September 10, 2022 Week 2 · Regular Season Belt changed hands

BYU takes the belt, 26–20, at home over Baylor.

Home · New Holder

BYUAP No. 21 26

Away · Defending Holder

BaylorAP No. 9 20

AP poll, week 2: Baylor No. 9 at BYU No. 21 · No. 1 that week: Georgia. The belt vs. the polls →

Belt context

Where this game sits in the lineage

BYU took the belt here, ending Baylor’s run of 252 days and 1 defense (reign #318) and starting reign #319. It lasted 7 days and 0 defenses, until Oregon took it on September 17, 2022.

For BYU this was its 6th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before — and it took it back here.

This is the only time BYU and Baylor have met with the belt on the line.

AI-Written

Recap

BYU claimed the College Football Belt with a 26-20 victory over Baylor in Provo, overcoming a Bears team that controlled the line of scrimmage and time of possession. The Cougars struck first with a Jake Oldroyd field goal in the first quarter, then took a 10-7 halftime lead when Jaren Hall connected with Chase Roberts for a 20-yard touchdown with just two seconds left in the half. Baylor answered with a Qualan Jones touchdown run in the third quarter to tie it, but BYU responded with an Oldroyd field goal and a spectacular 22-yard touchdown pass from Hall to Roberts (technically a reverse) to seize control. In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, Blake Shapen led the Bears to another score to make it 23-20, setting up a dramatic finish where BYU's Lopini Katoa punched in a 3-yard touchdown run to secure the belt, though the two-point conversion failed.

Chase Roberts 20-yard TD reception with 2 seconds left in Q2 to give BYU a 10-7 halftime lead
Jaren Hall's 22-yard TD pass to Chase Roberts in Q3 to extend BYU's lead after Baylor tied it
Lopini Katoa's 3-yard TD run in the final moments to secure BYU's 26-20 victory and the belt

Written by Claude from the box score and play-by-play on this page — a plain-English recap of the numbers below, not a substitute for them.

Full Box Score

Team stats

CFBD box score

BYUBaylor

Total yards366289

Rushing yards83152

Passing yards283137

First downs2422

3rd down conv.3/149/18

Turnovers00

Penalties–yards8–6914–117

Time of possession25:4534:15

Full team box score from CFBD’s /games/teams data. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have team-level stats that far back.

Play By Play

Key plays

CFBD play-by-play

When	Team	Yards	Play
Q1 12:44	BYU	+21 yd	Jaren Hall pass complete to Keanu Hill for 21 yds to the Bayl 11 for a 1ST down
Q1 11:31	BYU	+27 yd	Jake Oldroyd 27 Yd Field Goal
Q2 1:37	Baylor	+1 yd	Qualan Jones 1 Yd Run (Isaiah Hankins PAT failed)
Q2 0:02	BYU	+20 yd	Chase Roberts 20 Yd pass from Jaren Hall (Jake Oldroyd Kick)
Q3 15:00	BYU	+23 yd	Jake Oldroyd kickoff for 65 yds , Craig Williams return for 23 yds to the Bayl 23
Q3 10:53	Baylor	+7 yd	Qualan Jones 7 Yd Run (Isaiah Hankins Kick)
Q3 6:15	BYU	+39 yd	Jake Oldroyd 39 Yd Field Goal
Q3 6:15	BYU	+21 yd	Jake Oldroyd kickoff for 65 yds , Craig Williams return for 21 yds to the Bayl 21
Q3 1:28	BYU	+22 yd	Jaren Hall 22 Yd pass from Chase Roberts (Jake Oldroyd Kick)
Q4 10:01	Baylor	+4 yd	Ben Sims 4 Yd pass from Blake Shapen (Isaiah Hankins Kick)
Q3 1:28	BYU	+21 yd	Jake Oldroyd kickoff for 65 yds , Craig Williams return for 21 yds to the Bayl 21
Q4 0:35	BYU	+37 yd	Jaren Hall pass complete to Chase Roberts for 37 yds to the Bayl 19 for a 1ST down
Q4 0:08	BYU	+35 yd	Jake Oldroyd 35 yd FG MISSED
Q5 0:00	Baylor	+43 yd	Isaiah Hankins 43 yd FG MISSED
Q5 0:00	BYU	+37 yd	Jake Oldroyd 37 yd FG MISSED
Q6 0:00	BYU	+20 yd	Jaren Hall pass complete to Keanu Hill for 20 yds to the Bayl 5 for a 1ST down
Q6 0:00	BYU	+3 yd	Lopini Katoa 3 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

Scoring plays, turnovers, and gains of 20+ yards, pulled from CFBD’s play-by-play. This section only appears for belt games with play-by-play on file (2003 onward).

Box Score

Player stats

CFBD player stats

Passing

BYU

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jaren Hall	23/39	261	6.7	1	0	69.4
Chase Roberts	1/1	22	22.0	1	0	100.0

Baylor

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Blake Shapen	18/28	137	4.9	1	0	35.9

Rushing

BYU

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Christopher Brooks	13	31	2.4	0	6
Jaren Hall	10	28	2.8	0	13
Lopini Katoa	9	26	2.9	1	7
Miles Davis	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Baylor

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Craig Williams	17	68	4.0	0	13
Qualan Jones	16	67	4.2	2	11
Taye Mcwilliams	6	22	3.7	0	7
Richard Reese	6	19	3.2	0	9
Dillon Doyle	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Blake Shapen	4	-22	-5.5	0	0

Receiving

BYU

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chase Roberts	8	122	15.3	1	37
Keanu Hill	4	57	14.3	0	21
Kody Epps	3	28	9.3	0	13
Jaren Hall	1	22	22.0	1	22
Brayden Cosper	2	13	6.5	0	11
Christopher Brooks	3	13	4.3	0	10
Lopini Katoa	1	12	12.0	0	12
Dallin Holker	1	9	9.0	0	9
Isaac Rex	1	7	7.0	0	7

Baylor

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Hal Presley	3	31	10.3	0	18
Ben Sims	4	30	7.5	1	12
Gavin Holmes	1	19	19.0	0	19
Qualan Jones	3	17	5.7	0	12
Seth Jones	2	16	8.0	0	13
Drake Dabney	3	16	5.3	0	8
Taye Mcwilliams	1	7	7.0	0	7
Josh Cameron	1	1	1.0	0	1

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Defense

BYU

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Max Tooley	13	7	0	0	0	1
Ben Bywater	11	3	1	1.5	0	0
Ammon Hannemann	8	3	0	0	0	0
Caden Haws	6	5	1	1	0	0
Keenan Pili	6	3	0	1.5	0	0
John Nelson	4	4	1	1	0	0
Malik Moore	4	1	0	0	0	0
Payton Wilgar	4	1	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Hayes	3	3	0	0	2	0
Lorenzo Fauatea	3	2	1	1	0	1
George Udo	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler Batty	3	1	0	0	0	0
Fisher Jackson	3	1	0	0	1	1
Earl Tuioti-Mariner	2	2	0	0	0	1
Gabe Jeudy	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jacob Boren	2	2	0	0	0	0
Gabe Summers	2	1	0	0	0	0
Houston Heimuli	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ethan Slade	1	1	0	0	0	0
Micah Harper	1	1	0	0	0	0
Talmage Gunther	1	1	0	0	0	0
Carter Krupp	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hayden Livingston	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pepe Tanuvasa	1	0	0	0	0	1
D'Angelo Mandell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Mangelson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lisala Tai	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baylor

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Matt Jones	8	5	1	1	1	0
Devin Neal	6	4	1	2	0	0
Tyrone Brown	5	3	0	0	0	0
Dillon Doyle	4	4	0	0	0	0
Mark Milton	4	4	0	0	0	1
Mike Harris	4	2	0	0	0	0
Gabe Hall	3	1	0	0	0	0
Al Walcott	3	0	0	0.5	1	0
Will Williams	2	2	0	0	0	0
Lorando Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Armani Winfield	2	2	0	0	0	0
Cole Maxwell	2	1	0	0.5	1	0
Siaki Ika	2	1	0	0	0	0
Garmon Randolph	2	1	0	0	0	1
AJ McCarty	2	1	0	0	0	0
TJ Franklin	2	1	0	0	0	1
Devin Lemear	2	1	0	1	0	0
Garrison Grimes	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bryson Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chidi Ogbonnaya	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Morgan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Player	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brayden Utley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jackie Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kick Returns

BYU

No recorded stats in this category.

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Craig Williams	3	65	21.7	23	0
Kelsey Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

BYU

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Jake Oldroyd	2/4	50.0	39	2/2	8

Baylor

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Isaiah Hankins	0/1	0.0	0	2/3	2

Punt Returns

BYU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Talmage Gunther	3	5	1.7	3	0

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Gavin Holmes	1	6	6.0	6	0

Punting

BYU

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Rehkow	5	213	42.6	1	0	48

Baylor

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Issac Power	6	256	42.7	0	4	51

Full player stats from CFBD’s /games/players data, split out by team. This section only appears for belt games from 2003 onward — CFBD doesn’t have player-level stats that far back. Linked player names go to that player’s stat line in every other belt game they’ve appeared in.

Sources Box score at ESPN · Game record: College Football Data (id 401404062) · This game in the downloadable dataset

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