1936 Baylor
6–3–1 (3–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oklahoma City 48–6Nov 7
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vsHardin Simmons | W 13–0 | 89% |
| Oct 3 | vsCentenary (LA) | L 0–10 | 54% |
| Oct 10 | at Arkansas | L 10–14 | 41% |
| Oct 17 | at Texas | W 21–18 | 40% |
| Oct 24 | vs 14Texas A&M | T 0–0 | 57% |
| Oct 31 | at TCU | L 0–28 | 29% |
| Nov 7 | vsOklahoma City | W 48–6 | 86% |
| Nov 14 | at Oklahoma State | W 13–0 | 68% |
| Nov 21 | vs SMU | W 13–7 | 50% |
| Nov 28 | at Rice | W 10–7 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 10–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1936.
- Record
- 6–3–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 128–90
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1550 +26 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.5 No. 44 of 131 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Lloyd Russell
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Lloyd RussellB- Ox ParryOTAP-1
Second team
- John ReynoldsCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1936 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5–1 | 7–3 | 18 |
| TCU | 4–1–1 | 9–2–2 | 16 |
| Texas A&M | 3–2–1 | 8–3–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| SMU | 2–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Rice | 1–5 | 5–7 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 2–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.