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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.
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. Baylor easily defeated the #17-ranked UCLA Bruins in the Holiday Bowl on December 27, 2012, by a final margin of 49–26 after jumping out to a 21–0 lead early in the 2nd quarter.
0–9. 1949 Dixie Bowl; 1952 Orange Bowl; 1954 Gator Bowl (December) 1957 Sugar Bowl; 1960 Gator Bowl (December) 1961 Gotham Bowl; 1963 Bluebonnet Bowl; 1975 Cotton Bowl Classic
This is a list of college football seasons in which the Baylor Bears have participated. [1] Baylor first began playing football in 1899. The school has fielded a varsity team every year since 1899, except for the 1906, 1943, and 1944 seasons. [2]
The Bears followed this loss with a 23-game win streak, including 6 ranked victories and a rise to #1 in the country. On January 11, Baylor defeated #3 Kansas on the road, winning in Lawrence for the first time in school history. Baylor's impressive start to the season ended on a sour note, losing 3 of their last 5 games before the Big 12 ...
Baylor did the Miracle on the Brazos, winning the Southwest Conference championship for the first time since 1924, doing so after starting the season 0–2 by going 8–1 the rest of the way. They only lost one conference game (to A&M, who had two), but their most memorable win was against Texas, in which they came back from a 24–7 halftime ...
The 1926 football game coincided with Baylor's homecoming. During halftime Baylor Homecoming floats paraded around the field. When a float – actually a car pulling a flatbed trailer with several female Baylor students – neared the section where the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets sat, a cadet raced towards the car and grabbed the steering wheel ...
During the 5-game winning streak, Baylor averaged 46.4 points and 587 yards, which included the Bears' first ever victory over Oklahoma. For the season, the Bears had the nation's 2nd ranked total offense (571.25 yards per game), 5th ranked passing offense (356.2 yards per game) and 18th ranked rushing offense (215.08 yards per game). [ 3 ]