1981 Baylor Bears football team

1981 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1981 Baylor Bears football
1981 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1981 record	5–6 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach	Grant Teaff (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	John O'Hara (3rd season)
Home stadium	Baylor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season sixth in the Southwest Conference. In the Battle of the Brazos, the Bears beat Texas A&M for the fourth consecutive season. It was the longest winning streak the Bears had in the rivalry.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	Lamar*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		L 17–18	22,000
September 12	Bowling Green*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		W 38–0	20,000
September 19	at Louisiana Tech*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		W 28–21	21,000	^[1]
September 26	Texas Tech	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 28–15	40,000
October 3	at Houston	Astrodome Houston, TX	ABC	L 3–24	28,118
October 10	at No. 14 SMU	Texas Stadium Irving, TX		L 20–37	33,110
October 17	Texas A&M	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)		W 19–17	45,000
October 24	TCU	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 34–21	40,000
November 7	at No. 19 Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	ESPN	L 39–41	54,560
November 14	Rice	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		L 14–17	30,000
November 21	at No. 8 Texas	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		L 12–34	72,806
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Walter Abercrombie	Running Back	1	12	Pittsburgh Steelers
Vann McElroy	Defensive Back	3	64	Oakland Raiders
Dennis Gentry	Running Back	4	89	Chicago Bears

References[]

^ "Bears rally to push back feisty 'Dogs". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 20, 1980. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1982 NFL Draft Picks - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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[1] "Bears rally to push back feisty 'Dogs". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 20, 1980. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "1982 NFL Draft Picks - Pro-Football-Reference.com". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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1981 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 SMU $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Texas	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Houston	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Rice	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Baylor	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	2
Texas Tech	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll