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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dec. 1, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 Baylor Football Schedule Revealed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears will host six games at McLane Stadium, make non-conference trip to BYU<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
</span><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@Baylor.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>WACO, Texas – </b>Baylor's 2022 football schedule, featuring six home games and a Thanksgiving-weekend showdown with Texas, was announced Wednesday by the Big 12 Conference.<br>
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The Bears will play eight games in the state of Texas and close the regular season in Austin against the Longhorns for the first time since 1995.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The season opens Labor Day weekend with Baylor hosting Louisiana Tech on Sept. 3. BU then makes a trip to Provo, Utah, to take on BYU on Sept.
10. The Bears defeated then-No. 19-ranked BYU, 38-24, in the front end of the home-and-home series on Oct. 16 this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Wrapping up the non-conference slate, Baylor will host Texas State at McLane Stadium on Sept. 24. The Bears opened the 2021 season with a 29-20
win in San Marcos on Sept. 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Big 12 Conference play begins on Sept. 24 in Ames, Iowa, as the Bears take on Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium, then Oklahoma State comes to McLane Stadium for a 2021 Big 12 Championship rematch on Oct. 1.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">After an open date on Oct. 8, Baylor will head to West Virginia for a Thursday night showdown with the Mountaineers in Morgantown. The Bears
return home on Oct. 22 to host Kansas before embarking on a two-game road swing with games at Texas Tech (Oct. 29) and Oklahoma (Nov. 5).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">BU’s final two home games come against Kansas State (Nov. 12) and TCU (Nov. 19), before a Thanksgiving weekend game with Texas, the first regular-season
finale between these two teams since 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The top two finishers in the regular season-standings will compete for the conference title in the 2022 Big 12 Championship Game, scheduled for
Saturday, Dec. 3, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Kickoff times and TV networks for 2022 games will be announced at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor will be looking to make a return trip to the Big 12 Championship Game in 2022. The Bears take on Oklahoma State at 11 a.m. CT Saturday
in their second Big 12 Championship Game appearance in the last three seasons. The Bears will learn their bowl destination on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">BAYLOR FOOTBALL 2022 SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. 3 – Louisiana Tech (McLane Stadium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. 10 – at BYU (Provo, Utah)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. 17 – Texas State (McLane Stadium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Sept. 24 – at Iowa State (Ames, Iowa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Oct. 1 – Oklahoma State (McLane Stadium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Oct. 13 – at West Virginia (Morgantown, W.Va.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Oct. 22 – Kansas (McLane Stadium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Oct. 29 – at Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Nov. 5 – at Oklahoma (Norman, Okla.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Nov. 12 – Kansas State (McLane Stadium)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nov. 26 – at Texas (Austin, Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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