1970 Baylor Bears football team

1970 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The Bears offense scored 133 points, while the Bears defense allowed 259 points. In the Battle of the Brazos, the Bears beat Texas A&M by a score of 29–24.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	at No. 11 Missouri*	Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	L 0–38	32,000
September 19	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 10–7	36,539
September 26	Pittsburgh*	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 10–15	20,000
October 3	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	L 10–31	60,000
October 10	at No. 10 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Arkansas	L 7–41	53,000
October 24	Texas A&M	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 29–24	41,000
October 31	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas	L 17–24	21,817
November 7	No. 1 Texas	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 14–21	36,000
November 14	Texas Tech	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 3–7	19,000
November 21	at SMU	Ownby Stadium University Park, Texas	L 10–23	22,963
November 28	Rice	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 23–28	22,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Dave Jones	Linebacker	11	286	Baltimore Colts

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1970 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Arkansas	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Rice	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Baylor	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll