Baylor bears down
NO. 5 BAYLOR 61, NO. 9 TEXAS CHRISTIAN 58 Bryce Petty’s team rallies from 21 points down late in a game that sets a scoring record.
waco, texas » Chris Callahan kicked a 28-yard field goal as time expired and No. 5 Baylor wiped out a 21-point deficit in the final 11 minutes to beat No. 9 Texas Christian 61-58 on Saturday in a Big 12 scorefest.
Bryce Petty threw six touchdownpasses for the Bears (6-0, 3-0), including a 25-yarder to CoreyColeman with 4:42 left in the fourth that tied it at 58. Petty passed for 510 yards and threw two interceptions.
TCU moved to midfield and faced fourth-and-3 from the Baylor 45 with 1:17 left in the fourth. Instead of punting, the Horned Frogs elected to try to keep the ball and end it in regulation.
Trevone Boykin tossed a sideline fade toward Josh Doctson that the receiver couldn’t come up with. TCU (4-1, 1-1) was looking for a pass interference call on Ryan Reid but didn’t get it and Baylor took over with 1:11 left.
With the help of a pass interference call on TCU and some good running by Shock Linwood, the Bearsmarched to the TCU 11.
Callahan came on with four seconds left and booted through the winner, setting off a celebration that brought the yellowclad Baylor student section pouring onto the field to celebratewith their team.
A week after taking down Oklahoma, TCU was poised to pull off a second straight upset of a top-five teamwhen Marcus Mallet returned an interception 49 yards for a score with 11:38 left to make it 58-41. Save for the purple patches in McLane Stadium, the Bears’ new home next to the Brazos River was silent. Like a blur, Baylor came back. It took 59 seconds to cut the lead to 14 with Devin Chafin’s 7-yard touchdown run.
The next Baylor drive took 1:23, covered 92 yards and ended with Petty hitting Antwan Goodley from 28 yards out. Then it was 58-51.
Another Baylor stop. Another lightning strike drive, this one 91 yards in 59 seconds. Petty’s sixth touchdown pass of the day was a 25-yarder to Corey Coleman. Tie game.
Now McLane was rocking. Music was blaring. There was dancing in the stands and on the sideline with 4:42 left.
When it was over, the 110th meeting of TCU and Baylor, and the first with both as ranked teams, became the highest-scoring game ever between two teams in the top 10. Baylor extended its home winning streak to 13 games.
B.J. Catalon scored three touchdowns, including a 94yard kickoff return in the first half, for the Frogs. Boykin passed for 287 and score.
All of Petty’s touchdown passes covered at least 25 yards in awild game, filled with huge gains.
Petty threwhis first interception deep in Baylor territory and it led to a 20-yard field goal by Jalen Oberkromthat made it 34-27 with 8:42 left in the third.