1970 Baylor
2–9 (1–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Bill Beall. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas A&M 29–24Oct 24
By 5 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at 11Missouri | L 0–38 | 12% |
| Sep 19 | at Army | W 10–7 | 20% |
| Sep 26 | vs Pittsburgh | L 10–15 | 50% |
| Oct 3 | at LSU | L 10–31 | 12% |
| Oct 10 | at 10Arkansas | L 7–41 | 10% |
| Oct 24 | vs Texas A&M | W 29–24 | 44% |
| Oct 31 | at TCU | L 17–24 | 27% |
| Nov 7 | vs 1Texas | L 14–21 | 10% |
| Nov 14 | vs Texas Tech | L 3–7 | 26% |
| Nov 21 | at SMU | L 10–23 | 24% |
| Nov 28 | vs Rice | L 23–28 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 28–23; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 2–9
- Conference
- 1–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 133–259
- Coach
- Bill Beall
- Elo
- 1300 −42 this season
- SP+ rating
- -7.6 No. 85 of 117; offense No. 101, defense No. 58
- SRS
- 0.7 No. 59 of 123 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Derek Davis and David Jones
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 3 second teamFirst team
Derek DavisFlankersAP-1- David JonesLBAP-1
Second team
- Ron EvansOTAP-2
- Roger GoreeDEAP-2
- Ed MarshDBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1970 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7–0 | 10–1 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Texas Tech | 5–2 | 8–4 | |
| Rice | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 3–4 | 5–6 | |
| TCU | 3–4 | 4–6–1 | |
| Baylor | 1–6 | 2–9 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–7 | 2–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.