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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 – October 22, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Football 2020 Schedule Announced</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears to play eight games in Texas, including six at McLane Stadium<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<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><a href="mailto:Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Taylor_Bryan@baylor.edu</span></a><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's 2020 football schedule, which includes a season-opening trip to NRG Stadium in Houston against Ole Miss as well as a Thursday night return
to Lubbock, was announced Tuesday by the Big 12 Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Most notably, Baylor takes on the Rebels in the previously announced 2020 Advocare Texas Kickoff on Sept. 5.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Bears open the 2020 home schedule with three consecutive games at McLane Stadium against Kansas (Sept. 12) in a rare early Big 12 opener, the first-ever meeting with Incarnate Word (Sept. 19) and a visit
from Louisiana Tech (Sept. 26).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On Thursday, Oct. 15, Baylor makes its first visit to Lubbock since 2008 for a rivalry game with Texas Tech in a primetime matchup. BU’s series with the Red Raiders returned to campus sites in 2019 with
a 33-30 double-overtime victory by the Bears in Waco following neutral-site meetings from 2009-18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Other home Big 12 Conference dates include TCU (Oct. 24), Oklahoma State (Nov. 7) and the regular season finale with Kansas State (Nov. 28).
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor plays eight of 12 regular-season games in the state of Texas in 2020, including the opener with Ole Miss, back at the site of the 2018 Texas Bowl victory over Vanderbilt. Other road trips include
the aforementioned Thursday marquee game at Texas Tech and conference matchups at Oklahoma (Oct. 3), Texas (Oct. 31), Iowa State (Nov. 14) and West Virginia (Nov. 21)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The top two finishers in the Big 12 regular season standings will compete for the conference title in the Big 12 Football Championship Game, which is scheduled in 2020 for Saturday, December 5. The championship
game will be played in Arlington, Texas' AT&T Stadium through 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All dates are subject to change. Television selections for the first three weeks of the season and special dates are due to the conference by June 1, 2020. The date for Baylor's 2020 Homecoming celebration
will be designated at a later time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2020 BAYLOR FOOTBALL SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 5 Ole Miss (NRG Stadium – Houston)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 12 Kansas*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 19 Incarnate Word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sept. 26 Louisiana Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 3 at Oklahoma*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 10 OPEN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 15 at Texas Tech*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 24 TCU*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Oct. 31 at Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 7 Oklahoma State*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 14 at Iowa State*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 21 at West Virginia*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nov. 28 Kansas State*<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;color:black">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Taylor Bryan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> | Director of Football Communications & Creative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">C: 254-709-4411 | O: 254-710-3538<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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