Big 12
The 2021 season's largest margin: Baylor 66, Texas Southern 7. A 59-point win — the year's high-water mark.
Baylor·Big 12
2021 — The Top-10 Year
Baylor finished 2021 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
Won the Sugar Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Gerry BohannonQB2,200 passing yards
- Blake ShapenQB596 passing yards
- Abram SmithRB1,601 rushing yards
- Trestan EbnerRB799 rushing yards
- Tyquan ThorntonWR948 receiving yards
- R.J. SneedWR573 receiving yards
- Drew EstradaWR367 receiving yards
- Terrel BernardLB103 tackles
- Dillon DoyleLB89 tackles
- Jalen PitreS75 tackles
- Gabe HallDL6 sacks
- Siaki IkaDL4 sacks
- TJ FranklinDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Baylor 14, Oklahoma State 24. A 10-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Baylor beat Ole Miss 21-7 in the postseason.
"Sic 'em"
2021 is a middle chapter for Baylor — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.