1972 Baylor Bears football team

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1972 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Texas $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
SMU	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Rice	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1972 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1972 college football season. Grant Teaff was hired to resurrect the moribund football team at Baylor. Baylor originally hired Rudy Feldman from New Mexico, but Feldman quit after one day, leaving the job to Teaff. Baylor had been 7–43–1 in the five seasons preceding Teaff's arrival. The Bears offense scored 180 points, while the Bears defense allowed 156 points. In the Battle of the Brazos, the Bears beat Texas A&M by a score of 15–13.

Schedule

September 16at No. 16 Georgia*

• Sanford Stadium
• Athens, Georgia

L 14–24 53,201 September 23at Missouri*

• Faurot Field
• Columbia, Missouri

W 27–0 42,000 October 7Miami (FL)*

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 10–3 35,000 October 14at No. 20 Arkansas

• Razorback Stadium
• Fayetteville, Arkansas

L 20–31 41,670 October 21at Oklahoma State*

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, Oklahoma

L 7–20 39,000 October 28Texas A&M

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 15–13 40,000 November 4at TCU

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

W 42–9 22,925 November 11No. 9 Texas

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

L 3–17 48,394 November 18Texas Tech

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

L 7–13 18,000 November 25at SMU

• Ownby Stadium
• University Park, Texas

L 7–12 18,035 December 2Rice

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 28–14 26,000