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1979 Baylor Bears football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1979
team	Baylor Bears
sport	football
conference	Southwest Conference
short_conf	SWC
CoachRank	15
APRank	14
record	8–4
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	Grant Teaff
hc_year	8th
off_coach	John O'Hara
oc_year	1st
cooff_coach1	Duke Christian
cooc1_year	1st
off_scheme	I formation
stadium	Baylor Stadium
champion	Peach Bowl champion
bowl	Peach Bowl
bowl_result	W 24–18 vs. Clemson

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.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Peach Bowl

Freshman DB Kyle Woods, who injured his neck in preseason practice, spoke to the team before the game and was on the sidelines in wheelchair as team wore No. 23 towels as tribute.

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Awards and honors

Mike Singletary, (All-America) honors
Mike Singletary, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Southwest Conference.
Mike Singletary was the only college junior to be selected to the All-Southwest Conference Team of the 1970s.

References

(September 9, 1979). "Baylor Bears bite upstart Lamar, 20–7". The Paris News.
(September 16, 1979). "Clean-shaven Aggies lose to Bears, 17–7". The Abilene Reporter-News.
(September 23, 1979). "Alabama feasts on Bear meat, 45–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(September 30, 1979). "Baylor posts comeback victory over Texas Tech". The State.
(October 7, 1979). "UH outscraps Bears 13–10". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(October 14, 1979). "Baylor wins on late FG". The Victoria Advocate.
(October 21, 1979). "Army emparrassed 55–0". Mount Vernon Argus.
(October 28, 1979). "Baylor rolls by TCU, 16–3". San Angelo Standard-Times.
(November 11, 1979). "Hogs rally past Bears". The Marshall News Messenger.
(November 18, 1979). "Baylor whips Rice, 45 to 14". The News and Daily Advance.
(November 25, 1979). "Texas stops Baylor cold". Poughkeepsie Journal.
(January 1, 1980). "Baylor's passing game shocks Clemson". The Odessa American.
"1979 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"Injured player spurs Baylor to Peach win." ''Eugene Register-Guard''. pg. 18. 1980 January 1.
"1980 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
"HickokSports.com - History - Davey O'Brien Award".

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