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1976 Baylor

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1976, game by game: lost vs. Houston 5–23; won at Auburn 15–14; won at No. 14 Illinois 34–19; won vs. South Carolina 18–17; won vs. SMU 27–20; lost at Texas A&M 0–24; tied vs. No. 12 Arkansas 7–7; won at Rice 38–6; won vs. Texas 20–10; won at TCU 24–19; lost at No. 9 Texas Tech 21–24+32−24Lost 5–23 vs. Houston-18HoustonWon 15–14 at Auburn+1AuburnWon 34–19 at No. 14 Illinois+15No. 14 IllinoisWon 18–17 vs. South Carolina+1South CarolinaWon 27–20 vs. SMU+7SMULost 0–24 at Texas A&M-24Texas A&MTied 7–7 vs. No. 12 Arkansas0No. 12 ArkansasWon 38–6 at Rice+32RiceWon 20–10 vs. Texas+10TexasWon 24–19 at TCU+5TCULost 21–24 at No. 9 Texas Tech-3No. 9 Texas Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsHoustonL 5–⁠2363%
Sep 18atAuburnW 15–⁠1435%
Sep 25at14IllinoisW 34–⁠1928%
Oct 2vsSouth CarolinaW 18–⁠1751%
Oct 9vsSMUW 27–⁠2063%
Oct 16atTexas A&ML 0–⁠2433%
Nov 6vs12ArkansasT 7–⁠734%
Nov 13atRiceW 38–⁠658%
Nov 20vsTexasW 20–⁠1047%
Nov 27atTCUW 24–⁠1981%
Dec 4at9Texas TechL 21–⁠2428%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas Tech 24–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 13: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1976.

Consensus All-AmericanGary Green, DB

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
209–⁠183
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1561 +72 this season
SP+ rating
6.4 No. 52 of 132; offense No. 76, defense No. 43
SRS
8.6 No. 31 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Yung

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 1Gary Green DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 5Gary Gregory OTNew York Jets
Rd 7Mike Nelms DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 7Rell Tipton OGGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Tim Black LBDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Houston7–⁠110–⁠24
Texas Tech7–⁠110–⁠213
Texas A&M6–⁠210–⁠27
Baylor4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Texas4–⁠45–⁠5–⁠1
Arkansas3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Rice2–⁠63–⁠8
SMU2–⁠63–⁠8
TCU0–⁠80–⁠11

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