Team-By-Team: Big 12 Recap
College football is back and yesterday was action packed! Almost every Big 12 football team hit the field and put up some nice numbers.
Wendell Barnhouse from Big12Sports.com reports some impressive facts. It was a big day for the Big 12 with seven of the nine teams in action on opening weekend gaining over 400 yards in total offense, and the average total offense was 459 yards. It is also worth nothing that the nine teams combined for a total of 38 offensive touchdowns --- thats 342 points!
Here is a quick rundown of all yesterday's games from around the Big 12.
Baylor (1-0; defeated Wofford, 69-3; vs. Buffalo Saturday)
Junior quarterback Bryce Petty made his first career start and completed 18-of-23 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns.
Junior running back Lache Seastrunk had 111 yards rushing on 11 carries, extending his school record of consecutive games with 100-plus yards rushing to five.
Kicker Aaron Jones is the school's career leader in field goals made with 46. He has made a school-record 115 consecutive extra points and he extended his career-record scoring total to 339.
Tevin Reese had a 44-yard touchdown catch; 15 of his 17 career TD receptions have gone for 40-plus yards. He is averaging 51.4 yards per career touchdown reception.
Baylor has scored 30-plus points in 19 of its last 21 games and 40-plus in 15 of its last 18.
The attendance of 44,989 was the second-largest opening day crowd in Floyd Casey Stadium history, trailing only 46,000 vs. Oklahoma in 1973.
Baylor scored over 60 for the 12th time in its history and fourth time in the Art Briles Era. The 69 points were the fourth-most in school history, the most in Floyd Casey Stadium history and the most in the Briles Era.
Iowa State (0-1; lost to Northern Iowa 28-20; vs. Iowa Sept. 14)
Receiver Justin Coleman's first career catch was a Cyclone was a 59-yard touchdown. He had 103 yards, the first receiver to break the 100-yard barrier in a season opener since 1997.
Sophomore quarterback Sam B. Richardson, making his third career start, had a career-high 316 yards in total offense.
Iowa State lost its first season opener since losing to Kent State in 2007.
The temperature at kickoff was 92 degrees, the hottest in in Jack Trice Stadium history.
The attendance was 56,800, matching the stadium record set last season. It's the 14th consecutive crowd of over 50,000 at Jack Trice Stadium.
Kansas (0-0; vs. South Dakota Saturday)
The Jayhawks didn't play on the opening weekend and start their season at home Saturday against South Dakota.
Kansas State (0-1; lost to North Dakota State, 24-21; vs. Louisiana Lafayette Saturday)
Junior quarterback Jake Waters made his first-career start, becoming the first player to enter K-State straight from the community-college ranks and start the season under center since Michael Bishop in 1997.
Waters' 280 yards passing was the most in a home opener since Dan Manucci passed for 343 yards on Sept. 16, 1978 against Auburn.
Junior wide receiver Tyler Lockett had a career-best 56-yard touchdown reception.
Under coach Bill Snyder, K-State had won 20 consecutive season openers.. The last loss for a Snyder-coached team in a season opener was Sept. 9, 1989 at Arizona State.
The crowd of 53,351 (a sellout) was the second-largest in school history and the largest
for a home opener.
Oklahoma (1-0; defeated Louisiana Monroe, 34-0; vs. West Virginia Saturday)
Redshirt freshman Trevor Knight became the first freshman since Sam Bradford in 2007 to start a season opener at quarterback. Knight gained 103 yards rushing, the most for a Sooners QB since Jason White had 117 yards in 2001.
Knight is the fourth freshman to start a season opener for the Sooners.
Nick Hodgson had seven kickoffs for 455 yards (65.0 avg.) with all seven resulting in touchbacks.
Bob Stoops won his 150th game in his 187th career game. He's the the sixth-fastest to reach 150 victories.
The shutout was Oklahoma's first in a season opener since 2002 and first since 2010.
Oklahoma State (1-0; defeated Mississippi State 21-3; at Texas-San Antonio Saturday)
Sophomore quarterback J.W. Walsh had a career-high 125 yards rushing. The last Oklahoma State quarterback to surpass 100 yards rushing in game was Zac Robinson (144 yards in 2007).
Senior cornerback Justin Gilbert's interception in the first quarter was the sixth of his career and his first since the Fiesta Bowl game against Stanford on Jan. 2, 2012.
Junior punter Kip Smith, taking over for Quinn Sharp, had six punts for an average of 45.2 yards.
Oklahoma State held a BCS conference opponent to three or fewer points for the first time since defeated Oklahoma 12-0 in 1995.
Oklahoma State is 13-1 in the last 14 non-conference games, dating back to the start of the 2010 season.
Oklahoma State's defense held Mississippi State to a total of two first downs in the second and third quarters.
TCU (0-1; lost to LSU, 37-27; vs. Southeastern Louisiana Saturday)
Sophomore B.J. Catalon had a 100-yard kickoff return for TCU's first touchdown. The Horned Frogs have had either a punt return or kickoff return for a touchdown in six of the last seven seasons.
Catalon's 100-yard kickoff return tied for second longest in TCU history, behind only a 105-yard effort by Charles Casper against Texas in 1933.
After starting nine games at quarterback last season, Trevone Boykin made his first career start at wide receiver. Casey Pachall also saw action at wide receiver.
The Horned Frogs are now 9-4 in season openers under head coach Gary Patterson. TCU entered the game having won nine of its last 10 season debuts.
Sophomore Jaden Oberkrom made two field goals and has made six consecutive attempts dating back to last season. He has converted all 45 of his extra point attempts.
Texas (1-0; defeated New Mexico State 56-7; at BYU Saturday)
Junior quarterback David Ash had a career-high 434 yards in total offense and matched his career high with four touchdown passes. He also had a career-high 91 yards rushing.
Redshirt freshman running back Jalen Overstreet had a career-high 92 yards rushing.
Wide receiver/running back Daje Johnson had a career-high 139 all-purpose yards.
The 715 yards in total offense was a school record, surpassing the 692 yards against Rice in 1998. It was the fourth time in school history Texas had 300 yards rushing and 300 yards passing in the same game.
Texas had four touchdowns from scrimmage of 50 or more yards. Last season the Longhorns had six plays of 50 or more yards.
Texas averaged 54.6 yards per play on its first five touchdowns that occurred over a 15-play span.
Texas Tech (1-0; defeated SMU 41-23; vs. Stephen F. Austin Saturday)
Walk on Baker Mayfield became the first freshman to start a season opener for Texas Tech. Texas Tech research indicates Mayfield is the first true freshman walk-on has ever started a season-opener at quarterback for a BCS school.
Mayfield finished his career debut passing for 413 yards on 43-of-60 passing with four touchdown passes and zero interceptions. He broke the record for the most completions by a quarterback in a career debut with 43. Mayfield completed passes to 11 different receivers.
Texas Tech has 15 consecutive wins over SMU dating back to 1989; the teams have met 49 times and the Red Raiders have won 33.
Texas Tech has averaged 40 points per game in season openers during the last 14 years. Since 2000, the Red Raiders have averaged 516.4 yards of total offense in season openers.
Former President George W. Bush tossed the coin and it went in the favor of the Red Raiders.
West Virginia (1-0; defeated William & Mary 24-17; at Oklahoma Saturday)
Junior quarterback Paul Millard made his first start and threw for 237 yards on 19 attempts; that equaled his attempts for the 2012 season.
Redshirt sophomore Ronald Carswell's 69-yard touchdown reception was the first touchdown of his career.
Sophomore Nick O'Toole averaged 50.6 yards on five kicks as he made his debut at the team's punter.
West Virginia is 16-0-1 all-time against William & Mary. It was the first meeting since 1972.
