Defending Big 12 champion Arizona State wins league opener 27-24 at Baylor on game-ending Gomez FG

WACO, Texas -- , Jesus Gomez kicked a 43-yard field goal on the game's final play to give defending Big 12 champion Arizona State a 27-24 win over Baylor on Saturday night in the conference opener for both teams. It was the fourth field goal of the game for Gomez, a left-footed senior transfer from Eastern Michigan. He also made kicks of 31, 21 and 33 yards, and is 9-of-10 for the Sun Devils (3-1, 1-0 Big 12). “It’s awesome,” Gomez said. “I don’t think I watched it go through the uprights because I knew it was in. So, I just turned and started celebrating.” Sam Leavitt completed 22 of his 32 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a score for Arizona State. Baylor (2-2, 0-1) tied the game 24-24 with 1:52 left on Sawyer Robertson’s 33-yard TD strike to Ole Miss transfer Michael Trigg , whose 1-yard catch and stretch for a touchdown had put the Bears up 17-16 with 9:02 left.