1978 Baylor Bears football team
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.
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
1978 record | 3–8 (3–5 SWC) |
Head coach | Grant Teaff (7th season) |
Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Houston $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Arkansas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Texas | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | at Georgia* | L 14–16 | 43,000 | |
September 23 | at Kentucky* |
| L 21–25 | 57,793 |
September 30 | at No. 13 Ohio State* | L 28–34 | 87,998 | |
October 7 | Houston |
| L 18–20 | 35,000 |
October 14 | SMU |
| L 21–28 | 36,500 |
October 21 | at No. 12 Texas A&M | W 24–6 | 55,458 | |
October 28 | at TCU | W 28–21 | 16,722 | |
November 4 | at Texas Tech |
| L 9–27 | 48,895 |
November 11 | No. 16 Arkansas![]() |
| L 14–27 | 45,000 |
November 18 | at Rice |
| L 10–24 | 13,000 |
November 25 | No. 9 Texas |
| W 38–14 | 31,500 |
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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 | 65 | Miami Dolphins |
Steve Howell | Fullback | 4 | 107 | Miami Dolphins |
Luke Prestridge | Punter | 7 | 188 | Denver Broncos |
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