The 2017 season's largest margin: Baylor 38, Kansas 9. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Baylor. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Charlie BrewerQB1,562 passing yards
- Zach SmithQB1,471 passing yards
- John LovettRB445 rushing yards
- JaMycal HastyRB314 rushing yards
- Terence WilliamsRB255 rushing yards
- Denzel MimsWR1,087 receiving yards
- Pooh StricklinWR414 receiving yards
- Chris PlattWR401 receiving yards
- Taylor YoungLB60 tackles
- Clay JohnstonLB54 tackles
- Verkedric VaughnsS43 tackles
- Ira LewisDT5.5 sacks
- James LynchDT3 sacks
- Brian NanceDE2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Baylor 16, Oklahoma State 59. A 43-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Sic 'em"
2017 sits in Baylor's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.