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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 5, 2024<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">No. 16/16 Iowa State Remains Unbeaten, Rallies Past Bears in Ames
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Baylor Saw QB Sawyer Robertson Throw Three TDs<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For more information contact: </b>Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651,
<a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</a><u> </u> or Max Calderone; 254-265-1639,
<a href="mailto:max_calderone@baylor.edu">max_calderone@baylor.edu</a> or Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720,
<a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>By Jerry Hill, BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>AMES, Iowa -- </b>Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson threw for 258 yards and matched his career high with three touchdowns, but 16th-ranked Iowa State overcame an early double-digit deficit to hand the Bears their third-straight loss,
43-21, Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Against an Iowa State (5-0, 2-0) defense that had allowed 29 points all year, Robertson threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns in the first half to give the Bears (2-4, 0-3) the early 14-3 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal">But after Robertson found Ketron Jackson for a 25-yard TD pass and a 21-19 lead early in the third quarter, the Cyclones scored 24 unanswered points to pull away late for the win.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Eastern Michigan transfer Jaylon Jackson rushed for 107 yards on 15 carries and scored on second-half touchdown runs of 10 and 20 yards to spark an Iowa State offense that piled up 542 yards. Quarterback Rocco Becht was 16-of-25 for 277
yards and two touchdowns with one interception. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scoring touchdowns on each of their first two possessions, the Bears took a surprising 14-3 lead on the Cyclones early in the second quarter.
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<p class="MsoNormal">After the defense made a fourth-down stop in the red zone, Robertson engineered a nine-play 84-yard drive, connecting with Hal Presley for 31 yards and running back Bryson Washington for 23 and then hitting Josh Cameron for the four-yard
TD pass. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Cyclones got on the board with a 45-yard field goal by Kyle Konrady, but Baylor answered with an impressive 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive that included a 15-yard pass-interference penalty on Iowa State.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Facing third-and-7 from the 8-yard line, Robertson rolled to his left and found a wide-open Michael Trigg in the end zone for the Ole Miss transfer’s second touchdown catch of the season and seventh of his career. Isaiah Hankins’ extra
point gave the Bears a 14-3 lead with 13:46 left in the half. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Iowa State capitalized on an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and a kick out of bounds to march 30 yards in eight plays and tack on another Konrady field goal, this time from 38 yards out.
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<p class="MsoNormal">After the Cyclones’ first defensive stop of the day, Iowa State struck quickly with a five-play, 84-yard drive and converted on third-and-goal with a 10-yard pass from Rocco Becht to tight end Benjamin Brahmer, cutting the deficit to 14-12.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Turning in the biggest play of the game, Iowa State’s Myles Mendeszoon blocked a Parker Williams punt and Caden Matson scooped it up and scored from 25 yards out to give Iowa State the 19-14 lead.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Cyclones threatened late in the half, but edge rusher Garmon Randolph dropped in coverage and picked off a Becht pass at the goal line.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Baylor will have a bye next week before facing Texas Tech (4-1, 2-0) on Oct. 19 in Lubbock, with kickoff time and TV schedule announced later.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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