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1993 Baylor

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Chuck Reedy.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1993, game by game: won vs. No. 25 Fresno State 42–39; lost at No. 10 Colorado 21–45; won at Utah State 28–24; won vs. Texas Tech 28–26; lost at Houston 3–24; won at SMU 31–12; lost vs. No. 13 Texas A&M 17–34; lost vs. TCU 13–38; lost at Georgia Tech 27–37; won vs. Rice 38–14; lost at Texas 17–38+24−25Won 42–39 vs. No. 25 Fresno State+3No. 25 Fresno StateLost 21–45 at No. 10 Colorado-24No. 10 ColoradoWon 28–24 at Utah State+4Utah StateWon 28–26 vs. Texas Tech+2Texas TechLost 3–24 at Houston-21HoustonWon 31–12 at SMU+19SMULost 17–34 vs. No. 13 Texas A&M-17No. 13 Texas A&MLost 13–38 vs. TCU-25TCULost 27–37 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 38–14 vs. Rice+24RiceLost 17–38 at Texas-21Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs25Fresno StateW 42–⁠3952%
Sep 11at10ColoradoL 21–⁠4533%
Sep 18atUtah StateW 28–⁠2451%
Sep 25vsTexas TechW 28–⁠2668%
Oct 2atHoustonL 3–⁠2464%
Oct 9atSMUW 31–⁠1258%
Oct 16vs13Texas A&ML 17–⁠3441%
Oct 23vsTCUL 13–⁠3878%
Nov 6atGeorgia TechL 27–⁠3740%
Nov 13vsRiceW 38–⁠1457%
Nov 20atTexasL 17–⁠3835%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Texas 38–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 77th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 24

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 1993.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 24
Points
265–⁠331
Coach
Chuck Reedy
Elo
1468 −92 this season
SP+ rating
-5.2 No. 69 of 105; offense No. 51, defense No. 78
SRS
−3.6 No. 68 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Crowe
Defensive coordinator
Pete Fredenburg
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 6Robert Strait RBCleveland Browns

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • David LeaksOLAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M7–⁠010–⁠29
Texas5–⁠25–⁠5–⁠1
Texas Tech5–⁠26–⁠6
Rice3–⁠46–⁠5
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠6
TCU2–⁠54–⁠7
SMU1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Houston1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

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