Bohanon, Baylor outlast No. 14 Iowa State
WACO — Gerry Bohanon threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Baylor stopped a twopoint try with 24 seconds left to beat No. 14 Iowa State 31-29 on Saturday.
Breece Hall ran for 180 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries for Iowa
State (2-2, 0-1 Big 12) and caught five passes for 51 yards, including a 16-yard score in the final minute that was followed by a failed two-point try.
On the two-point conversion, Brock Purdy went under center after spending most of the day in shotgun. He bobbled the snap, and that was enough to throw off the play’s timing. Purdy was forced to throw a jump ball that was intercepted by JT Woods.
“It was supposed to be a play-action, and we felt like it would work knowing that I demand so much attention,” Hall said. “It was a bobbled snap, so Brock got out there late. He couldn’t get around the edge defender, so he had to throw it up and hope for the best. It just didn’t work out.”
The Bears recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock for their first win over a ranked opponent since they beat North Carolina in the 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl.
“It was a team win,” Baylor coach Dave Aranda said. “The guys (were) gritting out stuff and not allowing stuff to happen. It’s way cool to be on that side of it.”
Hall’s two rushing touchdowns give him the school record with 39 for his career, breaking the mark set by Troy Davis (1994-96) and Dexter
Green (1975-78). It was Hall’s 16th straight game with a rushing touchdown, which snapped a tie for the Big 12 record.
The Bears (4-0, 2-0) scored touchdowns on their first three possessions.
NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 16 WEST VIRGINIA 13
Gabe Brkic’s 30-yard field goal as time expired gave the Sooners a win at Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma started its final possession at its 8yard line with 3:39 remaining. Quarterback Spencer Rattler completed all six of his passes for 54 yards on the final drive to get the Sooners into scoring range. The final drive was 14 plays and 80 yards.
Rattler passed for 256 yards and a touchdown. Mike Woods caught eight passes for 86 yards for the Sooners (4-0, 1-0 Big 12).
West Virginia (2-2, 0-1), coming off a 27-21 win over then-No. 15 Virginia Tech, was held to 226 total yards.
OKLAHOMA ST. 31
NO. 25 KANSAS ST. 20
Spencer Sanders completed 22 of 34 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Cowboys over the Wildcats at Stillwater, Okla.
Jaylen Warren rushed for 123 yards on 27 carries and added 81 yards on four receptions for Oklahoma State (4-0, 1-0 Big 12).
Deuce Vaughn, who entered the game leading the Big 12 and ranked eighth in the nation with 371 rushing yards, gained just 22 yards on 13 carries for Kansas State (3-1, 0-1). Vaughn did collect a teamhigh 73 yards and a TD on five receptions.
SMU 42, TCU 34
Tanner Mordecai added to his nation-leading total in touchdown passes with four more and the Mustangs overcame his three interceptions in a victory over the Horned Frogs at Fort Worth in the 100th meeting of the Dallas-Fort Worth rivals.
Ulysses Bentley IV ran for 153 yards and a touchdown and Danny Gray had 130 yards receiving, including a 68-yard catchand-run for a score. Tre Siggers added 110 yards rushing as the Mustangs finished with 350 yards on the ground.
“I thought SMU wanted it more,” TCU coach Gary Patterson said. “I told them, when somebody hates you, you have to change your frame of mind. They hate us. It’s simple.”
DUKE 52, KANSAS 33
Gunnar Holmberg tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns and threw for a fifth as the
Blue Devils overcame the Jayhawks at Durham, N.C., for its third straight win.
The Blue Devils (3-1) struck for 21 points during a six-minute span of the third quarter.