Baylor vs. Miami

Baylor and Miami have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1947; Miami leads the series 6–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Miami 6–⁠3, and Miami has won the last 2.

Baylor wins
3
Miami wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1947
Longest streak
4 Miami
Current streak
2 Miami
Last 10 meetings
Miami 6–⁠3
Most recent
1997

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠3
1970s1–⁠1
1990s0–⁠2
Average margin
13.6 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Baylor
1–⁠2 Baylor’s record at home
At Miami
4–⁠2 Miami’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Baylor’s biggest win1947: Baylor 18, Miami 7by 11 points
  2. Miami’s biggest win1997: Miami 45, Baylor 14by 31 points
  3. Upset1947: Baylor 18, Miami 7Baylor had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Baylor and Miami, 1947 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Key West citizen's story of the 1953 game: Miami Scares Baylor In Thriller Friday

    1953 · The Key West citizen, Oct 3, 1953

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Aug 30, 199714Miami 45, Baylor 14at Baylor
Nov 4, 1995Miami 35, Baylor 14at Miami
Oct 7, 1972Baylor 10, Miami 3at Baylor
Oct 1, 1971Miami 41, Baylor 15at Miami
Oct 4, 1958Miami 14, Baylor 8at Baylor
Oct 5, 1957Miami 13, 11Baylor 7at Miami
Oct 1, 1954Miami 19, 11Baylor 13at Miami
Oct 2, 195310Baylor 21, Miami 13at Miami
Sep 26, 1947Baylor 18, Miami 7at Miami

Every game is listed as played on the field.