1978 Baylor Bears football team

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1978 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1978 record3–8 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Georgia*L 14–1643,000
September 23at Kentucky*
L 21–2557,793[2]
September 30at No. 13 Ohio State*L 28–3487,998
October 7Houston
L 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 Tech
L 9–2748,895
November 11No. 16 Arkansasdagger
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
L 14–2745,000
November 18at Rice
L 10–2413,000
November 25No. 9 Texas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, Texas
W 38–1431,500
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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.[3]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "1978 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ^ D.G. FitzMaurice (September 24, 1978). "UK 25, Baylor 21: A Wacky Wildcat Win". Sunday Herald-Leader. pp. C1, C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1979 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.


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