1950 Baylor
7–3 (4–2 Southwest Conference), coached by George Sauer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 13 Texas A&M 27–20Oct 28
Texas A&M was ranked No. 13, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | at Wyoming | L 0–7 | 50% |
| Sep 30 | vs Houston | W 34–7 | 93% |
| Oct 7 | vs Mississippi State | W 14–7 | 70% |
| Oct 14 | at Arkansas | L 6–27 | 62% |
| Oct 21 | vs Texas Tech | W 26–12 | 75% |
| Oct 28 | vs 13Texas A&M | W 27–20 | 64% |
| Nov 4 | at TCU | W 20–14 | 53% |
| Nov 11 | vs 5Texas | L 20–27 | 43% |
| Nov 25 | at 15SMU | W 3–0 | 31% |
| Dec 2 | vs Rice | W 33–7 | 58% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 33–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
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 1950.
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 4–2 2nd in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 183–128
- Coach
- George Sauer
- Elo
- 1640 +29 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 15.3 No. 13 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Frank Boydstun
Drafted in 1951
The 1951 draft| Rd 7 | Frank Boydston B | Philadelphia Eagles |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Larry IsbellB- Harold RileyEAP-1; UP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1950 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0 | 9–2 | 3 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–3 | 7–4 | |
| TCU | 3–3 | 5–5 | |
| Rice | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 6–4 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.