Petty makes Baylor offense go against Buffalo
NO. 23 BAYLOR 70, BUFFALO 13
WACO, Texas — Bryce Petty and the Baylor offense make scoring look so easy.
And even the defense got in on the big plays for the 23rd-ranked Bears in a 70-13 victory over Buffalo on Saturday.
“We’re not trying to jockey and win on a field goal late in the game. We try to win now and see what happens,” Coach Art Briles said. “I learned a long time ago, if you’re not trying to score, you’re not going to score.”
For the second week in a row, Baylor scored four first-quarter touchdowns, and then added four more before halftime against Buffalo. Only a week after scoring 69 points for their most since 1929, the Bears bested that mark while also piling up a school-record 781 total yards.
Petty completed 13 of 16 passes for 388 yards and two touchdowns while playing only one drive into the second half.
By the time Petty and the rest of the starters had come out of the game, the Bears (20) had 576 total yards on 46 plays in only 11 minutes with the ball. They scored touchdowns on eight of nine drives, with the only non-scoring drive coming when they had the ball at the end of the first half.
Lache Seastrunk ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns, getting his school-record sixth consecutive 100-yard rushing game on 17 carries — all before halftime. Tevin Reese (130 yards) and Antwan Goodley (124 yards) each had four catches, both turning a short pass into a long scoring play right after touchdowns by Buffalo (0-2).
Bears linebacker Bryce Hager, a former high school running back, had a rumbling, stumbling 91-yard touchdown when Buffalo quarterback Joe Licata was sacked and fumbled in the second quarter. That made it 49-13, and Seastrunk added a 33-yard scoring run before halftime.
In other games involving Big 12 teams, Trevone Boykin led three consecutive scoring drives after starter Casey Pachall left with an injury, and No. 24 TCU (1-1) pulled away from Southeastern Louisiana (1-1) 38-17 in Fort Worth. Pachall appeared to injure his left arm or wrist at the end of a running play late in the second quarter. … Tramaine Thompson returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown, Ty Zimmerman took an interception 32 yards for another score and Kansas State (1-1) rebounded from a season-opening loss to beat Louisiana-Lafayette (0-2) 4827 in Manhattan, Kan. ... Taysom Hill led a big night on the ground for BYU (1-1), rushing for 259 yards — second-most in school history — and three touchdowns to help the Cougars beat No. 15 Texas (1-1) 40-21 in Provo, Utah, in a game that was delayed for nearly two hours by lightning. … James Sims scored twice and Jake Heaps passed for 110 yards and one TD in his much-anticipated debut, leading
Kansas (1-0) past South Dakota (1-1) 31-14 in Lawrence, Kan., and matching the Jayhawks’ entire victory total of 2012. … Baker Mayfield threw for three touchdowns and 367 yards — all in the first half — and Kenny Williams rushed for two more scores as Texas Tech (20) beat Stephen F. Austin (0-2) 61-13 in Lubbock, Texas.
CONFERENCE USA Walsh lifts Cowboys SAN ANTONIO — New starter J.W. Walsh completed his first 10 passes and finished 24 of 27 for 326 yards and 4 touchdown passes as No. 13 Oklahoma State beat Texas-San Antonio 56-35 on Saturday.
It was the fourth start for the sophomore Walsh, his first this season after a quick relief performance for Clint Chelf last week. Walsh led the Cowboys (2-0) to touchdowns on five of six first-half possessions against a Roadrunners team entering just its third season of football.
UTSA (1-1) tied the score 7-7 when Kenny Bias scored on a 6-yard run with 4:22 left in the first quarter, but Walsh scored from 4 yards out in the second quarter and the Cowboys led 35-7 at halftime.
In other games involving Conference USA teams, Ross Metheny threw for 290 yards, ran for another 75 and accounted for 4 first-half touchdowns as
South Alabama (1-1) held on to beat Tulane (1-1) 41-39. ... Steward Butler ran for 151 yards on 9 carries and scored 3 times as Marshall (2-0) blew out Gardner-Webb 55-0 in Huntington, W.Va. … Tevin King ran for 182 yards and Louisiana Tech (1-1) pulled away from Lamar (1-1) with a pair of late scores for a 27-14 victory in Ruston, La.