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.

2015 Baylor Bears football
Russell Athletic Bowl champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 13
2015 record10–3 (6–3 Big 12)
Head coachArt Briles (8th season)
Offensive coordinatorKendal Briles (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorPhil Bennett (5th season)
Home stadiumMcLane Stadium
(Capacity: 45,140)
2015 Big 12 Conference football standings
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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
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 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
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
    DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
    September 46:00 p.m.at SMU*No. 4
    		ESPNW 56–2132,047[1]
    September 126:30 p.m.Lamar*No. 4
    		FSNW 66–3144,491[2]
    September 262:00 p.m.Rice*No. 5
    • McLane Stadium
    • Waco, TX
    		FSNW 70–1743,619[3]
    October 32:30 p.m.vs. Texas TechNo. 5
    		ABC/ESPN2W 63–3556,179[4]
    October 1011:00 a.m.at KansasNo. 3
    		FS1W 66–725,910[5]
    October 1711:00 a.m.West VirginiaNo. 2
    • McLane Stadium
    • Waco, TX
    		FOXW 62–3845,370[6]
    October 2411:00 a.m.Iowa StateNo. 2
    • McLane Stadium
    • Waco, TX
    		ESPNW 45–2745,512[7]
    November 56:30 p.m.at Kansas StateNo. 2
    		FS1W 31–2452,108[8]
    November 147:00 p.m.No. 12 OklahomaNo. 4
    • McLane Stadium
    • Waco, TX (College GameDay)
    		ABCL 34–4449,875[9]
    November 216:30 p.m.at No. 4 Oklahoma StateNo. 10
    		FOXW 45–3558,669
    November 276:30 p.m.at No. 15 TCUNo. 7
    		ESPNL 21–28 2OT47,675
    December 511:00 a.m.TexasNo. 12
    • McLane Stadium
    • Waco, TX
    		ESPNL 17–2348,093
    December 294:30 p.m.vs. No. 10 North Carolina*No. 17
    		ESPNW 49–3840,418
    Schedule Source:[10]

    Rankings
    Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
    NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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.#NameClass
    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 31 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 Jarrell 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.#NameClass
    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.#NameClass
    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
    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
    • Jim Gush – Linebackers / Defensive Recruiting Coordniator
    • 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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    37–36–7 2014 BAY, 45–0

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    2–1 1981 LAM, 18–17

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    47–30–2 2011 BAY, 56–31

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    36–36–1 2014 BAY, 48–46

    @ 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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    10–4 2014 BAY, 60–14

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    1–2 2014 WVU, 41–27

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    7–6 2014 BAY, 49–28

    @ 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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    5–7 2014 BAY, 38–27

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    3–21 2014 BAY, 48–14

    @ 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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    14–19 2014 BAY, 49–28

    @ TCU
    1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
    Bears 14 0 0 070 21
    Horned Frogs 7 7 0 077 28
    See also: 2015 TCU Horned Frogs football team
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    52–51–7 2014 BAY, 61–58

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    26–74–4 2014 BAY, 28–7

    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
    Overall record Last meeting Result
    First meeting

    References
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    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.
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    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.
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