Saturday, November 6
Fort Worth, TX
2:30 PM
Baylor
at
TCU
Football Faces In-State Rival TCU in Fort Worth
11/5/2021 10:15:00 PM | Football
This is the 117th all-time meeting dating back to 1899
GAME 9
14/13/12 BAYLOR (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) at NR/NR/NR TCU (3-5, 1-4 Big 12)
Nov. 6, 2021 • 2:30 p.m. CT • Watch: FOX and FOX Sports App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App
Fort Worth, Texas • Amon G. Carter Stadium (50,000) • Social Media: @BUFootball | #SicEm
Nov. 6, 2021 • 2:30 p.m. CT • Watch: FOX and FOX Sports App • Listen: ESPN Central Texas & TuneIn App
Fort Worth, Texas • Amon G. Carter Stadium (50,000) • Social Media: @BUFootball | #SicEm
STORY LINES
• Baylor faces in-state rival TCU at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday in Fort Worth. This is the 117th all-time meeting dating back to 1899, the most-played series for either school, and will be televised on FOX.
• BU trails 53-56-7 in the all-time series and 3-6 as Big 12 rivals. Six of the last eight meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points, including each of the last three matchups.
• Baylor's lone loss of the season was on the road at No. 19 Oklahoma State, where the Bears twice had possession down 3 points in the 4th quarter before eventually falling 24-14. • BU has committed only one penalty over its last two games (defensive holding in 4th quarter vs. UT).
• BU scored 21 unanswered to overcome an 11-point 3rd-quarter deficit in a 31-24 win over Texas.
• BU had 534 yards of offense and played its first-ever penalty-free game in the win over No. 19 BYU.
• Baylor has 85 wins since 2011, 2nd-most in the state of Texas behind only Texas A&M (90).
• BU's defense is holding opponents to 10.3 points/game below their scoring averages in all other games.
• BU leads the Big 12 in turnover margin (+0.9, 11th nationally) and interceptions (9, 22nd nationally).
• BU is 1 of 6 teams to hold every opponent below 30 points (BU, UGA, Cincy, Clemson, Iowa, OKST).
• Baylor is 1 of 4 Power-5 teams ranked top-25 nationally in scoring offense and scoring defense (BU, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State). BU is 17th in scoring offense (37.4) and 22nd in scoring defense (19.4).
• Baylor ranks 8th nationally with 14 fourth-down conversions, including 6 times in its own territory.
• BU's offense ranks 5th nationally with 7.10 yards per play and 3rd nationally with 6.02 yards per rush.
• BU is 8th nationally with 237.8 rushing yards per game after ranking 123rd last season (90.3 ypg).
• Baylor's O-Line has allowed 6 sacks, tied for 4th-fewest nationally, including none in the last 3 games.
• Baylor's defense has forced a turnover in 16-consecutive games and the Bears have forced nearly twice as many turnovers (30) as they have allowed (16) in 17 games under Dave Aranda.
• BU is the only team with two players top-20 nationally in rushing yards per carry – Abram Smith (4th, 7.44) and Trestan Ebner (19th, 6.31). Smith is 8th in rushing yards per game (116.3) and 11th in rushing TDs (11).
• Jalen Pitre is the nation's only player with 2+ forced fumbles, 2+ fumble recoveries and 2+ interceptions.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• Baylor became bowl-eligible within the first 7 games of a season for the 6th time in the last 9 seasons. BU has been bowl-eligible 10 times in the last 12 seasons following a 15-season drought (1995-2009).
• BU has two wins against ranked opponents this season (No. 14 Iowa State and No. 19 BYU), marking the first time the Bears have beaten two ranked teams in a season's first 7 games since 1985.
• Six different Baylor players have intercepted passes this season, accounting for a Big 12-best 9 INTs.
• Baylor returned 17 of 22 starters and 54 of 68 letterman from last season's team.
• The Bears welcomed four new assistant coaches for 2021 – Jeff Grimes (Offensive Coordinator/TEs), Eric Mateos (Offensive Line), Chansi Stuckey (Wide Receivers) and Kevin Curtis (Cornerbacks).
• The Bears added a pair of experienced O-Line transfers with Jacob Gall (13 starts at Buffalo) and Grant Miller (16 starts at Vanderbilt). Four members of the O-Line now have a combined 107 career starts.
• BU returned 7 starters on offense, led by OL Connor Galvin and Xavier Newman-Johnson now with 31 starts apiece.
• Baylor's defense returned 10 starters from a unit which allowed only 203.0 passing yards per game last season, second-best in the Big 12. BU has allowed 210.2 passing ypg in 8 games this year (3rd-fewest in Big 12).
• Baylor's five starting defensive backs have a combined 215 career games played and 115 career starts. CB Raleigh Texada has a team-high 37 career starts, including each of the last 31 games.
• BU is playing its 120th season of football and holds a 616-585-44 (.512) all-time record. Baylor has scored in a school-record 182-straight games, doubling the previous record of 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• The Bears are the only team ranked in the Big 12's top-4 in scoring offense (3rd) and scoring defense (2nd).
• BU defeated No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25 for its first ranked win since 2015.
TCU SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor takes on TCU for the 117th time dating back to 1899 on Saturday, the most-played rivalry for both teams.
• TCU leads the series 56-53-7, including a 23-19-1 mark in Fort Worth, but the Bears won the most-recent meeting at Amon G. Carter Stadium with a 29-23 victory in three overtimes in 2019.
• Two of the last three meetings in Fort Worth have gone multiple OTs, with TCU prevailing 28-21 in 2OT in 2015.
• Three of the four matchups in Fort Worth as Big 12 rivals have been within 3 points at the end of regulation.
GRIMES BRINGS RVO TO WACO
• Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has brought RVO to Waco - "Reliable Violent Offense" - an attacking, multiple formation offense that runs a few plays a lot of ways with as much misdirection as any team in the country.
• Baylor's offense ranks 5th nationally in yards per play (7.10), 3rd in yards per rush (6.02), 4th in fewest sacks allowed (6), 9th in fewest interceptions (3), 17th in scoring (37.4) and 19th in pass efficiency (156.54).
• Grimes' 2020 BYU offense finished 3rd nationally in scoring (43.5 ppg) and 7th in total offense (522.2 ypg).
• Joining Grimes in making the move from Provo to Waco was offensive line coach Eric Mateos, who spent the past two seasons at BYU. Mateos' offensive line ranked 8th nationally in 2020 with 1.0 sacks allowed per game, and the Bears currently rank 4th nationally with only 0.75 sacks allowed per game in 2021.
FOURTH DOWN SUCCESS
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with 14 fourth-down conversions, two more than any other team in the league (TTU-12).
• BU is 14-of-20 on fourth downs (72%), the nation's 8th-best conversion rate (min 2.0 attempts per game).
• Baylor has been stopped on 4th-and-3 or less only twice all season (12-of-14 converted).
• The six times Baylor has been stopped on fourth downs have led to only 7 points allowed on the opponents' ensuing drives, while the Bears have turned the 14 conversions into 59 points on their drives.
• BU has gone 6-for-7 on 4th downs in its own territory, converting 4th-and-1 (own 34) at TXST, 4th-and-3 (own 37) vs. TXSO, 4th-and-3 (own 46) at KU, 4th-and-2 (own 45) at OSU, 4th-and-1 (own 34) vs. WVU and 4th-and-1 (own 37) vs. WVU. The only failed attempt in its own territory was 4th-and-4 (own 36) at OSU.
• Out of the 7 fourth-down attempts in its own territory, the six conversions have led to 31 points for Baylor's offense, while the BU defense forced a 3-and-out punt immediately after the lone failed attempt.
BEARS BECAME BOWL-ELIGIBLE ONLY 7 GAMES IN
• Baylor became bowl-eligible 7 games into a season for the 6th time in 9 years since 2013. The Bears accomplished that feat only four times from the end of World War II through 2012 (1949, 1956, 1980, 1985.
• Baylor is now 7-1 or better through its first 8 games for the 5th time in the last 9 seasons (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021). Prior to 2013, Baylor was 7-1 or better through 8 games only 5 times in the program's first 111 seasons (1915, 1916, 1949, 1980, 1985) and went 27-consecutive seasons without doing so (1986-2012).
• Baylor has also started 4-1 or better in Big 12 play for the 5th time in the last 9 seasons. Prior to 2013, BU was 4-1 or better in Big 12 play only once in the league's first 17 seasons (2010).
RANKED IN 9 OF LAST 12 SEASONS
• With its No. 21 ranking in the Sept. 26 AP Top 25, Baylor has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 9 of 12 seasons since 2010, after going 17 years between national rankings (1993-2010).
• The Bears climbed from receiving no votes in the AP poll in any of the first three weeks to No. 21 after their win over No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25. The win was Baylor's first over a ranked opponent since 2015. • Baylor is up to No. 14 in this week's AP Top 25, BU's highest since ranking No. 13 in the final 2019 poll.
COMPLETE NOTES
• Baylor faces in-state rival TCU at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday in Fort Worth. This is the 117th all-time meeting dating back to 1899, the most-played series for either school, and will be televised on FOX.
• BU trails 53-56-7 in the all-time series and 3-6 as Big 12 rivals. Six of the last eight meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points, including each of the last three matchups.
• Baylor's lone loss of the season was on the road at No. 19 Oklahoma State, where the Bears twice had possession down 3 points in the 4th quarter before eventually falling 24-14. • BU has committed only one penalty over its last two games (defensive holding in 4th quarter vs. UT).
• BU scored 21 unanswered to overcome an 11-point 3rd-quarter deficit in a 31-24 win over Texas.
• BU had 534 yards of offense and played its first-ever penalty-free game in the win over No. 19 BYU.
• Baylor has 85 wins since 2011, 2nd-most in the state of Texas behind only Texas A&M (90).
• BU's defense is holding opponents to 10.3 points/game below their scoring averages in all other games.
• BU leads the Big 12 in turnover margin (+0.9, 11th nationally) and interceptions (9, 22nd nationally).
• BU is 1 of 6 teams to hold every opponent below 30 points (BU, UGA, Cincy, Clemson, Iowa, OKST).
• Baylor is 1 of 4 Power-5 teams ranked top-25 nationally in scoring offense and scoring defense (BU, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State). BU is 17th in scoring offense (37.4) and 22nd in scoring defense (19.4).
• Baylor ranks 8th nationally with 14 fourth-down conversions, including 6 times in its own territory.
• BU's offense ranks 5th nationally with 7.10 yards per play and 3rd nationally with 6.02 yards per rush.
• BU is 8th nationally with 237.8 rushing yards per game after ranking 123rd last season (90.3 ypg).
• Baylor's O-Line has allowed 6 sacks, tied for 4th-fewest nationally, including none in the last 3 games.
• Baylor's defense has forced a turnover in 16-consecutive games and the Bears have forced nearly twice as many turnovers (30) as they have allowed (16) in 17 games under Dave Aranda.
• BU is the only team with two players top-20 nationally in rushing yards per carry – Abram Smith (4th, 7.44) and Trestan Ebner (19th, 6.31). Smith is 8th in rushing yards per game (116.3) and 11th in rushing TDs (11).
• Jalen Pitre is the nation's only player with 2+ forced fumbles, 2+ fumble recoveries and 2+ interceptions.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• Baylor became bowl-eligible within the first 7 games of a season for the 6th time in the last 9 seasons. BU has been bowl-eligible 10 times in the last 12 seasons following a 15-season drought (1995-2009).
• BU has two wins against ranked opponents this season (No. 14 Iowa State and No. 19 BYU), marking the first time the Bears have beaten two ranked teams in a season's first 7 games since 1985.
• Six different Baylor players have intercepted passes this season, accounting for a Big 12-best 9 INTs.
• Baylor returned 17 of 22 starters and 54 of 68 letterman from last season's team.
• The Bears welcomed four new assistant coaches for 2021 – Jeff Grimes (Offensive Coordinator/TEs), Eric Mateos (Offensive Line), Chansi Stuckey (Wide Receivers) and Kevin Curtis (Cornerbacks).
• The Bears added a pair of experienced O-Line transfers with Jacob Gall (13 starts at Buffalo) and Grant Miller (16 starts at Vanderbilt). Four members of the O-Line now have a combined 107 career starts.
• BU returned 7 starters on offense, led by OL Connor Galvin and Xavier Newman-Johnson now with 31 starts apiece.
• Baylor's defense returned 10 starters from a unit which allowed only 203.0 passing yards per game last season, second-best in the Big 12. BU has allowed 210.2 passing ypg in 8 games this year (3rd-fewest in Big 12).
• Baylor's five starting defensive backs have a combined 215 career games played and 115 career starts. CB Raleigh Texada has a team-high 37 career starts, including each of the last 31 games.
• BU is playing its 120th season of football and holds a 616-585-44 (.512) all-time record. Baylor has scored in a school-record 182-straight games, doubling the previous record of 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• The Bears are the only team ranked in the Big 12's top-4 in scoring offense (3rd) and scoring defense (2nd).
• BU defeated No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25 for its first ranked win since 2015.
TCU SERIES HISTORY
• Baylor takes on TCU for the 117th time dating back to 1899 on Saturday, the most-played rivalry for both teams.
• TCU leads the series 56-53-7, including a 23-19-1 mark in Fort Worth, but the Bears won the most-recent meeting at Amon G. Carter Stadium with a 29-23 victory in three overtimes in 2019.
• Two of the last three meetings in Fort Worth have gone multiple OTs, with TCU prevailing 28-21 in 2OT in 2015.
• Three of the four matchups in Fort Worth as Big 12 rivals have been within 3 points at the end of regulation.
GRIMES BRINGS RVO TO WACO
• Offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has brought RVO to Waco - "Reliable Violent Offense" - an attacking, multiple formation offense that runs a few plays a lot of ways with as much misdirection as any team in the country.
• Baylor's offense ranks 5th nationally in yards per play (7.10), 3rd in yards per rush (6.02), 4th in fewest sacks allowed (6), 9th in fewest interceptions (3), 17th in scoring (37.4) and 19th in pass efficiency (156.54).
• Grimes' 2020 BYU offense finished 3rd nationally in scoring (43.5 ppg) and 7th in total offense (522.2 ypg).
• Joining Grimes in making the move from Provo to Waco was offensive line coach Eric Mateos, who spent the past two seasons at BYU. Mateos' offensive line ranked 8th nationally in 2020 with 1.0 sacks allowed per game, and the Bears currently rank 4th nationally with only 0.75 sacks allowed per game in 2021.
FOURTH DOWN SUCCESS
• Baylor leads the Big 12 with 14 fourth-down conversions, two more than any other team in the league (TTU-12).
• BU is 14-of-20 on fourth downs (72%), the nation's 8th-best conversion rate (min 2.0 attempts per game).
• Baylor has been stopped on 4th-and-3 or less only twice all season (12-of-14 converted).
• The six times Baylor has been stopped on fourth downs have led to only 7 points allowed on the opponents' ensuing drives, while the Bears have turned the 14 conversions into 59 points on their drives.
• BU has gone 6-for-7 on 4th downs in its own territory, converting 4th-and-1 (own 34) at TXST, 4th-and-3 (own 37) vs. TXSO, 4th-and-3 (own 46) at KU, 4th-and-2 (own 45) at OSU, 4th-and-1 (own 34) vs. WVU and 4th-and-1 (own 37) vs. WVU. The only failed attempt in its own territory was 4th-and-4 (own 36) at OSU.
• Out of the 7 fourth-down attempts in its own territory, the six conversions have led to 31 points for Baylor's offense, while the BU defense forced a 3-and-out punt immediately after the lone failed attempt.
BEARS BECAME BOWL-ELIGIBLE ONLY 7 GAMES IN
• Baylor became bowl-eligible 7 games into a season for the 6th time in 9 years since 2013. The Bears accomplished that feat only four times from the end of World War II through 2012 (1949, 1956, 1980, 1985.
• Baylor is now 7-1 or better through its first 8 games for the 5th time in the last 9 seasons (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021). Prior to 2013, Baylor was 7-1 or better through 8 games only 5 times in the program's first 111 seasons (1915, 1916, 1949, 1980, 1985) and went 27-consecutive seasons without doing so (1986-2012).
• Baylor has also started 4-1 or better in Big 12 play for the 5th time in the last 9 seasons. Prior to 2013, BU was 4-1 or better in Big 12 play only once in the league's first 17 seasons (2010).
RANKED IN 9 OF LAST 12 SEASONS
• With its No. 21 ranking in the Sept. 26 AP Top 25, Baylor has now been ranked in the AP Top 25 in 9 of 12 seasons since 2010, after going 17 years between national rankings (1993-2010).
• The Bears climbed from receiving no votes in the AP poll in any of the first three weeks to No. 21 after their win over No. 14 Iowa State on Sept. 25. The win was Baylor's first over a ranked opponent since 2015. • Baylor is up to No. 14 in this week's AP Top 25, BU's highest since ranking No. 13 in the final 2019 poll.
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