1953 Baylor Bears football team

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1953 Baylor Bears football
Baylor University Athletics (logo).svg
Conference Southwest Conference
1953 record 7-3 (4-2 SWC)
Head coach George Sauer
Home stadium Baylor Stadium
Seasons
« 1952 1954 »
1953 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#6 Rice + 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#11 Texas + 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Baylor 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
SMU 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
Arkansas 2 – 4 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 5 – 0     4 – 5 – 1
TCU 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1953 college football season. They finished with a 7-3 record in the Southwest Conference for the year. Tackle James Ray Smith was selected as an All American player; Cotton Davidson (Quarterback), Jerry Coody (Halfback) and Smith were all selected All-Southwest Conference players.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 19 at #14 California* #20 California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 25-0  
October 2 at Miami (FL)* #10 Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL W 21-13  
October 10 Arkansas #9 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 14-7  
October 17 Vanderbilt* #8 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 47-6  
October 24 at #15 Texas A&M #6 Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 14-13  
October 31 TCU #3 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 25-7  
November 7 at #19 Texas #3 Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 20-21  
November 14 Houston* #9 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 7-37  
November 21 SMU Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 27-21  
November 28 at #8 Rice Rice Stadium • Houston, TX L 19-41  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

  1. ↑ Baylor University, "The Round-Up 1954" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/29681
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