1976 Baylor Bears football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 19

1976 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Houston +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Texas Tech +	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Texas A&M	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Texas	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Arkansas	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Rice	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
SMU	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
TCU	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. The Bears finished the season fourth in the Southwest Conference. Despite finishing the season ranked #19 in the country with a 7–3–1 record, the Bears did not receive an invitation to a bowl game.

Schedule

September 11Houston

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

L 5–23 37,500 September 18at Auburn*

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

W 15–14 50,000 September 25at No. 14 Illinois*

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, Illinois

W 34–19 44,481 October 2South Carolina*

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 18–17 34,500 October 9SMU

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 27–20 25,000 October 16at Texas A&M

• Kyle Field
• College Station, Texas

L 0–24 52,241 November 6No. 12 Arkansas

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

T 7–7 47,900 November 13at Rice

• Rice Stadium
• Houston, Texas

W 38–6 10,000 November 20Texas

• Baylor Stadium
• Waco, Texas

W 20–10 45,500 November 27at TCU

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, Texas

W 24–19 11,480 December 4at No. 9 Texas TechNo. 18

• Jones Stadium
• Lubbock, Texas

L 21–24 37,105