1996 Baylor Bears football team

The 1996 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Chuck Reedy, who was fired following the conclusion of the season.

1996 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
1996 record47 (17 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorMike Gundy (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRon West (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy McCollum (2nd as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadiumFloyd Casey Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
1996 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern Division
No. 6 Nebraska x%  8 0     11 2  
No. 8 Colorado  7 1     10 2  
No. 17 Kansas State  6 2     9 3  
Missouri  3 5     5 6  
Kansas  2 6     4 7  
Iowa State  1 7     2 9  
Southern Division
No. 23 Texas x$  6 2     8 5  
Texas Tech  5 3     7 5  
Texas A&M  4 4     6 6  
Oklahoma  3 5     3 8  
Oklahoma State  2 6     5 6  
Baylor  1 7     4 7  
Championship: Texas 37, Nebraska 27
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • $ – Bowl Alliance representative as champion
    % – Bowl Alliance at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech*W 24–1629,469
September 142:00 p.m.at Louisville*FSNW 14–1338,756
September 212:30 p.m.Oregon State*ABCW 42–1042,327
October 56:30 p.m.at Texas TechL 24–4550,594
October 121:00 p.m.at No. 5 NebraskaL 0–4975,478
October 196:00 p.m.Oklahoma
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
L 24–2835,712
October 261:00 p.m.Iowa State
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
W 49–2135,114
November 22:30 p.m.at TexasABCL 23–2875,482
November 92:30 p.m.Texas A&M
ABCL 7–2445,112
November 161:00 p.m.Missouri
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
L 42–49 3OT22,705
November 232:00 p.m.at Oklahoma StateL 17–3721,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1996 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 18 Brandon Dennard SE 6-1 170 Fr. Duncanville, Texas 80 Bradley Domel TE 6-4 221 Jr. Needville, Texas 53 Danny Fletcher C 6-4 253 Jr
Pos.#NameClass
T 79 David Davis Sr
RB 22 Jerod Douglas Jr
OT 78 Curtis Draper Sr
Defense 91 James Calvin NT 6-1 287 Fr. Keller, Texas 83 Chad Chmelar TE 6-4 228 So. Caldwell, Texas 51 Eric Clay LB 6-2 240 Fr. Houston, Texas 7 Nikia Codie FS 6-3 196 So 96 Sheldon Mallory DE 6-3 274 Jr. Amarillo, Texas 3 Robert Mason LB 6-1 222 Sr. Houston, Texas 83 Justin Snow DE 6-3 242 Fr
Pos.#NameClass
CB 5 George McCullough Sr
FS 14 Rodney Smith Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
C, LB 40 Jody Littleton Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1996-12-25

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Baylor Game by Game Redults 1995-1999". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2014-07-24. Retrieved March 30, 2014.


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