Auburn 38-24 Baylor (Aug 29, 2025) Recreation Recap

WACO, Texas — — Transfer quarterback Jackson Arnold had 137 of Auburn’s 307 dashing yards whereas scoring two touchdowns, Rayshawn Pleasant returned a kickoff 98 yards and the Tigers beat Baylor 38-24 on Friday evening, opening the season in a real street sport for the primary time since 2002.

Arnold, who performed for Oklahoma the earlier two seasons, had six runs of at the very least 10 yards. He put the Tigers forward to stick with a 24-yard TD that capped a 96-yard drive within the first quarter, and added a 27-yarder on a fourth-and-1 play with 4:32 left.

That almost length-of-the area Auburn drive was arrange by a fourth-down incompletion by Sawyer Robertson, who completed 27-of-48 passing for 419 yards and three touchdowns. Two of his TDs got here on fourth-down performs, to wide-open Alabama switch Kobe Prentice (33 yards) and true freshman operating again Caiden Knighten (10 yards).

Pleasant, one other switch, scored twice on kickoff returns for Tulane final season. His first for the Tigers made it 31-17 within the ultimate minute of the third quarter.

The Takeaway

Auburn: begin for coach Hugh Freeze’s third season, and his new quarterback. Arnold was initially a five-star recruit out of Denton Guyer High School in Texas, solely about 120 miles from the Baylor campus. While shifty together with his toes, each on scrambles and direct runs, he did full 11 of 17 passes for 108 yards.

Baylor: Starting his sixth season, head coach and defensive play-caller Dave Aranda is 31-31. The Bears stilll have two ranked opponents within the first month of the season. They had received their ultimate six regular-season video games final yr earlier than a bowl loss to SEC group LSU. With Robertson again, there are expectations that Baylor could make a run for a Big 12 title.

Up subsequent

Auburn performs its house opener in opposition to Ball State on Sept. 6, the identical day Baylor goes about 100 miles north to Dallas to play former SWC rival No. 16 SMU.

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