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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Feb. 4, 2025<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">2025 Baylor Football 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;color:black;background:white">Bears to Play Seven Home Games at McLane Stadium<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">or Max Calderone; 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:max_calderone@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">max_calderone@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">or Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, </span><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WACO, Texas --</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor football will play seven home games and is one of just two schools in the
nation to play 11 power-4 conference opponents, as part of its 12-game regular-season schedule, released on Tuesday morning by the Big 12 Conference.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor, fresh off an eight-win season that culminated in a trip to the Kinders Texas Bowl, will face off with seven opponents at McLane Stadium as part of its 2025 schedule.
The Bears will have a pair of idle weeks, hit the road for four conference games and will also face SMU in non-conference play on the road.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nationally, only Baylor and TCU will play 11 power-4 opponents as part of their 2025 schedules.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears open the 2025 season with Auburn on Aug. 30 at McLane Stadium, before hitting the road to face the Mustangs on Sept. 6, a team in their second season in a power-4
conference. Baylor will then host Samford on Sept. 13 to conclude its regular-season, non-conference slate.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Auburn and the Bears will be meeting for the first time since 1976, with BU owning a 2-1-1 series lead with the Tigers. It marks the first meeting for Baylor vs. SMU since
2016, with the Bears owning a 13-game winning streak in the series and looking to improve to 40-36-7 in the all-time series. The Bears are 2-0 all-time vs. Samford and will be meeting for the since time since the 2002 and 2005 seasons.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Conference play opens for Baylor with a home game against defending league champion Arizona State on Sept. 20. Arizona State won the only meeting in the series, in 1990.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor will hit the road to Stillwater, Okla., to face Oklahoma State on Sept. 27 and will then return home to host Kansas State on Oct. 4, before breaking for its first idle
week of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A season-long two-game road swing starts on Oct. 18 at TCU and continues in the Queen City on Oct. 25 at Cincinnati.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears will open a two-game homestand by hosting UCF for Homecoming on Nov. 1, break for an idle week, and then host Utah on Nov. 15 at McLane Stadium.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A trip to Tucson, Ariz., to face Arizona on Nov. 22 and a home clash with Houston on Nov. 29 will conclude the regular-season schedule for the Bears.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">PURCHASE SEASON TICKETS NOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fans can
<a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/signin?continue=%2Fevents%2FFBST">purchase new season tickets online</a>, by phone at 254.710.1000 or in person at the Ferrell Center Ticket Office.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To renew season tickets, fans can lock in early bird pricing for Chairbacks ($475), Bench backs ($425) and Bench seats ($400). To ensure this early bird pricing, fans must
renew by Feb. 13, 2025. Ticket prices will increase after that date. To renew season tickets,
<a href="https://baylorbears.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/GetApps?linkID=baylor&caller=appList">
click here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">After several seasons of flat pricing, a market-based adjustment has been implemented across the stadium for the 2025 season. To balance this measure, Bear Foundation minimum
seat options will not change at this time. New for the 2025 season, a new value-based season ticket for low-demand areas of the stadium has been added. Season ticket prices start at $200, including season tickets on The Dimmitt Garrison Family Berm. To see
full pricing options, <a href="https://app.baylorbears.com/2025BaylorFootball?_ga=2.68338961.1445606770.1738589326-2023497764.1659717568">
click here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">2025 Baylor Football Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Aug. 30 AUBURN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sept. 6 at SMU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sept. 13 SAMFORD [Family Weekend]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sept. 20 ARIZONA STATE *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sept. 27 at Oklahoma State *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Oct. 4 KANSAS STATE *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Oct. 11 idle week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Oct. 18 at TCU *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Oct. 25 at Cincinnati *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nov. 1 UCF * [Homecoming]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nov. 8 idle week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nov. 15 UTAH *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nov. 22 at Arizona *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Nov. 29 HOUSTON *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">HOME games in all caps</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> | * = Big 12 Conference<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">- BaylorBears.com <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
Associate AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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