Bryson Washington has a field day as Baylor beats TCU with game-winning FG

WACO, Texas – Bryson Washington had a career-high 196 yards and four rushing touchdowns, and Isaiah Hankins hit a 33-yard field goal on the final play of the game to give Baylor a 37-34 victory over TCU on Saturday night.

The Bears faced fourth-and-9 at the TCU 44 with 16 seconds left when Sawyer Robertson threw a 15-yard pass to Michael Trigg. Washington ran 13 yards to set up Hankins' kick.

Baylor (5-4, 3-3 Big 12) won the same way TCU did in Waco two years ago, and fans rushed the field to celebrate. The Horned Frogs kicked a field goal before the clock expired for a 29-28 win en route to a 12-0 regular season in 2022 and a trip to the national championship game.

TCU (5-4, 3-3) offset Josh Hoover's 24-yard touchdown pass to Jack Bech with 1:55 left. Hoover threw for 333 yards and two touchdowns, both to Bech, while running for a score.

The Bears won a game for the third straight season after completing two eight-game Big 12 losses over the last two weeks – one overall and the other in conference home games.

The Horned Frogs were also looking for their third straight win and trying to stay on the edge of the Big 12 Championship Game race.

Washington scored on runs of 8, 40 and 35 yards before a 1-yarder to secure the lead after 13 plays and 81 yards. Once TCU got back to even par, Robertson led the way to 11-game victories.

Savion Williams had 92 yards receiving and 57 yards rushing while throwing a touchdown pass for the Horned Frogs.

Celebrate titles

Baylor honored its back-to-back Big 12 championship teams from 2013-14 with a notable absence, at least in public. Art Briles, the creator of these titles, was fired as coach in 2016 because the football program mishandled sexual assault allegations. The 68-year-old has not coached at the college since then.

A few dozen players from those teams briefly took the field at halftime as some of the highlights were announced. There was no mention of Briles, whose son Kendal Briles was on his coaching staff and is now TCU's offensive coordinator.

The takeaway food

TCU: Williams wobbled and dropped a somewhat difficult over-the-shoulder catch that would have amounted to an 81-yard touchdown early in the second quarter. A punt followed and four plays later, Washington's 40-yard TD gave the Bears a 13-7 lead. Hankins missed the extra point.

Baylor: Robertson's four-game streak of at least three touchdown passes came to an end, but he picked up three completions for first downs on the drive for a 34-27 lead. He also converted a fourth-and-2 with a 3-yard run and set up a 5-yarder to set up Washington's go-ahead touchdown.

Next

TCU: Oklahoma State is at home next Saturday.

Baylor: November 16th in West Virginia.

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