Baylor’s Rivalries

Baylor’s rivalries are being carried over from the now non-operational Southwest Conference, out of which the most important rivals are Texas A&M Aggies and the Texas Longhorns. The rivalry between the Baylor–Texas A&M rivalry is referred to as the Battle of the Brazos, due to the fact that the Brazos River flows near both campuses which are only 90 miles apart.

In latest years, one of an old Baylor’s rivalries was renewed with Texas Christian University. The rivalry between the TCU and Baylor was the nation's longest rivalry with the continuous game going on and the series was stopped on the temporary basis in the year 1995 upon the SWC's demise, as the schools moved to diverse conferences. The TCU–Baylor rivalry began back in the year 1900 when both schools were situated in Waco.

The Baylor’s rivalries included the Battle of the Brazos which is the official naive sports contention between the Baylor Bears and Texas A&M Aggies. The Battle of the Brazos has been played ever since 1899, which was when the very first football game was played. The triumph of 2004 Baylor football over Texas A&M is celebrated by students at the Floyd Casey Stadium.

One of the other Baylor’s rivalries is with Aggies which had been latent since 1985, and before 2004 it was the last time when the Bears have won a football game against the Aggies. In 2004, though, the rivalry revitalized when an underdog Bear team, which was the most horrible team in the Big 12 at the time, won over the No. 16 ranked Aggies 35-34 in overtime. Thus the rivalry again became sour in 2005 when the Aggies had to complete two fourth down conversions in order to win a home game 16-13 in overtime. The largest football game winning streak made by the Bears is 3, whereas the Aggies' largest is 13. Texas A&M currently leads the football series 64-30-9.