1947 Baylor
5–5 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Stephen F. Austin 34–0Sep 20
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 34–0 | 83% |
| Sep 26 | at Miami | W 18–7 | 26% |
| Oct 11 | vs Arkansas | W 17–9 | 45% |
| Oct 18 | at Texas Tech | W 32–6 | 35% |
| Oct 25 | at Texas A&M | L 0–24 | 49% |
| Nov 1 | vs TCU | L 7–14 | 53% |
| Nov 8 | at 8Texas | L 7–28 | 14% |
| Nov 15 | at Tulsa | W 7–6 | 27% |
| Nov 22 | vs 3SMU | L 0–10 | 31% |
| Nov 29 | at 18Rice | L 6–34 | 20% |
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
- 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 7 | Buddy Tinsley OT | Philadelphia Eagles |
All-Southwest Conference
2 second teamSecond team
Buddy TinsleyOTAP-2
Charles StoneOGAP-2
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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 5–0–1 | 9–0–2 | 3 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 10–1 | 5 |
| Rice | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | 18 |
| TCU | 2–3–1 | 4–5–2 | |
| Arkansas | 1–4–1 | 6–4–1 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Baylor | 1–5 | 5–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.