1955 Baylor
5–5 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by George Sauer. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 11 Rice 15–7Nov 26
Rice was ranked No. 11, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vsHardin Simmons | W 35–7 | 75% |
| Sep 24 | at Villanova | W 19–2 | 69% |
| Oct 1 | vs Maryland | L 6–20 | 46% |
| Oct 8 | vs Arkansas | W 25–20 | 61% |
| Oct 15 | at Washington | W 13–7 | 49% |
| Oct 22 | at Texas A&M | L 7–19 | 52% |
| Oct 29 | vs TCU | L 6–28 | 51% |
| Nov 5 | at Texas | L 20–21 | 44% |
| Nov 19 | vs SMU | L 0–12 | 58% |
| Nov 26 | at 11Rice | W 15–7 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 15–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 18
- Wk 3: 20
- Wk 6: 16
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 1955.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 2–4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 16
- Points
- 146–143
- Coach
- George Sauer
- Elo
- 1543 −31 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 9.9 No. 27 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Hank Gremminger and Weldon W. Holley
Drafted in 1956
The 1956 draft| Rd 3 | Jim Taylor C | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Rd 6 | Charlie Dupre B | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rd 7 | Hank Gremminger E | Green Bay Packers |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Hank GremmingerEAP-1
From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1955 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 5–1 | 9–2 | 6 |
| Texas A&M | 4–1–1 | 7–2–1 | 17 |
| Texas | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Arkansas | 3–2–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 0–6 | 2–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.