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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 – Sept. 13, 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">Bears Rolls Past Samford, 42-7, on Saturday at McLane</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">Baylor Hosts No. 24 Arizona State to Open Conference Play Next Week
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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"> 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">;
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">or Matt Roberts; 254-227-2280, </span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">WM_Roberts@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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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"> Bryson Washington rushed for 135 yards and two TDs, leading Baylor football to a
42-7 win over Samford in its non-conference, regular-season finale on Saturday at McLane Stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Washington, a preseason All-America who shattered the freshman rushing record in 2024, toted it 21 times for 135 yards and a pair of scores, adding an 11-yard catch. His eighth
100+ yard rushing game – which ranks sixth-most in BU history – in 17 career outings came in consecutive games, also toting it 31 times for 115 yards and two scores in a win at No. 17 SMU. Over his career, Washington has rushed for 1,377 yards and 16 TDs,
ranking 31<sup>st</sup> in program history. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor (2-1) opened up a quick two-TD lead in the opening minutes of the game and grew the advantage to 35-7 at halftime, allowing the Bears to roll past Samford (0-3) with
a fourth-quarter TD for the final margin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears, ranked No. 13 nationally in total offense and No. 1 in passing offense, rolled to 468 yards of total offense, including 223 on the ground and 245 passing. Baylor
stymied Samford to just 195 yards, including 95 on the ground and 100 passing, including 68 yards in the second half.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears will return to action on Saturday, hosting No. 24 Arizona State in their Big 12 Conference lid-lifter at 6:30 p.m. on FOX and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Defensively, the Bears pulled in four takeaways, including three interceptions. Kaleb Burns, Micah Gifford and LeVar Thornton each intercepted passes, marking the first of
the careers for Burns and Gifford. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Standout QB Sawyer Robertson threw for three TDs on 23-of-37 passing for 211 yards in 3.5 quarters of football. He has now thrown for 10 TDs through three games, accumulating
1,070 yards. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Robertson found Josh Cameron, Kobe Prentice and Louis Brown IV for TD strikes, finding 12 different players for receptions, including eight players with multiple catches. Cameron
had four grabs for 39 yards, Prentice had four catches for 16 yards, Brown added three catches for 34 yards. Ashtyn Hawkins had three catches for 42 yards.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Travion Barnes led the defense with six stops, with the Bears also getting sacks from Gifford and Emar’rion Winston. Keaton Thomas, the nation’s leader in tackles, had his
streak of 10+ tackle games snapped with five stops. <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 a quick three-and-out to open the game from the Baylor defense, Placide Djungu-Sungu blocked the ensuing punt, setting the Bears up on the Samford 28-yard line. It took
four plays for Washington to punch it in for his third TD 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">The Bears forced another punt from the Bulldogs and took the next scoring drive 82 yards on five plays, capped by a Robertson to Cameron 10-yard scoring strike for a quick
14-0 lead with just over five minutes off the clock. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Samford got on the board with a 10-play, 80-yard drive that saw running back C.J. Evans execute a 12-yard throwback for a TD to Torrey Ward.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Bears pushed the lead to 21-7 with a 14-play, 82-yard drive, with Robertson and Prentice connecting on a 12-yard TD with 8:51 left in the first half.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">A pair of scores in the final four minutes of the second quarter stretched the lead to 35-7, including a five-yard TD from Washington and a one-yard score from Knighten. At
the break, Baylor held a 252-127 lead in yardage, with 98 yards rushing and 154 yards passing.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">After a scoreless third quarter, the Bears got a Robertson to Brown TD strike from 10 yards out to take the lead to 42-7 with 11:40 left in regulation. The score completed
a 14-play, 88-yard drive that marked the last with the starting lineup in the game.
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