1952 Baylor
4–4–2 (1–3–2 Southwest Conference), coached by George Sauer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Washington State 31–7Oct 4
By 24 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Wake Forest | W 17–14 | 69% |
| Oct 4 | vs Washington State | W 31–7 | 75% |
| Oct 11 | at Arkansas | L 17–20 | 69% |
| Oct 18 | at Texas Tech | W 21–10 | 65% |
| Oct 25 | vs Texas A&M | W 21–20 | 73% |
| Nov 1 | at TCU | T 20–20 | 57% |
| Nov 8 | vs 13Texas | L 33–35 | 58% |
| Nov 15 | at Houston | L 6–28 | 55% |
| Nov 22 | at SMU | T 7–7 | 52% |
| Nov 29 | vs Rice | L 14–20 | 70% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 20–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 27th-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 1952.
- Record
- 4–4–2
- Conference
- 1–3–2 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 187–181
- Coach
- George Sauer
- Elo
- 1579 −56 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.2 No. 43 of 113 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dick Parma and C.O. Brocato
All-Southwest Conference
4 first teamFirst team
Jerry CoodyBUP-1- Bob KnowlesOTAP-1
- Jack SiscoCAP-1
- Bill AthayDefensive guardsAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1952 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0 | 9–2 | 10 |
| Rice | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 3–2–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 2–2–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Baylor | 1–3–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Texas A&M | 1–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Arkansas | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.