1950 Baylor Bears football team

The 1950 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1950 college football season.[1] The Bears placed second in the Southwest Conference with an overall record of 7–3. Two players - Larry Isbell (Back) and Harold Riley (End) - were selected as All-Southwest Conference players. The 1950 season was the inaugural season for Baylor University's new state of the art 50,000 seat Baylor Stadium.[2]

1950 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1950 record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coachGeorge Sauer (1st season)
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
1950 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Texas $ 6 0 0  9 2 0
Baylor 4 2 0  7 3 0
Texas A&M 3 3 0  7 4 0
TCU 3 3 0  5 5 0
Rice 2 4 0  6 4 0
SMU 2 4 0  6 4 0
Arkansas 1 5 0  2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23at Wyoming*
L 0–7
September 30Houston*W 34–7
October 7vs. Mississippi State*W 14–7
October 14at Arkansas
L 6–27
October 21Texas Tech
W 26–1212,000
October 28No. 13 Texas A&M
W 27–20
November 4at TCUW 20–14
November 11No. 5 Texas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 20–27
November 25vs. No. 15 SMUW 3–0
December 2Rice
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 33–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 110. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. Baylor University, "The Round Up 1951" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013 http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/23258


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