31 - 41 - 35, L Baylor won the SWC Championship in 1915, 1916, 1922 and again in 1924. 14 - Bestconference finish of 2010s: First (8-1, 2013; *T-1, 8-1, 2014). 34, L L Alamo. 27 - Of course, there will always be the 2016 win over Texas for folks in Lawrence to reminisce about from that stretch, but Kansas is certainly hoping that the 2020s will bring far more smiles as the program enters its second season under Les Miles regime. 28, L 38, W Baylor stopped them on 3 runs and a pass for one of the all-time great goal-line stands. 20 - 24, W 25 - 0, L Baylor won one conference title (this season) and wasn't ever within a single game of another (granted, that had as much to do with Kansas' dominance as anything). The university has had live bears since 1915. 45, L The Big Ten and Pac-12 have even gone as far as postponing their seasons away from the fall, with hopes of playing in Spring 2021. 58, W 24 - Do you have a blog? 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 29, L Overall record: 15-0 - Conference: 9-0 All times Eastern (* Conference; In-region) . The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. 14 - Games, 19 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. Starting with the 2019 season, the series moved back to the two schools respective on campus stadiums with Baylor hosting in Waco in 2019 and Texas Tech hosting in Lubbock in 2020. 34 - 0 - Teaff was also named National Coach of the Year after the 1974 season. Although McLane Stadium is smaller in capacity than its predecessor, Floyd Casey Stadium, it is expandable to up to 55,000 seats. Both 2016 and 2018 the latter in which West Virginias offense was headlined names among the likes of Will Grier, Gary Jennings and David Sills -- saw the Mountaineers enter November as a 1-loss team, but a Big 12 title wasnt to be had on either occasion. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. The Bears rallied to a thrilling 3424 victory over the Longhorns. 14 - 48 - 3 - 12 - 10 - The first live bear was a gift from Herbert Mayr, a local businessman who won the bear in a poker game from a member of the troops of the 107th Engineers, which was a unit of the 32nd Infantry Division stationed at Camp MacArthur in Waco. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. However, after an on-the-road loss to Oklahoma State, the Bears needed victories in their last two games and an Oklahoma State loss to have an opportunity to clinch the outright Big 12 title. Record: 12-2 (5th of 130) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Won Sugar Bowl 21-7 versus Ole Miss, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 6:41AM. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. 24 - [4] On March 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Pitman dismissed several claims made in a lawsuit against the university while allowing others to proceed.[4]. 3d; . The 1924 SWC Championship would be the last for many decades until Baylor won the conference again in 1974 under the leadership of third year head coach Grant Teaff. Best Big 12 finish of 2010s: T-1 (8-1, 2014). 31, L 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. Best Big 12 finish of 2010s: T-2 (2016, 7-2). 7th of 131. 7, W In recent seasons, both a matte green helmet and a white helmet have been used as alternates to the gold helmet. 28, W Baylor's 2012 season opened in Waco against the SMU Mustangs. Games, 16 2 Volunteers 137. 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Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 33 - W.J. Alas, a .500 all-time record in the Big 12 likely has those in Morgantown feeling that a lot has been left on the table given some of the talent that has come through the program. 28 - 31, L Away Record. 10/28/2000 Last 10 Matchups. Football at Air Force December 22, 2022 6:30 PM. A 4742 Baylor victory represented the Bears' 9th consecutive win (at the time, the 2nd longest streak in the FBS) and gave the Bears a No. 12 and No. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. 56, W Prior to the Bears time at Floyd Casey Stadium, the Bears played at Municipal Stadium (19361949), Cotton Palace (19261929), on campus at Carroll Field (19061925 and 19301935). Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. How brutal was the past decade for Kansas? 34, W Games, W The Baylor Line is one of the first aspects of Baylor spirit to which freshmen are introduced. Best conference finish of 2010s: T-3 (6-3, 2018; 5-4; 2019). The Bears have finished in the final season rankings of the AP Poll or Coaches Poll 18 times. *Note: Totals for TCU and West Virginia, who joined the conference in 2012, reflect their time as Big 12 member institutions only. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 44, W 27, W As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. [14] The new McLane Stadium was named after Drayton McLane, Jr. who donated a significant amount of money toward the stadium's construction. 14, L 34 - 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. Coach Rhule and the Bears suffered through a disastrous first season in 2017, finishing the year with a 1-11 record. 2022 Football Cumulative Statistics - Baylor University Athletics. Texas Christian University (known as AddRan Male & Female College until 1902) was located in Waco from 1895 to 1910 and was one of Baylor's greatest football rivals until the dissolution of the Southwest Conference in 1995. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 23 - 58 BOWL GAMES. The Baylor defense highlighted the game with a stout goal-line stand in the 4th quarter and intercepted Heisman hopeful Collin Klein three times, the last in the endzone to set up an 80-yard touchdown run by Lache Seastrunk. 41 - 12 - 72-0 1915. 14 - 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. 25. 31, W 56 - Champions are determined in a head to head matchup in the Big 12 Championship Game held at the end of the regular season. 5 Oklahoma on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Griffin to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds remaining in the game. 13, No. 0 - 47, L 7, W The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 20 - In 1966, John Hill Westbrook of Elgin, Texas became the first African American to play varsity football in the Southwest Conference when he joined the Baylor team. 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. 6 - Baylor Bears Stats 2022-23 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 . The game played in 2011 is likely the end of the series for the foreseeable future given A&M's decision to leave the Big 12 Conference. 27 - 56, L Copyright: ESPN Sports Media Ltd. All rights reserved. 27, L 31 - J.C. Ewing took control of the team in 1902, and led it to its first losing season, with a 342 record. 25 Texas, and at Iowa State. [2] Seasons[ edit] Notes[ edit] ^ Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player. 23, L Quarterback Nick Florence now a senior, having burned his redshirt season to play the second half against Texas Tech in 2011 after Griffin III left with a concussion led the Bears to a 5924 victory. 46-0 1956. 23 - Baylor went on to win the conference title that year and a first ever trip to the Cotton Bowl (the first time in seven seasons that Texas did not win the Southwest Conference title). Forty-seven wins for TCU from 2008-2011 a Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin being the pinnacle was enough for the Horned Frogs to finally ascend to a Power conference in 2012, nearly two decades after TCU was left to fend for itself when the Southwest Conference dissolved. The Jayhawks left the 2010s with just six Big 12 victories total, something that eight of the nine other current Big 12 member accomplished in a single season at least once during that span. The Bears were in a slump, having finished above .500 only twice in the last decade, and fan interest was low. 41 - Before each football game the Baylor Line gathers at one end of McLane Stadium and waits for the signal to make a 'mad dash' down the field to create a giant human tunnel through which the football team runs through to enter the stadium. 14, W The school has fielded a varsity team every year since 1899, except for the 1906, 1943, and 1944 seasons.[2]. The conclusion of Baylor's 75 2012 campaign marked the first time since 194951 that the Bears have enjoyed three consecutive seasons with 7+ wins. Baylor concluded November in Dallas playing against Texas Tech in Cowboys Stadium; although Griffin left the game due to a concussion at the half, backup Nick Florence entered the game and led the Bears to a 6642 victory. 29, L 7, L The 2010 matchup ended. The victory over Kansas State represented the program's first ever win over a No. The stadium cost $1.8 million to construct and was placed on land donated by a local Baylor landowner. 34, L Teaff is the all-time leader in years coached (21), games coached (239), and wins (128). 28 - Needless to say, it was bit of a roller coaster ride for the Frogs in their first two seasons as a Big 12 member, but TCU would announce its arrival with a 12-1 finish and share of the conference title in 2014, narrowly missing out on a bid to the inaugural College Football Playoff. 34, W 38 - The Indoor facility was a gift from longtime Baylor letterwinner and successful businessman Jay Allison along with his wife Jenny. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Do you have a sports website? It began as an all-male organization until 1993, when women were allowed to join. 31, L 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. 42, Buy or Sell Tickets. In 2018 Coach Rhule led the Baylor Bears to one of the nations biggest 1 year turnaround seasons, going from 1 win to 7 wins after a thrilling Texas Bowl victory over Vanderbilt (45-38). R. H. Hamilton has the highest winning percentage of any Baylor coach, with a 5-1-1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure. 30, L 10, W Baylor shocked the college football world the next week by soundly beating No. 18 - Baylor ended the year with 10 wins for the first time since 1980, highlighted by the program's first-ever victory over Oklahoma. Baylor has appeared in 8 New Year's Day bowl games and 8 major bowl games. Baylor forfeited claim to co-champion for using ineligible player. [3] Bryce Petty, the Bears' quarterback, placed 7th in the overall 201314 Heisman race in New York, the second Heisman Trophy candidate set forth by Baylor in the last three record-breaking seasons. 27 - 2-14 Conference Record. 23, L 20, W 14 TCU, winners of the previous season's Rose Bowl. 16 - Games, 2 38 - The rest of the season was sprinkled with some positives, including a close loss vs No. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 20). 3rd. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 3 - McLane Stadium is the largest construction project in the history of Waco and Central Texas, and has brought increased revenue to the downtown Waco area. SOS: 1.93 (47th of 120) . Jim Grobe took over as interim head coach for Baylor and led them to their 7th straight bowl appearance and a 31-12 victory over highly favored Boise State (10-2 record) at the Cactus Bowl in Arizona. 48 - 6 - 62 - 8 Texas A&M leads the series 68319 with the most recent game played in 2011.[13]. Now the teams meet again in the second round, with the winner emerging as the last Texas . 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. [1] Baylor first began playing football in 1899. [citation needed], The Simpson Center was built in 2009 and provides a 97,000 foot facility to house football operations. Best conference finish of 2010s:First (8-1, 2011). One of the most successful coaches in Baylor football history was Grant Teaff. 62, L 0 - Year Player Award; 2015: C . Baylor easily defeated the No. The official Baylor University Bears Football History vs Oklahoma . 30, W 20, W 7 - Construction began on what would become Floyd Casey Stadium right after World War II in 1948. 14, 2023 The University of Texas at Austin Athletics, J. Dan Brown Family Player Development Center. This is a list of seasons completed by the Texas A&M Aggies college football program since the team's inception in 1894. 13, L 9, W Stats. 21, W Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. A best-ever 90 start propelled the Bears to a No. The green jerseys are now used for members of the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce who lead the Baylor Line in chants; these jerseys have "CC" on the back instead of a graduation year. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 28, W 27 - 9, L Baylor went up 217 early in the game, with Griffin throwing for one touchdown and rushing for another. In the regular season the Bears victories included Big 12 conference wins over Kansas and Kansas St, as well as road wins over Colorado and Texas. 35, W Initially, starting in the year 1898, the university played its home games on an unnamed field near the university campus. 21 - This is a list of yearly Big 12 Conference football champions. The Coaches Poll began its ranking with 20 teams in 195051 season, but expanded to 25 teams beginning in the 199091 season. [15] The College Football Playoff rankings were used from 2014-23 for a four-team knockout tournament to determine a national champion; a 12-team playoff is planned beginning in 2024. [citation needed]. American black bears roamed the majority of Texas in considerable abundance when Baylor was founded in 1845, and bears could still be found throughout many areas of the state until the 1940s. 6, L 22 - So Michigan gets this spot, but. With TCU now coming off of consecutive down years compared to how things were in Fort Worth in the mid 2010s, Gary Patterson and Co. will face a good amount of pressure to correct course once the 2020 season kicks off. 38 - 26 - Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-21. 30 - CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. (Photo: Jerome Miron , USA TODAY Sports), (Photo: Jay Biggerstaff, USA TODAY Sports), (Photo: Reese Strickland, USA TODAY Sports). 38 - Of the 27 offensive lists below, 25 of them include a Briles-era player in first place or a tie for first place. Conference Record: 7-2. 20, T 48, L Grant Teaff recruited famous players such as Mike Singletary, Thomas Everett, Walter Abercrombie and James Francis to play football at Baylor University. 6 1984-1989. The failed conversion triggered the Oklahoma State rally. Enter 2020, and Texas Tech will look to take a substantial leap forward in year two of the Matt Wells era after finishing 2019 4-8 in a season that was full of narrow defeats. The soldiers were based in the city during World War I. 12 - Lowdown: The Broncos are the highest-ranked Group of 5 program; a reputation that extends back to the Chris Petersen era has continued with Bryan Harsin. Baylor defeated Johnny Majors and the No. 13 - His 1994 team was part of a 5-way co-championship of the Southwest Conference, though an ineligible Texas A&M held a better conference record. Baylor has many traditions such as the Baylor-TCU rivalry game which is one of the most played in all of college football, the Battle of the Brazos (through 2011 when Texas A&M left the Big 12), membership in the historic Southwest Conference, a live bear mascot since 1915 and the Baylor Line. Bowl Game: Lost Texas Bowl 38-14 versus Illinois More Team Info During that time 18 games were decided by 7 points or fewer. For the 1899 and 1900 seasons, the team was coached by R.H. Hamilton, whose 511 record was distinguished with never having a losing record; in 1899, Baylor played, and lost, its first game against Texas A&M, which would become a rivalry (until 2012 when Texas A&M changed conferences), the Battle of the Brazos, with over 100 games played in the series by 2003. Or write about sports? 24, L 7 - 41, L 23 - When finished the new stadium was the second largest football stadium in the state of Texas. Dating back to 1899 the series began while TCU was located in Waco, Texas as a cross-town rival to Baylor. Baylor University's football team has seen a wide variation in its success through the years, including an undefeated 30 perfect record in 1900. 8 Arkansas and had subsequently taken Auburn to overtime. 6 - In 2013, Baylor had arguably its best regular season in school history. 2-6 . 28, L 13, W The tune is set to the 1949 classic "In the Good Old Summertime.". Do you have a sports website? 24, L The 1974 Texas vs Baylor game looked like another easy win for Texas as the Longhorns took quick control of the game and went into halftime leading 247. 24, L Baylor won the last of these Homecoming match-ups in 1995, 27-24. 41 - Watts restored Baylor's winning tradition in 1903, with a record of 431. 0 - Black jerseys as well as black or green pants have also been used giving the Bears multiple uniform combinations to choose from. As Baylor Yell Leaders, they felt led to boost Baylor morale. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 37, W Haaziq Daniels had a short scoring run and threw a touchdown pass in Air Forces 30-15 victory over Baylor in cold conditions Thursday night in the Armed Forces Bowl. Total: 936-389-33. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAF teams on CBSSports.com. Coach Dave Aranda took responsibility for a controversial decision to go for the first down on a 4th-and-1 at their own 36. 31 - College football's assistants and coordinators to watch in 2023, Games we can't wait to see, bold predictions and early CFP picks for 2023, Big 12 football schedule release: Every game for every team in 2023, Powledge back to Baylor as defensive coordinator, Air Force beats Baylor 30-15 in chilly Armed Forces Bowl. 27 - Baylor was led by a succession of coaches with mediocre results. Do you have a blog? 21, W 21, Buy or Sell Tickets. [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. The AP Poll first appeared in 1934, and has been published continuously since 1936. 7, L The Huskies roared back with 28 unanswered points, and the teams finished the half with Washington leading 3524. 63, L 13, L In January 2020, after Rhule's departure for the Panthers, Baylor hired former LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. : 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.