2018 Baylor Bears football team

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2018 Baylor Bears football
Baylor Athletics logo.svg
Texas Bowl champion
Texas Bowl, W 45–38 vs. Vanderbilt
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record7–6 (4–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinator Glenn Thomas (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Jeff Nixon (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Phil Snow (2nd season)
Base defense3–3 stack [1]
Home stadium McLane Stadium
Seasons
←  2017
2019  →
2018 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Oklahoma y$^  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 9 Texas y  7 –2   10 –4  
Iowa State  6 –3   8 –5  
No. 20 West Virginia  6 –3   8 –4  
TCU  4 –5   7 –6  
Baylor  4 –5   7 –6  
Oklahoma State  3 –6   7 –6  
Kansas State  3 –6   5 –7  
Texas Tech  3 –6   5 –7  
Kansas  1 –8   3 –9  
Championship: Oklahoma 39, Texas 27
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears played their home games at the McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas. They competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and were led by second-year head coach Matt Rhule. The team improved on its 1–11 record from last season, as they would finish 7–6, 4–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They were invited to the Texas Bowl, where they defeated Vanderbilt.

Contents

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AwardPlayerPositionYear
Rimington Trophy [2] Sam Tecklenburg CJR
Fred Biletnikoff Award [3] Denzel Mims WRJR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy [4] Ira LewisDTSR
Outland Trophy [5] Ira LewisDTSR
Lou Groza Award [6] Connor MartinKJR
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award [7] Denzel MimsWRJR

Big 12 media poll

The Big 12 media poll was released July 12, 2018, with the Bears predicted to finish in ninth place. [8]

Media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Oklahoma509 (46)
2West Virginia432 (2)
3TCU390 (1)
4Texas370 (1)
5Oklahoma State300
6Kansas State283 (2)
7Iowa State250
8Texas Tech149
9Baylor125
10Kansas52

Schedule

Baylor announced its football schedule Oct. 26, 2017. [9] The Bears played 12 games with six home games (two non-conference games and four Big 12 games), five away games (one non-conference game and four Big 12 games) and a neutral-site Big 12 game.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m. Abilene Christian *
 FSN W 55–2745,330
September 86:00 p.m.at UTSA *
 Facebook W 37–2042,071
September 152:30 p.m. Duke *
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
 FS1 L 27–4040,442
September 222:30 p.m. Kansas
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FS1W 26–736,725
September 292:30 p.m.at No. 6 Oklahoma
ABC L 33–6686,642
October 62:30 p.m. Kansas State
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FS1W 37–3436,888
October 132:30 p.m.at No. 9 Texas
ESPN L 17–2393,882
October 256:00 p.m.at No. 13 West Virginia
FS1L 14–5853,117
November 311:00 a.m. Oklahoma State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • McLane Stadium
  • Waco, TX
FS1W 35–3143,492
November 102:30 p.m.at No. 23 Iowa State
FS1L 14–2853,860
November 1711:00 a.m. TCU
FS1L 9–1645,140
November 2411:00 a.m.vs. Texas Tech
FS1W 35–2427,308
December 278:00 p.m.vs. Vanderbilt *
ESPNW 45–3851,104
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [10]

Game summaries

Abilene Christian

1234Total
Wildcats7137027
Bears172110755

At UTSA

1234Total
Bears101071037
Roadrunners3100720

Duke

1234Total
Blue Devils71671040
Bears00131427

Kansas

1234Total
Jayhawks00707
Bears7163026

At Oklahoma

1234Total
Bears63141033
No. 6 Sooners1414211766

Kansas State

1234Total
Wildcats7702034
Bears3981737

Baylor held a slight edge in the pregame analysis. Coming into the game Baylor was considered better than they were at this same time last year and has won 3 games (Kansas, Texas-San Antonio, and Abilene Christian), the Bears have also lost 2 (Duke, Oklahoma). In Baylor's previous game against Oklahoma, they achieved 493 yards of offense in their loss—something expected to be a challenge for Kansas State on defense. [11]

The game started with Kansas State holding the lead at the end of the first and second quarters. Baylor pulled ahead in the third quarter but missed several field goals. Baylor's Charlie Brewer threw for 296 yards and Kansas State's Alex Barnes rushed for 250 yards [12] (he ran for 129 yards and four touchdowns in the 2016 matchup also at Baylor). [13]

Kansas State had its share of mistakes: K-State missed a field goal and an extra point and were also ineffective on kickoff returns. Kansas State also gave up a fumble on the kickoff return after a controversial play review to start the third quarter and Baylor scored a touchdown two plays later. [14] Wildcat turnovers and penalties led to three touchdowns for Baylor. [15] They also had problems with a punt return they recovered and an extra point was blocked. [13]

Baylor's Connor Martin had a rough day as the kicker, missing three field goals and an extra point, yet among all that he ended up kicking the game-winning field goal from 29 yards with 8 seconds left in the game. The final score was a Baylor victory, 37-34. [13]

At Texas

1234Total
Bears737017
No. 9 Longhorns3200023

At West Virginia

1234Total
Bears0014014
No. 13 Mountaineers103110758

Oklahoma State

1234Total
Cowboys7314731
Bears01471435

At Iowa State

1234Total
Bears007714
No. 23 Cyclones71011028

TCU

1234Total
Horned Frogs367016
Bears60309

vs Texas Tech

1234Total
Bears7714735
Red Raiders1070724

vs Vanderbilt–Texas Bowl

1234Total
Bears107141445
Commodores14771038

Players drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
367 Jalen Hurd WR San Francisco 49ers

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