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1932 Baylor

3–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠4–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1932, game by game: won vs. St. Edward’s 32–0; won at Loyola (LA) 18–0; lost at Arkansas 6–20; tied vs. Texas A&M 0–0; lost at TCU 0–27; lost vs. Texas 0–19; lost at Texas Tech 2–14; won vs. SMU 19–0; lost vs. Rice 0–12+32−27Won 32–0 vs. St. Edward’s+32St. Edward’sWon 18–0 at Loyola (LA)+18Loyola (LA)Lost 6–20 at Arkansas-14ArkansasTied 0–0 vs. Texas A&M0Texas A&MLost 0–27 at TCU-27TCULost 0–19 vs. Texas-19TexasLost 2–14 at Texas Tech-12Texas TechWon 19–0 vs. SMU+19SMULost 0–12 vs. Rice-12Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1vsSt. Edward’sW 32–⁠086%
Oct 8atLoyola (LA)W 18–⁠074%
Oct 15atArkansasL 6–⁠2055%
Oct 22vsTexas A&MT 0–⁠049%
Oct 29atTCUL 0–⁠2722%
Nov 5vsTexasL 0–⁠1933%
Nov 11atTexas TechL 2–⁠1425%
Nov 19vsSMUW 19–⁠042%
Nov 26vsRiceL 0–⁠1247%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 12–⁠0; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
77–⁠92
Coach
Morley Jennings
Elo
1429 −39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.7 No. 71 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Arthur “Dub” Norton

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First team

  • Frank JamesEAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1932 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1932 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU6–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
Texas5–⁠18–⁠2
Rice3–⁠37–⁠3
Texas A&M1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Baylor1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
SMU1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠41–⁠6–⁠2

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