1939 Baylor
7–3 (4–2 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Southwestern U 34–0Sep 30
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vsSouthwestern U | W 34–0 | 93% |
| Oct 7 | at Oklahoma State | W 13–0 | 75% |
| Oct 14 | vs Arkansas | W 19–7 | 72% |
| Oct 21 | at 16Nebraska | L 0–20 | 46% |
| Oct 28 | at 5Texas A&M | L 0–20 | 30% |
| Nov 4 | vs TCU | W 27–0 | 49% |
| Nov 11 | vs Texas | W 20–0 | 74% |
| Nov 18 | atCentenary (LA) | W 13–6 | 77% |
| Nov 25 | at SMU | L 0–21 | 56% |
| Dec 2 | at Rice | W 10–7 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 10–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 19
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 1939.
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 4–2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 136–81
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1596 +17 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.7 No. 27 of 124 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Bobby R. Taylor
Drafted in 1940
The 1940 draft| Rd 7 | Len Akin OG | Chicago Bears |
All-Southwest Conference
4 first teamFirst team
Jack WilsonB- James WittB
- Len AkinOGAP-1; UP-1
- Bob NelsonCAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1939 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 0–5–1 | 1–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.