Smith, Doyle lead Baylor over No. 19 BYU
WACO — Abram Smith ran for 188 yards with three touchdowns, Baylor linebacker and part-time fullback Dillon Doyle scored on both of his offensive touches and the Bears beat future Big 12 foe and 19th-ranked BYU 38-24 on Saturday.
Baylor (6-1) led by only three points midway through the third quarter before Doyle caught a 2-yard TD pass from Gerry Bohanon. Smith ran for a 7-yard score about 3 ½ minutes later to make it 31-14, after TJ Franklin’s sack that forced a fumble by Cougars quarterback Jaren Hall.
“This was a standard game … I think is a big thing for us, having it come from the inside, intrinsically being able to push yourself,” secondyear Bears coach Dave Aranda said. “That’s a big step in the right direction.”
BYU (5-2) last month accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference starting in the 2023 season. The Cougars have lost back-to-back games for the first time since the end of 2019, after a 5-0 start that included three wins over Pac-12 teams and peaking at No. 10 in the AP Top 25.
“Obviously not our best game,” BYU coach Kilani Sitake said. “We just were out-physicaled today, so that was a difficult game to accept. … Really got a good gut-check.”
Former BYU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes is in his first season in that role at Baylor, which had 534 total yards.
Bohanon completed 18 of 28 passes for 231 yards.
Hall finished 22-of-31 passing for 342 yards, with four completions of at least 45 yards, and had a nifty 56-yard TD run on a fourth-and-1. Puka Nacua finished with five catches for 168 yards, with three of the long passes before a 16-yard TD in the closing minutes.
“Too much of a roller coaster ride for us today. A lot of a lot of ups and unfortunately, a lot of downs,” Hall said. “We made a lot of great, great plays, big plays throughout the game from beginning to end. But too many times we just follow up with another bad play. … We’ve got to be more consistent.”
The Cougars got to within 17-14 on Hall’s TD run, when he initially lined up under center before dropping back into shotgun formation. He faked a handoff right before going around the left side untouched, with Sitake,doing a celebratory sprint down the sideline when Hall broke free.
NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 52, TCU 31
Caleb Williams had a big starting debut for the Sooners, throwing for 295 yards and four touchdowns and running for another score in the Sooners’ victory over the Horned Frogs at Norman, Okla.
Williams was 18 of 23 and ran for 81 yards on nine carries. He had a 41-yard scoring run, juking a defender at the line of scrimmage and taking off.
Oklahoma (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) had three consecutive touchdown drives to open the third quarter, including two touchdown connections between Williams and receiver Jadon Haselwood.
TCU quarterback Max Duggan had career bests with 336 yards passing and four touchdowns.
The Horned Frogs (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) were without running back Zach Evans, who had a Big 12 secondleading 586 rushing yards and five touchdowns entering the weekend.
IOWA ST. 33, KANSAS ST. 20
Breece Hall rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns and Brock Purdy was an efficient 22-of-25 for 208 yards and a score as the visiting Cyclones defeated the Wildcats.
Hall has now rushed for a touchdown in 18 straight games, a Big 12 record and the fifth longest streak in FBS since 1996.
Hall rushed 75 yards for a touchdown on the opening play of the game, finding a hole on the right side of the offensive line and racing untouched until the 10-yard line, where he eluded a defender diving for his feet.
After Greg Eisworth intercepted Thompson, Andrew Mevis hit a 44yard field goal to give Iowa State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) a 10-0 lead.
TEXAS TECH 41, KANSAS 14
Henry Columbi thew for a touchdown, ran for another as the Red Raiders had four rushing touchdowns in a win at Lawrence, Kansas
Columbi was 14-for-20 passing for 124 yards and added 35 rushing yards while Jason Bean was 11-for-21 passing for 80 yards and one interception for Kansas (1-5, 0-3 Big 12).
Texas Tech (5-2, 2-2 Big 12 Conference) had three
rushing touchdowns.