A Baylor football season filled with the oddest of highs and strangest of lows has come to an end. The Bears will miss out on postseason play, falling short of a bowl game with a 5-7 final record.

Rhoades was hired in July 2016, on the heels of a university-wide sexual assault scandal, and led the athletics department to one of the most successful stretches in school history.

Michael Trigg leads Baylor football with 607 yards receiving and ranks No. 46 in the country in total receiving yards. He’s the only tight end in the top 70.

The chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee is alleged to have grabbed redshirt senior tight end Michael Trigg before the Arizona State game and used an expletive to question why he was wearing an undershirt, according to multiple reports.

Baylor got out to its fastest start of the season Saturday, racking up over 300 first-half yards in a blowout win over the Knights. The win ends a two-game skid and moves the Bears to 5-4 on the season.

The Bears fell in a 24-0 hole during the second quarter of Saturday’s loss, which marked the program’s worst offensive performance of the season.

With circus-level catches and YACs to the max, Trigg might be one of the best and most unique tight ends in the nation.

The Bears came back from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win their first Power Four home game of the season. Senior tight end Michael Trigg led the way with eight catches for 155 yards.

The Bears’ 1,747 yards passing lead the Big 12. For one of the deepest receiving rooms in the country, many of those have come after the catch.

When looking back at close games, there are always key factors that decide the outcome of the game. For Baylor on Saturday night, it was the run game, which underperformed and contributed heavily to the loss.

The Sun Devils kicked a walk-off, 43-yard field goal to spoil the Bears’ Big 12 home opener. Sawyer Robertson tossed three touchdown passes and Michael Trigg made key plays down the stretch, but four turnovers proved too much to overcome.

As Baylor’s final non-conference matchup of the season approaches, the Bears are still picking up the pieces of their defensive puzzle.

The Bears’ win streak over the Mustangs now stretches 14 games.

The Bears allowed over 300 rushing yards, a record-high figure under head coach Dave Aranda, in a 38-24 Friday night loss at McLane Stadium.

Led by Heisman candidate quarterback Sawyer Robertson, Baylor is chasing history.

Flowing through a youth skills challenge and nine-period open practice, Baylor wrapped up spring football with the inaugural Baylor Blitz Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium.

The Bears return all but one member of a depth chart that could see increased emphasis in the passing game.

The Baylor Lariat’s sports desk begrudgingly admits their flaws.

Despite turning the ball over three times, Baylor football held Houston without an offensive touchdown for the second consecutive week. The Bears extended their winning streak to five, tying their longest streak since 2021 with a 20-10 win Saturday night at TDECU Stadium in Houston.

Since hiring Spavital this offseason (and moving redshirt junior quarterback Sawyer Robertson into the starting lineup), Baylor’s offense has sped light years ahead of where it was a year ago. Jeff Grimes’ wide zone offense finished No. 101 nationally at 23.1 points per game. In less than a full season on the job, Spavital has the Bears up to No. 23 nationally and second in the Big 12 at 35.1 points per game.

Ten years from kicker Chris Callahan’s historic last-second game-winning field goal to knock off TCU 61-58, redshirt junior kicker Isaiah Hankins replicated the magic with a 33-yard field goal as time expired to help Baylor football knock off their in-state rival, 37-34, on Saturday night at McLane Stadium.

The 38-28 victory marked the Bears’ first Big 12 home win since Oct. 22, 2022.

Behind the most rushing yards in a single game in three years, Baylor football snapped an eight-game home losing streak to Big 12 opponents, knocking off Oklahoma State 38-28 on Saturday at McLane Stadium.

Silenced by 24 unanswered points to close the game, Baylor football dropped its eighth consecutive game against Big 12 programs dating back to 2023 as No. 16 Iowa State slammed the door with a 43-21 victory Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.

From blowing a two-score lead against Colorado to a failed comeback against No. 22 BYU, Baylor football has been only a few plays away from sitting atop the Big 12. But after failing to find one more first down in Boulder and falling into a 21-0 deficit against the Cougars, the green and gold are still hanging on to the idea of proving themselves.

After allowing 17 points and 151 total yards in the first quarter, the Bears (1-1) held the Utes (2-0) without another offensive touchdown and just 141 total yards for the rest of the game. Rising, a seventh-year college quarterback, was taken out of the game with 1:47 left in the second quarter after colliding with Gatorade coolers on the sidelines. Without Rising in the game, Utah only recorded 99 yards of offense.

An offseason overhaul of the roster and coaching staff has positioned this team to, at the very least, bring back fair-weather fans.

With 22 transfers making their Baylor football debut, fresh faces wasted no time writing their way into the record book. Led by sixth-year senior quarterback Dequan Finn, four transfers each scored a touchdown to lead the Bears to a season-opening 45-3 win over Tarleton Saturday night on the 10th anniversary of the first game played at McLane Stadium.

Although Baylor football is in its offseason, the team has brought in some new additions with the transfer portal. In total, there are nine transfers joining the Bears, and they’re looking to help the team grow. Here’s a look at every transfer coming to Waco.