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Isaiah Hankins' field goal on the final snap puts Baylor over TCU


Isaiah Hankins' field goal on the final snap puts Baylor over TCU

NCAA Football: Texas Christian at BaylorNovember 2, 2024; Waco, Texas, USA; Baylor Bears running back Bryson Washington (30) runs the ball for a 40-yard touchdown as TCU Horned Frogs safety Bud Clark (21) gives chase during the first half at McLane Stadium. Mandatory attribution: Chris Jones-Imagn Images

Isaiah Hankins hit a 33-yard field goal on the final play of the game and Bryson Washington ran for 196 yards and four touchdowns to lift Baylor past TCU 37-34 in Big 12 Conference play in Waco, Texas, on Saturday .

Bryson Washington's 13-yard run on the final drive put the Bears (5-4, 3-3 in Big 12) within chip-shot range after Baylor took over at their own 25-yard line with 1:55 to play . Sawyer Robertson had a 15-yard pass to Michael Trigg to convert a fourth-and-9 down to maintain the winning streak and help the Bears win their third straight game.

Robertson passed for 242 yards in the win, while Baylor rushed for 257 yards.

Josh Hoover countered with 333 yards and two touchdowns through the air for TCU (5-4, 3-3 Big 12).

The Horned Frogs were the first to move 95 yards on seven plays until an 8-yard pass from Hoover to Jordyn Bailey's TD at 6:42 of the first quarter. Baylor tied the game when Washington ran eight yards into the end zone with 1:48 left in the quarter.

Washington rolled away with a 40-yard touchdown run with 8:41 left in the first half to put the Bears on top 14-7.

But the rest of the half belonged to TCU as Kyle Lemmermann kicked a 46-yard field goal with 5:18 left before Hoover scored an 11-play, 68-yard drive with a 1-yard keeper with 50 seconds left in the game The Horned Frogs had a 17:14 lead at halftime.

Lemmermann added a 47-yard FG on TCU's opening drive of the third quarter to extend the lead. But Baylor recovered and tied the game on a 1-yard rush by Dawson Pendergrass with 5:09 left in the quarter.

The Horned Frogs regained the lead with a 6-yard scoring pass from Savion Williams to Jack Bech with 23 seconds left in the third period. That score was quickly countered by Washington's 35-yard touchdown run 57 seconds into the fourth period that tied the game at 27.

Washington's fourth TD run – this one from one yard with 4:54 left at the end of an 81-yard, 13-play march – put the Bears on top. TCU responded with Hoover's touchdown pass to Bech with 1:55 left.

That set the stage for a final drive by Baylor and the game-winning kick by Hankins.

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