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GAME TWELVE

BAYLOR (4-7, 3-4)

vs. OKLAHOMA (8-2, 5-1)

SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 2006 • 11:10 A.M. CST

FLOYD CASEY STADIUM (50,000)

WACO, TEXAS

SERIES RECORD

Oklahoma leads 15-0

LAST MEETING

at Oklahoma 37, Baylor 30 (2OT) [10.22.05]

COACHES

BAYLOR: Guy Morriss (TCU, 1973)

Record at Baylor: 15-30 (4th season)

Career Record: 24-44 (6th season)

Record vs. Oklahoma: 0-3

OKLAHOMA: Bob Stoops (Iowa, 1982)

Record at Oklahoma: 83-18 (8th season)

Career Record: 83-18 (8th season)

Record vs. Baylor: 7-0

BAYLOR/ISP RADIO NETWORK

John Morris, play-by-play

J.J. Joe, color analyst

Ricky Thompson, sideline

Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 161

FOX SPORTS NET TELEVISION

Bill Land, play-by-play

Gary Reasons, color analyst

Jim Knox, sideline

INTERNET FEEDS

www.BaylorBears.com

BEARS HOST OKLAHOMA

Baylor concludes its 2006 season Saturday, Nov. 18, hosting Oklahoma in a Big 12 Conference South Division contest. Kickoff between the Bears and the Sooners is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. CST at Floyd Casey Stadium. The game will be televised live on Fox Sports Net.

The Bears (4-7, 3-4) dropped a 66-24 decision at Oklahoma State last Saturday. Baylor is 3-3 at home this season, including a 2-1 mark in Big 12 play.

The Sooners (8-2, 5-1) defeated Texas Tech 34-24 at home last Saturday night. Oklahoma is ranked 16th nationally this week in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today/Coaches Poll. The Sooners are 2-2 on the road this season, including a 2-1 mark in Big 12 play. Oklahoma's lone loss in conference play was a neutral-site loss to Texas.

BAYLOR-OKLAHOMA SERIES

This is the 16th meeting between Baylor and Oklahoma; the Sooners have dominated the series, winning each of the first 15 meetings. However, last season's meeting, a 37-30 double-overtime Oklahoma win at Norman, was the closest game in the series since a 24-23 Sooner victory in 1997.

While Oklahoma has won every game in the series, not all have been handily. In fact, the first three meetings as Big 12 foes were decided by a total of 17 points, including scores of 28-24 and 24-23 in the first two meetings.

Baylor and Oklahoma first met Oct. 26, 1901; the Sooners left Waco that day with a 17-6 victory. The teams did not play again until 1973.

SERIES NOTES: Oklahoma is the only Big 12 team Baylor has never defeated. ... This is the sixth time in the last seven meetings that Oklahoma has been ranked when playing Baylor. ... When Baylor faced top-ranked Oklahoma in 2000, it was the Bears' second game against the nation's top-ranked team in a 15-day span. Two weeks prior, Baylor played then-No. 1 Nebraska. ... Baylor held Oklahoma to 56 yards rushing in the 2003 meeting, a season low for the Sooners and the fewest yards rushing allowed by a Baylor team since 1995. In fact, Oklahoma had negative rushing yards until late in the third quarter. ... In the 1989 season opener for both teams, then-No. 8 Oklahoma ran the ball on 70 of 72 plays en route to a 33-7 victory at Norman. The Sooners were 0-of-2 passing, the fourth and most recent time a Baylor opponent did not complete a pass. ... ... Randy Davis returned a kickoff 93 yards for a TD against the Sooners in 2001. That still stands as the eighth-longest kickoff return in Baylor history. ... Pete Rutter's 81-yard punt against Oklahoma in 1989 still ranks fifth all-time at Baylor.

Overall: Oklahoma leads 15-0

Waco: Oklahoma leads 7-0

Norman: Oklahoma leads 8-0

Neutral Site: Never Met

Since Start of Big 12: Oklahoma leads 10-0

SERIES SUPERLATIVES

Most Points Scored, Baylor: 30 (2005)

Most Points Scored, Oklahoma: 56 (2000)

Most Points Scored, both teams: 67 (2005, OU 37-30)

Largest Margin of Victory, Baylor: none

Largest Margin of Victory, Oklahoma: 56-7 (2000)

LAST MEETING

OKLAHOMA 37, BAYLOR 30 (2OT)

OCT. 22, 2005 • MEMEORIAL STADIUM • NORMAN, OKLA.

Rhett Bomar's 21-yard touchdown pass to Juaquin Iglesias in the second overtime lifted Oklahoma to a 37-30 win over Baylor. The Bears' hopes for their first win against Oklahoma ended when Shawn Bell's fourth-down pass fell incomplete.

The Bears rallied from 11 points down to pull within two on a 55-yard touchdown pass from Bell to Dominique Zeigler with 1:17 left. Bell then scrambled for the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 27-27.

After the teams exchanged field goals in the first overtime period, Bomar dropped back on third-and-6 and found Iglesias in the right corner of the end zone.

Bell finished 20-of-44 for 228 yards and three TDs. Zeigler had nine receptions for 141 yards.

Shaun Rochon, who had a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown earlier in the game, pulled the Bears within five at 24-19 late in the third quarter when he caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Bell. Rochon caught the ball at the 5, spun out of Chijioke Onyenegecha's tackle and walked into the end zone.

Garrett Hartley stretched Oklahoma's lead to 27-19 with a 25-yard field goal with 9:17 to play, and Baylor went three-and-out on its next possession. Nick Moore gave the Bears a chance when he forced a Gutierrez fumble with 2:39 to play and Julian Hill recovered at the Bears' 18.

On a third-and-10, Bell found Zeigler deep down the middle, where Zeigler had beaten safety Lewis Baker. Bell threw a strike to Zeigler, who caught the ball near the Oklahoma 20 and out-raced Baker to the end zone.

QUICK NOTES

• A win over Oklahoma would give Baylor its first four-win conference season since the Bears went 5-2 in 1995, the final season of the Southwest Conference.

• Baylor leads the Big 12 and is tied for 10th nationally with 15 interceptions.

• Baylor has averaged 26.3 points per game in Big 12 play.

• The Bears have scored 21 or more points in six consecutive conference games for the first time since a seven-game string in 1986.

• 25 of Baylor's 43 offensive scoring drives have lasted less than three minutes.

• Nine of Baylor's 43 offensive scoring drives have been less than one minute in duration (six have been less than 40 seconds).

• Baylor has recorded five one-play TD drives this season. All five have involved QB Blake Szymanski and/or WR Trent Shelton (three Shelton receptions, two Szymanski passes and one Szymanski run).

• Baylor has logged 24 plays longer than 40 yards this season in 11 games, including 16 in Big 12 play. The Bears totaled 11 plays longer than 40 yards in 11 games last season.

• LB Joe Pawelek leads all NCAA Division I-A freshmen with 7.6 tackles per game, 1.2 more than any other freshman in the Big 12.

• WRs Trent Shelton and Dominique Zeigler are the first receiver duo in Baylor history to record 50-plus receptions each in the same season.

• RT Jason Smith has played 676 of 680 offensive snaps this season, while LT Travis Farst has played 659 snaps and LG Chad Smith has played 657.

• Baylor's passing game has established school records for yards (3,112), attempts (465), completions (285) and touchdowns (24). The Bears also are on pace to establish school marks for yards per game (282.9) and completion percentage (61.29).

• The Bears have scored 33 offensive touchdowns this season, the most by a Baylor squad since the 1996 team scored 35.

• Baylor has 15 interceptions on the season, one shy of last season's total that was the highest by a Baylor squad since 1991 (22).

• 11 different Bears have caught at least one touchdown pass this season, including three running backs and one quarterback.

• P Daniel Sepulveda has averaged 48.4 yards per punt in Big 12 games, nearly four yards per punt ahead of the rest of the league.

• Baylor has a 43.2-yard net punting average in Big 12 play, tops in the league.

BAYLOR AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS

Baylor is 38-150-5 all-time against ranked opponents, 22-130-1 when unranked and playing a ranked opponent. The Bears are 2-33 against ranked opponents since the inception of the Big 12 Conference (33-30 against 20th-ranked North Carolina State in 1998, and 35-34 in overtime against 16th-ranked Texas A&M in 2004).

Oklahoma is the fourth ranked opponent Baylor has played this season (TCU, Texas, Texas A&M). Two other Baylor opponents (Washington State, Texas Tech) have been ranked at some point this season. This is the fourth time Baylor has played four ranked opponents in a season since 2001. The last time Baylor played more than four ranked opponents in one season was 1998, when the Bears faced five ranked teams.

Since the Associated Press began conducting weekly polls in 1936, Baylor has played at least one ranked opponent every season except 1987.

BAYLOR IN TELEVISED GAMES

Saturday's game is the 107th televised game in Baylor football history; the Bears are 37-67-2 all-time in televised games. Baylor is 2-13 in televised games under head coach Guy Morriss, including an 0-4 mark this season. The Bears have lost nine consecutive televised games since a 20-10 victory at Army last season on ESPN Classic.

The Bears are 2-30 all-time on Fox Sports Net with wins over North Carolina State (9.19.98) and Colorado (10.4.03). Baylor has lost 12 straight on FSN.

BEARS BID FAREWELL TO 32 SENIORS

Saturday's game is the final game for 32 Bears, including 24 fifth-year seniors. The 2006 senior class has tallied 15 wins in its four years of play entering the Oklahoma game, the most by a Baylor senior class since 1998 (15).

Baylor's 2006 senior class: CB Anthony Arline, OS Bryan Bays, QB Shawn Bell, C/G Will Blaylock, G/C Yancy Boatner, PK Alex Cammack, FB Damon Dotson, OT Travis Farst, DT Corey Ford, DE Marcus Foreman, PK Ryan Havens, IR Andrew Heard, DE Julian Hill, FS Bennett Hoefer, DT Anderson Horn, LB Paul Howard, DT Quincy Jenkins, OS Maurice Linguist, OG Matt Lott, RB Paul Mosley, WR Craig Munn, DS Nick Myatt, OS Chudi Ogadi, RB Mario Price, DT M.T. Robinson, P Daniel Sepulveda, WR Trent Shelton, DT Klayton Shoals, CB Avery Sneed, CB James Todd, CB C.J. Wilson and WR Dominique Zeigler

HOME ATTENDANCE CLIMBS

Through six home games, Baylor's season home attendance total stands at 228,338 for an average of 38,056. It already stands as the largest season total for a seven-game schedule in school history, breaking the 1992 mark of 226,522. The Baylor-Texas A&M game earlier this season established a Floyd Casey Stadium record with a crowd of 51,385.

The Oklahoma game needs to draw a crowd of at least 12,030 to break the overall season total Baylor record (240,367 in six games, 1991). With a crowd of at least 30,662, Baylor would average at least 37,000 per game in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1985 and 1986 seasons.

A total of 492,460 fans have seen the Bears play this season (home and away), already the seventh-largest season total in school history. A total of 44,374 fans would need to attend the Oklahoma game in order to break the school record of 536,833 established in 1997. Baylor's Oct. 14 game at Texas drew a crowd of 88,966, the third-largest crowd ever to watch a Baylor game. The two larger crowds were both at Michigan.

SEPULVEDA AMONG BEST PUNTERS IN NCAA HISTORY

P Daniel Sepulveda makes a strong case as the one of the best punters in NCAA history. The proof is in the numbers.

Sepulveda enters the Oklahoma game with 271 careeer punts for 12,251 yards. That 45.21-yard average is on pace to break former Texas A&M punter Shane Lechler's NCAA Division I-A record for yards per punt with at least 250 career punts (44.69, 1996-99). Sepulveda's average also is better than Ray Guy's 44.70 mark on 200 punts (Southern Misssissippi, 1970-72).

With his second of four such punts against Texas Tech, Sepulveda broke the NCAA record of career 50-yard punts. He now has 91 50-yard boots, breaking the previous mark of 88 established by Mississippi's Bill Smith (1983-86).

Sepulveda has averaged 40.0 yards per punt 35 times in games with at least four punts. That total ranks third in NCAA history, two shy of the NCAA record shared by Lechler and Ryan Plackemeier (Wake Forest, 2002-05).

The only sophomore to ever win the Ray Guy Award as the nation's best punter (2004), Sepulveda is again a semifinalist for the award this season and would be the award's first two-time recipient should he win.

MOSLEY QUIETLY CLIMBS RUSHING YARDAGE CHART

RB Paul Mosley often gets over-looked in Baylor's spread offense. However, the senior became just the 11th player in school history to eclipse the 1,600-yard rushing plateau earlier this season.

Mosley has tallied 1,704 yards rushing, the 11th-best career total in school history. He needs 10 yards to pass Larry Hickman (1956-58) for 10th on Baylor's all-time list and 18 yards to pass Rashad Armstrong for ninth. Mosley also is tied for eighth on Baylor's career rushing TD list (17) and 10th in attempts (401).

BAYLOR CAREER RUSHING YARDS LEADERS

PLAYER SEASONS ATT. AVG. YARDS

1. Walter Abercrombie 1978-81 732 5.01 3,665

2. Jerod Douglas 1994-97 522 5.39 2,811

3. Alfred Anderson 1980-83 554 4.38 2,424

4. Darrell Bush 1997-00 503 4.47 2,249

5. Dennis Gentry 1977, 79-81 414 5.39 2,231

6. David Mims 1989-92 364 5.66 2,060

7. Eldwin Raphel 1987-90 435 4.42 1,921

8. Robert Strait 1990-93 428 4.34 1,856

9. Rashad Armstrong 2002-03 417 4.13 1,721

10. Larry Hickman 1956-58 388 4.41 1,713

11. Paul Mosley 2003- 401 4.25 1,704

BAYLOR CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS

PLAYER SEASONS ATT. YARDS TD

1. Alfred Anderson 1980-83 554 2,424 35

2. Robert Strait 1990-93 428 1,856 32

3. Walter Abercrombie 1978-81 732 3,665 24

4. L.G. Dupre 1952-54 311 1,423 19

Jerod Douglas 1994-97 522 2,811 19

6. Don Trull 1961-63 208 358 18

7. John Henry 1990-93 285 1,375 17

Paul Mosley 2003- 401 1,704 17

9. Gary Lacy 1972-73 314 1,335 15

Steve Beaird 1973-74 335 1,449 15

Dennis Gentry 1977, 79-81 414 2,231 15

OFFENSE PICKS UP STEAM

After averaging just 14.8 points per game in its first four Division I-A contests this season, Baylor's offense has averaged 27.8 points per game over the last six games.

The Bears scored 30-plus points in three consecutive games earlier this season for the first time since 1991 and for the first time ever against conference opponents. It marked only the ninth time in the program's 105-year history that the Bears have scored 30-plus points in three consecutive games against any opponent (1901, 1910, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1929, 1987, 1991, 2006).

The Bears are 160-12-0 (.930) all-time when scoring at least 30 points, including an 8-2 mark under head coach Guy Morriss. Baylor's four 30-point games this season are the most since the 1995 squad also registered four. Baylor has scored 30-plus points five or more times in a season seven times, including record six-game seasons in 1992 and 1994.

Baylor has averaged 26.3 points per game in Big 12 play; the Bears have scored 21 or more points in six consecutive conference games for the first time since a seven-game string in 1986.

THREE AMIGOS: PART SEVEN

For just the seventh time in school history and the third consecutive season, Baylor has three players with at least 30 receptions each. WRs Dominique Zeigler (52) and Trent Shelton (51) rank first and second, respectively, on the squad in receptions, while RB Brandon Whitaker (30) is third. That trio has combined for 133 receptions, marking just the 10th time in school history that Baylor's top three receivers have combined for at least 100 catches.

Last season, Baylor had four players with at least 30 receptions for the first time in school history -- Zeigler (48), Shaun Rochon (44), Shelton (44) and Whitaker (30). Thomas White needs seven receptions to give Baylor a fourth player with at least 30 receptions this season.

Shelton and Zeigler are the first Baylor teammates to tally at least 50 catches each in the same season.

Here is a look at the 10 seasons in which Baylor's top three receivers have combined for 100 or more receptions along with the seven seasons in which those three receivers had at least 30 receptions each:

• 1963 -- 129 receptions

• 1964 -- 127 receptions (Lawrence Elkins, 50; Ken Hodge, 35; Harlan Lane, 32)

• 1966 -- 109 receptions (Tommy Smith, 41; Paul Becton, 38; Jack Eisenhart, 30)

• 1983 -- 113 receptions

• 1998 -- 107 receptions (Morris Anderson, 37; Derek Lagway, 37; Derrius Thompson, 33)

• 2001 -- 129 receptions (Reggie Newhouse, 61; Andra Fuller, 36; John Martin, 32)

• 2002 -- 140 receptions

• 2004 -- 127 receptions (Dominique Zeigler, 55; Trent Shelton, 37; Marques Roberts, 35)

• 2005 -- 118 receptions (Dominique Zeigler, 48; Shaun Rochon, 44; Trent Shelton, 39; Brandon Whitaker, 30)

• 2006 -- 133 receptions (Dominique Zeigler, 52; Trent Shelton, 51; Brandon Whitaker, 30)

JOE PAW PLAYS OLDER THAN AGE

Freshman All-America candidate LB Joe Pawelek has quickly made a name for himself on an all-ready strong Baylor defense.

With one game remaining in his redshirt-freshman season, Pawelek leads the Bears with 83 tackles, including 46 solo efforts. He also has nine quarterback hurries (best on the team), 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one interception and four passes broken up.

Pawelek leads all NCAA Division I-A freshmen with 7.6 tackles per game, 1.2 stops per contest more than any other freshman in the Big 12. He is ninth in the league and 90th nationally in tackles per game regardless of class.

After not starting the TCU and Washington State games, Pawelek has started eight straight contests. He has averaged 8.1 tackles per game in nine starts, including career highs of 14 stops and 11 solo efforts at Colorado. His one interception ended Baylor's 34-31 triple-overtime victory against the Buffaloes.

YOUNG LINEBACKER CORPS TACKLES PROBLEMS

Baylor's three main linebackers -- Joe Pawelek, Nick Moore and Antonio Jones -- rank first, second and seventh, respectively, on Baylor's tackles chart. The trio has combined for 194 tackles, including 98 solo stops, for an average of 17.6 tackles per game.

Jones and Pawelek both are redshirt freshmen. Moore, a junior, played all 11 games last season after transferring to Baylor from Georgia Tech; however, he never started a game until this season.

BAYLOR TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF

Baylor ranked 113th nationally in turnover margin and forced just nine opponent miscues over the 11-game 2004 campaign. The Bears' defense has forced 51 turnovers (31 interceptions, 20 fumble recoveries) since the start of the 2005 season, tied for 10th nationally among Division I-A teams. Baylor has come up with at least one turnover in 19 of 22 games since the start of the 2005 season.

Baylor forced 34 turnovers over 23 games in Guy Morriss' first two seasons, compared to the 51 it has totaled over the last 22 outings. Here is a look at teams nationally with the most turnovers forced over the last two seasons:

1. TCU, 57

2. Texas, 56

3. Louisiana Monroe, 54

Louisiana Tech, 54

Miami (Ohio), 54

Nevada, 54

7. Southern California, 53

8. Western Michigan, 52

10. BAYLOR, 51

Florida, 51

West Virginia, 51

Oregon, 51

Southern Mississippi, 51

BAYLOR HAS 20/20 VISION

In three-plus seasons under head coach Guy Morriss, Baylor has established a bit of a vicenary rule on the scoreboard. The Bears are 13-11 when scoring at least 20 points and 2-19 when scoring less than 20 points since the start of the 2003 season. Likewise, the Bears are 9-3 when holding the opponent to fewer than 20 points and 6-27 when allowing 20 or more points in that time.

Baylor's lone victories when scoring less than 20 points since the start of the 2003 season came in Morriss' first victory with the Bears -- a 10-7 win over SMU at Floyd Casey Stadium -- and a 17-3 win over Kansas State ealier this season that snapped a 17-game losing streak when scoring less than 20 points.

In fact, since 1995, Baylor has won a game when scoring less than 20 points only five times: 14-0 at North Carolina State in 1995, 14-13 at Louisville in 1996, 16-13 in overtime vs. New Mexico in 2001, the 2003 SMU game and this season against Kansas State.

Baylor's 34-31 victory at Colorado snapped a six-game losing streak for Baylor when its opponent scores at least 20 points. However, Colorado scored only 17 points in regulation. Baylor's win against Kansas earlier this season was the Bears' first when allowing 20-plus points in regulation since a 28-23 victory at SMU to open the 2005 season.

Furthermore, Baylor is 10-11 under Morriss when holding the opponent to fewer than 20 first downs and 5-19 when the opponent records at least 20 first downs.

SHELTON EXTENDS CONSECUTIVE RECEPTIONS RECORD

WR Trent Shelton has at least one reception in a Baylor record 44 consecutive games. Shelton's streak is the fourth-longest among active players in Division I-A. He also has at least one TD reception in six of the last seven games.

WR Dominique Zeigler has recorded at least one reception in 31 consecutive games, tied for the ninth-longest streak in Division I-A. In fact, Zeigler has recorded at least two receptions in each of those 31 games.

Baylor is the only team in the nation with two receivers with active streaks of 30-plus games.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION, ACTIVE DIVISION I-A PLAYERS

47 - Vincent Marshall Sr. WR Houston

47 - Steve Odom Sr. WR Toledo

45 - Johnny Quinn Sr. WR North Texas

43 - Trent Shelton Sr. WR BAYLOR

41 - Brian Leonard Sr. FB Rutgers

39 - Ryne Robinson Sr. WR Miami (Ohio)

35 - Shaun Herbert Sr. WR Northwestern

34 - Dwayne Jarrett Jr. WR Southern California

31 - Dominique Zeigler Sr. WR BAYLOR

31 - Calvin Johnson Jr. WR Georgia Tech

31 - Marcus Monk Jr. WR Arkansas

SHELTON, ZEIGLER: BAYLOR'S BEST RECEIVER DUO EVER

WRs Trent Shelton and Dominique Zeigler claimed the epithet of Baylor's all-time best receiving duo earlier this season. Shelton and Zeigler have combined for 317 receptions as teammates, breaking the previous Baylor record of 265 receptions amassed by teammates Reggie Newhouse and Robert Quiroga during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons.

Zeigler (164) enters the Oklahoma game second in career receptions at Baylor, while Shelton (153) is fourth. Newhouse (1999-02) holds the all-time Baylor mark at 183. The only other Baylor receivers to amass at least 100 career receptions are Gerald McNeil (163), Lawrence Elkins (144) and Quiroga (131).

Shelton enters the Oklahoma game fifth all-time at Baylor with 1,963 career receiving yards. He needs 22 yards to pass Melvin Bonner (1,984; 1989-92) for fourth place and 37 yards to join McNeil, Newhouse and Elkins as the only Baylor receivers to reach the 2,000-yard plateu.

Zeigler enters the Oklahoma game sixth all-time at Baylor with 1,898 career receiving yards.

BELL SUSTAINS CAREER-ENDING KNEE INJURY

QB Shawn Bell sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the fourth quarter in the Oct. 28 game against Texas A&M, bringing to an end one of best careers in Baylor football history. Bell is scheduled to have surgery to repair the ligament in three weeks.

Simply put, Bell re-wrote the Baylor records book, breaking every game, season and career school record save three. He finished second in career passing yardage, just 329 yards shy of J.J. Joe's mark. Bell also tied Tom Mueke's single-game pass attempts record two weeks ago against Kansas, and he joined Neal Jeffrey and Cody Carlson as the only Baylor quarterbacks with two 300-yard passing games in the same season.

Bell finished his career 559-of-914 for 5,666 yards and 38 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. He is the only quarterback in school history to complete at least 25 touchdown passes who did not have at least 27 interceptions and one of only three in that nine-man group to have more touchdown passes than interceptions.

Of Baylor's 11 all-time Big 12 wins, Bell was the starting quarterback in six. He is the only Baylor quarterback to win a Big 12 road game, winning at Iowa State in 2005 and at Colorado this season.

In four seasons, Bell started just 22 games and re-wrote the school records book without starting more than nine games in any season.

Bell is the third Baylor quarterback since 1990 to sustain a career-ending injury during his senior season, joining Brad Goebel (1990) and Aaron Karas (2004).

Here is a look at Baylor records established by Bell with the previous mark in parentheses:

• career TD passes -- 38 (32, Cody Carlson)

• career completions -- 559 (425, Jeff Watson)

• career attempts -- 914 (802, Jeff Watson)

• career completion percentage -- .612 (.591, Aaron Karas)

• career TD-INT ratio -- 2.235 (1.538, Adrian Burk)

• career INT percentage -- .0186 (.0337, Jeff Watson)

• career 200-yard games -- 16 (12, Don Trull)

• career Big 12 wins as a starter -- 6 (2, Jermaine Alfred and Aaron Karas)

• season yards passing -- 2,582 (2,284, Cody Carlson, 1986)

• season TD passes -- 19 (16, Terry Southall, 1966)

• season completions -- 241 (190, Shawn Bell, 2005)

• season attempts -- 383 (337, Terry Southall, 1966)

• season completion percentage -- .629 (.598, Aaron Karas, 2002)

• season TD-INT ratio -- 6.000 (2.333, Adrian Burk, 1949)

• season offensive plays -- 410 (406, Don Trull, 1963)

• season 200-yard games -- 9 (7, Don Trull, 1963)

• season 300-yard games -- 2 (tied, Neal Jeffrey, 1973; Cody Carlson, 1986)

• consecutive 200-yard games -- 11 (7, Don Trull, 1963)

• consecutive games with a TD pass -- 11 (7, Brad Goebel, 1987)

• consecutive passes without an INT -- 161; Nov. 15, 2003 through Sept. 3, 2005

• season Big 12 wins as a starter -- 3 (2, Shawn Bell, 2005)

• single-game yards passing -- 394 vs. Kansas, 2006 (387, Buddy Humphrey vs. Rice, 1958)

• single-game TD passes -- 5 vs. Kansas, 2006 (4, five times by four players)

• single-game completions -- 33 vs. Kansas, 2006 (32, Shawn Bell vs. Texas A&M, 2004)

• single-game attempts -- 55 vs. Kansas, 2006 (tied, Tom Muecke at TCU, 1984)

• single-game completions percentage, min. 40 attempts -- .640 (32-of-50) vs. Texas A&M, 2004 (.610 [25-of-41], Brad Goebel at Houston, 1987)

SEVERAL BEARS AMONG ACTIVE NCAA CAREER LEADERS

• QB Shawn Bell ranks 16th in attempts (914), 16th in completions (559) and 16th in completion percentage (61.16). His interception percentage is the best nationally among players with at least 800 pass attempts.

• WR Dominique Zeigler ranks 15th in receptions (164).

• CB C.J. Wilson is tied for 16th in interceptions (9).

• P Daniel Sepulveda ranks first in punts (271), first in punting yardage (12,251), third in punts per game (6.0), first in 50-yard punts (91) and first in average (45.21).

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Anthony Arline's 40-yard fumble recovery returned for a touchdown against Washington State was Baylor's second non-offensive score of the game, third of the season and 16th in 45 games under head coach Guy Morriss.

Here is a list of Baylor's 16 non-offensive scores under Morriss:

• 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

• 2005 at Oklahoma -- Shaun Rochon 98-yard kickoff return

• 2005 vs. Oklahoma State -- Colin Allred 25-yard interception return

• 2006 vs. Northwestern State -- C.J. Wilson 52-yard interception return

• 2006 at Washington State -- punt snap through back of end zone

• 2006 at Washington State -- Anthony Arline 40-yard fumble return (forced by Jordan Lake)

SEPULVEDA NAMED CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

P Daniel Sepulveda was named first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI, the publication announced last Thursday in conjunction with the College Sports Information Directors of America. This is the third consecutive season in which Sepulveda has earned academic all-district honors, the second straight in which he has been a first-team honoree.

Student-athletes are nominated for Academic All-America by their respective athletic media relations and sports information departments and must maintain a cumulative 3.2 GPA to be eligible. All-district teams are then chosen by a vote of CoSIDA members within each district. First-team all-district honorees become eligible for Academic All-America honors, handed out Nov. 30.

NOTES FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE GAME

• The Oklahoma State game was the first game this season in which Baylor did not lead at some point.

• Baylor's six turnovers were the most by a Baylor team since the Bears committed six turnovers at UAB in the 2004 season opener.

• Most points Baylor has ever allowed against Oklahoma State.

• Tied second-most points Baylor has ever allowed in a conference game (66-10 loss at Houston in 1989).

• Baylor has scored at least 21 points in six consecutive conference games, the longest such streak since a seven-game run in 1986.

• Baylor failed to force a turnover for only the third time in the last 22 games.

• WR Carl Sims established career highs receptions (7) and receiving yards (62).

• WR David Gettis' fourth-quarter TD reception was his second career reception and his first career TD reception. Gettis is the 11th different Baylor player to catch at TD pass this season.

• Gettis established career highs for receptions (2) and receiving yards (62).

• ROV Brandon Stiggers established a career high with six solo tackles.

• QB Blake Szymanski established career highs for completions (24), attempts (41) and yards passing (262). It was his first career 200-yard game.

• LB Antonio Jones established a career high with five solo tackles.