1978 Baylor Bears football team

The 1978 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season sixth in the Southwest Conference.[1] Sophomore Mike Singletary established a team record with 232 tackles in 1978, including 34 in a game against the University of Houston.

1978 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1978 record3–8 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Houston $ 7 1 0  9 3 0
No. 11 Arkansas 6 2 0  9 2 1
No. 9 Texas 6 2 0  9 3 0
Texas Tech 5 3 0  7 4 0
No. 19 Texas A&M 4 4 0  8 4 0
SMU 3 5 0  4 6 1
Baylor 3 5 0  3 8 0
Rice 2 6 0  2 9 0
TCU 0 8 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16at Georgia*L 14–1643,000
September 23at Kentucky*L 21–2557,793
September 30at No. 13 Ohio State*L 28–3487,998
October 7HoustonL 18–2035,000
October 14SMU
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
L 21–2836,500
October 21at No. 12 Texas A&MW 24–655,458
October 28at TCUW 28–2116,722
November 4at Texas TechL 9–2748,895
November 11No. 16 Arkansas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
L 14–2745,000
November 18at RiceL 10–2413,000
November 25No. 9 Texas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
W 38–1431,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team Players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Greg HawthorneRunning back128Pittsburgh Steelers
Ronnie LeeTackle365Miami Dolphins
Steve HowellFullback4107Miami Dolphins
Luke PrestridgePunter7188Denver Broncos

[2]

References

  1. "1978 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1979.htm
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