1938 Baylor
7–2–1 (3–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Southwestern U 33–0Sep 24
By 33 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vsSouthwestern U | W 33–0 | 92% |
| Oct 1 | vs Oklahoma State | W 20–6 | 74% |
| Oct 8 | at Arkansas | W 9–6 | 39% |
| Oct 22 | vs Texas A&M | T 6–6 | 64% |
| Oct 29 | at 4TCU | L 7–39 | 28% |
| Nov 5 | at Texas | W 14–3 | 69% |
| Nov 11 | atLoyola Marymount | W 35–2 | 64% |
| Nov 19 | vs SMU | L 6–21 | 66% |
| Nov 26 | at Rice | W 21–6 | 47% |
| Dec 3 | vsCentenary (LA) | W 14–0 | 69% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Centenary (LA) 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 17
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 1938.
Led the nationSam Boyd: receptions (32 catches), receiving yards (537 yds)
- Record
- 7–2–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 3rd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 17
- Points
- 165–89
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1619 +60 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 3.7 No. 48 of 122 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Sam Boyd and Billy J. Patterson
Drafted in 1939
The 1939 draft| Rd 3 | Billy Patterson RB | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Rd 6 | Sam Boyd QB | Pittsburgh Pirates |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Billy PattersonB- Sam BoydEAP-1; NEA-1
From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1938 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–7–1 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.