Ames, Iowa ? Baylor finally got to celebrate in a Big 12 Conference stadium other than its own. The once-bumbling Bears are winless on the road no more.

Baylor won a Big 12 road game for the first time in the league’s 10-year history Saturday, getting three field goals from Ryan Havens and two big fumble recoveries to beat Iowa State, 23-13.

“It’s another gorilla off our back,” Baylor coach Guy Morriss said.

And a huge setback for Iowa State, now 0-2 in the Big 12 after sharing the North title last year. The league’s North division already had been ridiculed as being the league’s weak link. The division’s co-champion losing to Baylor only will add to that perception.

Baylor's Dominique Zeigler, bottom, celebrates his touchdown against Iowa State with teammate Shaun Rochon. The Bears beat the Cyclones, 23-13, Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

“I can’t even express in words how disappointed we are in this loss,” Iowa State defensive end Jason Berryman said. “We didn’t play Cyclone football like we know how.”

Baylor had been 0-37 on the road in the Big 12 and had lost 38 straight league road games overall. The Bears’ last league victory on the road had been Nov. 11, 1995 – 48-7 over SMU in the old Southwest Conference.

The Bears (4-1 overall, 1-1 Big 12) lost a week ago at Texas A&M, 16-13 in overtime.

“We’re playing well on the road, and that’s something we haven’t done in a long time,” Baylor QB Shawn Bell said. “People need to give us credit for that, because we’re becoming road warriors, and that’s the biggest problem we’ve had in the past.”

Iowa State (3-2, 0-2) led 13-10 at halftime but was doomed by two costly fumbles in the second half. Baylor followed the second fumble with a 12-play, 81-yard drive for the game-clinching touchdown, a one-yard run by Paul Mosley with 1:36 left.