1941 Baylor
3–6–1 (1–4–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Kimbrough. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Hardin Simmons 20–0Sep 27
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vsHardin Simmons | W 20–0 | 53% |
| Oct 4 | atDenver | W 14–0 | 43% |
| Oct 11 | vs Arkansas | W 20–7 | 73% |
| Oct 18 | at Villanova | L 6–14 | 49% |
| Oct 25 | at 9Texas A&M | L 0–48 | 25% |
| Nov 1 | vs TCU | L 12–23 | 63% |
| Nov 8 | vs 1Texas | T 7–7 | 29% |
| Nov 15 | at Tulsa | L 13–20 | 35% |
| Nov 22 | at SMU | L 0–14 | 31% |
| Nov 29 | at Rice | L 14–28 | 39% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 28–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 3–6–1
- Conference
- 1–4–1 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 106–161
- Coach
- Frank Kimbrough
- Elo
- 1476 −46 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.8 No. 45 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jack W. Wilson
Drafted in 1942
The 1942 draft| Rd 1 | Jack Wilson RB | Cleveland Rams |
All-Southwest Conference
3 second teamSecond team
Jack WilsonBAP-2; UP-2- Milton CrainBAP-2; UP-2
- Jack RussellEUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1941 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 5–1 | 9–2 | 9 |
| Texas | 4–1–1 | 8–1–1 | 4 |
| TCU | 4–1–1 | 7–3–1 | |
| Rice | 3–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Baylor | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Arkansas | 0–6 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.