1989 Baylor Bears football team

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1989 Baylor Bears football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Floyd Casey Stadium
Seasons
  1988
1990  
1989 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 Arkansas $ 7 1 010 2 0
No. 20 Texas A&M 6 2 08 4 0
No. 14 Houston 6 2 09 2 0
No. 19 Texas Tech 5 3 09 3 0
Baylor 4 4 05 6 0
Texas 4 4 05 6 0
TCU 2 6 04 7 0
Rice 2 6 02 8 1
SMU 0 8 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season fourth in the Southwest Conference. In the season's final game, Baylor defeated Texas by the score of 50 to 7. It was Baylor's seventh victory in Austin and the first there since 1951.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 8 Oklahoma *L 7–3374,600
September 16at Georgia * WTBS L 3–1582,007 [1]
September 23 Kansas *W 46–326,765
September 30 Texas Tech
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX (rivalry)
Raycom W 29–1538,785
October 7at No. 12 Houston L 10–6631,433
October 14at SMU RaycomW 49–321,434
October 21No. 23 Texas A&M
L 11–1445,565
October 28 TCU Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX (rivalry)
RaycomW 27–935,713
November 11at No. 10 Arkansas ESPN L 10–1951,352
November 18 Rice
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 3–622,133
November 25at Texas W 50–749,081
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1989 Baylor Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Mike McKenzie
RB David Mims
RB Eldwin Raphel
RB Anthony Ray
QB Ricky Vestal
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S Robert Blackmon
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Jeff Ireland
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Game summaries

At Texas

Baylor Bears (4–6) at Texas Longhorns (5–4)
Period1234Total
Baylor 10726750
Texas 00077

at Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas

  • Date: November 25, 1989
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 68 °F (20 °C)
  • Game attendance: 49,081
  • Referee: Joe Thomas
  • TV: None
  • Box Score
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
BaylorPassing
Rushing
Receiving
TexasPassingDonovan Forbes7/11, 86 Yds, 2 INT
RushingAdrian Walker26 Rush, 65 Yds, TD
Receiving Kerry Cash 4 Rec, 56 Yds

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season. [2]

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
James FrancisLinebacker112Cincinnati Bengals
Robert BlackmonDefensive back234Seattle Seahawks

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References

  1. "Georgia throws Baylor for loss". Austin American-Statesman. September 17, 1989. Retrieved November 12, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.