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1982 Baylor Bears football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ24635966 ↗
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The 1982 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Grant Teaff, the Bears compiled an overall record of 4–6–1 with a mark of 3–4–1 in conference play, placing fifth the SWC. The team played home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.

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After the season

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

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This entry incorporates text from “1982 Baylor Bears football team” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.