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1978 Baylor

3–⁠8 (3–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1978, game by game: lost at Georgia 14–16; lost at Kentucky 21–25; lost at No. 13 Ohio State 28–34; lost vs. Houston 18–20; lost vs. SMU 21–28; won at No. 12 Texas A&M 24–6; won at TCU 28–21; lost at Texas Tech 9–27; lost vs. No. 16 Arkansas 14–27; lost at Rice 10–24; won vs. No. 9 Texas 38–14+24−18Lost 14–16 at Georgia-2GeorgiaLost 21–25 at Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 28–34 at No. 13 Ohio State-6No. 13 Ohio StateLost 18–20 vs. Houston-2HoustonLost 21–28 vs. SMU-7SMUWon 24–6 at No. 12 Texas A&M+18No. 12 Texas A&MWon 28–21 at TCU+7TCULost 9–27 at Texas Tech-18Texas TechLost 14–27 vs. No. 16 Arkansas-13No. 16 ArkansasLost 10–24 at Rice-14RiceWon 38–14 vs. No. 9 Texas+24No. 9 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atGeorgiaL 14–⁠1641%
Sep 23atKentuckyL 21–⁠2523%
Sep 30at13Ohio StateL 28–⁠3425%
Oct 7vsHoustonL 18–⁠2045%
Oct 14vsSMUL 21–⁠2854%
Oct 21at12Texas A&MW 24–⁠620%
Oct 28atTCUW 28–⁠2164%
Nov 4atTexas TechL 9–⁠2737%
Nov 11vs16ArkansasL 14–⁠2735%
Nov 18atRiceL 10–⁠2470%
Nov 25vs9TexasW 38–⁠1423%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 38–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-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 1978.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
225–⁠242
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1497 −15 this season
SP+ rating
11.1 No. 37 of 133; offense No. 31, defense No. 48
SRS
11.9 No. 28 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 1Greg Hawthorne RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 3Ronnie Lee TEMiami Dolphins
Rd 4Steve Howell RBMiami Dolphins
Rd 7Luke Prestridge PDenver Broncos

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Houston7–⁠19–⁠310
Arkansas6–⁠29–⁠2–⁠111
Texas6–⁠29–⁠39
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠4
Texas A&M4–⁠48–⁠419
SMU3–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠53–⁠8
Rice2–⁠62–⁠9
TCU0–⁠82–⁠9

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