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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 Oct. 19, 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">Baylor Travels to Face No. 21 Cincinnati on Saturday</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 Kickoff in Queen City at 3 p.m. CT<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"> 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"> Baylor football will conclude a two-game road swing with a 3 p.m. CT kickoff at No.
21 Cincinnati on Saturday at Nippert Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and the Baylor Sports Media Network.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor (4-3, 2-2 Big 12 Conference) will face off with Cincinnati (6-1, 4-0 Big 12) for the second time in series history, with Baylor winning the last meeting, in 2023 at
Nippert Stadium. <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">STORY LINES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor continues a two-game road swing, traveling to face No. 24/24 Cincinnati on Saturday in the Queen City.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> The Bears will be looking for their second top-25 win of the year, also besting No. 17/16 SMU in non-conference play in 2025.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor has won eight of its last 10 Big 12 Conference games, dating back to a 2024 six-game win streak to conclude the year. The Bears have won 10 of their last 14 games,
with lone losses to Auburn, LSU, TCU and defending league champion Arizona State on a walk-off field goal.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> QB Sawyer Robertson is the nations leading returner in QBR (83.7), after ranking fifth nationally last year. Robertson slung 28 TDs and threw for 3,071 yards in his first
season as a near full-time starter, taking over in week 3. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Robertson leads the nation in passing yards (2,376), passing TDs (21), passing yards per game (339.4) and total points responsible for (138).
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> RB Bryson Washington ranks 34th nationally in rushing yards and 40th in rushing TDs, all while only averaging 16.1 carries per game while battling injury.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Punter Palmer Williams led the nation in punting among those who punted at least 2.5 times per game in 2024. He booted it 43 times for a 49.3 yard average, the best in school
history in 2024. In 2025, Williams has punted 17 times for a 49 yard average with eight punts inside the 20-yard line and nine for 50+ yards.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> LB Keaton Thomas made 114 tackles last year, and enters the season as a preseason All-American, and is on the watch list for the Butkus, Nagurski and Bednarik Awards.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Coach Dave Aranda is in his sixth season leading the Bears and his second season as the defensive play caller and primary inside linebackers coach.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Offensive Coordinator Jake Spavital is back for year two after resurrecting the offensive fireworks in Waco in 2024. Matthew Powledge is in his third year as the defensive
coordinator. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor has been credited as playing the nations toughest non-conference schedule according to On3, facing Auburn and No. 16 SMU in consecutive weeks to open the year.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> WR Kobe Prentice has 19 catches in 2025 with six going for touchdowns.<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">SCOUTING THE BEARCATS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> The Bearcats come into the matchup with Baylor with a 6-1 record and a 4-0 mark in conference play in 2025, their third year in the Big 12. UC joined the Big 12 after time
in the Big East (2005-13), Conference USA (1995-12) and the American Athletic Conference (2013-22).
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> The Bearcats lost their season opener vs. Nebraska, before ripping off six straight wins entering the Baylor game, which included wins over Bowling Green and Northwestern
State, and over Kansas, No. 14 Iowa State, UCF and Oklahoma State in conference play. UC posted a 49-17 win over OSU last weekend in Stillwater, totaling 427 yards of total offense, including 270 passing and 157 rushing.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Cincinnati averages 37.9 points per game, including 446.4 yards of total offense, with 185.4 rushing and 261 passing. UC holds opponents to just 18.9 points per game, including
383.4 in total offense, including 143.3 rushing and 240.1 passing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> QB Brendan Sorsby has charted one of the best seasons in college football, throwing for 1,718 yards with 17 TDs and just one interception, while rushing for 340 yards and
six TDs. Evan Pryor leads the team with 53 rushes for 412 yards and two TDs, whiel Tawee Walker has rushed for 382 yards and three TDs. Cyrus Allen leads the team with 30 catches for 331 yards and seven TDs.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Jake Golday leads the team with 62 tackles, including three for a loss and three sacks in 2025. Matthew McDoom has the only interception on the year for UC and Logan Wilson
has six PBUs and Christian Harrison has five PBUs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Scott Satterfield is in his third season at UC after four seasons at Louisville, where he went 25-24. A native of Durham, N.C., Satterfield was the 2018 Sun Belt Conference
Coach of the Year while leading Appalachian State from 2013-18, owning a 51-24 overall record, including a 38-10 mark in conference play that saw three straight titles and bowl wins. An App State grad, Satterfield previously coached with the Mountaineers from
1998-2008, before a season at Toledo and two seasons as the OC at FIU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Tyson Veidt is in his second season as the defensive coordinator at UC, which followed eight seasons at iowa State sa the linebackers coach . Brad Glenn is the offensive
coordinator and joined the UC staff after three seasons as the OC at Georgia State. Glenn previously coached at Western Carolina and App State. Luke Paschall is the special teams coordinator.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">LAST MEETING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor improved to 2-0 on the road in 2023 with a 32-29 win over Cincinnati in the first meeting between the two schools. The Bears used a strong passing attack and a strong
defensive effort in the secondary to earn the win over UC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor got 316 yards passing from Blake Shapen, who threw and rushed for a TD. Jake Roberts hauled in the TD pass, while Ketron Jackson Jr. had a career-high 130 yards receiving
on five catches and Monaray Baldwin had seven catches for 49 yards. Defensively Matt Jones chipped in nine tackles and a TFL, breaking up two passes. TJ Franklin had 1.5 tackles for a loss, with Gabe Hall adding a sack.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Isaiah Hankins made history with four field goals, connecting from 43, 45, 46 and a career-long 54 yards out. His 54 yard field goal was tied for the sixth-longest in program
history and his four field goals tied the school record, done nine times and most recently in 2017 by Connor Martin vs. OU. Hankins is 15 of 18 in field-goal attempts in 2023, including 10 of 10 from inside 40 yards and 5 of 8 from 40+.<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">TCU RUNS PAST BEARS IN FORT WORTH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor saw TCU erase a first-quarter lead with 21 points in the second quarter and the Frogs were able to hold off a late charge from the Bears to post a 42-36 win in the
121st edition of the most-played rivalry game in the state of Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor fell behind 42-21 in the second half as the team battled three lightening delays over two hours and 16 minutes. A late rally saw Keaton Thomas return a fumble for
a TD, and the Bears went on a 95 yard drive that cut the lead to 42-36 with 30 seconds left. After grabbing an onside kick, the Bears had a chance to win the game with the ball on the TCU 48 yard line but an interception ended the game.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Sawyer Robertson threw for 318 yards and two TDs, with Josh Cameron owning eight catches for 86 yards, Ashtyn Hawkins catching seven balls for 95 yards and Kole Wilson hauling
in a TD on three catches for 53 yards. Freshmen Michael Turner and Caden Knighten carried the load in the running game, with Turner setting new career highs with 12 carries for 68 yards and Knighten toting it 10 times for 42 yards.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BAYLOR VS. TOP-25 FOES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Baylor beat SMU in its first ranked matchup of the year and first since facing Utah and BYU last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> BU is 60-199-6 against ranked foes all-time. In 2021, Baylor went 5-1 against ranked teams, including wins in four-straight chances, and three straight against top-eight
foes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> Under Coach Dave Aranda, the Bears are 6-14 vs. AP top-25 ranked foes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> By comparison, former coach Art Briles lost 14 straight games against ranked foes to open his career, going 11-22 against ranked opponents in his career. Jim Grobe went 0-2
in his season in Waco, and Matt Rhule went 0-11 against ranked opponents at Baylor.<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">UP NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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