The Bears were in a slump, having finished above .500 only twice in the last decade, and fan interest was low. 20, L 38, W 49, L In recent seasons, both a matte green helmet and a white helmet have been used as alternates to the gold helmet. 2 Tennessee Volunteers in the 1957 Sugar Bowl. The 1901 season also welcomed Baylor's first Thanksgiving Day football game, with a 280 win over St. Edward's University. 34, W On December 2, Baylor accepted a berth in the Holiday Bowl, sending the Bears to a third consecutive bowl for the first time in program history. The end of the Mack Brown era after the 2013 season gave way to a rocky stretch under Charlie Strong from 2014-2016 the Longhorns never finished above .500 under his watch and Tom Hermans much-anticipated debut season in 2017 wouldnt offer much improvement as Texas stumbled to a 7-6 finish that year. Baylor's 2012 season opened in Waco against the SMU Mustangs. In 1996 Baylor joined Texas, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M, along with the Big 8 conference schools, to form the Big 12 Conference. 18 - 42, L . Games, L The football uniforms were updated with the new font for the numbers, primary logo on the helmet, and an inclusion of the bear head logo on the collar. 10, W 27 - Texas A&M leads the series 68319 with the most recent game played in 2011.[13]. The competitive peak of the series was from 19601990 when Baylor won 13 games, A&M won 16 games and 2 games ended in ties. 27 - 63, L 15 - 34, W 17 - As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 12 and No. 14, L 10 - 13, L His 1994 team was part of a 5-way co-championship of the Southwest Conference, though an ineligible Texas A&M held a better conference record. As a 10-member institution, the Big 12 is the only Power 5 conference that uses a round-robin schedule -- there are no divisions -- and depending on the results of the regular season, winning the conference may very well entail defeating the same school for the second time in a single season. 6:30 PM. 62, L 31 - The building is built in a classic collegiate style matching the red brick southern architectural style of the Baylor University campus and is over three stories tall. 38, W 10, L Best conference finish of 2010s: T-3 (6-3, 2018; 5-4; 2019). 1 overall draft picks for the Sooners -- first Baker Mayfield and then Kyler Murray. 14 - 23, L 16, L . What stands by far as the overall most successful decade in Baylor football history -- the Bears hit 10+ wins in four different years -- began amid the heart of the Robert Griffin III era. 9, L 7 ranked Mountaineer team playing their inaugural Big 12 conference game. American black bears roamed the majority of Texas in considerable abundance when Baylor was founded in 1845, and bears could still be found throughout many areas of the state until the 1940s. Games, 16 10 - [4] On March 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Pitman dismissed several claims made in a lawsuit against the university while allowing others to proceed.[4]. 48 - 14, T and suddenly the Sun Devils are the last team in the projected field. Get the latest news and information for the Baylor Bears. Baylor would win just eight Big 12 games from 2016-2018 in the aftermath of the scandal that rocked the program in May 2016 and led to Art Briles' dismissal, but the Bears would cap off the decade on a high note, reaching the Big 12 Championship Game and winning 11 games in 2019 just two years removed from a 1-11 record. 0 - Year Player Award; 2015: C . 50 - 42, W Baylor has had four Heisman Trophy candidates, an award given to the best player in college football, with one candidate winning the trophy. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. 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Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. Seasons: 98 (1922 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 611-436-26 Conferences: Ind, MWC, WAC, Skyline, MSAC, RMC Conf. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. A win at home against Kansas and a loss at No. 7 - 28, L 27, L Starting with the 2019 season, the series moved back to the two schools respective on campus stadiums with Baylor hosting in Waco in 2019 and Texas Tech hosting in Lubbock in 2020. Conference Record: 7-2. 14, L 14, W Alas, a .500 all-time record in the Big 12 likely has those in Morgantown feeling that a lot has been left on the table given some of the talent that has come through the program. 26 - We present them here for purely educational purposes. 13, L [citation needed], The Simpson Center was built in 2009 and provides a 97,000 foot facility to house football operations. [4] In March 2017, the Texas Ranger Division confirmed that it had begun a "preliminary investigation" into whether or not the university or Waco PD had broken any laws. Baylor defeated the Longhorns, 3010, to notch a school-record 11th win and its first outright conference title since 1980. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 6 1984-1989. 8 19, W [citation needed]. The list documents season-by-season records, bowl game results, and conference records from 1915 to the present. 14, W Initially, starting in the year 1898, the university played its home games on an unnamed field near the university campus. 44, W Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Oklahoma State had the ball at the Baylor 2-yard line with 1:19 to go. 35 - 41, L The school has fielded a varsity team every year since 1899, except for the 1906, 1943, and 1944 seasons.[2]. This is a list of college football seasons in which the Baylor Bears have participated. 33, L Stats. 0, W 2022 Football Cumulative Statistics - Baylor University Athletics. 24, L Chuck Reedy was coach for four seasons and compiled a record of 2322. Watts restored Baylor's winning tradition in 1903, with a record of 431. 6 - No team was fielded in 1906 following a ban opposing the violence of football; along with 1943 and 1944 (during World War II), 1906 is one of three seasons since 1899 that Baylor has not competed in varsity football. The conclusion of Baylor's 75 2012 campaign marked the first time since 194951 that the Bears have enjoyed three consecutive seasons with 7+ wins. R. H. Hamilton has the highest winning percentage of any Baylor coach, with a 5-1-1 record (.786) during his two-year tenure. 35, W 34 - J.C. Ewing took control of the team in 1902, and led it to its first losing season, with a 342 record. 45, L All rights reserved. Four times, Kansas went 0-for, including an overall winless season in 2015. 0 - 9, L [11], The Baylor Bears are Texas Tech's most played opponent with 80 meetings between the teams dating back to 1929. 22 - The victory over Kansas State represented the program's first ever win over a No. 35, L 27 - 14 -