# 2015 Baylor Bears football team

The 2015 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were coached by Art Briles, playing their 117th football season; this year was the team's second season in McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas. The Bears were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in fourth place. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they defeated North Carolina 49–38. On November 14 Baylor was upset at home vs 15 Oklahoma.

## Recruiting

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40$^‡$ | Commit date |
| Blake Lynch ATH | Gilmer, TX | Gilmer HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 191 lb (87 kg) | 4.50 | Oct 20, 2013 |
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| Devontre Stricklin WR | Waco, TX | Midway HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 167 lb (76 kg) | 4.67 | Jan 24, 2014 |
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| Maurice Porter OL | Navarro, TX | Navarro College | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 295 lb (134 kg) | N/A | Feb 28, 2014 |
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| JaMycal Hasty RB | Longview, TX | Longview HS | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 183 lb (83 kg) | 4.50 | Mar 29, 2014 |
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| Sam Tecklenburg OL | Plano, TX | Plano Senior HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 270 lb (120 kg) | 5.22 | Apr 16, 2014 |
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| Jordan Tolbert CB | Missouri City, TX | Ridge Point HS | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | 4.50 | May 9, 2014 |
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| Clay Johnston LB | Abilene, TX | Wylie HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 199 lb (90 kg) | 4.60 | Jun 3, 2014 |
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| Jameson Houston S | Austin, TX | St. Michael's Academy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 4.40 | Jul 30, 2014 |
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| Andrew Galitz K | Rowlett, TX | Rowlett HS | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | N/A | Aug 26, 2014 |
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| Tony Nicholson WR | Grand Prairie, TX | South Grand Prairie HS | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 171 lb (78 kg) | 4.45 | Sep 21, 2014 |
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| J.W. Ketchum ATH | Houston, TX | Lamar HS | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 4.63 | Oct 26, 2014 |
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| Domonic Desouza OL | San Francisco, CA | City College of San Francisco | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 300 lb (140 kg) | N/A | Nov 17, 2014 |
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| Jarrett Stidham QB | Stephenville, TX | Stephenville HS | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 4.74 | Dec 19, 2014 |
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| Lenoy Jones Jr. OLB | Waco, TX | Midway HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 214 lb (97 kg) | 4.75 | Jan 15, 2015 |
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| Eric Ogor OLB | Richmond, TX | Foster HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 4.48 | Jan 16, 2015 |
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| Jordan Williams OLB | Paris, TX | Paris HS | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | N/A | Jan 16, 2015 |
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| Riley Daniel OT | Ringling, OK | Ringling HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 290 lb (130 kg) | 5.23 | Jan 25, 2015 |
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| Tyrone Hunt DE | Arp, TX | Arp HS | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | N/A | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A |||||||
| Henry Black CB | Shreveport, LA | Woodlawn HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 176 lb (80 kg) | 4.51 | Jan 31, 2015 |
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 44 Rivals: 43 247Sports: 37 ESPN: 31 |||||||
| ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 4, 2014. |||||||

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at SMU* | No. 4 | Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX | ESPN | W 56–21 | 32,047 |
| September 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Lamar* | No. 4 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FSN | W 66–31 | 44,491 |
| September 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Rice* | No. 5 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FSN | W 70–17 | 43,619 |
| October 3 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Texas Tech | No. 5 | AT&T StadiumArlington, TX (Texas Shootout) | ABC/ESPN2 | W 63–35 | 56,179 |
| October 10 | 11:00 a.m. | at Kansas | No. 3 | Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS | FS1 | W 66–7 | 25,910 |
| October 17 | 11:00 a.m. | West Virginia | No. 2 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | FOX | W 62–38 | 45,370 |
| October 24 | 11:00 a.m. | Iowa State | No. 2 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX | ESPN | W 45–27 | 45,512 |
| November 5 | 6:30 p.m. | at Kansas State | No. 4 | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FS1 | W 31–24 | 52,108 |
| November 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 12 Oklahoma | No. 4 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX (College GameDay) | ABC | L 34–44 | 49,875 |
| November 21 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 6 Oklahoma State | No. 10 | Boone Pickens StadiumStillwater, OK | FOX | W 45–35 | 58,669 |
| November 27 | 6:30 p.m. | at No. 19 TCU | No. 7 | Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | L 21–28 $^{2OT}$ | 47,675 |
| December 5 | 11:00 a.m. | Texas | No. 12 | McLane StadiumWaco, TX (rivalry) | ESPN | L 17–23 | 48,093 |
| December 29 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. No. 10 North Carolina* | No. 17 | Orlando Citrus Bowl StadiumOrlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl) | ESPN | W 49–38 | 40,418 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 (10) | 2 (13) | 2 (12) | 2 (7) | 2 (6) | 4 (2) | 10 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Coaches | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 (5) | 2 (8) | 2 (12) | 2 (10) | 2 (9) | 3 (5) | 10 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 |
| CFP | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 17 | Not released |

## Game summaries
### @ SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #4 Bears | 28 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| Mustangs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### Lamar

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| #4 Bears | 13 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 66 |

### Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Owls | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| #5 Bears | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 70 |

### Vs. Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| #5 Bears | 28 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 63 |

### @ Kansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #3 Bears | 24 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 66 |
| Jayhawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### West Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| #2 Bears | 17 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 62 |

### Iowa State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cyclones | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| #2 Bears | 21 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 45 |

### @ Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |

### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sooners | 7 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| Bears | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 34 |

### @ Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| Cowboys | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 35 |

### @ TCU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Bears | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Horned Frogs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Longhorns | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |

### Vs. North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #10 Tar Heels | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| #17 Bears | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |