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The Bears recovered three of Colorado's six fumbles and intercepted one pass to end a string of three straight Bluebonnet Bowl losses by Southwest Conference teams.
Derrick McAdoo turned two of Baylor's defensive gems into 1-yard touchdown runs, and quarterback Cody Carlson completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Darnell Chase.
"We felt that going into the game they were going to be a great defense so we went in with a great effort," Berry said. "The defensive performance was the best since I've been here. We executed everything real well."
Berry earned the most valuable player award for Baylor with 12 total tackles, two for losses, one quarterback sack, a fumble recovery that set up a touchdown and stopped a 2-point conversion attempt.
"When I accept an award, I accept it as a team effort," Berry said. "We had a few sacks and shut them down. Near the end of the first half we felt we had an edge on them."
The Bears closed out with a 9-3 record and their second straight bowl victory. Colorado finished 6-6 after an 0-4 start. Colorado's late-season surge ended against the Bears.
Baylor avenged three straight losses in the Bluebonnet Bowl by SWC teams. Baylor, Texas Christian and Texas had lost in the last three Bluebonnet Bowls and Baylor Coach Grant Teaff was glad to end the trend.
"We wanted to win for the SWC," Baylor Coach Grant Teaff said. "It was important to win for the SWC against the Big Eight. We lost to Oklahoma State here (in 1983) and we wanted to eradicate that loss."
"Our defense set the tone."
Colorado was held to 194 total yards by the Bear defensive charge.
"Baylor's defense played great," Buff quarterback Mark Hatcher said. "We couldn't stop their stunts. They were pursuing to the ball very well.
"Our defense kept us in the games, but we kept them on the field and they got tired. We had bad field position all day. Our goal in that situation is to get at least two first downs, but we didn't do that.
"I think Baylor's defense was the cause of our fumbles."
The Buffaloes had only 61 total yards at the half.
"The Baylor defense blew through and overpowered us," Colorado Coach Bill McCartney said. "Our game plan was to be' more wide open, but they wouldn't let us."
Colorado nose tackle Kyle Rappold also admired the Bear defense.
"Their defense was in our backfield before Hatcher could hand the ball off," Rappold said. "Their defense was incredible. We were stuck defending our 5-yard line and our goal line all day long."
Colorado, 6-6 for the season, lost three of six fumbles and had one pass intercepted.
Barry's recovery at the Colorado 20 on the second play of the third quarter boosted the Bears to a 21-3 lead.
Colorado got its touchdown with 2:38 to go in the third period on a 31-yard run by quarterback Mark Hatcher, named Colorado's most valuable player in the contest.
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The Baylor defense held CU's offense at bay. |
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Baylor got two rushing touchdowns from Derrick McAdoo.
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Baylor was led by quarterback Cody Carlson. |
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Grant Teaff accepts the Bluebonnet Bowl trophy for Baylor. |
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Attendance- 40,476
Scoring Summary
First Quarter BU- McAdoo 1 run (Syler kick)
Second Quarter CU- FG DcLine 36 BU- Chase 2 yard pass from Carlson (Syler kick)
BU- McAdoo 1 run (Syler kick) CU- Hatcher 31 run (run failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing CU- Kissick 9-37, Oliver 11-36, Hatcher 10-14 BU- McAdoo 8-36, Murray 11-35, Carlson 6-15
Passing CU- Walters 5-8-71, Hatcher 2-5-40 BU- Carlson 11-22-136, Lovell 3-6-29
Receiving CU- Embree 3-57, Oliver 1-19, Carl 1-13, Ferrando 1-12 BU- Clark 3-58, Case 2-23, Murray 2-18, Fornes 2-16, Perry 2-10
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HOUSTON
(AP)- Baylor's No. 3 nationally ranked defense, led by linebacker Ray
Berry, presented its offense with enough scoring opportunities to assure
the Bears a 21-9 victory over Colorado Wednesday in the 28th
Bluebonnet Bowl.
