Saturday, September 27
Stillwater, Okla.
2:30 p.m.
Baylor
at
Oklahoma State
FB Travels to Face Oklahoma State
9/21/2025 1:48:00 PM | Football
WACO, Texas -- Baylor football will look to extend its Big 12 Conference road winning streak to four games with its 2025 league road opener on Saturday, traveling to face Oklahoma State. Kickoff is slated for 2:30 p.m. with the game televised live on ESPN2 and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
Baylor (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) is coming off a 27-24 loss to the defending league champions, Arizona State, on Saturday in McLane Stadium that saw the Devils boot a walk-off field goal from 43 yards out.
SCOUTING THE COWBOYS
• Oklahoma State comes into the game with the Bears sporting a 1-2 record, with consecutive losses to Oregon (69-3) and Tulsa (19-12), with a win over UT Martin to open the year.
• OSU averages 14 points, 324.3 yards, 172.3 yards passing and 152 yards rushing as a team early in the year. Opponents are scoring 31.7 points, with 426.7 yards, including 215.7 passing and 211 rushing yards per game.
• QB Zane Flores is 45-for-79 with two interceptions an no TDs for 417 yards. QB Hauss Hejny is 5-for-10 for 96 yards and a score. Gavin Freeman leads the team with nine catches for 84 yards and a score, while Terrill Davis has seven catches for 115 yards. Rodney Fields Jr. has toted it 27 times for 143 yards, while Kalib Hicks has 35 carries for 119 yards.
• Defensively, Brandon Rawls and Bryan McCoy Jr. each have 26 tackles to lead the team and Wendell Gregory paces the club with three sacks.
• The Boys are coached by legendary OSU figure Mike Gundy, a former OSU QB who is in his 21st year as the head coach. He has led OSU to eight seasons with 10+ wins, a Big 12 Championship in 2011 and top-10 finishes in the AP poll in 11 of his 19 years. Gundy served as the QB coach and pass-game coordinator at Baylor in 1996.
• One of the best defensive minds in college football, Todd Grantham leads the OSU defense and is in his first year. He previously carved out his reputation as the DC at Florida (2018-21), Mississippi State (2017), Louisville (2014-16), Georgia (2010-13) and the Cleveland Browns (2010-13). Doug Meacham is in his first year as the OC and his second stint on the staff of Gundy. He was the OC previously at TCU (2014-16, 2021), Kansas (2017-18), Houston (2013) and Samford (2002-04).
• Chad Weiberg has been the AD at OSU since July of 2021, when he was elevated from Deputy AD. The Chair of Big 12 ADs in 2023-24, Weiberg is a 1994 and 2022 OSU graduate who served as director of sales and donor relations at OSU until 1999, before serving as senior director of field operations for the OSU Alumni Association from 1999-02. He was director of development for the OSU Foundation and College of Business Administration from 2002-03 before moving on as Director of Corporate Relations and Director of Major Gifts for Kansas State athletics in 2005. He was senior associate AD for development until 2015, when he left for the Deputy AD role at Texas Tech, before returning as Deputy at OSU in 2017. Weiberg's uncle, Kevin was previously the commissioner of the Big 12.
• Reid Sigmon is the sport administrator for football and is the Deputy AD since 2021. He has worked in finance at athletics programs, including Tennessee, the College Football Playoff, and previously worked as the Director of Stadium Development and Event Operations for the Cleveland Browns. Sigmond worked at Kansas State as COO from 2009-13.
ASU CLIPS BAYLOR IN LEAGUE LID-LIFTER
• BU fell in its conference opener, 27-24, as the defending champion Arizona State drilled a 43-yard FG as time expired.
• The Bears rallied to tie the game with a 64-yard drive with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter, with Sawyer Robertson finding Michael Trigg for a 33-yard TD to not the game at 24-24. ASU then drove 49-yards on 11 plays over the final 1:52, boosted by a 15-yard penalty that pushed the Devils into field goal range.
• Robertson threw for 250 yards and three TDs, finding Trigg for a pair of scores, and Kole Wilson for a third.
• Bryson Washington rushed 17 times for 111 yards, his third straight 100+ yard game and the ninth of his career.
SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma State owns a 23-20 all-time lead in the series with the Bears, owning a 14-7 lead in the series in games played in Stillwater. Baylor won in 2023, using an overpowering rushing attack to best the Cowboys in Waco.
• The two teams met twice in 2021, with the Cowboys winning the regular-season meeting in Stillwater, Okla., before the Bears sprung the Big 12 Conference title-game win over the Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, 21-16.
• Baylor has won four of the last seven meetings in the series and seven of the last 11.
LAST TWO MEETINGS
• Baylor kept a furious run attack going in its second consecutive win, running over Oklahoma State in a homecoming 38-28 win at McLane Stadium in 2024.
• The Bears rolled to 565 yards of total offense, including 343 on the ground while averaging nine yards per carry in the win. It marked the second consecutive game with 500+ yards of total offense, a first since 2021, and the most rushing yards vs. a Big 12 foe since 2016.
• The teams traded 17 points in the first half but the Bears came out with a third-quarter TD drive with just over eight minutes left to take a 24-17 lead, later holding an OSU drive to a field goal as the lead was cut to four. The Bears responded with a 41-yard TD scamper from QB Sawyer Robertson for an 11-point lead and after an 11-play, 75-yard drive from the Boys, Baylor answered with a 75-yard scoring drive on just four plays, finished off with a Dawson Pendergrass run to take a 38-28 lead with 3:06 left in the game.
• Pendergrass had six carries for 142 yards and a TD, averaging 23.7 yards per carry. Bryson Washington chipped in 17 carries for 78 yards and Robertson had eight carries for 73 yards. Richard Reese added six carries for 52 yards. Robertson threw for 222 yards and three scores, finding Ashtyn Hawkins, Hal Presley and Matthew Klopfenstein for TDs.
• No. 16/14 Baylor fell behind 23-3 early in the third quarter to No. 9/7 Oklahoma State but couldn't overcome the hole during a furious rally that saw BU cut the lead to a one-score game later in the quarter, falling 36-25 in 2022 to the Cowboys in a rematch of the 2021 Big 12 Conference Championship Game.
• Baylor found itself down 23-3 after allowing a kickoff returned for a touchdown early in the third quarter but responded with 14 straight points to cut the lead to 23-17. OSU answered with a 50 yard kickoff return on the ensuing possession and took two plays to regain a 30-17 lead. The lead grew to 33-17 before Baylor got a 70-yard TD strike from Blake Shapen to Monaray Baldwin - their second TD connection of the game - with a two-point conversion cutting it to an eight-point game with 2:14 left in the third quarter.
2021 INSTANT CLASSIC
• Baylor posted a thrilling 21-16 win over Oklahoma State to win the Big 12 Conference Championship game in 2021 in Arlington.
• The Bears - ranked No. 9 - edged the 11-win Cowboys, ranked No. 5, in a heart-racing affair that saw OSU get four shots at the go-ahead score in the final seconds of the game from the two-yard line. OSU's final attempt saw Jairon McVea make a TD-saving tackle of Dezmon Jackson, inches from the goal line to secure the win.
• Baylor intercepted all-conference QB Spencer Sanders four times in the game - after forcing Sanders into three picks in the regular-season meeting - and held the Cowboys to three short-range field goals in three other trips inside the 10-yard line as a defense stiffened when needed.
• Then-freshman QB Blake Shapen turned in a performance for the ages in relief of injured starter Gerry Bohanon, setting a Big 12 Championship record by completing his first 17 pass attempts. He was named the Most Outstanding Player after going 23 for 28 with 180 yards and three TDs, also featuring a 28-yard scamper in the third quarter.
• The Bears owned a 21-3 lead midway in the second quarter after TD passes from Shapen to Ben Sims, Drew Estrada and Tyquan Thornton. The Cowboys chipped away with a second and third field goal and a TD run from Dominic Richardson with the game coming down to the fourth-down stop on the goalline from McVea.
• Abram Smith carried it 17 times for 63 yards, with Trestan Ebner toting it five times for 17 yards. Thornton had six catches for 71 yards.
Baylor (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) is coming off a 27-24 loss to the defending league champions, Arizona State, on Saturday in McLane Stadium that saw the Devils boot a walk-off field goal from 43 yards out.
SCOUTING THE COWBOYS
• Oklahoma State comes into the game with the Bears sporting a 1-2 record, with consecutive losses to Oregon (69-3) and Tulsa (19-12), with a win over UT Martin to open the year.
• OSU averages 14 points, 324.3 yards, 172.3 yards passing and 152 yards rushing as a team early in the year. Opponents are scoring 31.7 points, with 426.7 yards, including 215.7 passing and 211 rushing yards per game.
• QB Zane Flores is 45-for-79 with two interceptions an no TDs for 417 yards. QB Hauss Hejny is 5-for-10 for 96 yards and a score. Gavin Freeman leads the team with nine catches for 84 yards and a score, while Terrill Davis has seven catches for 115 yards. Rodney Fields Jr. has toted it 27 times for 143 yards, while Kalib Hicks has 35 carries for 119 yards.
• Defensively, Brandon Rawls and Bryan McCoy Jr. each have 26 tackles to lead the team and Wendell Gregory paces the club with three sacks.
• The Boys are coached by legendary OSU figure Mike Gundy, a former OSU QB who is in his 21st year as the head coach. He has led OSU to eight seasons with 10+ wins, a Big 12 Championship in 2011 and top-10 finishes in the AP poll in 11 of his 19 years. Gundy served as the QB coach and pass-game coordinator at Baylor in 1996.
• One of the best defensive minds in college football, Todd Grantham leads the OSU defense and is in his first year. He previously carved out his reputation as the DC at Florida (2018-21), Mississippi State (2017), Louisville (2014-16), Georgia (2010-13) and the Cleveland Browns (2010-13). Doug Meacham is in his first year as the OC and his second stint on the staff of Gundy. He was the OC previously at TCU (2014-16, 2021), Kansas (2017-18), Houston (2013) and Samford (2002-04).
• Chad Weiberg has been the AD at OSU since July of 2021, when he was elevated from Deputy AD. The Chair of Big 12 ADs in 2023-24, Weiberg is a 1994 and 2022 OSU graduate who served as director of sales and donor relations at OSU until 1999, before serving as senior director of field operations for the OSU Alumni Association from 1999-02. He was director of development for the OSU Foundation and College of Business Administration from 2002-03 before moving on as Director of Corporate Relations and Director of Major Gifts for Kansas State athletics in 2005. He was senior associate AD for development until 2015, when he left for the Deputy AD role at Texas Tech, before returning as Deputy at OSU in 2017. Weiberg's uncle, Kevin was previously the commissioner of the Big 12.
• Reid Sigmon is the sport administrator for football and is the Deputy AD since 2021. He has worked in finance at athletics programs, including Tennessee, the College Football Playoff, and previously worked as the Director of Stadium Development and Event Operations for the Cleveland Browns. Sigmond worked at Kansas State as COO from 2009-13.
ASU CLIPS BAYLOR IN LEAGUE LID-LIFTER
• BU fell in its conference opener, 27-24, as the defending champion Arizona State drilled a 43-yard FG as time expired.
• The Bears rallied to tie the game with a 64-yard drive with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter, with Sawyer Robertson finding Michael Trigg for a 33-yard TD to not the game at 24-24. ASU then drove 49-yards on 11 plays over the final 1:52, boosted by a 15-yard penalty that pushed the Devils into field goal range.
• Robertson threw for 250 yards and three TDs, finding Trigg for a pair of scores, and Kole Wilson for a third.
• Bryson Washington rushed 17 times for 111 yards, his third straight 100+ yard game and the ninth of his career.
SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma State owns a 23-20 all-time lead in the series with the Bears, owning a 14-7 lead in the series in games played in Stillwater. Baylor won in 2023, using an overpowering rushing attack to best the Cowboys in Waco.
• The two teams met twice in 2021, with the Cowboys winning the regular-season meeting in Stillwater, Okla., before the Bears sprung the Big 12 Conference title-game win over the Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, 21-16.
• Baylor has won four of the last seven meetings in the series and seven of the last 11.
LAST TWO MEETINGS
• Baylor kept a furious run attack going in its second consecutive win, running over Oklahoma State in a homecoming 38-28 win at McLane Stadium in 2024.
• The Bears rolled to 565 yards of total offense, including 343 on the ground while averaging nine yards per carry in the win. It marked the second consecutive game with 500+ yards of total offense, a first since 2021, and the most rushing yards vs. a Big 12 foe since 2016.
• The teams traded 17 points in the first half but the Bears came out with a third-quarter TD drive with just over eight minutes left to take a 24-17 lead, later holding an OSU drive to a field goal as the lead was cut to four. The Bears responded with a 41-yard TD scamper from QB Sawyer Robertson for an 11-point lead and after an 11-play, 75-yard drive from the Boys, Baylor answered with a 75-yard scoring drive on just four plays, finished off with a Dawson Pendergrass run to take a 38-28 lead with 3:06 left in the game.
• Pendergrass had six carries for 142 yards and a TD, averaging 23.7 yards per carry. Bryson Washington chipped in 17 carries for 78 yards and Robertson had eight carries for 73 yards. Richard Reese added six carries for 52 yards. Robertson threw for 222 yards and three scores, finding Ashtyn Hawkins, Hal Presley and Matthew Klopfenstein for TDs.
• No. 16/14 Baylor fell behind 23-3 early in the third quarter to No. 9/7 Oklahoma State but couldn't overcome the hole during a furious rally that saw BU cut the lead to a one-score game later in the quarter, falling 36-25 in 2022 to the Cowboys in a rematch of the 2021 Big 12 Conference Championship Game.
• Baylor found itself down 23-3 after allowing a kickoff returned for a touchdown early in the third quarter but responded with 14 straight points to cut the lead to 23-17. OSU answered with a 50 yard kickoff return on the ensuing possession and took two plays to regain a 30-17 lead. The lead grew to 33-17 before Baylor got a 70-yard TD strike from Blake Shapen to Monaray Baldwin - their second TD connection of the game - with a two-point conversion cutting it to an eight-point game with 2:14 left in the third quarter.
2021 INSTANT CLASSIC
• Baylor posted a thrilling 21-16 win over Oklahoma State to win the Big 12 Conference Championship game in 2021 in Arlington.
• The Bears - ranked No. 9 - edged the 11-win Cowboys, ranked No. 5, in a heart-racing affair that saw OSU get four shots at the go-ahead score in the final seconds of the game from the two-yard line. OSU's final attempt saw Jairon McVea make a TD-saving tackle of Dezmon Jackson, inches from the goal line to secure the win.
• Baylor intercepted all-conference QB Spencer Sanders four times in the game - after forcing Sanders into three picks in the regular-season meeting - and held the Cowboys to three short-range field goals in three other trips inside the 10-yard line as a defense stiffened when needed.
• Then-freshman QB Blake Shapen turned in a performance for the ages in relief of injured starter Gerry Bohanon, setting a Big 12 Championship record by completing his first 17 pass attempts. He was named the Most Outstanding Player after going 23 for 28 with 180 yards and three TDs, also featuring a 28-yard scamper in the third quarter.
• The Bears owned a 21-3 lead midway in the second quarter after TD passes from Shapen to Ben Sims, Drew Estrada and Tyquan Thornton. The Cowboys chipped away with a second and third field goal and a TD run from Dominic Richardson with the game coming down to the fourth-down stop on the goalline from McVea.
• Abram Smith carried it 17 times for 63 yards, with Trestan Ebner toting it five times for 17 yards. Thornton had six catches for 71 yards.
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