2014 saw K-State once again contend in the national scene with a roster highlighted by Jake Waters at quarterback and a future NFL star in wide receiver Tyler Lockett, but the Wildcats would fall short of a Big 12 title while posting a 9-win regular season. 0, L [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. 49, W 6-4 Conference Record. They lost this game by a score of 14-26. Visit ESPN to view the Baylor Bears team stats for the 2022 season. 50 - 0 - Students wear a gold football jersey with the number of their expected graduation year and a chosen nickname on the back. 24, L 42, L 35, L 61,500) 35, W Get the latest news and information for the Baylor Bears. 10 - 19, W The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Bill Beall is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Bears have had, winning only 3 of his 31 games (.097). 34 - 23 - 45 - 26, 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. 34, L 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. [1] Baylor first began playing football in 1899. 4 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. Luther Burleson headed the restored football team in 1907, and managed a 431 record. 48, L 34, W 27 - 12, L Baylor has had four Heisman Trophy candidates, an award given to the best player in college football, with one candidate winning the trophy. 28 - 20 - College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. 21 - Championships: 2 Bowl Record: 17 Bowls, 5-12, .294 W-L% ( Major Bowls ) Ranked in AP Poll: 4 Times (Preseason), 3 Times (Final), 70 Weeks (Total) Stadium: Jack Trice Stadium (cap. Baylor stopped them on 3 runs and a pass for one of the all-time great goal-line stands. 20, T 3-7 11/8/2014-11/5/2022 Largest Margin of Victory. In the second half, with the defenses showing limited ability to cope with the high-powered offenses led by Griffin and Husky QB Keith Price, the teams traded scores. 48 - Baylor has appeared in 8 New Year's Day bowl games and 8 major bowl games. 18, L 22, L 27 - On December 4, 2021, Baylor held off an Oklahoma State rally to win the Big 12 Championship Game 21-16. Equipment for sports and athletic rehabilitation include the new state of the art underwater treadmills built into the Simpson Center. 2-6 . 35 - 24 - All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 13, L That, however, maynot ring any more true than it does in the Big 12 Conference. He was succeeded by Guy Morriss from 2003 to 2007 who compiled an 1840 record. 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. Baylor finished the year with a 7-6 record but was close to having a very good season as 4 losses came on the road to top 20 competition (No. Best Big 12 finish of 2010s: T-1 (8-1, 2014). 52, L In December 2016 former Temple coach, Matt Rhule, was hired as the head Baylor football coach and given a 7 year contract. 21, W 28, L 28 - 17, W 25 - Games, 19 17, W The Coaches Poll began its ranking with 20 teams in 195051 season, but expanded to 25 teams beginning in the 199091 season. Conference Record: 7-2. 3 - It also assured the team a Fiesta Bowl berth, the Bears' first-ever BCS bowl appearance and their first major bowl in 33 years. 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. Games, 2 22 Texas that propelled the team (93, 63 Big XII) to the Alamo Bowl with No. 6 - To finish the season, Baylor was ranked No. 17-22-1 Conference Record. 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. Now the teams meet again in the second round, with the winner emerging as the last Texas . 21 - 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. 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. Tournament Record: 20 . 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 10, L The rest of the season was sprinkled with some positives, including a close loss vs No. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. 24, W 28 - 16 - 7, L 13, L 30 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. 0 - This changed to green every year until around 2001, when in the interest of having a more substantial looking student section the decision was made to use gold every year. 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. 6-4 12/7/2013-11/25/2022 Largest Margin of Victory. The totals for each current member institution can be seen below, with schools listed by alphabetical order. 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. 72-0 1915. 45, L In 2013, Baylor had arguably its best regular season in school history. 7 - The tune is set to the 1949 classic "In the Good Old Summertime.". Ganaway finished with 21 carries for 200 yards and 5 TDs and was recognized as the game's offensive MVP. 35 - 20 - 28, L Three years into the Riley era, its been three Big 12 titles, three College Football Playoff bids and a pair of Heisman winner-turned-No. 4 1935-1938. Stats. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Seasons: 98 (1922 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 611-436-26 Conferences: Ind, MWC, WAC, Skyline, MSAC, RMC Conf. Football at Air Force December 22, 2022 6:30 PM. 27, L All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 38, W 8 Arkansas and had subsequently taken Auburn to overtime. In recent seasons, both a matte green helmet and a white helmet have been used as alternates to the gold helmet. 16 - Baylor had finished in last place in 4 of the last 7 seasons including the year before and had not won the conference championship in 50 years. 30 - Black jerseys as well as black or green pants have also been used giving the Bears multiple uniform combinations to choose from. The traditional Baylor uniform worn for home games consists of a gold helmet with a green interlocking BU logo on the sides and green & white stripes down the middle, green jersey, and white or gold pants; a white jersey is substituted for the green one for road games. It houses the main athletic training room, football team locker room, equipment room, coach's locker room, and a large primary weight room. 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). This is a list of yearly Big 12 Conference football champions. 34, W 63, L However, since 2010, the Bears have averaged over 7,000 yards per season. Best Big 12 finish of 2010s:5th (2010, 3-5; T-5, 2012, 8-5; T-5, 2015, 7-6). 22 - 34, L 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. 22 - 13, No. A new coaching regime and the loss of those three key contributors from 2018 presented an entirely different set of challenges for West Virginia in 2019, as the program stumbled to a 5-7 record with a 3-6 Big 12 mark in its first year under the direction of Neal Brown. 7th of 131. The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. Lache Seastrunk (RB) and Chris McAllister (DE) were named Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the game respectively. 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. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. 0 - In January 2020, after Rhule's departure for the Panthers, Baylor hired former LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. 9 - 47, L Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. R. H. Hamilton has the highest winning percentage of any Baylor coach, with a 5-1-1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure. 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. As of the 2012 season Carroll Field has been the only on-campus homefield for the Bears. LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY. 7 - 7, L This was the highest ranked opponent Baylor had ever defeated until defeating No. 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. Games, L 18 - 7, L 44 - 6, L The win streak was broken during Baylor's first trip to Morgantown, West Virginia, by a No. 36, L Due to the close proximity of the two schools 23 games were played between 1899 and 1910. 16, L : For a program of Texas stature, its difficult to imagine that the 2010s will be remembered fondly on the Forty Acres. 0, L [10], Baylor's rivalry with TCU is one of the oldest and most played in all of college football. 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