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Baylor Bears © |
Southern Methodist Mustangs |
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Played September 28, 1991 at Ownby Stadium Dallas, Texas |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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L |
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PCT |
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L |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Baylor © | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | ||||
| Southern Methodist | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Baylor |
10 |
14 |
14 |
7 |
45 |
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Southern Methodist |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
The 12th ranked, 3-0 Baylor Bears of coach Grant Teaff traveled to Dallas to meet the 0-2 Southern Methodist Mustangs of first-year coach Tom Rossley. Baylor's QB J.J. Joe threw for 2 touchdowns & rushed for another while the Bears’ defense held Southern Methodist to 61 yards rushing in a 45-7 Baylor win. The Bears scored in the first minute of play when Joe connected with All-SWC WR Melvin Bonner on a 40-yard gain & then All-SWC RB David Mims broke loose for a 25-yard touchdown run after just 0:34 had elapsed. Baylor's PK Jeff Ireland pushed the lead to 10-0 with a 50-yard field goal. The 2nd quarter was more of the same as Joe scored on a 4-yard touchdown run then hit Bonner on a 49-yard touchdown pass for a 24-0 halftime advantage. Joe continued the rout in the 3rd quarter hitting Mims on a 37-yard touchdown pass. The Mustangs got their only points of the game when QB Mike Romo found WR Mick Rossley for a 37-yard touchdown. Joe set-up the next score with a 41-yard run that led to a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Creig Stephens. Baylor's back-up QB Steve Needham finished the scoring for the Bears with a 1-yard touchdown run. Joe finished with 171 yards passing with his 2 scores & Bonner added 4 catches for 105 yards to his score. Romo finished with 190 yards passing for the Mustangs. Baylor finished the season 8-4 while the Mustangs finished 1-10. Southern Methodist has not played for The Belt again.
| Baylor Game Stats | Southern Methodist Game Stats |
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Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Rushing Yards |
Att |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| John Henry | 9 | 66 | 0 | 7.33 | Mike Romo | 10 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 |
| J.J. Joe | 13 | 55 | 1 | 4.23 | Rongea Hill | 3 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 |
| David Mims | 9 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | Larry Wilson | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Creig Stephens | 14 | 29 | 1 | 2.07 | Todd Ritz | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1.00 |
| Steve Needham | 7 | 23 | 1 | 3.29 | |||||
| Chris Lewis | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | |||||
| David Loeb | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3.00 | |||||
| Greg White | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | |||||
| Lee Miles | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |||||
| Robert Strait | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs | Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yards | TDs |
| J.J. Joe | 10 | 8 | 0 | 171 | 2 | Mike Romo | 32 | 17 | 1 | 190 | 1 |
| Steve Needham | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | Todd Ritz | 12 | 6 | 1 | 65 | 0 |
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Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
Receiving Yards |
Catches |
Yards |
TDs |
Avg Gain |
| Melvin Bonner | 4 | 105 | 1 | 26.25 | Andy Bergfeld | 5 | 84 | 0 | 16.80 |
| David Miles | 1 | 37 | 1 | 37.00 | Jason Wolf | 7 | 69 | 0 | 9.86 |
| Lee Miles | 3 | 36 | 0 | 12.00 | Mick Rossley | 6 | 40 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Mike McKenzie | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | Walter Gibson | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29.00 |
| Erwin Wilburn | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | |||||
| Korey Beard | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | |||||
| Rongea Hill | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |