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1949 Baylor

8–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Bob Woodruff, finished No. 20 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1949, game by game: won vs. South Carolina 20–6; won at Mississippi State 14–6; won vs. Arkansas 35–13; won at Texas Tech 28–7; won at Texas A&M 21–0; won vs. TCU 40–14; lost at Texas 0–20; won vs. Wyoming 32–13; won at No. 10 SMU 35–26; lost at No. 7 Rice 7–21+26−20Won 20–6 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaWon 14–6 at Mississippi State+8Mississippi Sta…Won 35–13 vs. Arkansas+22ArkansasWon 28–7 at Texas Tech+21Texas TechWon 21–0 at Texas A&M+21Texas A&MWon 40–14 vs. TCU+26TCULost 0–20 at Texas-20TexasWon 32–13 vs. Wyoming+19WyomingWon 35–26 at No. 10 SMU+9No. 10 SMULost 7–21 at No. 7 Rice-14No. 7 Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsSouth CarolinaW 20–⁠670%
Oct 1atMississippi StateW 14–⁠649%
Oct 8vsArkansasW 35–⁠1365%
Oct 15atTexas TechW 28–⁠753%
Oct 22atTexas A&MW 21–⁠076%
Oct 29vsTCUW 40–⁠1469%
Nov 5atTexasL 0–⁠2043%
Nov 12vsWyomingW 32–⁠1367%
Nov 19at10SMUW 35–⁠2641%
Nov 26at7RiceL 7–⁠2142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Rice 21–⁠7; No. 20 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 4: 10
  4. Wk 5: 6
  5. Wk 7: 15
  6. Wk 8: 9
  7. Final: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1949.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 20 peak No. 6
Points
232–⁠126
Coach
Bob Woodruff
Elo
1666 +120 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.0 No. 17 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Don Mouser

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 1Adrian Burk QBBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Adrian BurkBAP-1; UP-1
  • J.D. IsonEAP-1; UP-1
  • Don MouserOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Charles StoneOGUP-2
  • Eugene HuebnerCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice6–⁠010–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠28–⁠220
TCU3–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Texas3–⁠36–⁠4
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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