first-team award from The Dallas Morning News for his standout defensive play. Andrews ranks as the school's all-time leader in total kick return yards (kickoff and punt returns) with 2,194 yards and is poised to own nearly every school return record before his career ends.
Through games of Sept. 24, Andrews ranks third in the Big 12 Conference and 14th nationally with 15.2 yards per punt return. He ranks third among all active Division I-A players with 134 career total kick returns (75 punt returns, 59 kickoff returns).

SEPULVEDA NAMED TO RAY GUY WATCH LIST
Junior P Daniel Sepulveda was named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List, the Greater Augusta [Ga.] Sports Council announced recently. Sepulveda, a product of Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas, became the first sophomore to win the award given to the nation's top punter last season. Through three games this year, Sepulveda ranks third nationally with 47.6 yards per punt.
The Guy Award Watch List will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in early November. The national voting body then will for the three finalists to be announced in early December. The winner will be announced Dec. 8 as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.

BELL NAMED TO AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM
Junior QB Shawn Bell was among 12 student-athletes named to the American Football Coaches Association's 2005 Good Works Team, the AFCA announced recently. Bell, the first Baylor student-athlete ever so honored, is one of three signal-callers on the team, joining D.J. Shockley of Georgia and Vince Young of Texas. Four Big 12 Conference student-athletes were so honored as Nebraska WR Mark LeFlore and Kansas State FB Victor Mann also were honored.
The two teams, a Division I-A team and a combined team from Divisions I-AA, II, III and the NAIA, honor players for their dedication and commitment to community service. From 1992-1996, the Good Works Team was selected by the College Football Association. When the CFA disbanded in 1997, the AFCA began selecting the teams.

Maurice Lane: TACKLE MACHINE
Senior FS Maurice Lane should contend for All-Big 12 and All-America honors as well as the Thorpe Award in his final season at Baylor after leading the Bears in tackles for the second straight year as a junior. A member of the Thorpe Award's 2005 Preseason Watch List, Lane is listed as the nation's ninth-best free safety according to The Sporting News' preseason magazine.
A second-team 2004 All-Big 12 selection, Lane has started all 37 games he has played in at Baylor and already ranks among the school's all-time leaders in solo tackles. With 216 career solos, he stands third on BU's career list and needs just 84 more to join College and Pro Hall of Famer Mike Singletary as the only Bears to record 300 or more career solos. Lane, who has 302 career tackles, is just two stops shy of the school's all-time top 10 and 79 away from moving into the No. 2 position behind Singletary's career mark of 662 stops.
In 2004, he led the Bears and ranked No. 3 among all Big 12 performers (tops among league defensive backs) in tackles with 104 (9.5 tpg). Lane paced the Big 12 and ranked No. 3 nationally in solo tackles with 7.0 per game, as his 77 solos ranked as the eighth-best one-season total in school history. He ended the season with four straight double-figure tackle games, one of which was a season-high, 16-tackle effort at Oklahoma State.

SPECIAL SPECIAL TEAMS
The strongest facet of Baylor's squad in Guy Morriss' two seasons on the sideline has arguably been its special teams play. After recording four scores in 2003, the Bears' 2004 special team units tallied two more scores and featured the 2004 Ray Guy Award winner in Daniel Sepulveda and consensus first-team All-Big 12 return specialist Willie Andrews.
The 2004 Bears, who ranked No. 5 nationally in net punting (40.6 ypp), No. 35 in kickoff returns (21.7 ypr) and No. 36 in punt returns (11.1 ypr), were the only Big 12 team to rank among the nation's top 36 in all three of those statistical categories a year ago. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that in the year prior to Mark Nelson's arrival as Baylor's special teams coordinator the program ranked 91st nationally in punt returns, 115th in kickoff returns and 117th in net punting.
Sepulveda captured the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top collegiate punter after ranking No. 3 nationally with his 46.0 yard average and Andrews led the league and ranked 24th nationally in kickoff returns with his 24.7 yard mark.
A senior outside safety who will again contend for All-Big 12 and All-America honors, Andrews ranked No. 6 in the Big 12 and No. 65 nationally in 2004 with 107.6 all-purpose yards per game despite not taking a snap on the offensive side of the ball. He also led the Big 12 and ranked 24th nationally in kickoff returns (24.7 ypr) while standing No. 3 in the league and No. 43 nationally in punt returns (10.8 ypr).

BEARS GROWING UP
After fielding the nation's second-youngest team a year ago (only SMU at 76.1 percent had a higher percentage of underclassmen on its 2004 roster than Baylor, whose roster was 71.1 percent underclassmen) third-year coach Guy Morriss' 2005 Baylor squad will arguably be the most-seasoned of his tenure in Waco.
Baylor's 132-man 2005 roster includes 19 seniors, 34 juniors, 25 sophomores and 54 freshmen. The Bears' 2004 roster, by comparison, included some 96 underclassmen among the 135 players listed.

2005 BEARS FACE SIX 2004 BOWL TEAMS
After playing eight of 11 games a year ago against teams that went on to earn bowl invitations, Baylor will tackle six bowl squads in 2005. However, that's really nothing new for coach Guy Morriss' program, as 15 times in his first 26 games (including 13 of 16 Big 12 contests) along the Baylor sideline he's faced an opponent which wound up with a bowl bid at season's end.
The Bears' 2005 opponents combined for a 70-58 (.545) record a year ago and six earned bowl invites -- Texas A&M, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma State.
All-told, six of BU's eight 2005 Big 12 games will be against teams that earned bowl bids last year. The Bears' eight Big 12 foes went 61-34 (.642) last year and accounted for six of the league's seven 2004 bowl bids.
Two of Baylor's three wins a year ago and six of its eight losses were at the hands of eventual bowl-bound teams. The Bears knocked off Cotton Bowl participant Texas A&M (35-34 in overtime) and New Orleans Bowl entrant North Texas (37-14) but dropped games to bowl-bound programs Texas (Rose champion), Iowa State (Independence champion), Texas Tech (Holiday champ), Oklahoma State (Alamo), Oklahoma (Orange) and UAB (Hawai'i).
Baylor and Syracuse were the only programs to play eight eventual bowl teams in 2004 and the Bears' slate ranked as the nation's sixth-toughest according to the NCAA's annual strength of schedule survey.

BAND OF BROTHERS
Baylor's 2005 roster features three sets of brothers: the Boatners (junior Yancy and true freshman Thad), Jenkins (junior Quincy and redshirt freshman Desmond) and McDonalds (senior Lequalan and true freshman LeQuantum).

BAYLOR AGAIN LEADS BIG 12 IN GRADUATION RATES
For the fifth time in the Big 12 Conference's nine-year history, Baylor University posted the highest student-athlete graduation rate of any league institution, according to figures released by the NCAA last fall.
The Bears' most-recent graduation rates, for the freshman class of 1997-98, is 78 percent, a school record by four points over the previous high of 74 percent in 2000. That figure is also 8 points higher than Baylor's general student population and 16 points better than the NCAA Division I national average of 62 percent.
Baylor also graduated a Big 12-best 76 percent of its male student-athletes and a league-high 82 percent of its female student-athletes. The Baylor football program produced a Big 12-leading 88 percent graduation rate, marking the fifth time in the league's history it set the standard for classroom excellence.
Among Division I-A institutions, Baylor's overall student-athlete graduation rate ranked as the nation's 10th-highest mark according to the most-recent NCAA figures.
In addition to leading the Big 12 in graduation rates five times, Baylor ranked second on three other occasions. All-told, 88 percent of Baylor student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility and entered school from 1988-89 through 1997-98 left with degree in hand according to the NCAA study.

LONE STAR TIES
The Bears' 132-man roster features 120 players who played their high school football in the Lone Star state. The other 12 players on Baylor's roster hail from Louisiana (2), Oklahoma (2), California (2), Arizona (1), Nebraska (1), Missouri (1), Mississippi (1), Illinois (1) and Virginia (1).
Of the 72 players listed on Baylor's 2005 depth chart for the Texas A&M game, 65 are Texans, including 22 of the 24 projected starters (includes No. 1 place-kicker and punter) for the Bears.

COACHING STAFF BOASTS 198 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
The 2005 Baylor football coaching staff boasts a combined 198 years of sideline experience in the professional, collegiate and high school ranks. Six members of this year's staff -- Larry Hoefer (safeties), Harold Jackson (wide receivers), Chris Lancaster (offensive line), Wesley McGriff (cornerbacks/recruiting coordinator), Mark Nelson (linebackers/special teams coordinator and Brent Pease (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks) -- have been with Guy Morriss since he first became a Division I-A head coach in 2001 at Kentucky. Entering his fifth season as a head coach, Morriss was recently rated as one of the nation's eight most underrated coaches by SportsIllustrated.com.
The newest member of the Baylor staff is 26-year coaching veteran Don Wnek who replaced Tom Adams as the Bears' defensive line coach on Aug. 7, 2005. Wnek, a specialist in pass rush and defensive line techniques, spent the 2004 season as the director of football operations at the University of Indiana and worked as a federal law officer for the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. Prior to his stint with the U.S. Government, he worked in the CFL, XFL and in the college ranks at his alma mater, Northern Illinois, and Nevada.
Not only is the Baylor staff steeped in sideline experience, but it features three men, Morriss (one), defensive coordinator Bill Bradley (three) and Jackson (five), who combined to earn nine NFL All-Pro awards between them. Two others, Nelson and Pease, also enjoyed successful professional football playing careers.

TRANSFERS FIND HOME AT BAYLOR
Baylor's 2005 depth chart features seven players who began their collegiate careers at other Division I-A programs but have since found their way to Waco. All seven are former Texas high school preps.
Tulane transfer Will Blaylock missed nearly all of Baylor's spring drills with an ankle injury, but the junior is listed as the Bears' top center. Sophomore Jordan Adams stands No. 3 at tight end after joining the program from New Mexico. Junior RB Mario Price, who lettered as a true freshman at Army in 2002 before sitting out the 2003 season in Waco, is No. 4 on the depth chart at running back.
On the defensive side of the ball, sophomore Nick Moore, who lettered at Georgia Tech as a true freshman in 2003, is No. 2 at linebacker behind senior Jamaal Harper and another Tulane transfer, sophomore Alton Widemon, is No. 2 at cornerback.
Junior Paul Howard, the Bears' No. 2 defensive end, began his collegiate career at Texas Tech and played there as a redshirt freshman, and DT Klayton Shoals redshirted as a true freshman at Iowa State before joining the Baylor program.
Howard, Price and Shoals both lettered for the Bears in 2004 while the other four were in the program but sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

OVER THE AIR
Bear football games can be heard live on the Baylor Radio Network. The network includes 11 affiliates across Texas, including flagship stations ESPN KRZI-AM (1660) in Waco. All Baylor games are broadcast by the "Voice of the Bears" John Morris, a veteran broadcaster in his 11th season as the signature voice of Baylor Athletics. Former Baylor football standouts J.J. Joe (color analyst) and Ricky Thompson (sideline reporter) complete the broadcast team.

BAYLORBEARS.COM
Baylor's official athletic web site can be found at www.BaylorBears.com. The comprehensive site, which includes releases, photos, biographical sketches and audio broadcasts, is part of the College Sports TV network. CSTV currently hosts sites for more than 100 universities, including four Big 12 schools and the conference office.

BAYLOR GAMES ON THE INTERNET
The radio call from all of Baylor's games can be heard free of charge live on the Internet at www.BaylorBears.com.

INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW
Inside Baylor Sports, a half-hour look at the world of Baylor athletics, will air weekly throughout Central Texas and other outlets. The program, co-hosted by John Morris and Lori Scott Fogleman, airs on KCEN-TV Channel 6 (Sunday, 10:30 p.m. CT), Fox Sports Southwest (Wednesday, 1 p.m. CT), College Sports Television (Friday, 3:30 p.m. CT) and the College Channel (Waco cable 18).

NEXT UP...
Baylor travels to Ames, Iowa, for a Big 12 Conference inter-division game against Iowa State. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. CDT at Jack Trice Stadium on the Iowa State campus. The game will not be televised.