| Baylor Game Notes 
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Radio: Baylor/ISP Sports Network (ESPN/KRZI 1660AM Waco / Sirius Satellite ch. 161 / list of complete affiliates)
Internet Audio:
Television: None
Internet Video: None
Live Stats: Cyclones.com
SERIES
Tied 4-4
Waco: Tied 2-2
Norman: Tied 2-2
Neutral: Never Met
First Meeting: Baylor 35-0 [Sept. 17, 1988]
Last Meeting: Baylor 38-10 [Oct. 11, 2008]
BAYLOR BEARS
Record: 3-2, 0-1 Big 12
Ranking: NR/NR
Head Coach: Art Briles
Career Record: 41-38 (7th season)
Baylor Record: 7-10 (2nd season)
vs. Iowa State: 1-0
Statistical Leaders:
Rushing: Jay Finley [24-211-1]
Passing: Robert Griffin [45-69-0-481-4]
Receiving: Kendall Wright [26-330-2]
Tackles: Joe Pawelek [18-28-46]
IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Record: 3-3, 0-2 Big 12
Ranking: NR/NR
Head Coach: Paul Rhodes
Career Record: 3-3 (1st season)
Iowa State Record: 3-3 (1st season)
vs. Baylor: 0-0
Statistical Leaders:
Rushing: Alexander Robinson [111-654-6]
Passing: Austen Arnaud [87-157-4-1080-8]
Receiving: Marquis Hamilton [22-382-3]
Tackles: Jesse Smith [37-27-64]
Baylor returns to action Saturday, Oct. 17, traveling to Ames, Iowa, for a Big 12 Conference game against Iowa State. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. CDT at Jack Trice Stadium on the Iowa State campus. This is Baylor's second conference game and Iowa State's third league contest. Saturday's game is part of Iowa State's homecoming festivities.
The Bears (3-2, 0-1) dropped a 33-7 decision at 19th-ranked Oklahoma last Saturday, snapping a two-game winning streak. Baylor is 1-1 on the road this season, winning 24-21 at Wake Forest in the season opener.
The Cyclones (3-3, 1-1) have lost two straight after a 41-36 at Kansas last Saturday. Iowa State lost 35-34 to Kansas State at Kansas City the previous weekend. The Cyclones are 2-1 at home this season with wins over North Dakota State (34-17) and Army (31-10) and a loss to Iowa (35-3).
BAYLOR vs. BIG 12 NORTH
Most of Baylor's success in the Big 12 Conference has come against teams from the North Division. The Bears are 9-30 against teams from the North with only four victories (Texas, 1997; Texas A&M, 2004; Oklahoma State, 2005; Texas A&M, 2008) against teams from the South (4-61).
Baylor's nine victories are as follows: Iowa State (1996), Kansas (1998), Kansas (2002), Colorado (2003), Iowa State (2005), Kansas State (2006), Colorado (2006), Kansas (2006) and Iowa State (2008). Baylor has won five of its last 11 against Big 12 North opponents.
BANGED-UP BEARS
After a nearly injury-free 2008 season, seven Baylor starters have sustained injuries at some point through the first four weeks of the 2009 campaign. That list included two players who have sustained season-ending injuries.
QB Robert Griffin III headlines that list; Griffin tore his ACL during the first quarter of the Northwestern State game and is out for the remainder of the season. Also out for the rest of the 2009 campaign is return specialist and nickelback Mikail Baker, who also sustained an ACL tear in the Northwestern State game. TB Jay Finley missed the last two games with an ankle sprain and played only sparingly last week at Oklahoma.
Other starters suffering injuries this season are CB Antareis Bryan (knee injury; return undetermined), CB Tim Atchison (broken hand; may continue playing), LG John Jones (ankle; missed Northwestern State game) and S Jeremy Williams (ankle; missed Connecticut game). Furthermore, QB Blake Szymanski, who would have been Griffin's backup, missed the Kent State game and played only sparingly at Oklahoma due to an injured shoulder.
RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS STREAK ENDS
Baylor failed to score a rushing touchdown last week at Oklahoma, ending a 16-game streak with at least one ground score. That streak, which dated back to the 2008 season opener, was the second longest in Baylor history. It was the Bears' first such streak of more than 13 games since a 14-game stretch that covered the final seven games of the 1997 season and the first seven games of the 1998 season.
The school record for consecutive games with at least one rushing touchdown is 33 games. That streak started in the fourth game of the 1951 season and continued until the sixth game of the 1954 season. Baylor was 19-11-3 during that stretch. After that streak ended, the Bears scored at least one rushing touchdown in each of their next 13 games. In fact, from 1951 to 1956, Baylor never went consecutive games without a rushing touchdown.
