1978 Baylor Bears football team

1978 Baylor Bears football
Conference Southwest Conference
1978 record 3–8 (3–5 SWC)
Head coach Grant Teaff (7th year)
Home stadium Baylor Stadium
1978 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Houston $ 7 1 0     9 3 0
#11 Arkansas 6 2 0     9 2 1
#9 Texas 6 2 0     9 3 0
Texas Tech 5 3 0     7 4 0
#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. Sophomore Mike Singletary established a team record with 232 tackles in 1978, including 34 in a game against the University of Houston.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 16 at Georgia* Sanford StadiumAthens, GA L 14–16   43,000
September 23 at Kentucky* Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY L 21–25   57,793
September 30 at No. 13 Ohio State* Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 28–34   87,998
October 7 Houston Baylor StadiumWaco, TX L 18–20   35,000
October 14 SMU Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 21–28   36,500
October 21 at No. 12 Texas A&M Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX W 24–6   55,458
October 28 at TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX W 28–21   16,722
November 4 at Texas Tech Jones StadiumLubbock, TX L 927   48,895
November 11 No. 16 Arkansasdagger Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 1427   45,000
November 18 at Rice Rice StadiumHouston, TX L 10–24   13,000
November 25 No. 9 Texas Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 38–14   31,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Team Players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Greg Hawthorne Running Back 1 28 Pittsburgh Steelers
Ronnie Lee Tackle 3 65Miami Dolphins
Steve Howell Fullback 4 107 Miami Dolphins
Luke Prestridge Punter 7 188Denver Broncos

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