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]
| 1942 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 6–4–1 (3–2–1 SWC) |
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| Captain | Milton Crain, Bill Coleman |
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Blackland AAF* | W 68–0 | ||||||
| September 26 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 6–13 | |||||
| October 3 | at Oklahoma A&M* | W 18–12 | ||||||
| October 10 | at Arkansas | W 20–7 | ||||||
| October 17 | at Texas Tech* | W 14–7 | 8,000 | |||||
| October 24 | Texas A&M |
| W 6–0 | |||||
| October 31 | at No. 9 TCU | W 10–7 | ||||||
| November 7 | at No. 14 Texas | No. 16 | L 0–20 | 25,000 | [4] | |||
| November 14 | at No. 9 Tulsa* | L 0–24 | 15,000 | |||||
| November 20 | SMU |
| T 6–6 | |||||
| November 28 | Rice |
| L 0–20 | |||||
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Rankings
edit| Week | ||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "1942 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas smashes Baylor line for 20–0 win". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
