| 1945 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–5–1 (2–4 SWC) |
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| Captain | Jack O. Price, Richard "Bull" Johnson |
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Texas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1945 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1945 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the Bears compiled a 5–5–1 record (2–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 178 to 141.[1][2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Jack O. Price and Richard "Bull" Johnson were the team captains.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | Blackland AAF* | W 40–0 | 5,000 | [3] | |||
| September 22 | West Texas State* |
| W 32–0 | 6,000 | [4] | ||
| September 29 | TCU |
| L 6–7 | ||||
| October 13 | Arkansas |
| W 23–13 | ||||
| October 20 | at Texas Tech* | T 7–7 | 9,000 | ||||
| October 27 | at Texas A&M | L 13–19 | |||||
| November 3 | Southwestern (TX)* |
| W 19–0 | 5,000 | [5] | ||
| November 10 | at No. 17 Texas | L 14–21 | 30,000 | [6] | |||
| November 17 | at No. 19 Tulsa* | L 7–26 | 15,000 | ||||
| November 24 | at SMU | L 0–34 | 10,000 | ||||
| December 1 | at Rice | W 17–14 | |||||
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References
- ↑ "1945 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- 1 2 "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ↑ Hall, Flem (September 16, 1945). "Bears Run Up 40-0 Score on Blackland Air Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 10. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Bears Humble WTSTC, 32-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 23, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Bears Score Twice in Second, Roll Over Southwestern, 19-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Texas shades Baylor's scrappy Bears, 21 to 14". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 11, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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