Baylor raced out to a 35-7 lead at halftime and it was easy sailing from that point on. The Bears won 49-28 on Saturday night against a potentially tricky Iowa State team.
It took Baylor until their second drive to score, but Shock Linwood's two yard plunge made it 7-0. Bryce Petty would run for a 16 yard touchdown on the next drive to double the advantage at 14-0.
Iowa State got on the board with Sam B. Richardson's 11 yard touchdown pass to Dondre Daley. Richardson threw an interception on the next drive, which turned into Petty's 25 yard toss to Corey Coleman to make it 21-7. Linwood added his second rushing touchdown, this one from 24 yards out to make it 28-7.
Johnny Jefferson's 12 yard touchdown run made it 35-7 and there was no way back for the Cyclones.
Iowa State started strong in the second half. Richardson ran up the middle for a 47 yard touchdown to close the gap to 35-14. They then tried an onside kick, but Baylor recovered and made the Cyclones pay. Linwood's 7 yard touchdown run made it 42-14.
Iowa State responded with another touchdown. On first and goal from the one, Aaron Wimberly pounded his way in to make it 42-21. Baylor would score late in the third quarter on Petty's one yard run to take a 49-21 lead.
Iowa State got a late garbage time touchdown when Richardson hit Tad Ecby for a 51 yard touchdown. That produced the final score of 49-28, as Baylor would run out the final 4:42 for the victory.
Bryce Petty went 30 of 44 for 336 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He also ran for 47 yards and 2 touchdowns on 47 carries. Shock Linwood had 15 carries for 82 yards and 3 touchdowns. Johnny Jefferson had 48 yards rushing and a touchdown on 11 carries. Seth Russell even had 44 yards on 6 carries in mop up duty.
Corey Coleman had a big game catching the ball. He finished with 154 yards and a touchdown on 12 catches. Antwan Goodley, who missed the first three games with a quad injury, had 6 catches for 114 yards. KD Cannon was held in check with 9 catches for only 48 yards.
Sam B. Richardson led the way for the Cyclones. He went 17 of 39 for 212 yards with 2 touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for 99 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. The 99 yards rushing accounted for 78% of the Cyclones rushing offense.
Tad Ecby's late touchdown catch was enough to lead the team. He had one catch for 51 yards on that touchdown. Allen Lazard caught 3 passes for 47 yards while Jarvis West had 5 catches for 37 yards.
Baylor (4-0, 1-0) will have their third straight road game next week in Austin to face the Texas Longhorns (2-2, 1-0). Iowa State (1-3, 0-2) will travel as well next week. They will go to Stillwater, Oklahoma to face Oklahoma State (3-1, 1-0).