1977 Baylor
5–6 (3–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 48–9Nov 26
By 39 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs 8Texas Tech | L 7–17 | 47% |
| Sep 17 | vs Kentucky | W 21–6 | 49% |
| Sep 24 | at 14Nebraska | L 10–31 | 34% |
| Oct 1 | at 19Houston | L 24–28 | 29% |
| Oct 8 | vs SMU | W 9–6 | 68% |
| Oct 15 | vs 13Texas A&M | L 31–38 | 35% |
| Oct 22 | vs Air Force | W 38–7 | 78% |
| Nov 5 | at 8Arkansas | L 9–35 | 28% |
| Nov 12 | vs Rice | W 24–14 | 83% |
| Nov 19 | at 1Texas | L 7–29 | 18% |
| Nov 26 | vs TCU | W 48–9 | 81% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat TCU 48–9; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
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 1977.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 3–5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 228–220
- Coach
- Grant Teaff
- Elo
- 1518 −22 this season
- SP+ rating
- 4.0 No. 65 of 140; offense No. 66, defense No. 65
- SRS
- 8.1 No. 42 of 145 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
Ronnie LeeTEUPI-2- Jon KramerOGUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1977 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1977 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8–0 | 11–1 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 7–1 | 11–1 | 3 |
| Texas A&M | 6–2 | 8–4 | |
| Texas Tech | 4–4 | 7–5 | |
| Houston | 4–4 | 6–5 | |
| Baylor | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
| SMU | 3–5 | 4–7 | |
| TCU | 1–7 | 2–9 | |
| Rice | 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.