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1988 Baylor

6–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1988, game by game: won vs. UNLV 27–3; won at Kansas 27–14; won at Iowa State 35–0; lost at Texas Tech 6–36; lost vs. Houston 24–27; won vs. Texas State 45–7; lost at Texas A&M 14–28; lost at TCU 14–24; lost vs. No. 11 Arkansas 3–33; won at Rice 20–10; won vs. Texas 17–14+38−30Won 27–3 vs. UNLV+24UNLVWon 27–14 at Kansas+13KansasWon 35–0 at Iowa State+35Iowa StateLost 6–36 at Texas Tech-30Texas TechLost 24–27 vs. Houston-3HoustonWon 45–7 vs. Texas State+38Texas StateLost 14–28 at Texas A&M-14Texas A&MLost 14–24 at TCU-10TCULost 3–33 vs. No. 11 Arkansas-30No. 11 ArkansasWon 20–10 at Rice+10RiceWon 17–14 vs. Texas+3Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsUNLVW 27–⁠365%
Sep 10atKansasW 27–⁠1468%
Sep 17atIowa StateW 35–⁠058%
Sep 24atTexas TechL 6–⁠3658%
Oct 1vsHoustonL 24–⁠2759%
Oct 8vsTexas StateW 45–⁠783%
Oct 15atTexas A&ML 14–⁠2829%
Oct 22atTCUL 14–⁠2445%
Nov 5vs11ArkansasL 3–⁠3331%
Nov 12atRiceW 20–⁠1069%
Nov 19vsTexasW 17–⁠1457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas 17–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 61st-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 1988.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
232–⁠196
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1501 −11 this season
SP+ rating
-5.2 No. 71 of 102; offense No. 90, defense No. 39
SRS
−1.9 No. 63 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Pete Fredenburg
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1989

The 1989 draft
Rd 4Ray Crockett DBDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

5 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠212
Texas A&M6–⁠17–⁠5
Houston5–⁠29–⁠318
Texas Tech4–⁠35–⁠6
Baylor2–⁠56–⁠5
Texas2–⁠54–⁠7
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
Rice0–⁠70–⁠11

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