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1973 Baylor

2–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1973, game by game: lost vs. No. 11 Oklahoma 14–42; won at Pittsburgh 20–14; lost at Colorado 28–52; won vs. Florida State 21–14; lost vs. Arkansas 7–13; lost at Texas A&M 22–28; lost vs. TCU 28–34; lost at No. 13 Texas 6–42; lost at No. 12 Texas Tech 24–55; lost vs. SMU 22–38; lost at Rice 0–27+7−36Lost 14–42 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma-28No. 11 OklahomaWon 20–14 at Pittsburgh+6PittsburghLost 28–52 at Colorado-24ColoradoWon 21–14 vs. Florida State+7Florida StateLost 7–13 vs. Arkansas-6ArkansasLost 22–28 at Texas A&M-6Texas A&MLost 28–34 vs. TCU-6TCULost 6–42 at No. 13 Texas-36No. 13 TexasLost 24–55 at No. 12 Texas Tech-31No. 12 Texas TechLost 22–38 vs. SMU-16SMULost 0–27 at Rice-27Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs11OklahomaL 14–⁠4223%
Sep 22atPittsburghW 20–⁠1449%
Sep 29atColoradoL 28–⁠5225%
Oct 6vsFlorida StateW 21–⁠1456%
Oct 13vsArkansasL 7–⁠1352%
Oct 27atTexas A&ML 22–⁠2835%
Nov 3vsTCUL 28–⁠3460%
Nov 10at13TexasL 6–⁠4212%
Nov 17at12Texas TechL 24–⁠5514%
Nov 24vsSMUL 22–⁠3844%
Dec 1atRiceL 0–⁠2730%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 27–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
192–⁠359
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1352 −108 this season
SP+ rating
-12.0 No. 96 of 123; offense No. 68, defense No. 111
SRS
−4.5 No. 78 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Kirk

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Charles DancerSplit endsAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Neal JeffreyQBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Gary LacyRBUPI-2
  • Richard MasonOTUPI-2
  • Joe JohnsonDTUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1973 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1973 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas7–⁠08–⁠314
Texas Tech6–⁠111–⁠111
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU1–⁠63–⁠8
Baylor0–⁠72–⁠9

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