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1937 Baylor

7–⁠3 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1937, game by game: won vs. Southwestern U 39–2; won at Oklahoma City 33–0; won vs. Arkansas 20–14; won at Centenary (LA) 20–0; won at No. 13 Texas A&M 13–0; won vs. TCU 6–0; lost vs. Texas 6–9; lost at SMU 7–13; won vs. Loyola Marymount 27–13; lost at Rice 7–13+37−6Won 39–2 vs. Southwestern U+37Southwestern UWon 33–0 at Oklahoma City+33Oklahoma CityWon 20–14 vs. Arkansas+6ArkansasWon 20–0 at Centenary (LA)+20Centenary (LA)Won 13–0 at No. 13 Texas A&M+13No. 13 Texas A&MWon 6–0 vs. TCU+6TCULost 6–9 vs. Texas-3TexasLost 7–13 at SMU-6SMUWon 27–13 vs. Loyola Marymount+14Loyola MarymountLost 7–13 at Rice-6Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsSouthwestern UW 39–⁠291%
Oct 1atOklahoma CityW 33–⁠084%
Oct 9vsArkansasW 20–⁠1453%
Oct 16atCentenary (LA)W 20–⁠050%
Oct 23at13Texas A&MW 13–⁠044%
Oct 30vsTCUW 6–⁠059%
Nov 6vsTexasL 6–⁠983%
Nov 13atSMUL 7–⁠1357%
Nov 20vsLoyola MarymountW 27–⁠1370%
Nov 27atRiceL 7–⁠1354%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 13

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 1937.

Led the nationBilly Patterson: passing yards (1,109 yds)

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
178–⁠64
Coach
Morley Jennings
Elo
1589 +55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.0 No. 15 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Carl Brazell

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Frank HuessnerEAP-2
  • Hervy BlueOTAP-2
  • Emmett KrielOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠218
TCU3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠216
Arkansas3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠214
Baylor3–⁠37–⁠3
Texas A&M2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
SMU2–⁠45–⁠6
Texas1–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1

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