2010 Baylor Bears football team

The 2010 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big 12 play and were invited to the Texas Bowl, their first bowl appearance since 1994, where they were defeated by Illinois 14–38. This season featured BU's first win over the University of Texas since 1997, and the first in Austin since 1991 (12 straight losses, the most recent 11 losses all by at least 21 points).

2010 Baylor Bears football
Texas Bowl, L 14–38 vs. Illinois
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record7–6 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorRandy Clements (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorPhilip Montgomery (3rd season)
Offensive schemeVeer and shoot
Defensive coordinatorBrian Norwood (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumFloyd Casey Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
2010 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 20 Nebraska xy  6 2   10 4  
No. 18 Missouri x  6 2   10 3  
Kansas State  3 5   7 6  
Iowa State  3 5   5 7  
Colorado  2 6   5 7  
Kansas  1 7   3 9  
South Division
No. 6 Oklahoma xy$  6 2   12 2  
No. 13 Oklahoma State x  6 2   11 2  
No. 19 Texas A&M x  6 2   9 4  
Baylor  4 4   7 6  
Texas Tech  3 5   8 5  
Texas  2 6   5 7  
Championship: Oklahoma 23, Nebraska 20
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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