1945 Baylor Bears football team

1945 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainJack O. Price, Richard "Bull" Johnson
Home stadiumMunicipal Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1946 →
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Blackland AAF*
W 40–05,000[3]
September 22West Texas State*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 32–06,000[4]
September 29TCUdagger
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 6–7
October 13Arkansas
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 23–13
October 20at Texas Tech*
T 7–79,000
October 27at Texas A&M
L 13–19
November 3Southwestern (TX)*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 19–05,000[5]
November 10at No. 17 Texas
L 14–2130,000[6]
November 17at No. 19 Tulsa*
L 7–2615,000
November 24at SMU
L 0–3410,000
December 1at Rice
W 17–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1945 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. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  5. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Texas shades Baylor's scrappy Bears, 21 to 14". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 11, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.