Samford Football Drops Road Game At Baylor

7

Samford
SAM

0-3 , 0-1

42

Winner

Baylor
BAY

2-1 , 0-0

7

42

Winner

Score By Quarters


Team


1st



2nd



3rd



4th


F





SAM
Samford


7

0

0

0

7



BAY
Baylor


14

21

0

7

42

Game Recap: Football | 9.13.25

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History

WACO, Texas. – The Samford football team dropped a 42-7 decision at Baylor Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium.
 
With the loss, Samford fell to 0-3 on the season. Baylor improved to 2-1 with the win.
 
“Early on, we did an awesome job of coming back from the 14-point deficit to cut it to 14-7 with the ball inside the 10 and a chance tie the game,” Samford head coach Chris Hatcher said. “Our guys played extremely hard. We didn’t quit. In the second half, our goal was to win the second half, and we got beat 7-0 in the second half, so that speaks to the type of players that we have on our team.”
 
True freshman wide receiver Torrey Ward caught his first collegiate touchdown pass in the game. He caught five passes for 62 yards and a touchdown. Quincy Crittendon completed 7-of-13 passes for 59 yards, while backup Brady Stober completed 4-of-10 passes for 30 yards. C.J. Evans rushed 13 times for 53 yards. Evans also threw the touchdown pass to Ward on a double pass.
 
For the Samford defense, Jaden Mosley had 12 tackles, including nine solo stops. Gumbo Gaskins and LaShon Young had an interception each for the Bulldog defense.
 
On Samford’s first possession, Baylor’s Placide Djungu-Sungu blocked a Samford punt and Bo Onu recovered it for the Bears at the Samford 28-yard line. A few plays later, Baylor’s Bryson Washington scored on a two-yard run to give the Bears a 7-0 lead with 12:52 to go in the first quarter. With 9:37 left in the opening period, Sawyer Robinson hit Josh Cameron for a 10-yard touchdown to make the score 10-0.
 
Samford answered with an 80-yard drive, capped by a double-pass with running back Evans catching a pass from Crittendon and then hitting Ward for a 12-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 14-7 with 1:07 left in the first quarter. Robertson hit Kobe Prentice for a 12-yard touchdown to make the score 21-7 with 8:52 to go in the second quarter.
 
Bryson Washington scored on a five-yard run to push the Baylor lead to 28-7 with 4:22 to go in the second period. The Bears added one more score before halftime when Caden Knighten scored on a one-yard run with 1:09 to go before halftime to make the score 35-7.
 
With 11:40 left in the game, Robertson connected with Louis Brown IV for a 10-yard touchdown to push the Bears’ lead to 42-7.
 
Next up, Samford will play at Western Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 20. The game is set for a 1:30 p.m. (CT) start from Cullowhee, N.C.

 

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