Baylor Bears vs Iowa State Cyclones Match Player Stats On Oct 01, 2016

The Sports Xchange
Oct 1, 2016

In Ames, Iowa, the Baylor Bears are no strangers to a shootout and they showed it in the fourth quarter against Iowa State.

The 13th-ranked Bears erupted for 17 points in the fourth quarter to overtake Iowa State 45-42 on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.

Baylor kicker Chris Callahan nailed a 19-yard field goal to give the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) their first lead of the contest as time expired.

Although Iowa State moved the ball at will against Baylor for the first three quarters, Baylor shut out the Cyclones in the fourth to grasp the comeback victory.

Baylor quarterback Seth Russell never flinched in leading the Bears offense. He passed for just 178 yards, but rushed for 88 crucial yards in keeping Baylor moving in the second half.

Running back Shock Linwood led the Bears with 237 rushing yards and a touchdown on 25 carries.

Iowa State quarterback Joel Lanning passed for 261 yards and rushed for 57 with three total touchdowns. But Baylor shut down Lanning and the Cyclones (1-4, 0-2) when it mattered most.

Baylor trailed until the 6:27 mark of the fourth quarter, when running back Terence Williams scored on a 2-yard run to tie it at 42.

Iowa State scored on six of seven possessions from the beginning of the contest. Only the clock at the end of the second quarter stopped the Cyclones until Baylor finally made Iowa State punt with 13:43 left in the fourth.

Iowa State staked a two-touchdown lead in the first quarter and forced Baylor to play catch up for the rest of the half.

Lanning threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Deshaunte Jones to give Iowa State a 7-0 lead five minutes into the game. Mike Warren finished a 70-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run on the next possession to give the Cyclones a 14-0 edge with 3:06 to go in the first quarter.

Iowa State befuddled Baylor throughout the first half by effectively mixing the pass and run. The Cyclones rushed for 153 yards, led by Warren's 101, and Lanning passed for 164.

But Baylor's offense answered.

Linwood rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown, Russell gained 44 yards and scored and Williams added a touchdown in the first half. Russell's 3-yard score with 53 seconds left in the second quarter cut Iowa State's lead to 28-21 at the break.

However, Russell was not as effective passing as his counterpart Lanning in the first half. Russell connected on only 4 of 10 passes for 108 yards in the first 30 minutes.

NOTES: Baylor entered the game with a 12-3 record in road games the last three seasons. That marked a reversal from the previous five years, in which the Bears were 7-17 on the road. ... Iowa State entered the game riding some momentum after defeating San Jose State, 44-10, for the Cyclones first win of the season. ISU won the turnover battle, 4-1, in that game, marking the first time in seven games that it had an edge in takeaways. ... Baylor, which holds the series edge 9-6 versus Iowa State, pulled even with the Cyclones on their home field at Jack Trice Stadium. Previously, Iowa State had a 4-3 lead at home.