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Game Thread: Baylor Football Faces Prairie View A&M Under the Lights in Home Opener

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September 11, 2026
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Baylor vs. Prairie View A&M

2026 Home Opener • 254 Night
Saturday, September 12, 2026 • 7:00 p.m. CT • ESPN+
McLane Stadium • Waco, TX • Home
Records Baylor 0-1 (0-0 Big 12) | Prairie View A&M 1-1 (1-0 SWAC)
Coaches Dave Aranda (Year 7) vs. Tremaine Jackson (Year 2)
Kickoff 7:00 p.m. CT / 8:00 p.m. ET
TV ESPN+ — Mark Neely, Barrett Brooks
Radio John Morris, Geff Gandy, Bryson Jackson • KRZI 1660 AM / 92.3 FM
Stream ESPN+ / ESPN Unlimited • BaylorBears.com radio
Series First meeting
Last game Auburn 17, Baylor 16 (Atlanta, Sept. 5)
Line Baylor -38.5 • O/U 54.5 • PVAMU +8000

Why This Game Matters

  • Home opener and start of a three-game McLane homestand
  • First meeting between Baylor and Prairie View A&M
  • Chance to bounce back from a 17-16 loss to Auburn
  • 254 Night at McLane; Baylor Backyard Live with Suede before kickoff
  • Defending SWAC champion on a short week after beating Texas Southern 52-14

Series History

  • No previous football meetings
  • PVAMU opened 2026 with a 49-30 loss at Tarleton State
  • PVAMU then won the Labor Day Classic, 52-14 over Texas Southern

Keys for Baylor

  1. Finish the game early. Do not let an FCS opponent hang around after a one-point loss. 
  2. Establish the run with emphasis. Get Dawson Pendergrass going and keep Lagway on schedule.
  3. Clean up the details on offense. No wasted possessions after the Auburn finish.
  4. Stay assignment-sound. Attack on defense and run up the sack and TO total for the season, but play clean.
  5. Play 60 minutes. There is no reason this can’t be a rout from start to finish. 

Players to Watch

Baylor: QB DJ Lagway • RB Dawson Pendergrass • WR Louis Brown IV, Gavin Freeman, Dre'lon Miller • TE Tony Livingston / Matthew Klopfenstein • LB Travion Barnes, Kyland Reed • DL Hosea Wheeler, Jamaal Whyce Jr.

Prairie View A&M: HC Tremaine Jackson • RB Chase Bingmon • Labor Day Classic offensive pieces off the 52-14 win

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Game Thread: Baylor Football Faces Prairie View A&M Under the Lights in Home Opener

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Dia del DougO
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9:42p, 9/12/26
We may need to take up RGIII on his offer to use his final year of eligibility.
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9:42p, 9/12/26
23-17 Buckeyes 7:14 to go 4th
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9:43p, 9/12/26
Hollywood Smothers (not related to the Smothers Brothers) with the TD.
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9:45p, 9/12/26
This game has gotten really tedious.

Just get this one over with.
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9:45p, 9/12/26
I don't understand not giving another QB some time unless you know they are really bad. Bennett has shown that we will be in trouble if he has to play against a decent opponent.
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In reply to RBW 67 • 9:48p, 9/12/26
Because CDA is still an idiot.
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9:49p, 9/12/26
Finally another TD
“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
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In reply to RBW 67 • 9:50p, 9/12/26
RBW 67 said:
I don't understand not giving another QB some time unless you know they are really bad. Bennett has shown that we will be in trouble if he has to play against a decent opponent.

We still have another quarter to play (unfortunately). I understand giving Bennett as many reps as possible in a game like this.

But after that TD, it's time to get the No. 3 in.
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9:53p, 9/12/26
I do understand now why he chose to play a one legged quarterback against Auburn.
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9:53p, 9/12/26
Who is the greatest football player in Prairie View A&M history?

Probably safety Ken Houston, 14 years in the NFL with 49 career interceptions with the Oilers and Redskins, 9 of those picks returned for TD. Pro Bowl selectee 12 straight years from 1968-1979, and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
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9:53p, 9/12/26
Buckeyes have no kicker. Still 23-17 4:05 and counting to go.
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9:53p, 9/12/26
CONNOR HAWKINS HAHAHAHAH
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 9:53p, 9/12/26
I think he was 3-3 until now.
Iran has Trump by his pu**y and no way they will let go
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In reply to Aliceinbubbleland • 9:55p, 9/12/26
Yeah but this one was just horrible. So he's inconsistent or his leg is only good 3x.
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In reply to RBW 67 • 9:56p, 9/12/26
RBW 67 said:
I don't understand not giving another QB some time unless you know they are really bad. Bennett has shown that we will be in trouble if he has to play against a decent opponent.

Definitely seems to have been a pattern during the CDA era. I'm thinking a switch will come soon if PV doesn't suddenly make a run.
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10:01p, 9/12/26
Great defensive play
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10:02p, 9/12/26
Why is Bennet still in the game?
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10:02p, 9/12/26
Gold rush game next week. Please not the Banana Bears all mustard unis.
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In reply to Mitch Blood Green • 10:04p, 9/12/26
Mitch Blood Green said:
Why is Bennet still in the game?


He's not. #14 in at QB. Griffin.
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10:04p, 9/12/26
Buckeyes need a goal line stand or they lose
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10:05p, 9/12/26
Pendergrass!!
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10:07p, 9/12/26
PV looks tired.
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10:07p, 9/12/26
Griff's first completion?
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In reply to whitetrash • 10:07p, 9/12/26
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Mitch Blood Green said:
Why is Bennet still in the game?


He's not. #14 in at QB. Griffin.


Thank you. I had a blip and restart of system won't let me go to live. I'm maybe 10 minutes behind.
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10:09p, 9/12/26
Considering his injury history, I'm not sure i like seeing Pendergrass out here in a blowout.
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10:09p, 9/12/26
UT wins 24-23
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 10:10p, 9/12/26
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UT wins 24-23


Too much time left
Iran has Trump by his pu**y and no way they will let go
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In reply to Dia del DougO • 10:10p, 9/12/26
Dia del DougO said:
PV looks tired.

It's 10 pm, 90+ degrees on the field, your school sold you out for funds of probably $1 million, you're down by 38 and all you're gonna get out of this when the game is over is a Big Mac and some fries on a bus trip down Highway 6. I'd be tired too.
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10:10p, 9/12/26
Texas left too much time on the clock... why didn't they run it down more?
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In reply to Aliceinbubbleland • 10:12p, 9/12/26
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BUGWBBear said:
UT wins 24-23


Too much time left


It's all over but the crying. When you allow 21 unanswered points, you deserve to lose.
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10:13p, 9/12/26
Gross
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10:14p, 9/12/26
Put in #4 QB now
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10:14p, 9/12/26
Longhorns won.
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In reply to BUGWBBear • 10:15p, 9/12/26
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Put in #4 QB now

Work on the wildcat formation.
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10:16p, 9/12/26
Oregon State just got jobbed. Offensive past interference on a big play in last two minutes.

I don't make that call.
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