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MISCELLANEOU ­S NOTES
- Baylor appeared in its 6th-straight bowl game for the first time in school history -- BU is 11-11 in 22 bowl trips, including 3-3 under head coach Art Briles.
- BU is 8-5 at neutral sites under Briles, but has won 7 of its last 9 neutral site contests.
- Baylor is the most successful team in Texas since 2011 with a win percentage of .769 (50-15).
- Baylor is 39-11 when ranked under Briles.
- Baylor is 7-2 in December games and has won 3 of 4 December bowl games under Briles.
- Baylor and North Carolina met for the first time -- BU is 19-18 all-time vs. current ACC members.
- Baylor leads all FBS teams in TD drives of 2 min. or less (49) -- BU had a nation's best 41 a year ago.
- Baylor has compiled an FBS-best 23 wins in November and December since 2011 (7-1 in Dec.).
- Baylor has won 17 of its last 22 games played outside of Waco.
- Baylor notched its 7th win over an AP/Coaches/BCS/CFP top 10 team since 2011 and 2nd this season.
- Baylor is 17-6 over its last 23 games away from Waco when ranked.
- Baylor is 4-8 all-time in the state of Florida and 1-3 in bowl games in the Sunshine State.
- Baylor is 3-1 against current ACC members in bowl games with wins against Wake Forest, 20-7, (1948 Dixie), and Clemson, 24-18, (1979 Peach) and a loss to Georgia Tech, 17-14, (1951 Orange).
- Baylor is 12-9 vs. ranked teams since 2011 (2-2 this season), after starting the Briles era 0-13 against ranked teams.
- Baylor is 36-7 in its last 43 games; 5 of the 7 losses were away from home and 5 of 7 were against top-15 teams.
- Baylor's 2015 senior class tied last year's senior class with 40 wins to become the two winningest senior classes in school history -- 2014 and 2015 senior classes had 2 bowl wins and 2 Big 12 titles).
- Jamal Palmer, Desmine Hilliard, Jay Lee and Trevor Clemons-Valdez served as captains vs. North Carolina.

TEAM NOTES
- Baylor has outscored foes 625-368 through 13 games.
- Baylor has topped 500 yards of offense 50 times in 65 games since 2011, which leads the nation.
- Baylor has gained 500 or more yards of offense in 29 of 39 games since 2013, including 20 games with 600 or more offense in that span.
- Baylor has reached 600 yards of offense in 8 of 13 games in 2015 and has 39 such games in its history (35 in Briles era).
- Baylor has reached 700 yards of offense 5 times this season and 14 times in program history.
- Baylor has scored in 113 straight games -- previous school record was 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
- Baylor has scored 20+ points in the first half in 22 of 26 games since start of the 2014 season.
- Baylor is 46-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime and 55-6 when leading at halftime during the Briles era.
- Baylor has led at the half in 16 of its last 19 games.
- Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 61 times in the 65 games since 2011 - that is tied for most in the nation (Oregon, 61).
- Baylor has scored 30+ points in 51 of its last 58 contests.
- Since 2010, Baylor is 41-2 when allowing less than 35 points and 16-19 when allowing 35+ points.
- Baylor has forced at least one turnover in 27 of its last 29 games.
- Baylor's 98 tackles for loss on the year were 2nd-most in a season in school history, just 1 shy of the school record of 99 set in 2013.
- Baylor's 31 sacks on the season, tied for 7th-most in a season in program history.
- Baylor has forced at least 2 turnovers in 9 of 13 games of 2015.
- Phil Bennett's defense has forced multiple turnovers in 42 of its 65 games.
- Baylor's defense is 36-6 under Bennett when recording 2 or more takeaways.
- Baylor's 358 first-half rushing yards broke the Russell Athletic Bowl record for rushing yards in a game, were the 4th-most by any FBS team in a single half this season (according to ESPNà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € Stats & Info) and most in any half under Briles.
- Baylor's 645 rushing yards were the most in program history and most in NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € bowl history.
- Baylor's 756 total yards were the 8th-most in program history and were 2nd-most in Baylor bowl history.
- Baylor's Johnny Jefferson and Devin Chafin's combined 460 rushing yards were most by a duo in NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € bowl history.
- If the college football season ended today, Baylor would be the 2nd team in FBS history to lead nation in scoring (48.1 ppg in 2015) in 3 straight seasons (1979-81 BYU), according to ESPN Stats & Info.
- With Jefferson reaching 1,000 rushing yards on the season in the game, it gave Baylor a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season for the 1st time in program history (Shock Linwood, 1,329 rush yards).
- Baylor's 38 1st downs were a program bowl record.
- Baylor's 84 rushing attempts were a program bowl record
- Baylor's 101 plays were a program bowl record.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- WR Lynx Hawthorne scored his 2nd rushing touchdown of the season and of his career on Baylor's second drive.
- Hawthorne had a career-long 37-yard rush to set up Baylor's second TD.
- RB Johnny Jefferson completed his first career pass for a 24-yard gain.
- Jefferson reached 1,000 rushing yards on the season to become the program's 12th all-time 1,000-yard rusher in a season.
- Jefferson (career-high and Baylor-record 299 rushing yards with career-high 3 rush TDs) had his 3rd 100-yard rushing game of the season and 4th of his career, adding his 6th, 7th and 8th rushing TDs of the season and 12th, 13th and 14th of his career -- his 80-yard TDà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € run was the longest rush of the season for Baylor and tied for the 4th-longest rush in BU history.
- Jefferson's 200-yard rushing game was Baylor's 2nd this year by an RB and 9th all-time.
- Jefferson's 299 rushing yards were 2nd-most all-time in NCAAà ¢Ã¢' ¬Ã‹ € bowl history, 8 shy of tying the record.
- RB Devin Chafin completed his first career pass for a 3-yard gain.
- Chafin (career-high 161 rush yards and Baylor-bowl-record 27 rush attempts) had his 2nd 100-yard rushing game of the season and 5th of his career while he scored his 9th rushing TD of the season and 21st of his career.
- RB Terence Williams had 16 carries for 97 yards, adding a career-high 2 rushing TDs for to bring his season and career total to 3.
- WR Jay Lee had 2 catches to bring his career total to 101, becoming the 17th Baylor player to ever record 100 career receptions.
- LB Aiavion Edwards notched his 2nd sack of the season and 4th of his career, had 2 TFLs for his 3rd and 4th of the season and 9th and 10th of his career, and forced his 1st fumble of the season and 2nd of his career.
- Edwards had career-highs of 17 tackles and 9 solo stops.
- S Orion Stewart had his 1st interception of the season and 6th of his career, with a 24-yard return, and had his 2nd fumble recovery of the season and his career.
- NB Patrick Levels had his 1st career forced fumble.