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1991 Baylor

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Grant Teaff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1991, game by game: won vs. UTEP 27–7; won at No. 12 Colorado 16–14; won vs. Missouri 47–21; won at SMU 45–7; won at Houston 38–21; lost vs. Rice 17–20; lost vs. No. 19 Texas A&M 12–34; won vs. TCU 26–9; won at No. 24 Arkansas 9–5; lost vs. Texas Tech 24–31; won at Texas 21–11; lost vs. Indiana 0–24+38−24Won 27–7 vs. UTEP+20UTEPWon 16–14 at No. 12 Colorado+2No. 12 ColoradoWon 47–21 vs. Missouri+26MissouriWon 45–7 at SMU+38SMUWon 38–21 at Houston+17HoustonLost 17–20 vs. Rice-3RiceLost 12–34 vs. No. 19 Texas A&M-22No. 19 Texas A&MWon 26–9 vs. TCU+17TCUWon 9–5 at No. 24 Arkansas+4No. 24 ArkansasLost 24–31 vs. Texas Tech-7Texas TechWon 21–11 at Texas+10TexasLost 0–24 vs. Indiana-24Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsUTEPW 27–⁠775%
Sep 14at12ColoradoW 16–⁠1424%
Sep 21vsMissouriW 47–⁠2171%
Sep 28atSMUW 45–⁠777%
Oct 5atHoustonW 38–⁠2142%
Oct 12vsRiceL 17–⁠2078%
Oct 19vs19Texas A&ML 12–⁠3450%
Oct 26vsTCUW 26–⁠961%
Nov 2at24ArkansasW 9–⁠555%
Nov 16vsTexas TechL 24–⁠3173%
Nov 23atTexasW 21–⁠1138%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsIndianaCopper BowlL 0–⁠2459%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Indiana 24–⁠0 in the Copper Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 23
  2. Wk 4: 14
  3. Wk 5: 12
  4. Wk 6: 11
  5. Wk 7: 8
  6. Wk 8: 16
  7. Wk 9: 22
  8. Wk 10: 21
  9. Wk 11: 21
  10. Wk 12: 20

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 1991.

Led the nationMelvin Bonner: yards per catch (24.6)

Consensus All-AmericanSantana Dotson, L

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
282–⁠204
Coach
Grant Teaff
Elo
1575 +39 this season
SP+ rating
11.2 No. 26 of 104; offense No. 47, defense No. 21
SRS
8.1 No. 31 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Chuck Reedy
Defensive coordinator
Pete Fredenburg
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠4

Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 4Frankie Smith DBAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Santana Dotson DTTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Monte JonesOLCoaches-1
  • Santana DotsonDLCoaches-1
  • Robin JonesDLCoaches-1
  • Le’Shai MastonLBCoaches-1

Second team

  • David MimsRBCoaches-2
  • Alonzo PierceTECoaches-2
  • Melvin BonnerWRCoaches-2
  • John TurnpaughOLCoaches-2
  • Scott BaehrenCCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

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