1976 Baylor Bears football team

1976 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#13 Texas Tech +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#7 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Texas	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Rice	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
SMU	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bears finished the season fourth in the Southwest Conference. Despite finishing the season ranked #19 in the country with a 7–3–1 record, the Bears did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Houston*		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	L 5–23	37,500
September 18	at Auburn*		Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	W 15–14	50,000
September 25	at No. 14 Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 34–19	44,481
October 2	South Carolina*		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	W 18–17	34,500
October 9	SMU		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	W 27–20	25,000
October 16	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	L 0–24	52,241
November 6	No. 12 Arkansas		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	T 7–7	47,900
November 13	at Rice		Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 38–6	10,000
November 20	Texas		Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX	W 20–10	45,500
November 27	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX	W 24–19	11,480
December 4	at No. 9 Texas Tech	No. 18	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	L 21–24	37,105
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Baylor Bears football

Venues	Carroll Field (1902–1925, 1930–1935) Cotton Palace (alternate, 1902–1929) Municipal Stadium (1936–1949) Floyd Casey Stadium (1950–2013) McLane Stadium (2014–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games TCU Texas A&M: Battle of the Brazos Oklahoma State Texas Tech

Culture & lore	"Old Fite" The Golden Wave Band Football scandal

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