1933 Baylor

6–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1933, game by game: won vs. St. Edward’s 20–6; lost at Centenary (LA) 0–19; lost at Arkansas 7–19; won vs. Hardin Simmons 21–0; lost at Texas A&M 7–14; won vs. TCU 7–0; won at Texas 3–0; lost at Texas Tech 0–13; won at SMU 13–7; won vs. Rice 7–6+21−19Won 20–6 vs. St. Edward’s+14St. Edward’sLost 0–19 at Centenary (LA)-19Centenary (LA)Lost 7–19 at Arkansas-12ArkansasWon 21–0 vs. Hardin Simmons+21Hardin SimmonsLost 7–14 at Texas A&M-7Texas A&MWon 7–0 vs. TCU+7TCUWon 3–0 at Texas+3TexasLost 0–13 at Texas Tech-13Texas TechWon 13–7 at SMU+6SMUWon 7–6 vs. Rice+1Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 7–⁠6; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
85–⁠84
Coach
Morley Jennings
Elo
1495 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 54 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Frank James and Jim Tom Petty

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

  • Jim Tom PettyEAP-1
  • Harold ClemOGAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas4–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
TCU4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠26–⁠4
Texas A&M2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Texas2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
SMU2–⁠44–⁠7–⁠1
Rice1–⁠53–⁠8

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