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.

2015 Baylor Bears football
Russell Athletic Bowl champion
Russell Athletic Bowl, W 49–38 vs. North Carolina
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 13
Record	10–3 (6–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Art Briles (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kendal Briles (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Veer and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Phil Bennett (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	McLane Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Oklahoma $^		8	–	1					11	–	2
No. 20 Oklahoma State		7	–	2					10	–	3
No. 7 TCU		7	–	2					11	–	2
No. 13 Baylor		6	–	3					10	–	3
West Virginia		4	–	5					8	–	5
Texas Tech		4	–	5					7	–	6
Texas		4	–	5					5	–	7
Kansas State		3	–	6					6	–	7
Iowa State		2	–	7					3	–	9
Kansas		0	–	9					0	–	12
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

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
	Recruiting 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 Stadium University Park, TX	ESPN	W 56–21	32,047[1]
September 12	6:30 p.m.	Lamar*	No. 4	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	W 66–31	44,491[2]
September 26	2:00 p.m.	Rice*	No. 5	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	W 70–17	43,619[3]
October 3	2:30 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech	No. 5	AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX (Texas Shootout)	ABC/ESPN2	W 63–35	56,179[4]
October 10	11:00 a.m.	at Kansas	No. 3	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FS1	W 66–7	25,910[5]
October 17	11:00 a.m.	West Virginia	No. 2	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FOX	W 62–38	45,370[6]
October 24	11:00 a.m.	Iowa State	No. 2	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN	W 45–27	45,512[7]
November 5	6:30 p.m.	at Kansas State	No. 4	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS	FS1	W 31–24	52,108[8]
November 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 12 Oklahoma	No. 4	McLane Stadium Waco, TX (College GameDay)	ABC	L 34–44	49,875[9]
November 21	6:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Oklahoma State	No. 10	Boone Pickens Stadium Stillwater, OK	FOX	W 45–35	58,669
November 27	6:30 p.m.	at No. 19 TCU	No. 7	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–28 2OT	47,675
December 5	11:00 a.m.	Texas	No. 12	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	ESPN	L 17–23	48,093
December 29	4:30 p.m.	vs. No. 10 North Carolina*	No. 17	Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL (Russell Athletic Bowl)	ESPN	W 49–38	40,418
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule Source:^[10]

Rankings

Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	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									6	6	10	7	12	17	Not released

Roster

2015 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Corey Coleman  Jr WR 2 Blake Lynch Fr QB 3 Jarrett Stidham Fr WR 4 Jay Lee  Sr RB 5 Johnny Jefferson  So RB 6 JaMycal Hasty Fr WR 7 Lynx Hawthorne  Jr WR 8 Ishmael Zamora  Fr WR 9 K. D. Cannon So WR 11 Pooh Stricklin Fr WR 12 Quan Jones  So QB 13 Chris Johnson  So WR 14 Chris Platt  Fr TE 15 Gus Penning  Sr WR 16 Davion Hall So QB 17 Seth Russell  Jr QB 18 Zack Bennema Fr RB 20 Anthony Webb  Sr RB 22 Terence Williams  Fr RB 25 Dwyer Bucey Fr RB 28 Devin Chafin  Jr WR 30 Tanner Ritchey  Fr RB 32 Shock Linwood  Jr RB 33 Iain Hunter  Fr TE 41 Tre'von Armstead  Jr OL 52 Rami Hammad  So OL 53 Keith Orcutt  So OL 55 Kyle Fuller  Jr OL 57 Tanner Thrift  So OL 58 Spencer Drango  Sr OL 61 Jarell Broxton Sr OL 64 Dom Desouza Jr OL 67 Desmine Hilliard  Sr OL 68 Ishmael Wilson  So OL 69 Pat Colbert  Sr OL 70 Josh Peltzel  Fr OL 71 Devonte Jones Fr OL 72 Blake Blackmar  Fr OL 73 Blake Muir  Sr OL 74 Sean Muir  So OL 76 Jason Osei  Jr OL 77 Patrick Lawrence  Fr TE 80 LaQuan McGowan  Sr WR 80 Cal Spangler Sr WR 82 Kaleb Moore  Jr WR 83 Cole Edminston  So TE 85 Jordan Feuerbacher  Fr WR 87 Andy Ritter Jr WR 89 Trevor White  Fr TE 98 Trevor Clemons-Valdez  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Taylor Young  So DE 2 Shawn Oakman  Sr CB 3 Tion Wright Jr DB 4 Xavien Howard  Jr LB 5 Grant Campbell Sr CB 7 Jourdan Blake  Fr CB 9 Ryan Reid  Jr CB 11 Jameson Houston Fr S 12 Alfred Pollum  So S 13 Terrell Burt Sr DE 15 Brian Nance  So LB 16 Kendall Ehrlich  Jr NB 17 Cordell Dorsey  Fr S 18 Chance Waz  Fr LB 19 Raaquan Davis  So LB 20 Aiavion Edwards  Jr NB 21 Patrick Levels  Jr CB 24 Terrence Singleton  Jr CB 25 Miles Johnson Sr S 26 Taion Sells Jr CB 27 Verkedric Vaughns  Fr S 28 Orion Stewart  Jr S 29 Jarrod Koym  Fr NB 34 Lee Bristow  Sr S 35 Mallory Franklin  Fr CB 37 Tyler Jaynes  So S 41 Calvin Hill  Fr DE 43 Jamie Jacobs  Fr LB 45 Xavier Phillips  So NB 48 Travon Blanchard  So DE 52 Greg Roberts  Fr LB 55 Baylor Black Jr DE 56 K.J. Smith  So DT 75 Andrew Billings Jr DE 90 Javonte Magee Jr DT 91 Andrew Morris  Fr DE 92 Jamal Palmer Sr DT 93 Suleiman Masumbuko  Sr DE 94 Xavier Jones  Fr DT 95 Beau Blackshear  Sr DT 96 Byron Bonds Jr DT 97 Ira Lewis  Fr DL 98 Cody George  Fr DE 99 Josh Malin  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 33 Tom Bennett Fr P 36 Drew Galitz Fr K 39 Spencer Evans  Fr PK 40 Chris Callahan  So LS 50 Jimmy Landes  Sr LS 65 B.J. Jordan Sr	Head coach Art Briles (8th season) Coordinators/assistant coaches Kendal Briles – Offensive coordinator Phil Bennett – Defensive coordinator Randy Clements – Offensive line Brian Norwood – Associate head coach / Safeties Chris Achuff – Defensive line Carlton Buckels – Cornerbacks Joe Jon Finley – Offensive quality control analyst Jim Gush – Linebackers / Defensive Recruiting Coordinator Jeff Lebby – Running backs Colin Shillinglaw – Assistant A.D. / Football Operations Beau Trahan – Director of football operations Jeff Barlow – Director of Equipment Services Brett Bufton – Assistant Director of Equipment Services Casey Horny – Assistant Director of Operations Odell James – Assistant Director of Operations Kaz Kazadi – Assistant A.D. / Athletic Performance Calvin Lowry – Assistant Director of Operations Mike Sims – Assistant A.D. / Athletic Training Austin Steele – Assistant Director of Operations Tate Wallis – Assistant Director of Operations Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 30, 2015

Game summaries

@ SMU

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

See also: 2015 SMU Mustangs football team

Lamar

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

See also: 2015 Lamar Cardinals football team

Rice

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

See also: 2015 Rice Owls football team

Vs. Texas Tech

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

See also: 2015 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

@ Kansas

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

See also: 2015 Kansas Jayhawks football team

West Virginia

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

See also: 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Iowa State

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

See also: 2015 Iowa State Cyclones football team

@ Kansas State

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

See also: 2015 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Oklahoma

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

See also: 2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team

@ Oklahoma State

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

See also: 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

@ 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

See also: 2015 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Texas

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

See also: 2015 Texas Longhorns football team

Vs. North Carolina

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

See also: 2015 North Carolina Tar Heels football team and 2015 Russell Athletic Bowl

References

1. Werner, John (September 5, 2015). "Russell Shines in Debut with 6 TDs as Bears Blow Out SMU Late, 56-21". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
2. Werner, John (September 13, 2015). "Coleman Makes 4 TD Catches, No. 4 Baylor Shakes Off Lamar, 66-31". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
3. Werner, John (September 27, 2015). "Bears Clean Up Their Act in 70-17 Victory Over Owls". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
4. Werner, John (October 4, 2015). "Baylor Opens Big 12 Play with 63-35 Rout of Texas Tech". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
5. Werner, John (October 11, 2015). "Winless Kansas No Match for #3 Bears in 1-Sided Affair, 66-7". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
6. Werner, John (October 18, 2015). "Russell, Coleman Fuel Baylor's Win Over West Virginia, 62-38". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
7. Cherry, Brice (October 24, 2015). "Baylor Shrugs Off Rough Second Half, Dispatches Iowa State, 45-27". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
8. Werner, John (November 6, 2015). "Stidham Shines in 1st Career Start, Fueling 31-24 Baylor Win Over Pesky Wildcats". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
9. Werner, John (November 14, 2015). "Black and Blue: OU's Mayfield Carves Up Baylor Defense, Playoff Aspirations". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
10. "2015 Baylor Bears Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 19, 2014.