Sept. 7, 2002

Box Score

WACO, Texas - Jonathan Golden set a Baylor record with five rushing touchdowns and finished with six touchdowns on the night as Baylor defeated Samford 50-12 Saturday night in front of a crowd of 28,275 at Floyd Casey Stadium. Golden scored four rushing touchdowns in the first half to help the Bears to a 30-0 halftime lead and finished with 108 yards on 19 carries in three quarters of work.

"When you spot a team 30 points early, it's hard to rebound from that," Samford head coach Bill Gray said. "We came out in the second half, and our kids continued to play hard. We're going to look at film and learn from this experience."

Aryvia Holmes caught nine passes for 140 yards to lead the Bulldogs. He also had one return for 65 yards to finish with 205 all-purpose yards.

The Bears led 43-0 with 8:26 left in the third quarter. Golden capped off a 7-play, 52-yard drive with a 17-yard run. On Baylor's next drive, Golden scored on a 28-yard pass from Aaron Karas.

Samford's first touchdown of the night came with 5:34 left in the third quarter. Josh Kellett orchestrated an 8-play, 65-yard drive, capping it off with a 1-yard touchdown run. Chip Walters' extra-point was no good to make it 43-6.

Josh Zachry's 32-yard touchdown pass to John Martin put the Bears on top 50-6 with 6:58 left in the game. Samford's final touchdown came with three minutes left in the game. Efrem Hill caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Kellett. The two-point conversion was no good to make for the final score.

Baylor wasted no time on its first drive of the game. Golden capped off a 10-play, 96-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run giving the Bears a 6-0 lead with 10:26 left in the first quarter. The Bears extended their lead to 13-0 on Golden's 1-yard run with 1:58 remaining left in the quarter.

Daniel Andino's 23-yard field goal gave the Bears a 16-0 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

Samford drove to the Baylor 20-yard line to start off the second quarter, but Derrick Cash intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 60 yards to the Samford 40-yard line. Seven plays later, Golden scored on a 3-yard run putting the Bears ahead 23-0.

Golden's final touchdown of the first half gave the Bears the 30-0 lead at halftime.

Baylor outgained Samford 546-to-268 yards. Kellett completed 11-of-16 passes for 170 yards and one touchdown in relief of Ray Nelson.

Reggie Newhouse caught seven passes for 119 yards to lead Baylor. Karas completed 11-of-16 passes for 207 yards with one touchdown.

Samford will regroup before hosting Nicholls State next Saturday at 6 p.m. at Seibert Stadium.