1988 Baylor Bears football team
American college football season
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The 1988 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Grant Teaff, the Bears compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 2–5 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fifth in the SWC. The team played home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. The stadium name was officially changed from Baylor Stadium Floyd Casey Stadium during halftime of the homecoming game against Arkansas on November 5.
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–5 (2–5 SWC)
Headcoach
- Grant Teaff (17th season)
OffensiveschemeI formation
| 1988 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (2–5 SWC) |
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| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Defensive coordinator | Pete Fredenburg (6th season) |
| Base defense | 4–4 |
| Home stadium | Floyd Casey Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M* | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Houston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | UNLV* | W 27–3 | 25,610 | [1] | ||
| September 10 | at Kansas* | Raycom | W 27–14 | 43,200 | [2] | |
| September 17 | at Iowa State* | Raycom | W 35–0 | 42,913 | [3] | |
| September 24 | at Texas Tech | L 6–36 | 45,385 | [4] | ||
| October 1 | Houston |
| Raycom | L 24–27 | 34,719 | [5] |
| October 8 | Southwest Texas State* |
| W 45–7 | 22,473 | [6] | |
| October 15 | at Texas A&M | L 14–28 | 67,884 | [7] | ||
| October 22 | at TCU | L 14–24 | 25,221 | [8] | ||
| November 5 | No. 11 Arkansas |
| HSE | L 3–33 | 40,148 | [9] |
| November 12 | at Rice | W 20–10 | 13,200 | [10] | ||
| November 19 | Texas |
| W 17–14 | 30,142 | [11] | |
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After the season
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.[12]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Ray Crockett | Defensive back | 4 | 86 | Detroit Lions |
| John Simpson | Wide receiver | 10 | 277 | Chicago Bears |
