Postgame Notes -- Baylor

GETTING STARTED

• Weather conditions at kickoff: Roof Closed
• Today's game was televised nationally on ESPN. This is Texas Tech's third appearance on an ESPN network this season.
• Today's game marked the 75th all-time meeting between Texas Tech and Baylor. Texas Tech is now 37-37-1 all-time against the Bears.
• Texas Tech won the coin toss and chose to defer to the second half. Texas Tech is now 1-3 when receiving the second-half kick this season.
• Texas Tech wore black helmets, red jerseys and black pants. The Red Raiders are 7-3 in the combination dating back to the 2009 season.
• Today's game captains were Baylen Brown (OL), Patrick Mahomes II (QB), Justis Nelson (DB), Luke Stice (LB).
• Senior offensive lineman Baylen Brown made his team-leading 34th start of his career while senior defensive back Justis Nelson made his 32nd career start.
• True freshman wide receiver Antoine Wesley and redshirt freshman Broderick Washington both made their first career start in today's game.
• Today's attendance was 41,656.
Starters – (Offense) - (LT) Baylen Brown, (LG) Madison Akamnonu, (C) Tony Morales, (RG) Paul Stawarz (RT) Terence Steele, (QB) Patrick Mahomes II, (RB) Da'Leon Ward, (RB) Justin Stockton, (WR) Cameron Batson, (WR) Dylan Cantrell, (WR) Antoine Wesley; (Defense) – (DE) Kolin HIll, (T) Breiden Fehoko (N) Broderick Washington, (RUSH) Kris Williams, (WILL) Luke Stice, (SAM) Malik Jenkins, (MIKE) Jordyn Brooks, (RC) D.J. Polite-Bray, (LC) Justis Nelson, (FS) Jah'Shawn Johnson, (SS) Kisean Allen.

TEXAS TECH'S WIN...

• Gives Texas Tech a 5-7 overall record and 3-6 mark in Big 12 Conference play.
• Evens the all-time series with Baylor at 37-37-1 overall.
• Snaps a five-game losing streak to Baylor that dated back to the 2011 season.
• Improves the Red Raiders to 3-5 all-time in the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout which began in 2009.
• Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 24-26.
• Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 1-3 against Baylor.
• Gives Kliff Kingsbury a career record of 13-23 in Big 12 games.

TEXAS TECH TEAM NOTES

• Texas Tech has now scored in 244-straight games dating back to the 1997 season, a streak that ranks 11th nationally and second in the Big 12 Conference.
• Texas Tech's 54 points marked the fifth time this year where the Red Raiders scored at least 50 points, tying the single-season school record that was set just a year ago.
• Texas Tech's 54 points marked its most against Baylor since the Red Raiders recorded a 55-21 victory in 2006.
• Texas Tech built a 20-point first half lead behind solid play from its defense as the Red Raiders held Baylor to just 3-of-10 on third downs and 1-of-4 on fourth downs over the game's first 30 minutes.
• Texas Tech capitalized on the "big" play early and often against Baylor as three touchdown plays took just one play. Patrick Mahomes II found Dylan Cantrell for a 40-yard touchdown early in the first half before Quan Shorts and Keke Coutee both hauled in passes of 80 yards or longer. Jonathan Giles later added a 62-yard scoring strike with 4:50 remaining in the first half.
• Texas Tech scored 41 first-half points, its most since the Red Raiders led Stephen F. Austin, 45-3, at the half of its season opener. It marked the most first-half points for the Red Raiders against a Big 12 foe since Tech poured on 49 points over the opening 30 minutes against Baylor in 2001.
• Texas Tech forced four Baylor turnovers in the win, which was its most since the Red Raiders recorded the same amount in their 2015 season opener versus Sam Houston State.
• Texas Tech's three fumble recoveries marked its most in a game since the Red Raiders scooped up three in 2013 at Kansas.

MAHOMES BECOMES JUST THIRD PLAYER IN FBS HISTORY TO RECORD 5,000 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS

• Mahomes had another historic performance leading the Red Raiders as he finished 30-of-46 for 580 yards and 6 touchdowns in the win. His 586 passing yards tied for fifth-most in Texas Tech single-game history while his six touchdown passes tied his career high that was set in this same game in 2014.
• Mahomes surpassed 5,000 yards of total offense for the second-straight season in today's game, which placed the junior in elite company among FBS quarterbacks who have reached the mark multiple times in a career. He joins the likes of former Red Raider quarterback Graham Harrell (2007-08) and Houston's Case Keenum (2008-09, 2011) as the only quarterbacks in FBS history to record 5,000 yards of total offense twice in a career. He is the 12th quarterback in FBS history to pass for over 5,000 yards in a season.
• In addition, Mahomes' 586 yards passing against Baylor pushed him to 5,035 on the season, the most in his career. He is the fourth Red Raider quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards in a season, joining the likes of B.J. Symons (5,833 - 2003), Graham Harrell (5,707 - 2007 and 5,111 - 2008) and his head coach Kliff Kingsbury (5,017 - 2002).
• This is the 22nd time in Mahomes' career where he has passed for at least 300 yards in a game. It is the 11th time where he has thrown for 400 or more yards and his fifth time with at least 500 yards.
• Mahomes reached the 400-yard mark before the Red Raiders even made it to halftime as he was 17-of-24 for 412 yards and five touchdowns in the first-half alone. It marked the most yards Mahomes has thrown for in the first half during his career. Mahomes has thrown for 3,234 yards in the first-half alone this season, which is more than the totals of 105 FBS teams in full games this season.
• Mahomes is the first quarterback to throw multiple touchdown passes of at least 80 yards all-time for a college game held at AT&T Stadium.
• In three career starts against Baylor, Mahomes has now thrown for 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns. He is averaging 533 passing yards per game all-time versus Baylor.

NOTING THE RED RAIDERS

• Keke Coutee followed Shorts' long touchdown with one of his own as he gave Texas Tech a 34-7 lead with an 80-yard touchdown grab with 7:19 remaining in the second quarter. Coutee ended the night with eight catches for a career-high 221 yards, which matched Darrin Moore for the 10th-highest single game total in Texas Tech history. Moore recorded the same total in a 2011 game against Texas State. Coutee's 221 receiving yards marked the most for a Tech receiver this year.
• Jah'Shawn Johnson forced his third fumble this season and the fifth of his career to set up a Texas Tech touchdown with 6:17 remaining of the first quarter. Luke Stice recovered the fumble, the first of his Red Raider career.
• Jah'Shawn Johnson recorded one of his best defensive performances as a Red Raider as he finished with 10 tackles, which included his first career sack that came with 10:50 remaining in the second quarter. He later recovered a key fumble - his first this season and fifth of his career - on the goal line to end a Baylor drive with 1:54 remaining in the third quarter and an interception with 6:14 remaining in the game. It was the fifth interception of his career.
• Dylan Cantrell hauled in his seventh touchdown grab of the season and 10th of his career on a 40-yard strike from Mahomes with 6:09 remaining in the first quarter. He added another in the third quarter behind a six-yard pass from Mahomes with 10:26 left in the frame. Cantrell finished with nine catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns.
• Da'Leon Ward had another good game leading the Red Raider ground attack as he finished with 82 yards and a touchdown off 20 carries. It is the fourth time this season where the true freshman has run for 80 or more yards in a game.
• Quan Shorts had just four catches for 43 yards this season before he hauled in an 81-yard touchdown pass from Mahomes with 9:32 remaining in the second quarter. It marked the longest offensive play of the season for a Red Raider.
• Malik Jenkins forced a key fumble late in the second quarter which marked the second of his career. He ended the night with a six tackles.
• Jordyn Brooks led the Red Raiders with a career-high 18 tackles, the most for a Red Raider this season.
• Luke Stice had another career day for the Red Raiders as he finished with 15 tackles, snapping his previous career high of 12 that was set just a week ago at Iowa State.
• Clayton Hatfield connected on a pair of successful field goal attempts in the win as he nailed a 31-yard attempt with 5:52 remaining in the third quarter and then a 27-yard attempt with 11:09 remaining in the game. Hatfield is now 13-of-14 on field goals this season and 27-of-30 over his career. He now needs one successful field goals to tie Brian Hall (1974-77) for 10th all-time in Texas Tech history.
• Jonathan Giles added four catches for 82 yards, giving the sophomore 1,158 receiving yards this season which ranks ninth all-time in Texas Tech history. He passed both Jakeem Grant (2015) and Wes Welker's (2003) totals during tonight's win.

GETTING STARTED

TEXAS TECH'S WIN...

TEXAS TECH TEAM NOTES

MAHOMES BECOMES JUST THIRD PLAYER IN FBS HISTORY TO RECORD 5,000 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS

NOTING THE RED RAIDERS

Players Mentioned

Madison Akamnonu

Kisean Allen

Cameron Batson

Jordyn Brooks

Baylen Brown

Dylan Cantrell

Keke Coutee

Breiden Fehoko

Jonathan Giles

Jakeem Grant

Clayton Hatfield

Malik Jenkins

Jah'Shawn Johnson

Patrick Mahomes II

Tony Morales

Justis Nelson

D.J. Polite-Bray

Quan Shorts

Paul Stawarz

Terence Steele

Luke Stice

Justin Stockton

Da'Leon Ward

Broderick Washington Jr.

Antoine Wesley

Kris Williams