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1946 Baylor

1–⁠8 (0–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Kimbrough.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1946, game by game: won vs. Southwestern U 21–7; lost at TCU 16–19; lost at No. 18 Arkansas 0–13; lost at Texas Tech 6–13; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–17; lost vs. No. 6 Texas 7–22; lost at Tulsa 0–17; lost vs. SMU 0–35; lost at No. 13 Rice 6–38+14−35Won 21–7 vs. Southwestern U+14Southwestern ULost 16–19 at TCU-3TCULost 0–13 at No. 18 Arkansas-13No. 18 ArkansasLost 6–13 at Texas Tech-7Texas TechLost 0–17 vs. Texas A&M-17Texas A&MLost 7–22 vs. No. 6 Texas-15No. 6 TexasLost 0–17 at Tulsa-17TulsaLost 0–35 vs. SMU-35SMULost 6–38 at No. 13 Rice-32No. 13 Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSouthwestern UW 21–⁠784%
Sep 28atTCUL 16–⁠1948%
Oct 12at18ArkansasL 0–⁠1345%
Oct 19atTexas TechL 6–⁠1336%
Oct 26vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠1748%
Nov 9vs6TexasL 7–⁠2221%
Nov 16atTulsaL 0–⁠1714%
Nov 23vsSMUL 0–⁠3549%
Nov 30at13RiceL 6–⁠3816%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 38–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
56–⁠181
Coach
Frank Kimbrough
Elo
1348 −134 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.7 No. 80 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Olan Runnels and Wenzell A. Gandy

1946 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice5–⁠19–⁠210
Arkansas5–⁠16–⁠3–⁠216
Texas4–⁠28–⁠215
Texas A&M3–⁠34–⁠6
SMU2–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
TCU2–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1
Baylor0–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.