1940 Baylor
4–6 (0–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Morley Jennings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Tulsa 20–6Nov 16
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vs North Texas | W 27–20 | 94% |
| Oct 5 | atDenver | W 14–7 | 46% |
| Oct 12 | at Arkansas | L 6–12 | 56% |
| Oct 19 | vs Villanova | W 7–0 | 42% |
| Oct 26 | vs 4Texas A&M | L 7–14 | 42% |
| Nov 2 | at TCU | L 12–14 | 48% |
| Nov 9 | at Texas | L 0–13 | 46% |
| Nov 16 | vs Tulsa | W 20–6 | 54% |
| Nov 23 | vs 18SMU | L 4–7 | 50% |
| Nov 30 | at Rice | L 12–21 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 21–12; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 0–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 109–114
- Coach
- Morley Jennings
- Elo
- 1532 −32 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.2 No. 33 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Robert C. Nelson and Milton S. Merka
Drafted in 1941
The 1941 draft| Rd 5 | Bob Nelson C | Detroit Lions |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Jack RussellEAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Jack AndersonOTAP-2; UP-2
- Robert NelsonCAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1940 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 5–1 | 9–1 | 6 |
| SMU | 5–1 | 8–1–1 | 16 |
| Texas | 4–2 | 8–2 | |
| Rice | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| TCU | 2–4 | 3–7 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 4–6 | |
| Baylor | 0–6 | 4–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.