| 1949 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 20 (tie) |
| Record | 8–2 (4–2 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Don Mouser |
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Rice $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1949 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Bob Woodruff, the Bears compiled an 8–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, were ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 232 to 126.[1][2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Don Mouser was the team captain.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | South Carolina* | W 20–6 | 15,000 | [3] | ||||
| October 1 | at Mississippi State* | W 14–6 | 15,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 8 | Arkansas |
| W 35–13 | |||||
| October 15 | at Texas Tech* | No. 20 | W 28–7 | 18,000–19,000 | ||||
| October 22 | at Texas A&M | No. 11 | W 21–0 | |||||
| October 29 | TCU | No. 10 |
| W 40–14 | 20,000 | |||
| November 5 | at Texas | No. 6 | L 0–20 | 60,000 | [5] | |||
| November 12 | Wyoming* |
| W 32–13 | [6] | ||||
| November 19 | at No. 10 SMU | No. 15 | W 35–26 | 63,000 | [7] | |||
| November 26 | at No. 7 Rice | No. 9 | L 7–21 | 32,000 | ||||
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Rankings
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 20 | 11 | 10 | 6 | — | 15 | 9 | 20т |
References
- ↑ "1949 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. 110. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Baylor passes bring 20–6 win over Gamecocks". The Odessa American. September 25, 1949. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Baylor Bears score 14 to 6 win over Mississippi State". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Longhorns slam Bears from unbeaten class". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 6, 1949. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Baylor Shatters Wyoming Mark". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Associated Press. November 13, 1949. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Lorin McMullen (November 20, 1949). "Bears Score on First Play, Humble Mustangs, 35-26". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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