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1968 Baylor

3–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Bridgers.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1968, game by game: lost at No. 15 Indiana 36–40; lost at Michigan State 10–28; lost at No. 10 LSU 16–48; lost at No. 14 Arkansas 19–35; won vs. Texas A&M 10–9; lost at TCU 14–47; lost vs. No. 10 Texas 26–47; won vs. Texas Tech 42–28; lost at SMU 17–33; won vs. Rice 16–7+14−33Lost 36–40 at No. 15 Indiana-4No. 15 IndianaLost 10–28 at Michigan State-18Michigan StateLost 16–48 at No. 10 LSU-32No. 10 LSULost 19–35 at No. 14 Arkansas-16No. 14 ArkansasWon 10–9 vs. Texas A&M+1Texas A&MLost 14–47 at TCU-33TCULost 26–47 vs. No. 10 Texas-21No. 10 TexasWon 42–28 vs. Texas Tech+14Texas TechLost 17–33 at SMU-16SMUWon 16–7 vs. Rice+9Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at15IndianaL 36–⁠4028%
Sep 28atMichigan StateL 10–⁠2824%
Oct 5at10LSUL 16–⁠4816%
Oct 12at14ArkansasL 19–⁠3517%
Oct 26vsTexas A&MW 10–⁠932%
Nov 2atTCUL 14–⁠4739%
Nov 9vs10TexasL 26–⁠4721%
Nov 16vsTexas TechW 42–⁠2829%
Nov 23atSMUL 17–⁠3321%
Nov 30vsRiceW 16–⁠767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 16–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
206–⁠322
Coach
John Bridgers
Elo
1396 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.4 No. 63 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jackie Allen and Pinkie Palmer

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 6Jackie Allen DBOakland Raiders

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dick StevensOTAP-1
  • Calvin HuntCAP-1

Second team

  • Tom ReauxDefensive guardsAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠16
Texas6–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
SMU5–⁠28–⁠314
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠3–⁠2
Baylor3–⁠43–⁠7
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠7
TCU2–⁠53–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠9–⁠1

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