Bears Run Over Oklahoma State in Homecoming, 38-28

[Ingram, Brent]

BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 26, 2024

Bears Run Over Oklahoma State in Homecoming, 38-28
Baylor Rolls to 565 Yards Offense, 343 on the Ground, in 10-point Win

For more information contact: Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, brent_ingram at baylor.edu<mailto:brent_ingram at baylor.edu>  or Max Calderone; 254-265-1639, max_calderone at baylor.edu<mailto:max_calderone at baylor.edu> or Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,  josie_hutton at baylor.edu<mailto:josie_hutton at baylor.edu>

By Jerry Hill, BaylorBears.com

WACO, Texas -- Sawyer Robertson threw for 222 yards and three touchdowns and added a 41-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to help the Baylor Bears knock off the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 38-28, Saturday before a Homecoming crowd of 44,987 at McLane Stadium.

Tied 17-17 at the half, Baylor (4-4, 2-3) took the lead for good when Robertson found Ashtyn Hawkins for a 33-yard touchdown pass over cornerback Korie Black and then put together an eight-play, 95-yard scoring drive in the fourth quarter that included two passes to Hawkins and the 41-yard scamper.

Including a career-high 142 yards by sophomore running back Dawson Pendergrass, the Bears rushed for 343 yards – their first 300-yard game since 307 versus Kansas in 2021. Pendergrass capped the scoring with a 55-yard TD run when he was pushed forward by left tackle Sidney Fugar.

That was a four-play scoring drive after OSU (3-5, 0-5) got within three on a three-yard touchdown run by Ollie Gordon and his two-point conversion pass to Brennan Presley, who had a monster game with 15 catches for 183 yards.

The defense came up with the final nail in the Cowboys’ coffin with the first-career interception by LeVar Thornton with 1:22 left in the game. Baylor also came up with another turnover early in the second quarter when Matt Jones forced a Gordon fumble that Steve Linton recovered at the 1-yard line.

Baylor had drives of 99 and 95 yards and piled up 565 yards total offense, the first time the Bears have had back-to-back 500-plus-yard games since West Virginia and BYU in 2021.

In a back-and-forth first half where neither team led by more than seven, the Cowboys got on the board first with a 45-yard field goal by Logan Ward five minutes into the game.

Baylor answered right back, Hal Presley hauling in a career-long 53-yard pass to set up a 30-yard field goal by Isaiah Hankins that tied it up at 3-3.

The Bears wasted a golden scoring opportunity, starting at the Cowboys’ 23-yard line after a Josh Cameron punt return and a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, when Robertson was picked off near the end zone.

But Robertson came back to throw TD passes of 12 yards to Presley and a one-yarder to tight end Matthew Klopfenstein for the sophomore’s first-career touchdown.

OSU tied it up at 17-17 late in the half on a two-yard TD run by Gordon, who was held to 77 yards on 18 carries (4.3-yard average).

Alan Bowman threw for 359 yards and one touchdown, but was also sacked three times after the Cowboys gave up just four sacks total through the first seven games.

For the Bears’ potent rushing attack, Bryson Washington added 78 yards on 17 carries, Robertson finished with 73 yards on eight attempts and Richard Reese chipped in with 52 yards on just six totes.

Baylor will return to McLane Stadium to host TCU (5-2, 3-2) at 7 p.m. next Saturday in a “Black Out” game that will be televised by ESPN2. The Frogs came back from a 17-point second-half deficit to defeat Texas Tech, 35-34.

- BaylorBears.com -



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Brent Ingram | Associate AD for Communications
Baseball Sport Program Administrator
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 210-845-8651

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