SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 18, 2014
West Virginia 41, No. 4 Baylor
27: Clint Trickett threw for 322 yards and three touchdowns as the
host Mountaineers knocked off the previously unbeaten Bears.
Trickett was 23-of-35 and threw
one interception for West Virginia (5-2, 3-1 Big 12), which won
despite committing three turnovers. Kevin White had eight catches for
132 yards and two scores while Mario Alford added four receptions
for 53 yards and a score.
Bryce Petty was 16-of-36 for 223
yards and two touchdowns for Baylor (6-1, 3-1), which averaged just
2.3 yards per rush on 42 attempts. Antwan Goodley had nine catches
for 132 yards and a touchdown while Corey Coleman caught five balls
for 77 yards and a score.
The Bears took advantage of a
fumble by Trickett at his own 7, opening the scoring with a
Petty-to-Coleman connection, but the Mountaineers responded with an
81-yard drive in just under two minutes, capped by Trickett's 36-yard
scoring strike to White. After a pair of Baylor field goals, Andrew
Buie and Dreamius Smith had second-quarter touchdown runs and Josh
Lambert hit a 54-yard field goal on the last play of the half to give
West Virginia a 24-20 advantage.
The lead was pushed to 27-20
before Shock Linwood went over from a yard out late in the third
quarter to tie the game. Trickett found White from 12 yards out early
in the fourth to put the Mountaineers ahead, then pushed the lead to
14 with a 39-yard pass to Alford midway through the quarter, and the
West Virginia defense held the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bears finished
with 18 penalties for a Big 12-record 215 yards while the
Mountaineers had 14 for 138. … Linwood came into the game leading
the Big 12 with 104.5 rushing yards per game but finished with 69
yards on 21 carries. … West Virginia's defense held Baylor to 318 yards of
total offense, just over half of its league-leading average of 622.5.