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Visit ESPN to view the Baylor Bears team stats for the 2022 season. . [citation needed] Floyd Casey Stadium had a seating capacity of 50,000 and had undergone multiple renovations during its lifetime, most recently in 2009. With the Cowboys' loss, Baylor's season-closing game against Texas the final game at Floyd Casey Stadium became a de facto Big 12 championship game. Baylor then defeated Iowa State 4926 for the first conference win of the year before finishing October by losing two straight on the road, to A&M and eventual conference champion No. Looking ahead to the 2020 season, conference slates matter arguably more than they ever have before, with all Power 5 leagues either reducing or completely eliminating non-conference competition due to COVID-19. 14 -
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Championships: 23 National Championships: 1984 Bowl Record: 40 Bowls, 17-22-1, .438 W-L% ( Major Bowls ) Ranked in AP Poll: 12 Times (Preseason), 19 Times (Final), 279 Weeks (Total) Heisman Winners: Ty Detmer (1990) Baylor was defeated in the Fiesta Bowl by the University of Central Florida 5242. 31 -
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Coach Rhule and the Bears suffered through a disastrous first season in 2017, finishing the year with a 1-11 record. Baylor stopped them on 3 runs and a pass for one of the all-time great goal-line stands. Overall record: 15-0 - Conference: 9-0 All times Eastern (* Conference; In-region) . "Baylor Bears Football 2011 Media Almanac", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Baylor_Bears_football_seasons&oldid=1132479022, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 02:15. Bestconference finish of 2010s: First (8-1, 2013; *T-1, 8-1, 2014). Bears. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. 72-0 1915. 30 -
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It would be the first of three 11+ win campaigns in a span of four seasons for the Frogs, a stretch that saw the Frogs reach the Big 12 Championship Game in 2017 as the title game was held for the first time since 2010. The USDA informed Baylor officials that they would no longer be permitted to bring the bears to games per Federal Code of Regulations 2.131(c)(1)which states "During public exhibition, any animal must be handled so there is minimal risk of harm to the animal and to the public, with sufficient distance and/or barriers between the animal and the general viewing public so as to assure the safety of the animals and the public. Dating back to 1899 the series began while TCU was located in Waco, Texas as a cross-town rival to Baylor. 28 -
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During the OSU game Seastrunk again achieved recognition for a 76-yard touchdown rush, outrunning the Oklahoma State secondary despite suffering a quadriceps cramp near midfield. Baylor finished the season with a 7-6 record. [12], Texas A&M is one of Baylor's oldest rivals as the series dates from 1899 and the two schools are located only 90 miles apart on the Brazos River. 6 -
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Record: 7-6 (50th of 120) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Lost Texas Bowl 38-14 versus Illinois, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. He would go on to serve until 1992 leading Baylor to eight bowl games as well as the aforementioned Southwest Conference championships (1974, 1980) in his 21 years as head coach. However, Coach Aranda owned up to the call in a post-game interview, explaining that Baylor Football is about seizing opportunities when they are available; an attitude that ultimately won them the game. From the late 1940s until the mid-1960s, Baylor also played in the 1952 Orange Bowl (vs. Georgia Tech), twice in the Gator Bowl (vs. Auburn and Florida), and the Bluebonnet (beating LSU), Dixie (beating Wake Forest) and Gotham Bowl (beating No. 42 -
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Seasons: 125 (1895 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 538-665-45 Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 539-664-45 Conferences: Big 12, Big 8, Big 7, Big 6, MVIAA, Ind Conf. 1 ranking and ultimately end the year as co-Big 12 champions, with quarterback Collin Klein earning an invitation to New York as Heisman Trophy finalist. After 64 seasons at the off-campus Baylor Stadium, renamed Floyd Casey Stadium in 1989, the Bears opened the new on-campus McLane Stadium for the 2014 season. 2-14 Conference Record. 9, No. 48, L
25 Texas, and at Iowa State. TCU holds the record as Baylor's most common opponent for its annual Homecoming game. At its inception the Baylor Line was a group of freshmen men who lined the front of Baylor's student section for the express purpose of protecting Baylor women from the other teams more violent fans. 5 Oklahoma on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Griffin to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds remaining in the game. 0, L
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It wasnt all bad, of course; Texas Tech fans were dazzled by a future NFL MVP and Super Bowl Champion in the form of Patrick Mahomes from 2015-2016, but that the Red Raiders only won a combined 7 Big 12 games during his two seasons as the starter is sure to leave a sour taste. Baylor earned an invitation to the Texas Bowl in Houston after finishing the regular season with a 75 record, this was their first bowl appearance since 1995. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 17 -
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In 2013, Baylor had arguably its best regular season in school history. The stadium cost $1.8 million to construct and was placed on land donated by a local Baylor landowner. Beginning in 1905, the team's home games were played at Carroll Field, between the Carroll Science Building and Waco Creek. Building on the success of the 2010 team, Baylor began the 2011 season at home with an upset of No. 14 -
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Watts restored Baylor's winning tradition in 1903, with a record of 431. From 2009-2018, the Bears played the Red Raiders at AT&T Stadium during the Saturday after Thanksgiving (with the exception of the 2010 game which was played at the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair of Texas). 29, L
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Box Score. : The Mountaineers didnt waste much time in making it clear they had the firepower needed to compete in the Big 12 when they joined the league, as West Virginias first-ever conference-game as a Big 12 member a 70-63 win over Baylor -- set a record for the highest-scoring game in Big 12 history. A fire in 1910 destroyed the Main Building on the TCU campus and financial incentives from the city of Fort Worth convinced the Board of Trustees to relocate TCU to that city. 10 1957-1966. W 62-0 11/5/2005 . As of the 2012 season Carroll Field has been the only on-campus homefield for the Bears. 0 -
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The loss dropped Baylor from the rankings and represented the start of a 4-game skid during which time Baylor lost in Waco to TCU, at No. Baylor ended the year with 10 wins for the first time since 1980, highlighted by the program's first-ever victory over Oklahoma. 23 Oklahoma State). As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 7 -
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The AP Poll first appeared in 1934, and has been published continuously since 1936. Baylor University Athletics Scoreboard Football Final 69 10 Game Recap | Box Score Football 2OT Final Game Recap | Box Score Football Final 42 7 Game Recap | Box Score Football Final 31 24 Game Recap | Box Score Football Final 25 36 Game Recap | Box Score Football Final 40 43 Game Recap | Box Score Football Final 35 23 Game Recap | Box Score 1-7 . What stands by far as the overall most successful decade in Baylor football history -- the Bears hit 10+ wins in four different years -- began amid the heart of the Robert Griffin III era. But before things *hopefully* kickoff, which Big 12 teams have had the most success against conference competition over the past decade? L 14-42 9/15/1973 Last 10 Matchups. This was the highest ranked opponent Baylor had ever defeated until defeating No. Best conference finish of 2010s: Ninth(1-8, 2014). 7 -
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However, since 2010, the Bears have averaged over 7,000 yards per season. The Bears have finished in the final season rankings of the AP Poll or Coaches Poll 18 times. The end of the Mack Brown era after the 2013 season gave way to a rocky stretch under Charlie Strong from 2014-2016 the Longhorns never finished above .500 under his watch and Tom Hermans much-anticipated debut season in 2017 wouldnt offer much improvement as Texas stumbled to a 7-6 finish that year. 28 -
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There was a ten-year break in the series when the dissolution of the Southwest Conference in 1996 resulted in the two universities joining separate athletic conferences. On January 7, 2020, Rhule was hired as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the NFL, leaving Baylor after completely turning around the football program and its national perception. The football uniforms were updated with the new font for the numbers, primary logo on the helmet, and an inclusion of the bear head logo on the collar. 24 -
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Big 12 football schedule release: Every game for every team in 2023 . The victory over Kansas State represented the program's first ever win over a No. On August 11, 2014, the Baylor Bears won the online fan vote for college football's best uniform awarded by Sporting News Magazine. The most recent college football season played outside of the 2010s saw Texas play for a national title, so perhaps its safe to say that Longhorns fans for now are just happy that a disappointing decade is in the rear-view mirror. Baylor did not adopt a mascot (the Baylor Bears) until December 14, 1914 after the completion of the 1914 football season. 10 -
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That, however, maynot ring any more true than it does in the Big 12 Conference.