Baylor Runs Off 22 Straight and Holds Off Louisiana Tech, 36-19
Louisiana Tech tied it at 7-7 in the first quarter, and that was the high point. Baylor then scored 22 straight points, and Louisiana Tech did not see the scoreboard move again until the fourth quarter.
Nate Bennett did most of it. He ran 25 yards for the opening score, then threw a 51-yard touchdown to Louis Brown IV (the extra point was blocked, so 20-7) and a 43-yarder to Jayden McGowan in the third (the two-point run failed, 26-7). Dawson Pendergrass added a 1-yard run, and Rhett Armstrong's 23-yard field goal with 1:45 left in the third made it 29-7. Baylor missed an extra point and a two-point try along the way and it still did not matter.
Louisiana Tech finally got going in the fourth. Trey Kukuk threw a 19-yard touchdown to Eli Finley with 8:18 left, and Jalen Mickens ran in from 2 yards at 5:14, and Tech went for two both times and missed both. That left it 29-19, a 10-point game with 5:14 to go. Then Bennett and McGowan connected again, a 36-yarder at 4:10, to put it away at 36-19.
Baylor had 424 total yards to Tech's 366 (253 passing, 171 rushing), and it got there despite two lost fumbles. Louisiana Tech threw one interception and lost a fumble. The odd part is that Tech's defense is credited with three sacks, and Baylor still got to 36 points. A decent day on defense that the scoreboard did not reward. Baylor is 2-1, Louisiana Tech is 1-2.
For fantasy, Bennett's 21-of-24 was the day's best, and Kukuk was second in a losing effort.