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Football preview: at No. 13/13 Baylor
11.18.2019 | Football
The Longhorns and Bears face off Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Waco.
Texas (6-4; 4-3 Big 12) at No. 13/13 Baylor (9-1; 6-1 Big 12)
Nov. 23, 2019
Where: Waco, Texas
Stadium: McLane Stadium
Time: 2:30 p.m. CT
TV: FS1 (Brian Custer, Robert Smith)
Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Craig Way, Roger Wallace, Quan Cosby)
Spanish Radio: Longhorn IMG Radio Network (Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva, Jesus Mendoza)
National Radio: Touchdown Radio (Brett Dolan, Gino Torretta)
All-time Series: Texas leads, 78-26-4 (30-16-2 in Waco)
THE OPENING KICKOFF
• The University of Texas enters the final two weeks of the regular season with a trip to Waco, Texas, where the Longhorns will face No. 13/13 Baylor on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on FS1.
• The Longhorns enter the weekend with an overall record of 6-4 and a 4-3 mark in the Big 12 Conference. UT was edged out by Iowa State, 23-21, in Ames last weekend.
• Junior QB Sam Ehlinger threw three touchdown passes against the Cyclones. It was his sixth game with at least three touchdown passes this season, passing Colt McCoy (5 - 2008-09) for the most in school history.
• Baylor enters this weekend's contest with a 9-1 record and a 6-1 mark in Big 12 play. The Bears suffered their first defeat of the season, 34-31, against No. 10/10 Oklahoma last Saturday.
• Texas is 78-26-4 all-time against Baylor, and is 2-0 against the Bears under head coach Tom Herman. The Longhorns won in Waco, 38-7, in 2017, marking UT's largest margin of victory (31 points) against a conference opponent during Herman's tenure.
• Saturday will mark Texas' final road game of the regular season. The Longhorns are 2-2 in such matchups, including a Big 12 Conference win over West Virginia back in October.
• The game will broadcast on Fox Sports 1, with Brian Custer (PxP) and Robert Smith (Analyst) on the call.
• The Longhorn IMG Radio Network broadcast with Craig Way (play-by-play), Roger Wallace (analyst) and Quan Cosby (sideline) can be heard on Sirius channel 108, XM channel 200, and app channel 954 in addition to the local affiliates listed on page two.
• The Longhorns' spanish-language broadcast, Cadena Deportiva, can be heard in Austin and Dallas, or online at TexasSports.com. Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva (play-by-play) and Jesus Mendoza (analyst) are on the call.• Longhorn Network will broadcast Texas GameDay
beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT on Saturday. The two-hour pregame show will feature interviews, stories and analysis surrounding Saturday's game. After the game, LHN broadcasts Texas GameDay Final, with postgame interviews, analysis and highlights.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
• Texas will face Baylor for the 109th time in program history on Saturday. The Longhorns hold a 78-26-4 all-time record against the Bears, including a 30-16-2 advantage when the two teams face off in Waco, Texas.
• The Horns have won 8 of 11 matchups in Waco since the programs joined the Big 12 Conference prior to the 1996 season. UT has won each of the last two meetings, including a 38-7 victory at McLane Stadium during Tom Herman's first season as head coach.
• Texas is 2-0 against Baylor under Tom Herman.
• The two schools first met in 1901, when UT bested Baylor, 23-0, on the road. They have faced off 107 times since then, including ever year since 1945.
• Texas won its first 11 matchups against Baylor (1901-14) and holds the longest winning streak by either side in the series with 16-straight wins from 1958-73.
A TEXAS WIN WOULD...
• Be Texas' 915th victory all-time, keeping UT as the third-winningest program in college football history.
• Mark Tom Herman's 46th victory as a head coach and his 24th at The University of Texas.
• Mark Texas' fifth-straight victory over Baylor, dating back to 2015.
• Push the Longhorns' record to 19-5 against the Bears since the two programs joined the Big 12 conference prior to the start of the 1996 season.
• Clinch Texas' third-straight winning season, the longest stretch for the Longhorns since 2011-13.
HEAD COACH TOM HERMAN
• Tom Herman is in his fifth season overall as a head coach with a career record of 45-18 (.714). He is in his third season at Texas with a mark of 23-14 (.623).
• Including the 2019 season, Herman has spent 16 of his 22 seasons as a coach in the state of Texas on the collegiate level.
• Herman graduated from Cal Lutheran and received his master's degree in education from The University of Texas.
• He owns a career mark of 13-8 against top 25 opponents, 5-6 against top 10 foes and 3-3 versus teams in the top five.
CAPTAINS
The Longhorns longtime tradition of naming team captains continued this year, with the following six earning the honor for the 2019 season:
Devin Duvernay (Sachse, Texas, fourth-year WR)
Sam Ehlinger (Austin, Texas, third-year QB)
Collin Johnson (San Jose, Calif., fourth-year WR)
Brandon Jones (Nacogdoches, Texas, fourth-year DB)
Malcolm Roach (Baton Rouge, La., fourth-year DL)
Zach Shackelford (Belton, Texas, fourth-year OL)
All six Longhorn Captains are first-time selections, marking the second time during Tom Herman's three seasons at the helm that all captains are first-time selections (2017).
