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.