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The 1979 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the regular season fourth in the Southwest Conference . A win over Clemson in the Peach Bowl capped the season.
Baylor - Bledsoe 29 yard field goal, 8:17, 3rd; Baylor - Cockrell 7 yard touchdown pass from Elam (Bledsoe kick), 3:43, 3rd; Clemson - McSwain 1 yard touchdown run (McCall pass from Lott), 0:20, 4th; Baylor had 11 first downs while Clemson had 20. On rushing, the Bears rushed for 62 yards on 45 carries while Clemson had 67 yards on 51 carries.
The rivalry was especially competitive from 1976 to 1986, when Hall of Fame coaches Grant Teaff (Baylor) and Bill Yeoman (Houston) were coaching against each other, with Yeoman holding a 6–4–1 edge over Teaff in the head-to-head.
John Hayden Fry (February 28, 1929 – December 17, 2019) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1962 to 1972, North Texas State University—now known as the University of North Texas—from 1973 to 1978, and the University of Iowa from 1979 to 1998, compiling a career coaching record of 232–178–10.
The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference . After 64 seasons at the off-campus Baylor Stadium, renamed Floyd Casey Stadium in 1988, the Bears opened the new on-campus McLane Stadium for the 2014 season.
1979 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team; 1978–79 San Antonio Spurs season; 1979–80 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team; 1979 SMU Mustangs football team; 1979 Southwest Conference baseball tournament; 1979 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team; 1979 Sun Bowl
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In its second season under head coach Danny Ford, the team compiled an 8–4 record (4–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the ACC, lost to Baylor in the 1979 Peach Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 205 to 116.