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Defense Dominates as Bears Rout UCF on Homecoming, 30-3
11/1/2025 3:28:00 PM | Football
Baylor Holds UCF to Three Points, Fewest Allowed to a Big 12 Team in 19 years
WACO, Texas -- Baylor's defense forced stops on 10 of 11 UCF drives and held the Knights to three points in a 30-3 rout, the fewest allowed by BU against a conference foe since 2006, in a Homecoming win on Saturday at McLane Stadium.
Baylor (5-4, 3-3 Big 12 Conference) jumped out early on UCF (4-4, 1-4 Big 12) with the first 20 points of the game and used a stifling defensive effort to throttle the Knights, forcing four punts, three turnovers on downs and picked off two passes, also mixing in a missed field-goal attempt, to hold UCF without points on 10 of 11 drives in the game.
The Bears allowed just three points – coming in the final 21 seconds of the second half after a BU fumble on its own 27-yard line – which marked the fewest points allowed vs. a Big 12 foe since holding Kansas State to three points in 2006.
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Baylor's defensive unit held UCF – who entered the game averaging 208.1 yards per game on the ground – to just 74 yards rushing and 225 yards of total offense. BU had a pair of interceptions, coming from DJ Coleman and Jacob Redding.
Standout QB Sawyer Robertson threw for 267 yards and three TDs, connecting on 29-of-40 passes, while adding eight yards rushing. Freshman tailback Caden Knighten set career highs in rushes (21) and yards (104).
Michael Trigg shattered Baylor program records for receiving yards in a season and career by a tight end, catching five balls for 82 yards and a TD. He was joined in the end zone by TD catches from Kole Wilson and Josh Cameron. Wilson had five catches for 56 yards and Cameron had a two-yard scoring grab in the first quarter. Ashtyn Hawkins hauled in eight catches for 33 yards.
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Defensively, Cooper Lanz had a sack and safety Devyn Bobby made a team-leading eight stops.
The win marked the second-straight Homecoming win for the Bears and improved Coach Dave Aranda's record to 4-1 in Homecoming games. The Bears have now won 11 of their last 16 games and have nine wins in their last 12 Big 12 contests.
Baylor returns to action on Nov. 15 vs. No. 24/24 Utah at McLane Stadium following an idle week.
The Bears won the toss and took the ball for the first time in 2025 and immediately marched 75 yards on 11 plays, taking 4:11 off the clock for an early 7-0 lead on a Robertson TD toss of 13 yards to Trigg.
After forcing a three-and-out on the first UCF possession, the Bears drove 48 yards on eight plays, with Robertson finding Cameron for a two-yard TD strike for a 14-0 lead with 6:41 left in the first quarter.
A 64-yard drive ended with a 40-yard field goal from Connor Hawkins and a 17-0 lead in the opening seconds of the second quarter.
The Baylor defense forced a fifth consecutive stop of a UCF drive and the Bears drove 48 yards on six plays to connect on a 28-yard field goal from Hawkins for a 20-0 lead.
After a BU fumble in the closing seconds of the first half, UCF got on the board with a 45-yard field goal from Noe Ruelas to cut the lead to 20-3 at the break. The Bears collected 306 yards of total offense in the first half, holding UCF to 125 yards.
The Bears added a 41-yard field goal from Hawkins with 4:28 left in the third quarter for a 23-3 lead, which capped a 13-play, 42-yard drive.
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After a Jacob Redding interception was returned to the seven-yard line and the Bears punched it in with a nine-yard toss from Robertson to Wilson to put the game at 30-3 with 6:04 left in the game.
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