Baylor Bears vs Oklahoma State Cowboys Match Player Stats On Oct 14, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 14, 2017

STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State piled up a school-record 747 yards of offense and seven players scored touchdowns Saturday, leading the No. 14-ranked Cowboys to a 59-16 rout of Baylor at Boone Pickens Stadium.

After a fast start and a 7-0 lead by the Bears, it was all Oklahoma State -- and a lot of Oklahoma State contributors.

Quarterback Mason Rudolph tied a school record with his seventh career 400-yard passing game, finishing with 459 yards and three touchdowns.

Wideout James Washington tied another school mark with his third career 200-yard receiving game, going for 235 and a touchdown. Marcell Ateman posted a 119-yard receiving day, with a score. And running back Justice Hill ran for 117 and a touchdown, giving the Cowboys a 400-yard passer, two 100-yard receivers and a 100-yard rusher for just the fourth time in program history.

Oklahoma State moved to 5-1 overall, 2-1 in the Big 12.

Baylor, which had shown signs of life with back-to-back competitive games against Oklahoma and Kansas State, fell to 0-6 for the first time since 1969, when it finished 0-10. The Bears are 0-3 in league play.

Baylor scored first, suggesting a shootout might be in order.

But an offense that had thrived on big plays, soon was sputtering. Bears quarterback Zach Smith, averaging 326.6 yards per game before Saturday, completed just 11-of-28 throws for 127 yards, with no touchdowns and an interception before being lifted in the fourth quarter.

Running back Terence Williams gave the running game a boost with 95 yards rushing on 10 carries.

The Bears took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in 12 plays. They got a break at the end, when Smith scrambled on third down at the Cowboys 4, was hit and fumbled. But the ball bounced forward into the end zone and into the arms of reserve running back Tristan Ebner for the touchdown.

The drive, at 6:37, was Baylor's longest for a score this season.

The Oklahoma State defense tightened, however, while Rudolph and the offense took control.

By the end of the half, the Cowboys led 35-10, with Rudolph producing three touchdowns -- two passing and one rushing.

During the half, he directed five straight touchdown drives. On the first two, he tossed touchdown passes to wideouts Ateman and Jalen McCleskey to send Oklahoma State in front 14-7.

After Baylor closed the gap to 14-10 on a 38-yard field goal by Connor Martin, the Cowboys got three more touchdowns, one on a 79-yard run by Hill, followed by Rudolph's scoring run of 1-yard and reserve tailback J.D. King's 1-yard run.

Rudolph finished the half 10-of-17 passing for 261 yards, while Hill rushed for 97 and Ateman led the receivers with 119 yards on four catches.

Smith was 6-of-11 passing for 41 yards. Running back John Lovett led the Baylor running game with 62 yards through two quarters.

After their initial drive, the Bears managed but 59 yards on their other seven possessions of the half. And the managed only field goals.

NOTES: Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy spent one year at Baylor, serving as the Bears' passing game coordinator in 1996. The coaching staff was fired following that season. ... The Cowboys were without starting C Brad Lundblade, who suffered a foot injury two weeks prior at Texas Tech. ... Entering the game, Bears' receivers led all of FBS in receptions of 40 (11), 60 (6) and 70 (6) yards. Baylor's longest pass play against Oklahoma State was 21 yards, and that came in the fourth quarter.