1978 Baylor Bears football team
1978 Baylor Bears football team
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1978 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1978 record | 3–8 (3–5 SWC) |
| Head coach | Grant Teaff (7th season) |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
1978 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Sophomore Mike Singletary established a team record with 232 tackles in 1978, including 34 in a game against the University of Houston.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 16 | at Georgia* | Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia | L 14–16 | 43,000 | |||||
| September 23 | at Kentucky* | Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky | L 21–25 | 57,793 | |||||
| September 30 | at No. 13 Ohio State* | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | L 28–34 | 87,998 | |||||
| October 7 | Houston | Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas | L 18–20 | 35,000 | |||||
| October 14 | SMU | Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas | L 21–28 | 36,500 | |||||
| October 21 | at No. 12 Texas A&M | Kyle Field • College Station, Texas | W 24–6 | 55,458 | |||||
| October 28 | at TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | W 28–21 | 16,722 | |||||
| November 4 | at Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, Texas | L 9–27 | 48,895 | |||||
| November 11 | No. 16 Arkansas | Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas | L 14–27 | 45,000 | |||||
| November 18 | at Rice | Rice Stadium • Houston, Texas | L 10–24 | 13,000 | |||||
| November 25 | No. 9 Texas | Baylor Stadium • Waco, Texas | W 38–14 | 31,500 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
Team Players drafted into the NFL[edit]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Greg Hawthorne | Running back | 1 | 28 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Ronnie Lee | Tackle | 3 | 65 | Miami Dolphins |
| Steve Howell | Fullback | 4 | 107 | Miami Dolphins |
| Luke Prestridge | Punter | 7 | 188 | Denver Broncos |
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References[edit]
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