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2/2 BAYLOR (6-0, 3-0) 62, NR/RV WEST VIRGINIA (3-3, 0-3) 38
McLANE STADIUM - WACO, TEXAS
OCT. 17, 2015 - ATTENDANCE: 45,370 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
- Baylor has the nation's longest active home winning streak (19 games) and has not lost in Waco since Oct. 13, 2012. BU has the nation's best home record since 2011 at 28-1.
- Baylor has started three consecutive seasons 6-0 -- a program first. The Bears are 3-0 in Big 12 play for the third time in program history (2013 and 2014).
- Baylor has won 19 of its last 21 Big 12 games and has won 12 straight league games at home.
- Baylor is 32-3 in home games since 2011 and 38-10 in home games during the Art Briles era.
- Baylor is 9-0 in games at McLane Stadium, with an average margin of victory of +53.6 points.
- Baylor is averaging 57.8 points per game and 686.6 yards per game at McLane Stadium.
- Baylor and West Virginia met for the 4th time. BU is 2-2 in the all-time series, including a 2-0 mark in Waco.
- Baylor is 32-4 in its last 36 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
- Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 18 of 19 games since 2014.
- Baylor has scored in 106 straight games -- the previous school record was 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
- Baylor is 35-8 when ranked under Briles, including a 20-0 mark in home games.
- Baylor has won 26 of its last 27 games played in Texas and is 37-4 in the Lone Star State over the last 4+ seasons.
- Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .793 (46-12).
- Baylor is 42-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
- Andrew Billings, Beau Blackshear and Orion Stewart served as captains vs. West Virginia.
TEAM NOTES
- A Baylor receiver has caught at least 3 touchdown passes in 5 of 6 games this season (Jay Lee at SMU, Corey Coleman vs. Lamar, Rice, Texas Tech and West Virginia) -- prior to this year, a Baylor receiver had 3 TD catches in a game only 6 times in program history.
- Baylor is the nation's only team to hold a lead to 16+ points in every game this season.
- Baylor has outscored opponents 383-149 through 6 games and leads the nation in victory margin (39.0 ppg).
- Baylor (6 passing TDs) has thrown at least 4 TD passes in every game this season and is averaging 5.3 touchdown passes per game.
- Baylor finished with 693 yards of total offense, which ranked as the 13th-most in program history.
- Baylor had its 38th all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense -- 33 of those games have been in the Briles era, including all 6 games this season.
- Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 26 of 32 games since 2013, including 18 games with 600+ yards in that span.
- Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 55 times in the 58 games since 2011 -- that mark leads the nation.
- Baylor has scored 60+ points 9 times in its last 19 games, including 5 of 6 games this season.
- Baylor has scored 50+ points 17 times since 2013 and 26 times since 2011, both the most among all FBS teams in those spans.
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 46 of its last 51 contests and 40+ points in 41 of its last 51 games.
- Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in a nation-leading 22 straight games (19-3 in that stretch).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- WR Corey Coleman broke the Baylor single-season record by grabbing his 14th, 15th and 16th TD receptions of the season, passing Kendall Wright's 14 receiving TDs in 2011.
- Coleman's 16 receiving TDs are 9th-most in a season by a Big 12 Conference player and the most since WVU's Stedman Bailey set the record with 25 in 2012.
- Coleman (29 career receving TDs) also passed Terrance Williams (27; 2009-12) for 2nd on Baylor's career list -- Wright holds the school record with 30.
- Coleman's (140 career receptions) passed Robert Quiroga (131; 2000-03) for 11th on Baylor's career receptions list.
- Coleman's 199 receiving yards ranked as the 6th-most on Baylor's single-game receiving yards list.
- Coleman had his 10th career 100-receiving yard game, tying Gerald McNeil (1980-83) and Reggie Newhouse (1999-02) for 5th on Baylor's career list.
- Coleman had 10 receptions, tying the 18th-most in Baylor history. It was his 3rd career double-digit receptions game, tying Gerald McNeil (1980-83) for 3rd-most in BU history.
- Coleman (2,523 career receiving yards) passed Antwan Goodley (2,366; 2011-14) for 6th on Baylor's career receiving yards list.
- QB Seth Russell threw for 380 yards and 5 TDs -- he has now thrown for at least 3 TDs in all 7 career starts (32 total TD passes in 7 starts).
- Russell also ran for a 16-yard TD, giving him at least 4 TDs accounted for in all 7 career starts.
- Russell (32 TDs responsible for in 2015) moved into 5th on Baylor's single-season list, passing Robert Griffin III's 28 in 2008 and RG3's 30 in 2010.
- Russell had a career-high 160 rushing yards, including a career-best 41-yard rush in the 2nd quarter.
- Russell had his 4th career game with 5+ TD passes (3rd of season).
- Russell's 380 passing yards ranked as tied for the 22nd-most in a game in program history.
- Russell (380 passing yards, 160 rushing yards) posted the 2nd game in program history with 300+passing yards and 100+ rushing yards. RG3 had 312 passing yards and 103 rushing yards at Kansas in 2011.
- Russell's 160 rushing yards were the 31st-most in a game in program history and the 2nd-most by a quarterback (RG3 had 217 vs. Washington State in 2008).
- WR Jay Lee had TD catches of 36 and 52 yards, giving him 6 TD receptions on the season (13 career).
- RB Shock Linwood had his 32nd career rushing touchdown, tying Robert Strait (1990-93) for 3rd on Baylor's career rushing TDs list.
- DE Shawn Oakman had 1 TFL to give him 39.5 in his career, 9.5 shy of tying the Baylor career record.
- CB Ryan Reid had his career-first interception when he picked off a pass in the Baylor end zone in the 2nd quarter.
- LB Taylor Young posted 9 tackles and 2 TFLs.
- DT Andrew Billings tied career highs with 3 TFLs and 1 sack.
- S Orion Stewart tied a career high with 8 solo tackles.
- NB Travon Blanchard posted a career-high 9 tackles
- PK Chris Callahan (192 career points) used a pair of 36-yard FGs and was 8-for-8 on PATS as he passed Marty Jimmerson (181; 1981-84) for 6th on Baylor's career points scored kicking list.
- TE Trevor Clemons-Valdez caught his first career pass for a 9-yard TD.
- QB Jarrett Stidham tossed his 5th TD pass of his true freshman season on his only passing attempt of the game on a 9-yard strike.
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