1942 Baylor Bears football team

1942 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainMilton Crain, Bill Coleman
Home stadiumMunicipal Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1945 →
1942 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Blackland AAF*
W 68–0
September 26Hardin–Simmons*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 6–13
October 3at Oklahoma A&M*
W 18–12
October 10at Arkansas
W 20–7
October 17at Texas Tech*
W 14–78,000
October 24Texas A&Mdagger
W 6–0
October 31at No. 9 TCU
W 10–7
November 7at No. 14 TexasNo. 16
L 0–2025,000[4]
November 14at No. 9 Tulsa*
L 0–2415,000
November 20SMU
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
T 6–6
November 28Rice
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 0–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1942 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP———16————

References

  1. ^ "1942 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Texas smashes Baylor line for 20–0 win". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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