Baylor Beats UCF 41-9 in the Space Game as DJ Lagway Throws for Four Touchdowns
UCF never reached the end zone in its 10th annual Space Game, falling 41-9 to Baylor in Orlando on Friday night despite a school-record 57-yard field goal from Will Stone.
The Space Game did not launch for UCF this year. Baylor beat the Knights 41-9 at the Acrisure Bounce House in Orlando on Friday night, in UCF's 10th annual Space Game, played before a sellout crowd of 45,906, UCF Athletics reported.
Baylor jumped out to a 14-0 lead. UCF scored with 3:24 left in the second quarter on a 39-yard field goal by Will Stone, and after Baylor extended its lead to 20-3, Stone closed the half with a school-record 57-yard field goal to make it 20-6 at the break. Baylor then scored touchdowns on its first two possessions of the second half — DJ Lagway touchdown passes of 21 and 77 yards — to push the lead to 34-6.
Lagway finished 16 of 25 for 319 yards and four touchdowns. Baylor totaled 503 yards, including 319 through the air, and its defense recorded seven sacks and 11 tackles for loss. UCF quarterback Alonza Barnett III entered in the second half and connected with Josh Derry for a 67-yard gain, the Knights' longest play of the season, setting up Stone's third field goal, from 35 yards. The crowd was the first sellout since the renovated Roth Tower opened and the eighth-largest in Bounce House history; UCF fell to 8-2 all-time in Space Games.
The Knights now travel to face Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
