Baylor is looking to rally its fanbase on homecoming with a win over Iowa State, who is coming off an upset over then-No. 24 Oklahoma State last week.
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Interim head coach Joe Klanderman aims to allow Baylor to “play free” as it heads into another matchup against a team coming off an upset.
As Baylor celebrates the many traditions of its annual homecoming, the Black community on campus has found a unique way of expressing itself and its culture: the Royal and Pure Homecoming Stroll-Off.
As a giant inflatable globe floats through the streets of Waco and across Baylor’s campus, students from around the world have the unique experience of witnessing the nation’s oldest and largest collegiate homecoming parade, a testament to how far Baylor has truly flung its green and gold.
Baylor Homecoming is just around the corner, and for many students on campus, this time brings nostalgia and bittersweet happiness as seniors prepare for their final homecoming as undergraduate students.
A great playlist combines two things — diversity and vibes. Whether you’re waking up at 5 a.m. to throw candy off the side of a float or enjoying the game from the comfort of your couch, it’s crucial to have the right tunes for homecoming.
For $50, fans can reserve a seat in the grandstands in front of the Bill Daniel Student Center and enjoy a prime view of the homecoming parade. But beyond the convenience of a guaranteed seat, each ticket helps support Baylor students through the Student Foundation scholarship fund.
Despite the pastels being 10 years in the past, 2016 is back now more than ever. If you’re nostalgia crazy and crave the “simpler times,” you’re in luck. It’s time to travel back in time and hoco like it’s 2016.
Homecoming week has arrived. As students celebrate school spirit this week, they reflect their favorite homecoming traditions, memories and meanings.
Alice Curtis, 96, has experienced a lifetime of Baylor Homecomings. She was there in 1949 for the last season in the wooden grandstands of the Waco Municipal Stadium. She was there in 1974, when Grant Teaff led the turnaround that became the Miracle on the Brazos. She was there in 2010, the season in which Robert Griffin III took home Baylor’s first and only Heisman Trophy.
Beyond the many festivities of Homecoming, Dinner with the Livingstones gives students the opportunity to take a break from their busy schedules and recharge with their peers and university leadership.
From its spotty fledgling years, ties to tragedy and the two world wars, the classic tradition that Baylor has shared with the nation began as a chance for students and alumni to combat the hardships of their day.
The Bear Bell was rediscovered in 2015, collecting dust in a storage closet with a fading memory of its glory. It has returned to the sidelines for every home football game a decade later.
The band will perform 15 minutes after the football game ends Saturday at the Baylor Backyard Live stage outside McLane Stadium.
Bears, get out the green and gold because we have made it to homecoming. Here are the events happening in Waco for students, alumni and anyone else in town.
For the first time in homecoming history, Singspiration will be held in Glennis McCrary Music Building. Though the location has shifted from the well-loved and established Seventh and James Baptist Church, the integrity and purpose of the worship service remains the same.
Through all — the good, the bad, the funny and the sad, the Lariat was there. Here are 12 major moments in Lariat history, hand plucked from the archives.
Fall is here, homecoming is around the corner and the Livingstones hosted their annual homecoming dinner for the Baylor community on Wednesday evening. Food trucks lined Third Street, grills were fired up and students lined up from Allbritton House to Marrs McLean.
Half a century ago, Baylor Homecoming celebrations included barricade kissing, snake dancing and “Hawny Frog” skits, trading elaborate floats for simple wagons and buggies. Today, much like 1909, the bonfire still burns bright, a pep rally flings green and gold afar, the parade bridges downtown Waco and campus and, of course, the football game is a staple. Decades of Baylor Homecoming shine brightly in their similarities, with some crown jewels fading into the archives.
Win or lose, each organization’s float represents hours of hard work, creativity and collaboration on the part of Greek life members. As they carve their annual path around campus on homecoming, those who have put in the work express feelings of fulfillment and familial pride.
Every fall, Baylor Homecoming begins in the heart of campus, where the glow of the Eternal Flame stretches across Fountain Mall. The Ten at Ten: A Mass Meeting Experience marks the start of the weekend as a moment when the Baylor Family gathers to celebrate tradition, renew community and reflect on the university’s motto: “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo” — “For the Church, for Texas, for the World.”
Generation after generation, Baylor students continue to return to the campus their parents called home. For these families, homecoming is more than just a campus tradition; it is a celebration of a legacy.
Depending on when they graduated, Baylor alumni will give you a different profile of their time in Waco. From year to year, those differences might be as small as a better football record or a few new faculty, but when you compare Baylor of the 1970s to the campus we call home today, the two schools are vastly different.
“One of the early leaders of the Dr Pepper Museum was a Baylor alumnus,” Summar-Smith said. “He was a Dr Pepper drinker for many years, Wilton Lanning. So I think Waco has a lot of identity in Dr Pepper and a lot of identity in Baylor, and so they’re just a natural partnership.”
As Baylor prepares for Homecoming and Pigskin Revue returns to Waco Hall, Greg Rogers’ artistry will once again take center stage — quietly, from behind the scenes.
For many Baylor alumni, homecoming is more than just a fun weekend — it’s a return to the community, traditions and people who formed their college years. And for some, it’s also a cure for something familiar to most post-grads — the fear of missing out.
Football is a staple of Baylor’s Homecoming — the oldest such tradition in the nation. Throughout the longstanding institution, there have been numerous memorable moments that magnify the occasion.
In the midst of the homecoming festivities, the Nu Zeta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and the National Pan-Hellenic Council are bringing a stroll-off to campus on Friday from 7-9 p.m. at the Bill Daniel Student Center.
Terry Terracino rang in her 70th anniversary of being Baylor Homecoming Queen by riding in a glimmering black Corvette in the 2024 homecoming parade. Her daughter, Gretchen McCormack, and granddaughter, Dr. Arden Roeder, stood gleefully watching as they, too, celebrated their legacies at Baylor.
“It brings both Baylor’s campus and the Waco community together to celebrate our shared history,” Chiles said. “The alumni of the past are allowed to come watch an hour and a half long parade that showcases the best of Baylor and Waco.”
