Baylor’s ground game dooms Cowboys

WACO, Texas — Sawyer Robertson had three touchdown passes and ran for another score, helping Baylor end an eight-game home losing streak in Big 12 games with a 38-28 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Robertson and three other players combined for 345 yards rushing a week after the Bears (4-4, 2-3 Big 12) ended an eight-game overall conference losing streak with a blowout of Texas Tech in Lubbock.

The victory, which came on homecoming, was the first in the Big 12 for Baylor at McLane Stadium since a 35-23 win over Kansas on Oct. 22, 2022. The Bears had their first 300-yard rushing game in three years.

Oklahoma State (3-5, 0-5), which is on a five-game losing streak for the first time since 2014, pulled within 31-28 with five minutes remaining on the second of Ollie Gordon II’s two rushing touchdowns. Gordon finished with 77 yards.

Dawson Pendergrass answered with a 55-yard touchdown run, bouncing off several tacklers on the biggest of his six carries for 142 yards with two TDs.

Bryson Washington had 78 yards rushing, Robertson finished with 73 on the ground with a 41-yard TD and Richard Reese added 52.

Robertson was 11 of 19 passing for 222 yards with an interception.

The takeaway

Oklahoma State: Since that five-game skid a decade ago, the Cowboys have had 13 winning streaks of at least four games. They had lost three in a row only twice in that span before their current streak. OSU entered the season ranked No. 17 and was 13th entering Big 12 play.

Baylor: The Bears have won consecutive games for the first time since that 2022 home victory against Kansas was followed by road wins at Texas Tech and Oklahoma. Embattled coach Dave Aranda has a chance to build late-season momentum and a case for returning in 2025.