Baylor Bears

NCAAF Baylor Bears

General Information

Conference Big 12 Conference (1996–present)
NCAA Division: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)
City: Waco, Texas
Stadium: McLane Stadium
Past Conferences:

Championships

Bowl Game Appearances: 26
Championships: 10
National Championships: None
Conference Titles: 10 (1915, 1916, 1922, 1924, 1974, 1980, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2021)
Divisional Championships: None

Past Conferences

Independent (1898–1915),
Southwest Conference (1915–1996)

Baylor Bears Stats & Analysis

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⦁ All Time Records (CFB)

Passing yards

Robert Griffin III: 10,366
⦁ Charlie Brewer: 9,700
⦁ Bryce Petty: 8,195
⦁ Nick Florence: 6,301
⦁ J.J. Joe: 5,995

Rushing yards

Shock Linwood: 4,213
⦁ Walter Abercrombie: 3,674
⦁ Jerod Douglas: 2,811
⦁ Jay Finley: 2,660
⦁ Alfred Anderson: 2,427

Receiving yards

Kendall Wright: 4,004
⦁ Terrance Williams: 3,334
⦁ K.D. Cannon: 3,113
⦁ Tevin Reese 3,102
⦁ Corey Coleman: 3,009

Baylor Bears – NCAAF History

Team History

The Baylor Bears are a Division I FBS Football team based in Waco, Texas. Initially founded in 1899, Baylor has an overall record of 622–590–44. Other than a ban year in 1906 -because of the increased violence in football- and two seasons during World War II, Baylor has seen a wide variety of results over its program’s history, which includes many historic rivalries with other schools in the state of Texas. The Bears won four Southwest Conference championships in 1915, 1916, 1922 and 1924. Baylor nearly won another Southwest Conference title later in 1956, but finished third behind Texas A&M and TCU. The 9-2 record earned them a berth in the Sugar Bowl, where they upset second-ranked Tennessee in a 13-7 thriller on New Year’s Day of 1957.

After a couple of decades with moderate success, Baylor continued to flourish for the next two decades with Grant Teaff at the helm. The Bears won the Southwest Conference in 1974 and in 1980, making eight bowl appearances over this span under Teaff, who retired in 1992.

Reaching New Heights

In 2010, Head Coach Art Briles turned around the program and took Baylor to new heights, first leading the team to their first-bowl berth since 1995, then the next season, with star quarterback Robert Griffin III, the Bears went 9-3 and beat University of Washington 60-56 in a classic Alamo Bowl showdown to cap off the season. Griffin, known by his “RG3” nickname, won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first player in Baylor program history to earn the distinguished honor. In 2013, Baylor went 11-1 on the season, winning the Big 12 Conference and clinching their first-ever berth in the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series, losing 52-42 to Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl. Under Briles, Baylor reached six straight bowl game appearances, but after some violations and revelations of sexual assault charges by players over the years, Briles was dismissed before the 2017 season.

Baylor won the 2021 Big 12 Championship with a 12-2 record under current coach Dave Aranda, finishing the year with a 21-7 win over Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. Baylor has made 26 bowl game appearances in program history, with an overall record of 14-12.

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Baylor Bears FAQs

What is the best season in Baylor Bears program history?

The Baylor Bears’ best season in program history came in 2013, when the team won 11 of 13 games. With an offense that averaged a nation’s-best 52 points per game, the Bears were ranked as high as third in the nation by the Associated Press polls that season. They would lose one regular season game to Oklahoma State late in the year and dropped their bowl game, a 52-42 final against the Knights of the University of Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl, held in Glendale, Arizona.

What was the worst season in Baylor Bears program history?

The 2017 Baylor Bears struggled all season long, winning just one game and losing eleven. Under first-year head coach Matt Rhule, the program was still reeling from the punishments handed down from the NCAA after investigations into sexual assault cover-up allegations costed Art Briles his head coaching job along with recruitment infractions and penalties handed out as well. The Bears’ defense allowed an average of 35 points per game, ranking them as the 16th worst in the nation that season.

Who is the greatest player in Baylor Bears program history?

Quarterback Robert Griffin III turned into a legend down in Waco with his dual-threat athletic talent. In four seasons for the Baylor Bears, the man nicknamed “RG3” threw for 10,366 yards and 78 touchdowns while running for 2,278 yards and 33 more touchdowns. Griffin would win the 2011 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first and only Baylor University player to earn that distinguished honor. Griffin was picked second overall in the first round of the 2012 National Football League Draft by the Washington Redskins, starting in 15 games and earning Associated Press Offensive Rookie of The Year honors before going down with a knee injury in the playoffs that season. RG3 would play just seven seasons of Professional Football with Washington, the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens before retiring in 2020. Griffin now works as a football commentator with ESPN.