1942 Baylor Bears football team
| 1942 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 6–4–1 (3–2–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Milton Crain, Bill Coleman |
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1942 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In their second season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the Bears compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 148 to 116.[1][2] Milton Crain and Bill Coleman were the team captains.[2]
Baylor was ranked at No. 62 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]
The team played its home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Blackland AAF* | W 68–0 | [4] | |||||
| September 26 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 6–13 | [5] | ||||
| October 3 | at Oklahoma A&M* | W 18–12 | [6] | |||||
| October 10 | at Arkansas | W 20–7 | [7] | |||||
| October 17 | at Texas Tech* | W 14–7 | 8,000 | [8] | ||||
| October 24 | Texas A&M |
| W 6–0 | [9] | ||||
| October 31 | at No. 9 TCU | W 10–7 | 12,000 | [10] | ||||
| November 7 | at No. 14 Texas | No. 16 | L 0–20 | 25,000 | [11] | |||
| November 14 | at No. 9 Tulsa* | L 0–24 | 15,000–16,000 | [12] | ||||
| November 21 | SMU |
| T 6–6 | [13] | ||||
| November 28 | Rice |
| L 0–20 | 7,000 | [14] | |||
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Rankings
[edit]| Week | ||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "1942 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cellar picked Bruins swamp Army, 68–0". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. September 20, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "H–SU decisions Baylor 13 to 6". Wichita Daily Times. September 27, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor defeats Cowboys, 18–12". The Lawton Constitution. October 4, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Underdog Baylor Bears roll over Arkansas U., 20 to 7". Tulsa Sunday World. October 11, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "90-yard run wins for Baylor over Texas Tech". Valley Evening Monitor. October 18, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bears outfight Aggies, 6–0". The Paris News. October 25, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor topples Frogs from undefeated, 10–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 1, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas smashes Baylor line for 20–0 win". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulsa's Golden Hurricane explodes in last half dor smashing 24–0 victory over Baylor". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 15, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SMU pass in fourth clicks as Ponies get 6–6 tie with Bears". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 22, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hard charging Rice Owls ride over Bears". The El Paso Times. November 29, 1942. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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