1976 Baylor Bears football team
1976 Baylor Bears football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
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Coaches | No. 19 |
Record | 7–3–1 (4–3–1 SWC) |
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Offensive coordinator | Bill Yung (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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No. 4 Houston + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Texas Tech + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Texas A&M | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bears finished the season fourth in the Southwest Conference. Despite finishing the season ranked No. 19 in the country with a 7–3–1 record, the Bears did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | Houston | L 5–23 | 37,500 | |||
September 18 | at Auburn* | W 15–14 | 50,000 | [2] | ||
September 25 | at No. 14 Illinois* | W 34–19 | 44,481 | |||
October 2 | South Carolina* |
| W 18–17 | 34,500 | [3] | |
October 9 | SMU |
| W 27–20 | 25,000 | ||
October 16 | at Texas A&M | L 0–24 | 52,241 | |||
November 6 | No. 12 Arkansas![]() |
| T 7–7 | 47,900 | ||
November 13 | at Rice | W 38–6 | 10,000 | |||
November 20 | Texas |
| W 20–10 | 45,500 | ||
November 27 | at TCU | W 24–19 | 11,480 | |||
December 4 | at No. 9 Texas Tech | No. 18 | L 21–24 | 37,105 | ||
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
[edit]Texas
[edit]Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Baylor | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
at Baylor Stadium, Waco, Texas
- Date: November 20
- Game time: 2:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 45,500
- Box Score
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References
[edit]- ^ "1976 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ "Battered Baylor slips by fumbling Auburn". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 19, 1976. Retrieved October 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina struck by Bear miracle". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 3, 1976. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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