1951 Baylor Bears football team
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1951 Baylor Bears football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
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AP | #9 |
1951 record | 8-2-1 (4–1–1 SWC) |
Head coach | George Sauer |
Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
1951 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#11 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9 Baylor | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1951 NCAA college football season. The Bears finished with an 8-2-1 record and were ranked #9 in the final AP poll. Four players - Larry Isbell (Quarterback), Stanley Williams (End), Bill Athey (Guard) and Ken Casner (Tackle) - were awarded All-American Status.[1] They lost to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team in the Orange Bowl on January 1, 1952.
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 22 | at Houston* | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 19-0 | ||||||
October 6 | at Tulane* | #19 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 27-14 | |||||
October 13 | Arkansas | #12 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 9-7 | |||||
October 20 | Texas Tech* | #10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 40-20 | |||||
October 27 | at #16 Texas A&M | #7 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | T 21-21 | |||||
November 3 | TCU | #8 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | L 7-20 | |||||
November 10 | at #10 Texas | #16 | Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 18-6 | |||||
November 17 | Wake Forest* | #10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 42-0 | |||||
November 24 | SMU | #10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 14-13 | |||||
December 1 | at Rice | #9 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 34-13 | |||||
January 1, 1952 | vs. #6 Georgia Tech* | #9 | Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (1952 Orange Bowl) | L 14-17 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
References
- ↑ Baylor University, "1952 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013 http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/26259