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.

Contents

• Schedule
• Game summaries
• Peach Bowl
• Roster
• Team players drafted into the NFL
• Awards and honors
• References

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Lamar *		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 20–7	25,000	[1]
September 15	Texas A&M		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 17–7	48,500	[2]
September 22	at No. 2 Alabama *		Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–45	77,512	[3]
September 29	Texas Tech		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 27–17	35,800	[4]
October 6	at No. 6 Houston		Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 10–13	37,142	[5]
October 13	at SMU		Texas Stadium Irving, TX	W 24–21	65,101	[6]
October 20	at Army *		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 55–0	32,591	[7]
October 27	TCU		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 16–3	36,250	[8]
November 10	at No. 9 Arkansas	No. 17	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 20–29	43,284	[9]
November 17	Rice	No. 20	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 45–14	28,500	[10]
November 24	at No. 6 Texas	No. 17	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	L 0–13	63,288	[11]
December 31	vs. No. 18 Clemson *	No. 19	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	W 24–18	57,321	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Roster

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season. ^[15]

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. ^[16]
• Mike Singletary was the only college junior to be selected to the All-Southwest Conference Team of the 1970s.

References