1982 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 SMU $	7	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
No. 17 Texas	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Arkansas	5	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Houston	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Baylor	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Texas Tech	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Texas A&M	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
TCU	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Rice	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season fifth in the Southwest Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	North Texas State*	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		W 21–17	24,000	^[1]
September 11	at No. 14 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio		L 14–21	88,622
September 25	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas (rivalry)		W 24–23	46,049
October 2	Houston	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	ABC	T 21–21	31,750
October 9	No. 6 SMU	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		L 19–22	30,000
October 16	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)		L 23–28	64,017
October 23	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas (rivalry)		L 14–38	23,811
October 30	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans		L 15–30	23,463	^[2]
November 6	No. 5 Arkansas	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		W 24–17	42,000
November 13	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas		W 35–13	12,000
November 20	No. 17 Texas	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas		L 23–31	38,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.^[3]

v t e Baylor Bears football
Venues	Carroll Field (1902–1924, 1929–1935) Cotton Palace (alternate, 1902–1929) Municipal Stadium (1936–1949) Floyd Casey Stadium (1950–2013) McLane Stadium (2014–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games TCU Texas A&M: Battle of the Brazos Texas Tech
Culture & lore	"Old Fite" The Golden Wave Band Year of the Bear Sexual assault scandal
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024