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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – August 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BAYLOR FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES HOME-AND-HOME WITH AUBURN<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears add Power 5 out-of-conference opponent</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Taylor Bryan, 254-709-4411,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu">Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WACO, Texas – </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor football will face Auburn in 2025 and 2026 following the signing of a two-year game contract, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate
Athletics Mack Rhoades, IV, announced Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“We are excited to announce a home-and-home series with Auburn,” Rhoades said. “This is an exciting opportunity for our student-athletes to compete against a tradition-rich Power 5 opponent and for our fans
to enjoy games against a top out-of-conference team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“One of our goals is to provide a challenging schedule each and every season. Non-conference games like these, in addition to the Big 12’s true round-robin conference schedule, will help us continue to put
our teams in position to compete for championships.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears will welcome Southeastern Conference member Auburn to McLane Stadium on August 30, 2025, to open the season and begin the home-and-home agreement. The following season, the series will continue
at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala. on Sept. 5, 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The two programs have met four times with Baylor holding a 2-1-1 advantage all-time. The most recent meeting was a 15-14 Baylor victory in 1976. The first-ever matchup came in the 1954 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville,
Fla.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The series with Auburn joins previously announced notable home-and-home dates with BYU (2021-22) and Utah (2023-24).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Additionally, Baylor has finalized dates for three upcoming games with Texas State. Baylor will travel to San Marcos on Sept. 4, 2021, before hosting the Bobcats on Sept. 17, 2022, and Sept. 2, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor opens the 2018 season against Abilene Christian Sept. 1 at McLane Stadium. Season tickets and mini-plans can be purchased by contacting the Baylor Ticket Office at 254-710-1000 or online at
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com/BThere/">www.BaylorBears.com/BThere/</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">FUTURE BAYLOR SCHEDULES<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aug. 31 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 7 UTSA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 21 at Rice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 12 LOUISIANA TECH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 19 INCARNATE WORD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 4 at Texas State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 16 BYU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 3 LOUISIANA TECH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 10 at BYU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 17 TEXAS STATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 2 TEXAS STATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 9 UTAH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 16 at Louisiana Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 14 at Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Aug. 30 AUBURN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2026<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 5 at Auburn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Taylor Bryan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> | Director of Football Communications & Creative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-4411 | O: 254-710-3538<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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