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1982 Baylor

4–⁠6–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1982, game by game: won vs. North Texas 21–17; lost at No. 14 Ohio State 14–21; won at Texas Tech 24–23; tied vs. Houston 21–21; lost vs. No. 6 SMU 19–22; lost at Texas A&M 23–28; lost at TCU 14–38; lost at Tulane 15–30; won vs. No. 5 Arkansas 24–17; won at Rice 35–13; lost vs. No. 17 Texas 23–31+22−24Won 21–17 vs. North Texas+4North TexasLost 14–21 at No. 14 Ohio State-7No. 14 Ohio StateWon 24–23 at Texas Tech+1Texas TechTied 21–21 vs. Houston0HoustonLost 19–22 vs. No. 6 SMU-3No. 6 SMULost 23–28 at Texas A&M-5Texas A&MLost 14–38 at TCU-24TCULost 15–30 at Tulane-15TulaneWon 24–17 vs. No. 5 Arkansas+7No. 5 ArkansasWon 35–13 at Rice+22RiceLost 23–31 vs. No. 17 Texas-8No. 17 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNorth TexasW 21–⁠1772%
Sep 11at14Ohio StateL 14–⁠2133%
Sep 25atTexas TechW 24–⁠2361%
Oct 2vsHoustonT 21–⁠2157%
Oct 9vs6SMUL 19–⁠2236%
Oct 16atTexas A&ML 23–⁠2847%
Oct 23atTCUL 14–⁠3858%
Oct 30atTulaneL 15–⁠3045%
Nov 6vs5ArkansasW 24–⁠1726%
Nov 13atRiceW 35–⁠1366%
Nov 20vs17TexasL 23–⁠3133%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 31–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
233–⁠261
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1491 −50 this season
SP+ rating
-3.7 No. 69 of 109; offense No. 62, defense No. 79
SRS
−1.1 No. 60 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinators
John O’Hara and Duke Christian
Offense
I formation

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 2Cedric Mack DBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 2Randy Grimes CTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Charles Benson DEMiami Dolphins
Rd 4Bo Scott Metcalf DBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Mark Kirchner OGPittsburgh Steelers

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠12
Texas7–⁠19–⁠317
Arkansas5–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠19
Houston4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Texas A&M3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas Tech3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠63–⁠8
Rice0–⁠80–⁠11

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