1975 Baylor

3–⁠6–⁠2 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1975, game by game: won vs. Ole Miss 20–10; tied vs. Auburn 10–10; tied at No. 9 Michigan 14–14; lost at South Carolina 13–24; lost vs. Arkansas 3–41; lost at No. 5 Texas A&M 10–19; won vs. TCU 24–6; lost at No. 7 Texas 21–37; lost at Texas Tech 10–33; lost vs. SMU 31–34; won at Rice 25–7+18−38Won 20–10 vs. Ole Miss+10Ole MissTied 10–10 vs. Auburn0AuburnTied 14–14 at No. 9 Michigan0No. 9 MichiganLost 13–24 at South Carolina-11South CarolinaLost 3–41 vs. Arkansas-38ArkansasLost 10–19 at No. 5 Texas A&M-9No. 5 Texas A&MWon 24–6 vs. TCU+18TCULost 21–37 at No. 7 Texas-16No. 7 TexasLost 10–33 at Texas Tech-23Texas TechLost 31–34 vs. SMU-3SMUWon 25–7 at Rice+18Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 25–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 18
Record
3–⁠6–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
181–⁠235
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1482 −63 this season
SP+ rating
6.5 No. 51 of 132; offense No. 58, defense No. 49
SRS
6.3 No. 42 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Yung

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 5Mike Hughes OGWashington Redskins
Rd 6Leslie Benson DEBuffalo Bills

All-Southwest Conference

3 second team

Second team

  • Cleveland FranklinRBAP-2
  • Wharton FosterDTAP-2
  • Ronald BurnsDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas6–⁠110–⁠27
Texas6–⁠110–⁠26
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠211
Texas Tech4–⁠36–⁠5
SMU2–⁠54–⁠7
Baylor2–⁠53–⁠6–⁠2
Rice1–⁠62–⁠9
TCU1–⁠61–⁠10

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