1979 Baylor Bears football team

The 1979 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the regular season fourth in the Southwest Conference. A win over Clemson in the Peach Bowl capped the season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	Lamar*		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 20–7	25,000
September 15	Texas A&M		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 17–7	48,500
September 22	at No. 2 Alabama*		Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 0–45	77,512
September 29	Texas Tech		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 27–17	35,800
October 6	at No. 6 Houston		Astrodome Houston, Texas	L 10–13	37,142
October 13	at SMU		Texas Stadium Irving, Texas	W 24–21	65,101
October 20	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, New York	W 55–0	32,591
October 27	TCU		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 16–3	36,250
November 10	at No. 9 Arkansas	No. 17	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	L 20–29	43,284
November 17	Rice	No. 20	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 45–14	28,500
November 24	at No. 6 Texas	No. 17	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	L 0–13	63,288
December 31	vs. No. 18 Clemson*	No. 19	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, Georgia (Peach Bowl)	W 24–18	57,321
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries[]

Peach Bowl[]

Freshman DB Kyle Woods, who injured his neck in preseason practice, spoke to the team before the game and was on the sidelines in wheelchair as team wore No. 23 towels as tribute.^[1]

Roster[]

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.^[2]

Awards and honors[]

• Mike Singletary, (All-America) honors
• Mike Singletary, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Southwest Conference.^[3]
• Mike Singletary was the only college junior to be selected to the All-Southwest Conference Team of the 1970s.

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