WEATHER Waco, Texas ZIP:ZIP: 76798 BAYLOR BEARS Enrollment: 14,188 (#9/#100) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 3.75 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #30 U I 1. Robert Griffin III 10,366 ‘08-’11 1. Shock Linwood 4,213 ‘13-’16 1. Kendall Wright 4,004 ‘08-’11 R N SCORE 2. Bryce Petty 8,195 ‘11-’14 2. Walter Abercrombie 3,665 ‘78-’81 2. Terrance Williams 3,334 ‘09-’12 DATE OPPONENT F E BU OPP L 3. Charlie Brewer* 7,742 ‘17-’19 3. Jerod Douglas 2,811 ‘94-’97 3. KD Cannon 3,113 ‘14-’16 BU has won 9 of their L/10 ssn openers. Baylor is 5-1 vs LA Tech but haven’t met since 1996. Sep. 12 Louisiana Tech A Baylor’s last loss vs a CUSA foe came in ‘17 vs UTSA. Sep. 19 Baylor has won 10 straight vs the Jayhawks. The Bears have avg’d 576.7 yards of offense over Sep. 26 Kansas A the 10 gm win streak. In ‘18 Baylor held KU to only 271 yds and had 22-14 fd edge in 26-7 victory. LTH (‘18) the Bears fell to 0-4 in Morgantown as B12 rivals. Baylor was held to ssn lows in first downs Oct. 3 at West Virginia A (17) & ttl yds (287) despite entering fresh off a bye. The 4 losses have been by an avg of 48-31. Bonus: Since going 1-11 in ‘17 the Bears are 18-9 the L/2 years. Oct. 10 Bonus: L/3 yrs Baylor is 3-8 as a home favorite. OKLAHOMA ST IS OFF BYE Baylor has upset the Cowboys two straight years and are 5-1 in the L/6 meetings. ‘18 Baylor Oct. 17 Oklahoma St A trailed 31-21 with 8:55 remaining, but got td and then went 55/8 pl to score gw td with :07 left, 35-31. TEXAS IS OFF BYE LTH (‘18) the Bears trailed 23-10 at the half, but shutout Texas in the second half and lost by six. Oct. 24 at Texas That marked the first time Baylor had shutout a B12 foe in the second half of a game s/’15 (TCU). Bears have lost 4 of L/5 matchups, but won LY 29-23 in 3OT! ‘18 Baylor was off a 28-14 road Oct. 31 TCU A loss to Iowa State and hosted TCU in reg ssn finale. Bears had 20-14 fd edge, but lost 16-9. LTH (‘18) the game time temperature of 25 degrees was the coldest for the Bears since 2013. Nov. 7 at Iowa St G Baylor trailed 17-0 at half and lost despite a 505-355 yard edge that included 359 pass yds. Prior to last year the last eight mtgs were held at a neutral site in Arlington. LTH (‘08) was Nov. 14 at Texas Tech A the reg ssn finale. TT was ranked #7, but BU led 21-14 at the half, however they lost 35-28. Nov. 21 L/10 years Baylor is 7-3 against the Wildcats and have won two straight. Baylor was a 4.5 point Nov. 28 Kansas St A home fav & had 313-158 HT yd edge, but trailed 14-12. K Martin kicked gw fg :08 left to win 37-34. LTH (‘18) the Bears allowed a season high 66 points. Former HC Rhule was flagged for Dec. 5 at Oklahoma G unsportsmanlike conduct for the 1st time in his career. Charlie Brewer threw for 400 yards. WEATHER Ames, Iowa ZIP: 50011 IOWA STATE CYCLONES Enrollment: 29,621 (#3/#33) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 4.0 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #31 U I 1. Bret Meyer 9,499 ‘04-‘07 1. Troy Davis 4,382 ‘94-’96 1. Allen Lazard 3,360 ‘14-’17 R N SCORE 2. Austin Arnaud 6,777 ‘07-’10 2. Darren Davis 3,763 ‘96-’99 2. Todd Blythe 3,096 ‘04-‘07 DATE OPPONENT F E ISU OPP L 3. Brock Purdy* 6,232 ‘18-’19 3. Dexter Green 3,437 ‘75-’78 3. Lane Danielsen 2,690 ‘00-’03 1st meeting. Iowa St has won 17 of their L/22 home openers. Sep. 12 Louisiana G Sep. 19 G LTH (‘18) Iowa St had just 198 total yards, the least amount of yards TCU allowed vs Sep. 26 at TCU G an FBS foe. Tied at 14, the Cyclones allowed the game winning 28 yard fg with :37 left. ISU had a big upset of the #3 Sooners in ‘17, but have narrowly lost to OU the L/2 meetings. Oct. 3 Oklahoma G LY lost by 1, in ‘18 ‘Clones got within a td in 4Q, but OU kicked a late fg to put game out of reach, 37-27 loss. During the Cyclones 4 gm win streak SU & ATS against Texas Tech they have averaged 497.5 ypg. The ‘18 Oct. 10 Texas Tech G matchup in Ames was HC for ISU. Tied at 31 with 4:39 left ISU got a SAF and later got a td to win 40-31. Oct. 17 LTH (‘18) ISU snapped a six game series losing streak. Their 48 points scored was the fifth Oct. 24 at Oklahoma St G most in a conference road game in school history and the 16 tfl’s were their most s/1985. ISU has won 5 str in this series with avg score 36-14. ‘Clones fans outnumbered Jayhawk fans Oct. 31 at Kansas A roughly 2-1 among a crowd that was officially listed at just 15,543 in a stadium that holds 50,071. In ‘18 Iowa St raced out to a 17-0 halftime lead and won 28-14 despite giving 505 yds to the Bears. Nov. 7 Baylor G L/5 yrs ISU is 2-3 SU vs Baylor and 3-2 ATS. Cyclones have been favored in the L/3 matchups. Nov. 14 KANSAS ST IS OFF BYE ISU has been favored the L/2 meetings after not being favored since ‘09 and 1-1 SU and 0-2 ATS Nov. 21 Kansas St G vs KSU. ISU trailed 38-21 in 4Q in ‘18, but scored 21 unanswered to stun KSU in 42-38 comeback win. LTH (‘18) both came in ranked. ISU was held to just 210 total yards, the least amount Texas Nov. 28 at Texas A allowed that season. The ‘Clones 14 point loss was their first by more than 10 pts s/2016. ISU has had great success the L/2 mtgs vs the Mountaineers with a combined 528 net yd edge. Dec. 5 West Virginia (Fri) G ISU was off big win at Oklahoma St in ‘18 and RB Montgomery ran for 189 yds during 30-14 victory. WEATHER Lawrence, Kansas ZIP:ZIP: 66044 KANSAS JAYHAWKS Enrollment: 19,596 (#7/#74) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 2.5 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #14 U I 1. Todd Reesing 11,194 ‘06-’09 1. June Henley 3,841 ‘93-’96 1. Dezmon Briscoe 3,240 ‘07-’09 R N SCORE 2. Frank Seurer 6,410 ‘80-’83 2. Tony Sands 3,788 ‘88-’91 2. Steven Sims 2,582 ‘15-’18 DATE OPPONENT F E KU OPP L 3. Kelly Donohoe 5,382 ‘86-’89 3. James Sims 3,592 ‘10-’13 3. Kerry Meier 2,309 ‘06-’09 Kansas is out for revenge after losing the first and only meeting last year, 12-7. Kansas has Sep. 12 Coastal Carolina A won 24 of their last 29 home openers. The Jayhawks are 3-1 all-time vs current Sun Belt foes. Sep. 19 LTH (‘18) was KU’s conference opener which turned into their 41st straight true B12 road loss. Sep. 26 at Baylor A The Jayhawks were held to an FBS season low 271 total yards including just 41 at the half. KU last defeated the Pokes 43-28 in ‘07 when they were ranked #5 but have lost 10 str and are Oct. 3 Oklahoma St A 2-6-2 ATS during the losing skid. Jayhawks surrendered 568 yds in ‘18 during 48-28 loss (+17’). Oct. 10 WEST VIRGINIA IS OFF BYE LTH (‘18) the Jayhawks off a homecoming blowout loss with a bye on deck. KU was outgained 345-78 Oct. 17 at West Virginia A in the first half and trailed 21-7 at halftime, but did intercept Will Grier three times in the redzone. KANSAS ST IS OFF BYE LTH (‘18) KU had their closest defeat of 10 straight losses. It marked the first time since 2009 that Oct. 24 at Kansas St A KU’s record was equal ro better than KSU’s at the time of the meeting. KU all’d the GW td w/2:46 left. Since defeating Iowa St at home in ‘14 (+3) 34-14 KU has lost five str and been outscored a Oct. 31 Iowa St A combined 182-71. LTH (‘18) KU got on board with fg end of 1H to make it 20-3. Fg only pts in 27-3 loss. LTH (‘18) was KU’s road finale, they were off an emotional loss to rival KSU, & on the 2nd of B2B away Nov. 7 at Oklahoma G gms. KU scored 40 pts, more than their prev 5 mtgs comb’d.