1929 Baylor
7–3–1 (2–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Stephen F. Austin 88–0Sep 21
By 88 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 88–0 | 89% |
| Sep 28 | vs North Texas | W 32–0 | 71% |
| Oct 5 | vsTrinity (Texas) | W 43–0 | 91% |
| Oct 12 | vsSt. Edward’s | W 19–0 | 88% |
| Oct 19 | vs Arkansas | W 31–20 | 59% |
| Oct 26 | atCentenary (LA) | L 12–27 | 79% |
| Nov 2 | vs Texas Tech | W 34–0 | 68% |
| Nov 9 | at Texas | T 0–0 | 26% |
| Nov 16 | at SMU | L 6–25 | 31% |
| Nov 23 | vs TCU | L 7–34 | 41% |
| Nov 30 | at Rice | W 19–0 | 74% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 19–0; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 60th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 7–3–1
- Conference
- 2–2–1 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 291–106
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1502 +7 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.1 No. 24 of 100 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Charles Weldon Lucas
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
WilsonB- Barton KochOGAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1929 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1929 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 4–0–1 | 9–0–1 | |
| SMU | 3–0–2 | 6–0–4 | |
| Baylor | 2–2–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Texas | 2–2–2 | 5–2–2 | |
 Texas A&M | 2–3 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 1–2 | 7–2 | |
| Rice | 0–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.