1945 Baylor
5–5–1 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Kimbrough. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Blackland Field 40–0Sep 15
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | vsBlackland Field | W 40–0 | 90% |
| Sep 22 | vsWest Texas | W 32–0 | 68% |
| Sep 29 | vs TCU | L 6–7 | 62% |
| Oct 13 | vs Arkansas | W 23–13 | 69% |
| Oct 20 | at Texas Tech | T 7–7 | 62% |
| Oct 27 | at Texas A&M | L 13–19 | 40% |
| Nov 3 | vsSouthwestern U | W 19–0 | 86% |
| Nov 10 | at 17Texas | L 14–21 | 32% |
| Nov 17 | vs 19Tulsa | L 7–26 | 43% |
| Nov 24 | at SMU | L 0–34 | 57% |
| Dec 1 | at Rice | W 17–14 | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 17–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
- Record
- 5–5–1
- Conference
- 2–4 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 178–141
- Coach
- Frank Kimbrough
- Elo
- 1473 −41 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.8 No. 48 of 101 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Jack O. Price and Richard “Bull” Johnson
All-Southwest Conference
4 second teamSecond team
Sammy PierceBAP-2- Jack PriceBUP-2
- Joe JoinerEUP-2
- Richard JohnsonOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1945 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5–1 | 10–1 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 5–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–3 | 6–4 | |
| TCU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 3–3 | 5–6 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 5–5–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.