Baylor, Texas Tech Postgame Notes
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AT&T STADIUM • ARLINGTON, TEXAS
OCT. 3, 2015 • ATTENDANCE: 56,179
MISCELLANEOU S NOTES
• Baylor and Texas Tech €ˆmet for the 74th time. BU leads 37-36-1 in the all-time series, including a 5-2 mark in neutral site games.
• Baylor is 30-4 in its last 34 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
• Baylor has won 12 straight games against Texas opponents and is 19-3 vs. in-state schools since 2011.
• Baylor has won 25 of its last 26 games played in €ˆTexas and is 36-4 in the Lone Star State since 2011.
• Baylor's 28 1st-quarter points tied the 4th-most in any quarter in school history -- it was the 7th time in the last 30 games that Baylor scored 28+ in the first quarter.
• Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 16 of 17 games since 2014.
• Baylor has scored in 104 straight games -- the previous school record was 89 games from €ˆDec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor is 33-8 when ranked under Briles, including a 19-0 mark in home games.
• Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .786 (44-12).
• Baylor is 40-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
• Corey €ˆColeman, LaQuan McGowan, Blake Muir and Shawn Oakman served as captains vs. Texas Tech.
TEAM NOTES
• A Baylor receiver has caught at least 3 touchdown passes in all 4 games this season (Jay €ˆLee at SMU, Corey €ˆColeman vs. Lamar, Rice and Texas Tech) -- prior to this year, a Baylor receiver had 3 TD catches in a game only 6 times in program history.
• BU's 680 yards of total offense ranked as the 16th-most in program history.
• Baylor's 368 rushing yards were the 18th-most in a game in program history.
• Baylor had its 36th all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense -- 31 of those games have been in the Briles era.
• Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 24 of 30 games since 2013, including 16 games with 600+ yards in that span.
• Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 53 times in the 56 games since 2011 -- that mark leads the nation.
• Baylor has scored 50+ points 15 times since 2013 and 24 times since 2011, both the most among all FBS teams in those spans.
• Baylor has scored 30+ points in 44 of its last 49 contests and 40+ points in 39 of its last 49 games.
• Baylor's defense has forced multiple turnovers in 37 of 56 games under Phil €ˆBennett, and BU is 32-5 under Bennett when forcing multiple turnovers.
• Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in 20 straight games (17-3 in that stretch).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• QB Seth €ˆRussell threw for 286 yards and had 4 TD passes -- he has thrown at least 4 TD passes in all 5 career starts (24 total TD passes in 5 starts).
• Russell also posted a career-best 81 rushing yards and had a career-best 2 rushing touchdowns.
• WR Corey Coleman had TD catches of 24, 16 and 16 yards, giving him 24 career receiving TDs, tying Tevin Reese (2010-13) for 3rd on Baylor's career list.
• Coleman also reached 11 receiving TDs on the season, placing him in a 4-way tie (including his 2014 season) for 4th on Baylor's single-season TD receptions list.
• Coleman (110 receiving yards) had his 8th career 100-yard receiving game, 9th-most in Baylor history.
• RB Shock Linwood had a career-high 221 rushing yards, the 3rd-most rushing yards in a game in Baylor history and the 8th 200-yard rushing game in BU history.
• Linwood had his 11th career 100-yard rushing game, passing Jerod Douglas (1994-97) for sole possession of 3rd on Baylor's all-time list.
• Linwood had a career-long 79-yard TD run on Baylor's first drive, tying the 10th-longest rush in program history.
• Linwood had his 29th and 30th career rushing touchdowns (5th and 6th of season), passing Terrance Ganaway (28; 2009-11) for 4th on Baylor's all-time list.
• WR KD €ˆCannon had a 28-yard TD catch in the 1st quarter for his 11th career touchdown (3rd of season).
• WR Jay Lee had an 87-yard reception in the 1st quarter, tying the 6th-longest reception in program history (2nd-longest to not end in a touchdown). It was the longest reception by an €ˆFBS player in €ˆAT&T €ˆStadium history.
• Lee (120 receiving yards) had his 3rd career 100-yard receiving game (2nd of season).
• RB Johnny €ˆJefferson had a 6-yard rushing TD in the 3rd quarter for his 9th career rushing touchdown €ˆ(3rd of season).
• NB Travon Blanchard had his 2nd career interception (1st of season) and forced a fumble for the 2nd time (both this season).
• CB Xavien Howard had his 7th career interception (2nd of season).
• S Orion Stewart had his career-first forced fumble and career-first fumble recovery.
• Stewart set a career high with 8 solo tackles.
• S Chance Waz tied his career-best with 8 tackles and set a new career-best with 7 solo tackles.
• LB Grant Campbell tied his career-high with 8 solo tackles.
