1928 Baylor
8–2 (3–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat North Texas 45–0Sep 29
By 45 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 31–0 | 81% |
| Sep 29 | vs North Texas | W 45–0 | 56% |
| Oct 6 | vsTrinity (Texas) | W 33–0 | 84% |
| Oct 13 | at Arkansas | L 0–14 | 32% |
| Oct 20 | atCentenary (LA) | W 28–7 | 53% |
| Oct 27 | vsSt. Edward’s | W 48–7 | 80% |
| Nov 3 | at TCU | W 7–6 | 30% |
| Nov 10 | vs Texas | L 0–6 | 45% |
| Nov 17 | vs SMU | W 2–0 | 35% |
| Nov 29 | at Rice | W 25–14 | 69% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 25–14; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 8–2
- Conference
- 3–2 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 219–54
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1492 +103 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 1.2 No. 46 of 100 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- A.E. “Pete” Jones
All-Southwest Conference
4 first teamFirst team
Jake WilsonQB- Virgil GillilandRBHop; Legg-1; Em-2; FH-2; GW-1
- GriffinOTFM; NR-1; FH-2
- Barton KochOGLegg-2; Em-1; NR-2; FH-1; GW-2
From Wikipedia’s 1928 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1928 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 7–2 | |
| Arkansas | 2–1 | 7–2 | |
| Baylor | 3–2 | 8–2 | |
| TCU | 3–2 | 8–2 | |
| SMU | 2–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Texas A&M | 1–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Rice | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.