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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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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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L |
T |
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.
