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1972 Baylor

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1972, game by game: lost at No. 16 Georgia 14–24; won at Missouri 27–0; won vs. Miami 10–3; lost at No. 20 Arkansas 20–31; lost at Oklahoma State 7–20; won vs. Texas A&M 15–13; won at TCU 42–9; lost vs. No. 9 Texas 3–17; lost vs. Texas Tech 7–13; lost at SMU 7–12; won vs. Rice 28–14+33−14Lost 14–24 at No. 16 Georgia-10No. 16 GeorgiaWon 27–0 at Missouri+27MissouriWon 10–3 vs. Miami+7MiamiLost 20–31 at No. 20 Arkansas-11No. 20 ArkansasLost 7–20 at Oklahoma State-13Oklahoma StateWon 15–13 vs. Texas A&M+2Texas A&MWon 42–9 at TCU+33TCULost 3–17 vs. No. 9 Texas-14No. 9 TexasLost 7–13 vs. Texas Tech-6Texas TechLost 7–12 at SMU-5SMUWon 28–14 vs. Rice+14Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16at16GeorgiaL 14–⁠2411%
Sep 23atMissouriW 27–⁠031%
Oct 7vsMiamiW 10–⁠357%
Oct 14at20ArkansasL 20–⁠3119%
Oct 21atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠2027%
Oct 28vsTexas A&MW 15–⁠1354%
Nov 4atTCUW 42–⁠926%
Nov 11vs9TexasL 3–⁠1726%
Nov 18vsTexas TechL 7–⁠1340%
Nov 25atSMUL 7–⁠1231%
Dec 2vsRiceW 28–⁠1447%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠156
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1440 +97 this season
SP+ rating
11.4 No. 34 of 121; offense No. 73, defense No. 12
SRS
13.8 No. 23 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Kirk

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Roger GoreeDEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Tommy StewartDBAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Gary LacyRBAP-2
  • Charles DancerSplit endsUPI-2
  • Richard MasonOTUPI-2
  • Ira DeanDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠010–⁠13
Texas Tech4–⁠38–⁠4
SMU4–⁠37–⁠4
Arkansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Rice3–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠55–⁠6
Texas A&M2–⁠53–⁠8

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