Baylor to face Vanderbilt in Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl

Baylor (6-6) has been selected to play in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl located in Houston on December 27, 2018 against Vanderbilt (6-6) of the SEC. The game will be aired live on ESPN at 8 p.m. CT. 

After a 1-11 season in 2017, Baylor is back in the postseason for the first time since 2016 and for the eighth time in the last nine seasons dating back to 2010. The Bears became bowl eligible with a win over Texas Tech at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on the final game of the regular season.

In seven bowl appearance this decade, Baylor has posted a 4-3 record including wins over Washington (2011), UCLA (2012), North Carolina (2015) and Boise State (2016). 

Vanderbilt also became bowl eligible in the final game of the regular season with a win over Tennessee.

The opponent has not been announced. Check SicEm365 for updates later today.

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