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5/4 BAYLOR €ˆ(3-0) 70, NR/NR RICE (2-2) €ˆ 17
McLANE STADIUM • WACO, TEXAS
SEPT. 26, 2015 • ATTENDANCE: 43,619 MISCELLANEOU S NOTES
• Baylor has the nation's longest active home winning streak (18 games) and has not lost in Waco since Oct. 13, 2012. BU €ˆhas the nation's best home record since 2011 at 27-1.
• Baylor is is 31-3 in home games since 2011 and 37-10 in home games during the Art Briles era.
• Baylor is 8-0 in games at McLane Stadium, with an average margin of victory of +34.3 points.
• Baylor is averaging 57.4 points per game and 685.8 yards per game at McLane Stadium.
• Baylor has started 3-0 in 5 straight seasons -- a program first.
• Baylor has scored 70+ points for the 9th time in school history, 6th time since 2013 and first in 2015.
• Baylor has scored 60+ points in 10 of its last 15 home games.
• Baylor has totaled 500 or more yards of offense in 17 of its last 18 home games.
• Baylor has scored at least 20 points in the 1st halves in 15 of 16 games since 2014.
• Baylor has won 11 straight games against Texas opponents and is 18-3 vs. in-state schools since 2011.
• Baylor has won 24 of its last 25 games played in €ˆTexas and is 35-4 in the Lone Star State since 2011.
• Baylor is 29-4 in its last 33 games; the 4 losses were all away from home and 3 were against top-15 teams.
• Baylor and Rice €ˆmet for the 80th time. BU leads the all-time series 48-30-2, including a 22-10 mark in home games.
• Baylor has scored in 103 straight games -- the previous school record was 89 games from €ˆDec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor is 32-8 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 .782 (43-12).
• Baylor is 39-3 over the last 6 seasons when leading at halftime.
• Beau Blackshear, Jarell Broxton and Desmine Hilliard served as captains vs. Rice.
TEAM NOTES
• Baylor topped 700 yards of total offense for the 12th time in program history -- all in the last 43 games (first time was 2011 Alamo Bowl).
• BU's 793 yards of total offense ranked as the 2nd-most in program history.
• Baylor's 427 rushing yards were the 5th-most in a game in program history.
• Baylor set a new school record with 7 TD passes in a game -- the previous record of 6 was accomplished three times (2007 vs. €ˆRice, 2011 vs. €ˆTCU, 2014 vs. TCU).
• A Baylor receiver has caught at least 3 touchdown passes in all 3 games this season (Jay €ˆLee at SMU, Corey €ˆColeman vs. Lamar and vs. Rice) -- prior to this year, a Baylor receiver had 3 TD catches in a game only 6 times in program history.
• Baylor had its 35th all-time game with 600+ yards of total offense -- 30 of those games have been in the Briles era.
• Baylor has gained 500+ yards in 23 of 29 games since 2013, including 15 games with 600+ yards in that span.
• Baylor has topped 400 yards of offense 52 times in the 55 games since 2011 -- that mark leads the nation.
• Baylor has scored 30+ points in 43 of its last 48 contests and 40+ points in 38 of its last 48 games.
• Baylor has scored 50+ points 14 times since 2013, and 23 times since 2011, both the most among all FBS teams in those spans.
• Baylor's defense has forced multiple turnovers in 36 of 55 games under Phil €ˆBennett, and BU is 31-5 under Bennett when forcing multiple turnovers.
• Baylor's defense has forced at least one turnover in 19 straight games (16-3 in that stretch).
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• QB Seth €ˆRussell tied a school record with 6 TD passes in a game, equaling Blake Szymanski 2007 vs. Rice and Bryce Petty 2014 vs. TCU.
• Russell has thrown at least 4 TD passes in all 4 career starts (20 total TD passes).
• DE Shawn €ˆOakman tied Baylor's career sacks record with his 15th career sack, equaling Daryl Gardener (1992-95) and Chris McAllister (2010-13).
• WR Corey Coleman had touchdown catches of 11, 35 and 32 yards, giving him 21 career receiving TDs (8 this season), passing Lawrence Elkins (1962-64) and Melvin Bonner (1989-92) and tying Antwan €ˆGoodley (2011-14) for 4th on Baylor's career TD receptions list.
• Coleman (100 receiving yards) had his 7th career 100-yard receiving game, 9th-most in Baylor history.
• WR KD €ˆCannon had a 26-yard touchdown catch in the 1st quarter for his 10th career receiving TD (2nd of season).
• WR Jay Lee had a 57-yard touchdown catch in the 1st quarter for his 11th career receiving TD €ˆ(4th of season).
• WR Lynx Hawthorne had a 22-yard TD €ˆcatch in the 3rd quarter for his 3rd career receiving TD €ˆ(1st of season).
• RB Shock Linwood had an 11-yard touchdown run in the 2nd quarter for his 28th career rushing TD (4th of season), tying Terrance Ganaway (2009-11) for 4th on Baylor's career rushing TDs list.
• Linwood (158 rushing yards) had his 10th career 100-yard rushing game, tying Jerod Douglas (1994-97) for 3rd on Baylor's all-time list.
• WR Ishmael Zamora had an 8-yard TD reception in the 3rd quarter for his career-first touchdown.
• DE Jamal Palmer recorded his 2nd sack of the season, giving him 9.5 in his career, 0.5 sack back of entering Baylor's career top 10.
• RB Johnny €ˆJefferson had a 9-yard rushing TD in the 3rd quarter for his 8th career rushing TD €ˆ(2nd of season).
• CB Ryan €ˆReid blocked a field goal in the 2nd quarter, Baylor's first blocked FG since Beau Blackshear at Texas last season.
• S Chance Waz made his career-first start.
• RB Terence Williams had his second career 100-yard rushing game and first career rushing TD, amassing 111 yards on 19 carries.
• QB Jarrett Stidham had career highs in passing completions (7), attempts (9) and yards (89) while throwing his second career TD pass.
• Waz had a career-high 8 tackles and 6 solo stops along with his first career TFL.
• S Orion Stewart had his first career sack, second career TFL, and first career forced fumble.
• DE Brian Nance had his first career sack and forced fumble on the same play.
• LB Raaquan Davis had his first career TFLs with 1.5.
• K Chris Callahan tied a program record and set a personal record with 10 good PATs on 10 attempts (Aaron Jones, vs. UL-Monroe, 2013).