1983 Baylor Bears football team

1983 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Baylor Bears football
1983 Baylor Bears football
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, L 14–24 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Southwest Conference
1983 record	7–4–1 (4–3–1 SWC)
Head coach	Grant Teaff (12th season);
Home stadium	Baylor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season third in the Southwest Conference. They lost to Oklahoma State in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, 14–24.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	BYU*		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		W 40–36	32,500
September 17	at UTEP*		Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas		W 20–6	25,709
September 24	Texas Tech		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (rivalry)	ABC	L 11–26	38,000
October 1	at Houston		Astrodome Houston		W 42–21	26,640
October 8	at No. 13 SMU		Texas Stadium Irving, Texas		L 26–42	45,025
October 15	Texas A&M		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	WTBS	T 13–13	40,000
October 22	TCU		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas (rivalry)		W 56–21	35,876
October 29	Tulane*		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		W 24–18	20,050	^[1]
November 5	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas		W 24–21	44,820
November 12	Rice		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		W 48–14	26,500
November 19	at No. 2 Texas		Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas		L 21–24	76,208
December 31	vs. Oklahoma State*	No. 20	Astrodome Houston (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)	Mizlou	L 14–24	50,090
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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

^ "Baylor overcomes punchless Tulane". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1983. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

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1983 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Texas $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 12 SMU	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Houston	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	2
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll