The Baylor Bears football team represents Baylor University in Division I FBS college football. They are a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team plays its home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.

Baylor University's football team has seen a wide variation in its success through the years, from an undefeated perfect record in 1900 to a 0–10 record in 1969. The Bears were one of the first teams in Texas to begin playing collegate football in 1896. The Bears were considered a power in the old Southwest Conference when it existed between 1914 and 1996.

Initially, the university played its home games on an undetermined field near the university. Beginning in 1905, the team's home games were played at Carroll Field, between the Carroll Science Building and Waco Creek. Baylor did not adopt a mascot (the Baylor Bears) until December 14, 1914, after the completion of the 1914 football season.[2] Additionally, Baylor did not join an athletic conference until 1914 after the conclusion of football season, when it joined the Southwest Conference. Baylor played its first home game against Toby's Business College (located in Waco) in 1899, its first away game on 4 November 1900, at Austin College, and its first neutral-site game against Texas A&M in 1901.

Baylor Bears (variously Baylor or BU) refers to the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are nicknamed the Bears, and some women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Bears. Student athletes participate in the NCAA's Division I, and Baylor is the only private school in the Big 12 Conference. Prior to joining the Big 12, Baylor was a member of the Southwest Conference from the conference's charter in 1914 until its dissolution in 1996.

Baylor won its first team NCAA title in 2004 as the men's tennis team defeated UCLA in the championship game. They narrowly lost to UCLA in the 2005 national championship match. The Lady Bears won the school's other two championships in women's basketball, in 2005 and 2012.

The mascots of Baylor University are two black bears named Joy and Lady.

Baylor competes in the following 17 varsity sports:

Baylor's baseball team is led by Steve Smith, who has coached the team since the 1995 season. During his tenure, the program has achieved success rarely seen before his arrival. In the 11 seasons from 1998-2009, Coach Smith led the team to 11 NCAA Regional appearances (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), 3 NCAA Super Regional appearances (1999, 2003, 2005), and a College World Series appearance (2005). The Bears hosted an NCAA Regional in 1999, 2000, and 2005 in addition to hosting a NCAA Super Regional in 1999 and 2005. Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference, Baylor is one of only two teams (Baylor & Oklahoma) to have qualified for the Big 12 Tournament every year. However, Baylor has never won the Big 12 Tournament.

Joseph "Joe" Duffy (born 27 January 1956, Mountjoy Square, Dublin) is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of Liveline, which is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, Monday - Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00.

Duffy has a history as a student activist; he was President of the Union of Students in Ireland (U.S.I.) and was once jailed for an occupation in which he participated. In 2008, he appeared on the RTÉ television series Who Do You Think You Are?, where his family history in the British Army in India was revealed. In 2010, Joe Duffy began hosting a new show on RTÉ One called Joe Duffy's Spirit Level. The show discussed the different religions in the country and the faith of the people in Ireland.

Duffy was named 11th most influential person of 2009 by Village. His autobiography Just Joe was launched by Gay Byrne in Harry's Bar in October 2011. He is married with triplets and resides in Clontarf, Dublin.

Duffy was born in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and brought up in Ballyfermot. He had four siblings, his father was Jimmy and his mother Mabel, Jimmy died aged 58 in 1984, and had problems with alcohol, Duffy described Jimmy as "a small man, nimble on his feet . . . with a rugged round face, button nose and prominent teeth". Joe's brother Aidan was killed in a road accident on the Maynooth Road in 1991 aged 25, with Joe first learning of the "horrific accident" on the news on RTÉ Radio. Joe's brother Brendan was described by him as "crippled, ruined and wrecked by a savage addiction" to sniffing glue which he developed as a teenager.