2010 Baylor Bears football team

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2010 Baylor Bears football
Baylor University Athletics (logo).svg
Texas Bowl, L 14–38 vs. Illinois
Conference Big 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record7–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorRandy Clements (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorPhilip Montgomery (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator Brian Norwood (3rd season)
Base defense 4–3
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium Floyd Casey Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
  2009
2011  
2010 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Nebraska xy  6 2   10 4  
No. 18 Missouri x  6 2   10 3  
Kansas State  3 5   7 6  
Iowa State  3 5   5 7  
Colorado  2 6   5 7  
Kansas  1 7   3 9  
South Division
No. 6 Oklahoma xy$  6 2   12 2  
No. 13 Oklahoma State x  6 2   11 2  
No. 19 Texas A&M x  6 2   9 4  
Baylor  4 4   7 6  
Texas Tech  3 5   8 5  
Texas  2 6   5 7  
Championship: Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big 12 play and were invited to the Texas Bowl, their first bowl appearance since 1994, where they were defeated by Illinois 14–38. This season featured BU's first win over the University of Texas since 1997, and the first in Austin since 1991 (12 straight losses, the most recent 11 losses all by at least 21 points).

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:00 p.m. Sam Houston State *W 34–342,821 [1]
September 116:00 p.m. Buffalo *
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FCS W 34–640,853 [2]
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 4 TCU * Versus L 10–4547,493 [3]
September 257:00 p.m.at Rice * CBSCS W 30–1323,395 [4]
October 211:00 a.m. Kansas
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FSN W 55–735,405 [5]
October 911:00 a.m.vs. Texas Tech
FSNL 38–4548,213 [6]
October 166:00 p.m.at Colorado FCSW 31–2548,953 [7]
October 232:30 p.m. Kansas State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 47–4240,057 [8]
October 306:00 p.m.at Texas No. 25FSNW 30–22100,452 [9]
November 611:30 a.m.at No. 19 Oklahoma State No. 22FSNL 28–5550,741 [10]
November 136:00 p.m.No. 23 Texas A&M
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FSNL 30–4245,089 [11]
November 207:00 p.m.No. 16 Oklahoma
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
  • Waco, TX
ESPN2 L 24–5336,034 [12]
December 295:00 p.m.vs. Illinois * ESPN L 14–3868,211 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRVRV2522RV
Coaches Poll RVRV2422RVRV
Harris Not releasedRVRV2522RVRVNot released
BCS Not released2521Not released

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