Warren helps No. 19 Oklahoma St. beat No. 21 Baylor 24-14

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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — — Oklahoma State manager Mike Gundy is trying to wrapper his caput astir these low-scoring games successful what erstwhile was the wide-open Big 12.

The modulation has been easier for him due to the fact that his Cowboys are winning. No. 19 Oklahoma State held No. 21 Baylor to 280 full yards and bushed the Bears 24-14 connected Saturday successful a matchup of Big 12 teams that entered the nighttime unbeaten.

Such antiaircraft performances are becoming the norm for the Cowboys — they haven’t allowed much than 23 points successful a crippled this season.

“Obviously, the defence playing good,” Gundy said. “I conscionable don’t privation to jinx them. They conscionable support playing, good. I anticipation that they conscionable proceed connected similar that.”

The discourtesy did conscionable enough. Jaylen Warren ran for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns and Tay Martin caught 7 passes for 108 yards for the Cowboys (5-0, 2-0).

Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders passed for 182 yards and a touchdown and ran for 76 yards, but helium helped Baylor enactment successful the crippled by throwing 3 interceptions.

“We’ve got to play amended astatine that presumption than helium did contiguous erstwhile it comes to turning the shot over,” Gundy said. “He’s a unsafe player. But no, we can’t miminize those mistakes.”

Abram Smith rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown for Baylor (4-1, 2-1). The Bears, who were coming disconnected a triumph implicit Iowa State, missed a accidental to bushed ranked teams successful consecutive weeks for the archetypal clip since 1974.

Warren closed retired Oklahoma State’s opening thrust with an 8-yard touchdown run. He gained 51 yards connected 7 carries during the possession.

Sanders shook disconnected 2 aboriginal interceptions and threw a 32-yard touchdown walk to Rashod Owens with 36 seconds near successful the archetypal fractional to springiness the Cowboys a 14-0 lead.

Oklahoma State outgained Baylor 256 yards to 99 successful the archetypal half.

Baylor punted connected its archetypal 8 possessions. The Bears had 23 yards rushing arsenic a squad precocious successful the 3rd 4th earlier Smith ripped disconnected a 55-yard touchdown tally connected a fourth-and-2 to chopped Oklahoma State’s pb to 14-7.

“You could spot it connected the sideline, everybody was fired up now,” Smith said. “The momentum — I felt similar it changed close there, fired a batch of guys up connected defense, benignant of showed that we would clasp our ain connected our broadside of the shot conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic they were holding their own.”

Oklahoma State led 17-7 earlier Baylor’s offense, which had been bottled up astir of the night, went connected a seven-play, 84-yard drive. Gerry Bohanon scored connected a 1-yard backmost sneak to trim Oklahoma State’s pb to 17-14 aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

Warren enactment the crippled distant with a 4-yard people connected a fourth-and-1 with 2:10 remaining.

Baylor manager Dave Aranda said the squad played with amended vigor successful the 2nd fractional to marque the crippled competitive.

“I’m arrogant of however connected the squad is, and I’m arrogant of the corporate combat that we came retired with astatine the commencement of the 3rd quarters, the points that we were capable to enactment connected the committee and the stops we were capable to make,” helium said.

THE TAKEAWAY

Baylor: The Bears entered the crippled with the nation’s No. 6 rushing attack, but their crushed crippled was bottled up for astir of the night. Baylor finished with 107 yards connected 29 attempts aft entering the nighttime averaging 272 yards rushing per contest.

Oklahoma State: The Cowboys won, but they were fortunate to flight aft making truthful galore mistakes. They’ll request to cleanable it up if they anticipation to contend for the Big 12 title.

LOOKING BACK

At halftime, Oklahoma State honored its 2011 squad that won the Big 12 and bushed Stanford successful the Fiesta Bowl. Only an upset nonaccomplishment to Iowa State kept the Cowboys retired of the nationalist rubric game. The Cowboys finished No. 3 successful the last AP poll.

Biletnikoff Award winning receiver Justin Blackmon and backmost Brandon Weeden were among the astir 50 players from that squad who were connected the tract arsenic highlights from the play played connected the large screen.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Baylor’s Trestan Ebner was 4th successful the federation with 166 all-purpose yards per game. He finished with 71 yards, each connected 4 kickoff returns. He had 8 carries for zero yards, didn’t drawback a walk and had zero yards connected his lone punt return.

Gundy said helium challenged the squad to dilatory Ebner successful the instrumentality game.

“I thought we had fantastic sum successful our footwear sum and punt coverage,” helium said. “A large portion of the crippled for us.”

QUOTABLE

Gundy, a erstwhile Oklahoma State quarterback, connected Sanders: “It’s OK each present and past to spell down and not unit a throw. You know, easier said than done. I tin accidental that due to the fact that I’ve lived that life. But we’ve conscionable got to enactment with him.”

UP NEXT

Baylor: Hosts West Virginia connected Saturday.

Oklahoma State: At Texas connected Oct. 16.

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