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1964 Baylor

5–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by John Bridgers.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1964, game by game: lost at No. 7 Washington 14–35; lost vs. Oregon State 6–13; lost at No. 9 Arkansas 6–17; won vs. Texas Tech 28–10; won vs. Texas A&M 20–16; lost at TCU 14–17; lost vs. No. 6 Texas 14–20; won at Kentucky 17–15; won at SMU 16–13; won vs. Rice 27–20+18−21Lost 14–35 at No. 7 Washington-21No. 7 WashingtonLost 6–13 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon StateLost 6–17 at No. 9 Arkansas-11No. 9 ArkansasWon 28–10 vs. Texas Tech+18Texas TechWon 20–16 vs. Texas A&M+4Texas A&MLost 14–17 at TCU-3TCULost 14–20 vs. No. 6 Texas-6No. 6 TexasWon 17–15 at Kentucky+2KentuckyWon 16–13 at SMU+3SMUWon 27–20 vs. Rice+7Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24at7WashingtonL 14–⁠3547%
Oct 3vsOregon StateL 6–⁠1360%
Oct 10at9ArkansasL 6–⁠1732%
Oct 17vsTexas TechW 28–⁠1058%
Oct 24vsTexas A&MW 20–⁠1677%
Oct 31atTCUL 14–⁠1755%
Nov 7vs6TexasL 14–⁠2029%
Nov 14atKentuckyW 17–⁠1549%
Nov 21atSMUW 16–⁠1367%
Nov 28vsRiceW 27–⁠2059%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1964.

Consensus All-AmericanLarry Elkins, WR

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
162–⁠176
Coach
John Bridgers
Elo
1553 −29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.8 No. 44 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bobby R. Maples and James W. Rust

Drafted in 1965

The 1965 draft
Rd 1Larry Elkins WRGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Bobby Maples LBCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1964 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1964 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠011–⁠02
Texas6–⁠110–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠35–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Rice3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
TCU3–⁠44–⁠6
Texas A&M1–⁠61–⁠9
SMU0–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.