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Texas 45, Baylor 21 - FINAL
Friday, November 7, 2008
Brad Sheffield
2:55 p.m. -- It's over here in Austin. The No. 4 Texas Longhorns down Baylor 45-21 to drop Baylor to 3-7 (1-5) overall.
Baylor will next host Texas A&M Nov. 15 for the final home game of the season. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. CST.
2:25 p.m. -- Two plays after a 49-yard kickoff return by Mikail Baker, Jay Finley rushed in from 40 yards our to put Baylor over the 200 yard rushing mark for the game.
1:50 p.m. -- Colt McCoy just passed for his fifth touchdown of the game as the Longhorns just took a 42-14 lead with 2:59 left in the third quarter.
On the first play from scrimmage, Robert Griffin sprinted around the right side for a 63-yard run to set Baylor up with a first and 10 from the Texas 11-yard line.
After a 10-yard clipping call and a sack on third and long, Baylor failed to convert on fourth down and turned the ball over on downs.
With the 107 yards rushing on the day, Griffin now has four 100-yard career rushing games.
12:45 p.m. -- After a Baylor three and out, Texas marched 75 yards in just under four minutes to push its lead to 35-14 on its opening possession of the second half.
The drive was capped off by a 40-yard touchdown pass from Colt McCoy to Brandon Collins.
Texas 28, Baylor 14 - Halftime
Friday, November 7, 2008
Brad Sheffield
12:45 p.m. -- Just minutes after rallying to tie the game at 14-14, Baylor finds itself down 28-14.
After a 22-yard interception return for the Longhorns, Texas drove 75 yards on five plays to go up by 14 with just under two minutes remaining until the half.
12:05 p.m. -- Baylor rode the arm of Robert Griffin and the feet of Kendall Wright to a 96-yard drive to tie the game at 14 all.
Wright accounted for 90 of the 96 yards of the drive. It was the second-longest pass play of the season for Griffin and the longest career reception for Wright.
12:05 p.m. -- Taking advantage of a Krys Buerck interception return to the six-yard line, Baylor got on board with a one yard by Robert Griffin. Ben Parks adds the PAT to trim the Texas lead to 14-7 with 13 minutes left in the first half.
11:45 a.m. --Texas again moves the ball right down the field and caps off a 11-play drive with a one yard touchdown pass to Greg Smith to put the Longhorns up 14-0 with over four minutes remaining in the first quarter.
Colt McCoy is currently 11-of-14 with 112 yards and two scores, but took a pretty good hit on that last touchdown pass.
11:25 a.m. -- Texas convert on two separate third and long conversions, the second conversion a 35-yard touchdown pass to Quan Cosby to give Texas an early 7-0 lead.
Opponents came into the game converted nearly 50 percent of its third down opportunities.
Baylor vs. Texas, Pre-Game
Friday, November 7, 2008
Brad Sheffield
10:30 a.m. -- We're nearing the 30-minute mark until kickoff and there is not a lack of things to do here in the press box.
We've already enjoyed several delicious breakfast burritos, said hello to Texas play-by-play guy Craig Way and are currently watching a very entertaining episode of Strawberry Shortcake on the plasma screen set up in front of us. Oh no. I've got to go. Care Bears is now coming on.
Seriously, we are really watching Care Bears.
AWESOME!
10:10 a.m. -- Good morning from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin. Myself along with three other members of the Athletic Media Relations staff made the 100 mile trek south early this morning for this 11:10 a.m. kickoff.
Baylor is looking for its first victory in Austin since the '91 season when the Bears defeated Texas 21-11.
This is a little different looking venue than what Baylor played in during the early 90's. In fact, it's much different than the last time Baylor visited Austin in 2006. DKR Memorial Stadium has undergone major renovations including adding an upper deck, club seating and an academic center to the north end zone that debuted at the beginning of this season.
The expansion has increased the stadium' capacity to 94,113 - an increase of 6,500 seats - and added over 2,000 club seats and 47 suites. It's all part of a 176.5 million stadium renovation plan.
Baylor returns to action Saturday, Nov. 8, traveling to Austin, Texas, to face fifth-ranked Texas. Kickoff between the Bears and Longhorns is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. CST at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on the Texas campus. The game will be televised nationally on FSN. This is the Bears' seventh televised game this season.
The Bears (3-6, 1-4 Big 12) have lost three straight after a 31-28 loss to then-No. 14 Missouri at home last Saturday. Baylor is 0-3 on the road this season; the Bears have lost seven straight on the road overall and nine straight road games in Big 12 play.
The Longhorns (8-1, 4-1 Big 12) suffered their first loss of the season last Saturday, falling 39-33 on a last-second touchdown at then-No. 6 Texas Tech. Texas is 5-0 at home this season with wins over Florida Atlantic (52-10), Rice (52-10), Arkansas (52-10), Missouri (56-31) and Oklahoma State (28-24). The Horns are ranked fifth nationally in this week's Associated Press Top 25, seventh in the USA Today Coaches Poll and fourth in the BCS standings.
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