1947 Baylor

5–⁠5 (1–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1947, game by game: won vs. Stephen F. Austin 34–0; won at Miami 18–7; won vs. Arkansas 17–9; won at Texas Tech 32–6; lost at Texas A&M 0–24; lost vs. TCU 7–14; lost at No. 8 Texas 7–28; won at Tulsa 7–6; lost vs. No. 3 SMU 0–10; lost at No. 18 Rice 6–34+34−28Won 34–0 vs. Stephen F. Austin+34Stephen F. Aust…Won 18–7 at Miami+11MiamiWon 17–9 vs. Arkansas+8ArkansasWon 32–6 at Texas Tech+26Texas TechLost 0–24 at Texas A&M-24Texas A&MLost 7–14 vs. TCU-7TCULost 7–28 at No. 8 Texas-21No. 8 TexasWon 7–6 at Tulsa+1TulsaLost 0–10 vs. No. 3 SMU-10No. 3 SMULost 6–34 at No. 18 Rice-28No. 18 Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsStephen F. AustinW 34–⁠083%
Sep 26atMiamiW 18–⁠726%
Oct 11vsArkansasW 17–⁠945%
Oct 18atTexas TechW 32–⁠635%
Oct 25atTexas A&ML 0–⁠2449%
Nov 1vsTCUL 7–⁠1453%
Nov 8at8TexasL 7–⁠2814%
Nov 15atTulsaW 7–⁠627%
Nov 22vs3SMUL 0–⁠1031%
Nov 29at18RiceL 6–⁠3420%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 34–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 17
Record
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠5 7th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
128–⁠138
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1442 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.3 No. 39 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
James W. Griffin

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 7Buddy Tinsley OTPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Southwest Conference

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠23
Texas5–⁠110–⁠15
Rice4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠118
TCU2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠2
Arkansas1–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Baylor1–⁠55–⁠5

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