AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s game day Saturday between No. 3 Texas and Baylor at McLane Stadium in Waco to kick off the final Big 12 Conference opener for the Longhorns.
The Longhorns opened as a 14-point favorite in most sportsbooks, and throughout the week moved to 17-point favorites in some of them. Baylor will be without its No. 1 quarterback Blake Shapen who is still recovering from an MCL sprain, so backup Sawyer Robertson will get the start.
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Texas freshman running back CJ Baxter will be available, head coach Steve Sarkisian said earlier in the week. He was held out of last week’s 31-10 win over Wyoming with a foot injury, but Sarkisian said Baxter “looked great” in practice.
This game is the 113th time the schools will face off dating back to 1901, and as the Longhorns leave for the Southeastern Conference with Oklahoma next season, this is one of the many Lone Star State rivalries that will be paused at the very least if not completely scrapped. Sarkisian said it would be nice if somehow the rivalry games could continue, but it’s not his call.
Baylor coach Dave Aranda said in a press conference earlier in the week that many people have told him to “just win one game,” and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out who Baylor fans want to see go down.
“That has been brought up to me multiple times,” Aranda said.
The game kicks at 6:30 p.m. on ABC.
Live updates
9:28 4Q: Special teams not having a good day for Texas. Auburn doinks the upright from 26 yards out following a snap infraction that turned 4th-and-goal from the 3 to the 8. Texas was set to go for it on 4th-and-3. Baylor takes over on its own 8
14:55 4Q: Justice Finkley drops Robertson for a loss of 10 yards and it’s a turnover on downs for Texas. Texas takes over on its 18-yard line
End 3Q: Texas 38, Baylor 6. The Bears have it at the Texas 8 on a 4th-and-goal. Assuming they’ll go for it because they should go for it.
2:40 3Q: Texas muffs another punt, this one by Whittington, and the Baylor LS Garrison Grimes recovers the muff AGAIN. Baylor gets another break with the all at the Texas 19
5:36 3Q: TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Ewers to Worthy over the middle for a 21-yard TD. Longhorns turn the Ford INT into points. PAT good. 7 plays, 95 yards, 3:28. Longhorns 38, Baylor 6
6:35 3Q: Ewers to Johntay Cook II for 51 yards. Ewers put some nice air under the ball and Cook ran under it. It’s Cook’s first collegiate reception.
9:04 3Q: On 4th-and-goal from the 4, Robertson throws it to Jaylan Ford. They are on opposite teams. Ford returns the INT out of the end zone to the 5 and the Texas D stands up again
12:24 3Q: FIELD GOAL TEXAS: Bert Auburn hits from 37 yards out after the drive stalls following Sanders’ huge play. 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:36. Longhorns 31, Bears 6
Halftime: Texas 28, Baylor 6. Texas outgained Baylor 256-121 in the first half and 95-11 on the ground. Brooks with 9 carries for 63 yards and two TDs. Ewers and Baxter also with rushing TDs for the Longhorns. Baylor is averaging 3 yards per play and is 3-for-11 on third down.
0:44 2Q: FIELD GOAL BAYLOR: A win for Texas there after the muffed punt holding Baylor to a field goal. Hankins hits from 36 yards. 4 plays, 2 yards, 0:50. Longhorns 28, Bears 6
1:34 2Q: Worthy muffs the punt and Baylor jumps on it at the Texas 21-yard line. Robertson heading back on the field for Baylor
2:26 2Q: TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: With Byron Murphy leading the way, Brooks is in for a 2-yard TD. PAT good. 5 plays, 46 yards, 1:49. Longhorns 28, Bears 3
4:15 2Q: T’vondre Sweat and the Texas DL swallow Dawson Pendergrass for no gain on 4th-and-2 to get a turnover on downs. Texas takes over on the Baylor 47
7:03 2Q: TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: CJ Baxter strolls into the end zone from 7 yards out. PAT good. 2 plays, 42 yards, 0:32. Longhorns 21, Bears 3
7:35 2Q: Xavier Worthy said during media availability earlier this week that sometime this season he’s going to return a kick for a TD. It almost happened there. He takes the punt 40 yards to the Baylor 42.
9:07 2Q: TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Wow. That was Quinn Ewers running the ball. A 29-yard scramble tip-toeing the sideline for a TD. PAT good. 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:28. Longhorns 14, Bears 3
12:35 2Q: Robertson connected on a 23-yard pass to Monaray Baldwin on the first play of the drive, and then threw two bad passes to kill the drive. Oof. Texas takes over on its own 25
14:05 2Q: Texas punts and Baylor begins the 2Q on its own 22. They have -2 rushing yards so far but Robertson is starting to settle in throwing the ball
End 1Q: Texas 7, Baylor 3. Texas has it on its own 35, 2nd-and-7 to start the 2Q
1:07 1Q: FIELD GOAL BAYLOR: Isaiah Hankins hits the chip shot 22-yard FG to get Baylor on the board. 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:08. Longhorns 7, Bears 3
5:15 1Q: TOUCHDOWN TEXAS: Jonathon Brooks rumbles 40 yards for the game’s first touchdown. PAT good. 2 plays, 55 yards, 0:46. Longhorns 7, Bears 0
6:01 1Q: Baylor punts again and their first two drives have resulted in -5 total yards. Texas takes over on its own 45-yard line after a 30-yard punt by Palmer Williams.
9:14 1Q: Texas moves the ball 16 yards on its first drive and has to punt. It crosses the goal line so Baylor takes over on its own 20-yard line
12:47 1Q: Xavier Worthy calls for a fair catch on the punt and the Longhorns will begin their first drive on their own 42-yard line
13:36 1Q: Texas sacks Robertson on back-to-back plays to force a 4th and about a mile for the Bears. Jett Bush got to Robertson on 2nd down, and then Byron Murphy dropped him on 3rd down
15:00 1Q: The heat index at McLane Stadium is 103. Yikes. Also, Texas wins the coin toss and defers its choice to the second half, so Baylor will get the ball to start the game
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