 The Bears finished the regular season at home with a 48–24 victory over #22 Texas that propelled the team (9–3, 6–3 Big XII) to the Alamo Bowl with #12 and #15 BCS and AP rankings respectively, and propelled Griffin to the top of the Heisman Trophy voting; he became the first Baylor player to win the award and the first Baylor player since Don Trull in 1963 to factor significantly in the voting.In the Alamo Bowl, the Bears faced the Washington Huskies in what became the second-highest scoring bowl game in history, and the highest-scoring regulation bowl game ever.Baylor went up 21–7 early in the game, with Griffin throwing for one touchdown and rushing for another.