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1987 Baylor

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1987, game by game: won vs. Louisiana Tech 13–3; lost at Missouri 18–23; won at UNLV 21–14; won vs. Texas Tech 36–22; won at Houston 30–18; won vs. Texas State 36–15; lost vs. Texas A&M 10–34; lost vs. TCU 0–24; lost at Arkansas 7–10; won vs. Rice 34–31; lost at Texas 16–34+21−24Won 13–3 vs. Louisiana Tech+10Louisiana TechLost 18–23 at Missouri-5MissouriWon 21–14 at UNLV+7UNLVWon 36–22 vs. Texas Tech+14Texas TechWon 30–18 at Houston+12HoustonWon 36–15 vs. Texas State+21Texas StateLost 10–34 vs. Texas A&M-24Texas A&MLost 0–24 vs. TCU-24TCULost 7–10 at Arkansas-3ArkansasWon 34–31 vs. Rice+3RiceLost 16–34 at Texas-18Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsLouisiana TechW 13–⁠386%
Sep 12atMissouriL 18–⁠2372%
Sep 19atUNLVW 21–⁠1460%
Sep 26vsTexas TechW 36–⁠2270%
Oct 3atHoustonW 30–⁠1876%
Oct 10vsTexas StateW 36–⁠1591%
Oct 17vsTexas A&ML 10–⁠3463%
Oct 24vsTCUL 0–⁠2477%
Nov 7atArkansasL 7–⁠1029%
Nov 14vsRiceW 34–⁠3184%
Nov 21atTexasL 16–⁠3447%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 34–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 57th-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 1987.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
221–⁠228
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1518 −103 this season
SP+ rating
-2.8 No. 60 of 101; offense No. 68, defense No. 52
SRS
−2.9 No. 64 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Duke Christian
Defensive coordinator
Pete Fredenburg
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠4

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠110–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠29–⁠4
Texas5–⁠27–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠46–⁠5
TCU3–⁠45–⁠6
Houston2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Rice0–⁠72–⁠9

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