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WACO, Texas (Ticker) -- Kevin Steele's rebuilding program at Baylor sunk to new depths as it was overpowered 62-0 by No. 20 Texas, which notched its biggest win in the intrastate series in 86 years. Already luckless, the Bears remained winless. This time they were trampled by the Longhorns, who led 14-0 after one quarter, 42-0 at halftime and 52-0 after three quarters. Neighboring rivals in both the Southwest and Big 12 Conferences, Texas notched its largest win over Baylor since a 77-0 rout in 1913. It was the 21st series shutout for the Longhorns and their first since 1979. "This was the most complete game we have played in the last two years we have been at Texas," Longhorns coach Mack Brown said. Major Applewhite threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns in just three quarters for Texas (4-1, 1-0 Big 12). Hodges Mitchell rushed for 131 yards and two scores and also caught a TD pass. Chris Robertson ran for two touchdowns. "Major probably played as well as any quarterback ever and the second and third string players played better tonight than they ever have," Brown said. Texas held a 586-159 advantage in total yards and a 34-8 edge in first downs. The Longhorns punted just twice and had three interceptions. In his first four games as Baylor coach, Kevin Steele has lost just about every way possible. His team missed an extra point in overtime of a 30-29 loss to Boston College and he elected to run a play instead of taking a knee against UNLV, turning a certain win into a long fumble return for a TD and a 27-24 loss on the game's final play. Steele made that call trying to instill toughness but the Bears (0-4, 0-2) have rolled over the last two weeks. This shutout came on the heels of last week's 41-10 loss to rebuilding Oklahoma. "I really don't have a big synopsis for this other than we are only 20 (actually 16) quarters into this process," Steele said. "Looking through the small window, people might think we are never going to get it done. We will get it done." Baylor has lost 10 consecutive games. The Bears have been outscored 83-0 in the first half of their last two games and absorbed their first shutout since a 49-0 loss to Nebraska in 1996. Texas had sustained drives after forcing punts on Baylor's first two possessions. Robertson capped a 53-yard march with a one-yard TD run and and Mitchell went three yards for a score to complete an 80-yard drive, making it 14-0 late in the opening period. On the first play of the second quarter, Baylor's Odell James was picked off by De'Andre Lewis, who got to the Bears 13. On the next play, Mitchell scored again and the rout was on. Texas downed a punt at the 1 and Baylor's Jermaine Alfred fumbled four plays later, with the Longhorns recovering at the 17. It took four plays for Robertson to bang it in from the 1 for a 28-0 lead with with 6:41 left in the first half. "We just dug ourselves into a big hole. We just couldn't get out," Steele said. After another punt, Texas went 80 yards in just six plays as Applewhite hit Chris Smith with a 14-yard TD pass. Applewhite found Ryan Nunez with an eight-yard scoring toss in the final minute of the half. Baylor managed 10 yards in the first half. Texas had 12 plays of at least 10 yards in the opening 30 minutes. In the second half, Kris Stockton kicked field goals around a 10-yard TD pass from Applewhite to Mitchell. Highly touted freshman Chris Simms again saw playing time and hit Brandon Healy with a three-yard TD toss with 3:31 remaining. Applewhite eclipsed 200 yards and threw a TD pass for the 15th straight game. He moved past Bobby Layne and Shea Morenz into third place on the school's all-time TD pass list with 27 and past Morenz into third on the all-time passing yardage list with 3,945. Simms was 3-of-4 for 20 yards and added 28 yards on two runs. Kwame Cavil caught eight passes for 97 yards and Nunez had six catches for 60 yards. Alfred was 10-of-22 for 107 yards and James was 3-of-8 for 40 yards. Both threw interceptions.
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