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1927 Baylor

2–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1927, game by game: lost vs. Southwestern U 6–19; won vs. St. Edward’s 12–6; lost at Arkansas 6–13; won vs. Trinity (Texas) 20–12; lost vs. Centenary (LA) 6–9; lost vs. TCU 0–14; lost at Texas 12–13; lost at SMU 0–34; lost at Rice 12–19+8−34Lost 6–19 vs. Southwestern U-13Southwestern UWon 12–6 vs. St. Edward’s+6St. Edward’sLost 6–13 at Arkansas-7ArkansasWon 20–12 vs. Trinity (Texas)+8Trinity (Texas)Lost 6–9 vs. Centenary (LA)-3Centenary (LA)Lost 0–14 vs. TCU-14TCULost 12–13 at Texas-1TexasLost 0–34 at SMU-34SMULost 12–19 at Rice-7Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsSouthwestern UL 6–⁠1987%
Oct 1vsSt. Edward’sW 12–⁠680%
Oct 8atArkansasL 6–⁠1334%
Oct 15vsTrinity (Texas)W 20–⁠1280%
Oct 22vsCentenary (LA)L 6–⁠975%
Oct 29vsTCUL 0–⁠1434%
Nov 5atTexasL 12–⁠1320%
Nov 12atSMUL 0–⁠3418%
Nov 24atRiceL 12–⁠1951%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 19–⁠12; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
74–⁠139
Coach
Morley Jennings
Elo
1334 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 36 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Wesley F. Weed

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • SmithCWTH-1

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠0–⁠1
SMU4–⁠17–⁠2
Arkansas2–⁠18–⁠1
Texas2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
TCU1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Rice1–⁠32–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠52–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.