1937 Baylor Bears football team
Appearance
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 7–3 (3–3 SWC) |
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Captain | Carl Brazell |
Home stadium | Waco Stadium |
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No.18Rice$ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.16TCU | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.T–14Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1937 Baylor Bears football team seasonrepresentedBaylor Universityin theSouthwest Conference(SWC) during the1937 college football season.In their 12th season under head coachMorley Jennings,the Bears compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 against conference opponents), were ranked No. 4 in the weeklyAP Pollafter winning their first six games, lost three of their last four games, finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 178 to 64.[1][2]They played their home games atWaco StadiuminWaco, Texas.Carl Brazell was the team captain.[2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 25 | Southwestern (TX)* | W39–2 | ||||||
October 1 | atOklahoma City* | W33–0 | ||||||
October 9 | Arkansas |
| W20–14 | |||||
October 16 | atCentenary* | W20–0 | [3] | |||||
October 23 | at No. 13Texas A&M | No. 15 | W13–0 | |||||
October 30 | TCU | No. 6 |
| W6–0 | ||||
November 6 | Texas | No. 4 |
| L6–9 | [4] | |||
November 13 | atSMU | No. 13 | L7–13 | |||||
November 20 | vs.Loyola (CA) | Beaumont, TX | W27–13 | 5,500 | [5] | |||
November 27 | atRice | L7–13 | ||||||
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References
[edit]- ^"1937 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedOctober 11,2017.
- ^ab"2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac"(PDF).Baylor University. p. 109.RetrievedMarch 24,2019.
- ^"Patterson passes Baylor to 20–0 victory over Centenary".Waco Tribune-Herald.October 17, 1937.RetrievedJuly 22,2021– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Texas Longhorns blast Baylor Bears, 9 to 6".The El Paso Times.November 7, 1937.RetrievedApril 27,2023– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^Charles Curtis (November 21, 1937)."Baylor Passes Beat Loyola in 27-13 Game".Los Angeles Times.pp. 15, 18 – viaNewspapers.com.