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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 1, 2025</u></b></span></h1>
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</b>Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="d21e85b5-8e02-4c65-95ef-18b6f66925de" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: blue;"><u> </u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or
Max Calderone; 254-265-1639, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:max_calderone@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="c6099131-82be-48a9-b3c6-a04269ab317e" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">max_calderone@baylor.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Josie
Hutton; 254-709-7720, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:josie_hutton@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="ae74750f-5534-4145-851f-eaf6453c78f9" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">josie_hutton@baylor.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; or
Matt Roberts; 254-227-2280, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="03216a31-404a-4847-9953-3e1b113b9ee7" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">WM_Roberts@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas --</b> Baylor’s defense forced stops on 10 of 11 UCF drives and held the Knights to three points in a 30-3 rout, the fewest allowed by BU against a conference
foe since 2006, in a Homecoming win on Saturday at McLane Stadium. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor (5-4, 3-3 Big 12 Conference) jumped out early on UCF (4-4, 1-4 Big 12) with the first 20 points of the game and used a stifling defensive effort to throttle the Knights,
forcing four punts, three turnovers on downs and picked off two passes, also mixing in a missed field-goal attempt, to hold UCF without points on 10 of 11 drives in the game. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears allowed just three points – coming in the final 21 seconds of the second half after a BU fumble on its own 27-yard line – which marked the fewest points allowed
vs. a Big 12 foe since holding Kansas State to three points in 2006<b>. </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor’s defensive unit held UCF – who entered the game averaging 208.1 yards per game on the ground – to just 74 yards rushing and 225 yards of total offense. BU had a pair
of interceptions, coming from DJ Coleman and Jacob Redding. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Standout QB Sawyer Robertson threw for 267 yards and three TDs, connecting on 29-of-40 passes, while adding eight yards rushing. Freshman tailback Caden Knighten set career
highs in rushes (21) and yards (104). </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Michael Trigg shattered Baylor program records for receiving yards in a season and career by a tight end, catching five balls for 82 yards and a TD. He was joined in the end
zone by TD catches from Kole Wilson and Josh Cameron. Wilson had five catches for 56 yards and Cameron had a two-yard scoring grab in the first quarter. Ashtyn Hawkins hauled in eight catches for 33 yards. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Defensively, Cooper Lanz had a sack and safety Devyn Bobby made a team-leading eight stops. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The win marked the second-straight Homecoming win for the Bears and improved Coach Dave Aranda</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;">’</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">s
record to 4-1 in Homecoming games. The Bears have now won 11 of their last 16 games and have nine wins in their last 12 Big 12 contests. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor returns to action on Nov. 15 vs. No. 24/24 Utah at McLane Stadium following an idle week.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears won the toss and took the ball for the first time in 2025 and immediately marched 75 yards on 11 plays, taking 4:11 off the clock for an early 7-0 lead on a Robertson
TD toss of 13 yards to Trigg. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After forcing a three-and-out on the first UCF possession, the Bears drove 48 yards on eight plays, with Robertson finding Cameron for a two-yard TD strike for a 14-0 lead
with 6:41 left in the first quarter. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A 64-yard drive ended with a 40-yard field goal from Connor Hawkins and a 17-0 lead in the opening seconds of the second quarter. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Baylor defense forced a fifth consecutive stop of a UCF drive and the Bears drove 48 yards on six plays to connect on a 28-yard field goal from Hawkins for a 20-0 lead. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After a BU fumble in the closing seconds of the first half, UCF got on the board with a 45-yard field goal from Noe Ruelas to cut the lead to 20-3 at the break. The Bears
collected 306 yards of total offense in the first half, holding UCF to 125 yards. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears added a 41-yard field goal from Hawkins with 4:28 left in the third quarter for a 23-3 lead, which capped a 13-play, 42-yard drive. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After a Jacob Redding interception was returned to the seven-yard line and the Bears punched it in with a nine-yard toss from Robertson to Wilson to put the game at 30-3 with
6:04 left in the game.</span></p>
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