Notes from Baylor's thrilling 3OT victory over TCU

From Baylor Athletics

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

• Baylor is 53-55-7 all-time against TCU.
• The 3-OT game tied the longest in program history – BU won in 3OT at Colorado in 2006 and lost in 3OT vs. Missouri in 1996.
• With a 9-9 score through regulation (three field goals apiece), the game was Baylor’s first game where neither team scored a TD in regulation since Nov. 18, 1989 - a 6-3 loss to Rice.• The Bears are 19-23-1 all-time against the Horned Frogs in Ft. Worth.
• The Bears snapped a four-game losing streak to TCU with the victory, their first win over the Horned Frogs since 2014.
• The Bears and Horned Frogs have now met 115 times, as TCU is Baylor’s most-played opponent of all-time.
• The win is the first for BU in Fort Worth since 2013.
• The Bears have won 11 straight games (dating back to 2018 season), second-longest winning streak in program history behind a 13 game winning streak (11/17/12-11/16/13)
• The Bears have started the season 9-0 for the first time since doing so in 2013, second time in program history.
• Baylor is in its 118th football season and third under Matt Rhule -- the Bears are 605-574-44 all-time and Rhule is 45-40 in his career (17-17 at BU).
• The win gives the Bears their first six-straight Big 12 wins under Rhule, the first time the Bears have won six-straight in conference since 2013.
• The Bears are 115-55-2 as a ranked team in program history.
• The OT game is the second of the season for the Bears ( first vs. Texas Tech, 10/12), first season with multiple OT games since 2006 under Guy Morriss (vs. Army, at Colorado).
• Head coach Matt Rhule is 2-0 in overtime games in his career, with both wins coming this season (vs. TTU, at TCU).
• First time in program history to win two two overtime games in one season.
• Baylor has scored in a school-record 159-straight games -- the previous school record was 89 games from Dec. 31, 1979 - Oct. 23, 1987.
• Baylor won the toss and deferred to the second half.
• Sam Tecklenburg, Jordan Williams, Denzel Mims, Henry Black and Chris Platt served as team captains at TCU.

TEAM NOTES

• S Grayland Arnold’s interception is Baylor’s first interception against TCU for Baylor since Xavien Howard had an interception in 2015 and the first takeway against TCU since a Taylor Youngfumble recovery in 2015.
• The last time the Bears had three picks in a game vs. TCU was in 2013 at TCU (Bears had 4 takeways in that game). In the last two Bears’ victories in Fort Worth they have had 3 interceptions ineach contest.
• The Bears held TCU to just 3 field goals in regulation, the first time they have not allowed an opponent to score at TD in regulation since Sept. 6, 2014 vs. Northwestern State (W, 70-6)
• For the 8th time in 9 games the BU defense did not allowed a TD in the first quarter.
• Through 9 games the Bears have held opponents to just 41 total first half points and only 19 second quarter points.
• The Bears have now held nine-straight opponents to 30 points or less.
• Rhule defenses have forced two or more turnovers in 34 of 84 career games coached, including six times in 2019’s first nine games.
• Matt Rhule coached teams are 26-8 when recording 2+ turnovers forced and have won 21 of the last 25 when doing so.
• The Bears added to their Big-12 leading sack total with 3 at TCU, giving them 29.0 on the season.
• In his career, Matt Rhule coached teams are 23-10 when posting a fourth quarter shutout.
• Bears are 17-4 when recording a fourth quarter shutout over the last four plus seasons and seventh in the last two seasons.
• With 3 takeaways in the game, the Bears have now had 20 in 11 games after only six in the previous 14 games.
• After totaling 10 interceptions in the first 25 games of the Rhule era, Baylor now has 10 interceptions in 2019, including 9 in the last 6 games.
• The Bears’ 10 interceptions are the most since having 12 in 2016.
• The Bears have 29 sacks through nine games in 2019 after totalling just 25 in 2018.
• Through nine games the Bears have held opponents to just 86 points through the first three quarters.
• The Bears have held an opponent to 21 points or less in regulation in eight of nine games this season.
• The Bears had three defenders with double-digit tackle totals (Bernard (19), B. Lynch (11), Williams (11))

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• S Grayland Arnold hauled in his second and third interceptions of the year and third and fourth of his career.
• S Grayland Arnold is the first BU player with multiple interceptions in a game since Ryan Reid had 2 vs. Kansas on Oct. 15, 2016 and the first under Rhule to have a multi-pick performance. • K John Mayers connected on a 51-yard field goal to tie the game with 36 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 9-9, a career-long for the redshirt freshman.
• K John Mayers’ 51-yard field goal was the longest made FG by a Baylor player since Aaron Jones made a 51-yarder on Oct. 19, 2013 vs. Iowa State.
• LB Terrel Bernard tallied a career-high 13 tackles in the first half alone, nished with a career-high 19 tackles.
• LB Terrel Bernard collected his first interception of the season, second of his career.
• LB Terrel Bernard nished with 19 tackles, the most by a Baylor player since Sam Holl had 21 in 2011 vs. Kansas and the most by any player under head coach Matt Rhule.
• LB Blake Lynch 11 tackles, a new career best, also nished with 1.5 sacks, also a career high.
• WR Josh Fleeks nished with 6 receptions, a new career best.
• TE Ben Sims caught his first career pass (caught passes in back-to-back plays, nished with a career-high 2 receptions).
• WR Denzel Mims’ 20-yd receiving TD and 4-yd receiving TD give him 24 for his career, tying him with Tevin Resse for fth most TDs in program history by a receiver.
• QB Charlie Brewer ranks third all-time at Baylor with 6,919 passing yards in his career.
• With 46 career TD passes QB Charlie Brewer remains in sole possession of 4th all-time.
• QB Charlie Brewer rushed for 1 TD in the win, giving him 14 career rushing TDs, moving him up to tie for 4th-most in rushing TDs by a QB in program history.
• QB Charlie Brewer remained 5th in rushing yards by a QB after 41 today to move to 752 for his career.
• WR Denzel Mims has had at least one catch in 33 consecutive games and now has 2,580 career receiving yards, moving him past Reggie Newhouse (2,552) for 7th-most in BU history.
• WR Denzel Mims now has 164 career receptions, passing Gerald McNeil (163) for 9th-most in program history.
• RB JaMycal Hasty now has 1,832 rushing yards in his career, the 15th-most in program history.
• RB John Lovett now has 1,550 career rushing yards, moving him up to 21st-most in program history.
• DL/TE Rob Saulin appeared on both sides of the ball in the game, the first time in his career he has done so in the same game. • DL Chidi Ogbonnaya made his first career start.
• WR Chris Platt appeared in his team-leading 52nd career game, starting 34 of those.
• OL Sam Tecklenburg made his 34th-consecutive start, 37th start overall, tops on the team.