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Quarterback, TCU, 1934–36
Sammy Baugh
- Born
- Mar 17, 1914, in Temple, Texas
- Died
- Dec 17, 2008, in Rotan, Texas
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Sammy Baugh played quarterback at TCU (1934–36). He finished fourth in the 1936 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1936. The Washington Redskins took Baugh in the first round, No. 6 overall in the 1937 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 1951College Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1963Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1935, 1936First-team All-Southwest Conference
- 1936Consensus All‑American
- 1936Fourth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 1935
All-America: consensus 1936; UP first team 1935; North American Newspaper Alliance second team 1935; AP third team 1935; Liberty magazine third team 1935; Kansas City Star first team 1935; Pathé News first team 1935; Central Press second team 1935; New York Sun second team 1935
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Team | Passing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | ||
| 1934 | 69 | 69 | 171 | 40.4 | 883 | 10 |
| 1935 | 97 | 97 | 210 | 46.2 | 1,241 | 18 |
| 1936 | 104 | 104 | 206 | 50.5 | 1,196 | 12 |
| Career | 270 | 587 | 3,320 | 40 | ||
From the college statistics table in Baugh’s Wikipedia article (Sammy Baugh, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowl: 1951 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1940, 1942–43) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1947–48)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1940, 1942–43; AP second team 1947–48; Sporting News second team 1948; New York Daily News first team 1937, 1940, 1942–43, 1945; United Press first team 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1948; INS first team 1937, 1942–43, 1945; and 9 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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