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1984 Baylor

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1984, game by game: lost at No. 13 BYU 13–47; lost at No. 11 Oklahoma 15–34; won at Texas Tech 18–9; lost vs. Houston 17–27; lost vs. No. 7 SMU 20–24; won at Texas A&M 20–16; lost at TCU 28–38; won vs. New Mexico 38–2; lost vs. Arkansas 9–14; won at Rice 46–40; won vs. No. 6 Texas 24–10+36−34Lost 13–47 at No. 13 BYU-34No. 13 BYULost 15–34 at No. 11 Oklahoma-19No. 11 OklahomaWon 18–9 at Texas Tech+9Texas TechLost 17–27 vs. Houston-10HoustonLost 20–24 vs. No. 7 SMU-4No. 7 SMUWon 20–16 at Texas A&M+4Texas A&MLost 28–38 at TCU-10TCUWon 38–2 vs. New Mexico+36New MexicoLost 9–14 vs. Arkansas-5ArkansasWon 46–40 at Rice+6RiceWon 24–10 vs. No. 6 Texas+14No. 6 Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8at13BYUL 13–⁠4722%
Sep 22at11OklahomaL 15–⁠3426%
Sep 29atTexas TechW 18–⁠951%
Oct 6vsHoustonL 17–⁠2767%
Oct 13vs7SMUL 20–⁠2433%
Oct 20atTexas A&MW 20–⁠1641%
Oct 27atTCUL 28–⁠3842%
Nov 3vsNew MexicoW 38–⁠261%
Nov 10vsArkansasL 9–⁠1443%
Nov 17atRiceW 46–⁠4073%
Nov 24vs6TexasW 24–⁠1027%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 24–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 46th-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 1984.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
248–⁠261
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1544 +13 this season
SP+ rating
6.0 No. 50 of 106; offense No. 37, defense No. 61
SRS
2.1 No. 52 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Duke Christian
Defensive coordinator
Pete Fredenburg
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 3Ervin Randle LBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 4Kevin Hancock LBDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠210–⁠28
Houston6–⁠27–⁠5
TCU5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠56–⁠5
Texas Tech2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice0–⁠81–⁠10

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