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1979 Baylor Bears football team

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Conference
  
Southwest Conference

AP
  
No. 14

Head coach
  
Grant Teaff (8th year)

Coaches
  
No. 15

1979 record
  
8–4 (5–3 SWC)

Home stadium
  
Floyd Casey Stadium

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.

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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.

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

    1979 Baylor Bears football team Wikipedia
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