Baylor vs. Washington State
Baylor and Washington State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1952; Baylor leads the series 4–2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Baylor 4–2. Share
- Baylor wins
- 4
- Washington State wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1952
- Longest streak
- 3 Baylor
- Current streak
- 1 Baylor
- Last 10 meetings
- Baylor 4–2
- Most recent
- 2008
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–1 |
- Average margin
- 11.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Baylor
- 3–0 Baylor’s record at home
- At Washington State
- 1–1 Washington State’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Baylor first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Baylor’s biggest win2008: Baylor 45, Washington State 17by 28 points
- Washington State’s biggest win1994: Washington State 10, Baylor 3by 7 points
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Biggest days
| Robert Griffin III Baylor | 11 carries, 217 yards, 2 TD | 2008 Rushing |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
From the newspapers

1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1952
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
| Sep 12, 2008 | Baylor 45, Washington State 17 | at Baylor | ||
| Sep 16, 2006 | Washington State 17, Baylor 15 | at Washington State | ||
| Dec 31, 1994 | 24Washington State 10, Baylor 3 | Neutral site | Alamo Bowl | |
| Oct 7, 1967 | Baylor 10, Washington State 7 | at Baylor | ||
| Oct 1, 1966 | Baylor 20, Washington State 14 | at Washington State | ||
| Oct 4, 1952 | Baylor 31, Washington State 7 | at Baylor |
Every game is listed as played on the field.