1942 Baylor
6–4–1 (3–2–1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Kimbrough. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 9 TCU 10–7Oct 31
TCU was ranked No. 9, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vsBlackland Field | W 68–0 | 88% |
| Sep 26 | vsHardin Simmons | L 6–13 | 51% |
| Oct 3 | at Oklahoma State | W 18–12 | 35% |
| Oct 10 | at Arkansas | W 20–7 | 47% |
| Oct 17 | at Texas Tech | W 14–7 | 39% |
| Oct 24 | vs Texas A&M | W 6–0 | 58% |
| Oct 31 | at 9TCU | W 10–7 | 37% |
| Nov 7 | at 14Texas | L 0–20 | 26% |
| Nov 14 | at 9Tulsa | L 0–24 | 31% |
| Nov 20 | vs SMU | T 6–6 | 65% |
| Nov 28 | vs Rice | L 0–20 | 50% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 55th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 4: 16
- Record
- 6–4–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 16
- Points
- 148–116
- Coach
- Frank Kimbrough
- Elo
- 1521 +37 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.7 No. 46 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Milton Crain and Bill Coleman
Drafted in 1943
The 1943 draft| Rd 3 | Jack Russell E | Pittsburgh Steelers |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Solon BarnettOGUP-1- Lester GatewoodCAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1942 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 9–2 | 11 |
| Rice | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | |
| TCU | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| Baylor | 3–2–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| SMU | 1–4–1 | 3–6–2 | |
| Arkansas | 0–6 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.