Some facts about the 2009 Baylor Bears:
FOUNDED: 1845
ENROLLMENT: 14,541
LOCATED: Waco, Texas.
COACH: Art Briles, second season at Baylor (4-8), seventh season overall (38-36).
2008 RECORD: 4-8 (2-6, T5th Big 12 South)
LAST BOWL: 1994 Alamo Bowl, lost to Washington State 10-3.
STADIUM: Floyd Casey Stadium (50,000)
RETURNING STARTERS: 18 (9 offense, 9 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: RB Jay Finley; QB Robert Griffin; S Jordan Lake; LB Joe Pawelek; WR Kendall Wright.
KEY RECRUITS: OG Philip Blake, OT Marquis Franklin; OT Danny Watkins.
KEY DEPARTURES: OT Dan Gay, OT Jason Smith, WR Thomas White.
COACHSPEAK: “I think we’re anxious to prove ourselves. There’s anticipation of good things happening. Now what we have to do is fulfill those anticipations. We understand the direction we’re going in, but we also understand what’s in front of us.”—Briles.
2009 SCHEDULE:
Sept. 5— at Wake Forest
Sept. 19—Connecticut
Sept. 26—Northwestern St.
Oct. 3—Kent St.
Oct. 10—at Oklahoma
Oct. 17—at Iowa St.
Oct. 24—Oklahoma St.
Oct. 31—Nebraska
Nov. 7—at Missouri
Nov. 14—Texas
Nov. 21—at Texas A&M
Nov. 28—Texas Tech at Arlington, Texas
