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1956 Baylor

9–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Sam Boyd, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 1956, game by game: won at California 7–6; won vs. Texas Tech 27–0; won at Maryland 14–0; won at Arkansas 14–7; lost vs. No. 7 Texas A&M 13–19; lost at TCU 6–7; won vs. Texas 10–7; won at Nebraska 26–7; won at SMU 26–0; won vs. Rice 46–13; won vs. No. 2 Tennessee 13–7+33−6Won 7–6 at California+1CaliforniaWon 27–0 vs. Texas Tech+27Texas TechWon 14–0 at Maryland+14MarylandWon 14–7 at Arkansas+7ArkansasLost 13–19 vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-6No. 7 Texas A&MLost 6–7 at TCU-1TCUWon 10–7 vs. Texas+3TexasWon 26–7 at Nebraska+19NebraskaWon 26–0 at SMU+26SMUWon 46–13 vs. Rice+33RiceWon 13–7 vs. No. 2 Tennessee+6No. 2 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atCaliforniaW 7–⁠652%
Sep 29vsTexas TechW 27–⁠055%
Oct 6atMarylandW 14–⁠031%
Oct 13atArkansasW 14–⁠749%
Oct 27vs7Texas A&ML 13–⁠1961%
Nov 3atTCUL 6–⁠737%
Nov 10vsTexasW 10–⁠778%
Nov 17atNebraskaW 26–⁠762%
Nov 24atSMUW 26–⁠057%
Dec 1vsRiceW 46–⁠1377%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs2TennesseeSugar BowlW 13–⁠740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 13–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 11 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 16
  2. Wk 4: 10
  3. Wk 5: 10
  4. Wk 6: 8
  5. Wk 7: 15
  6. Wk 10: 16
  7. Wk 11: 15
  8. Final: 11

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 1956.

Consensus All-AmericanBill Glass, OG

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 8
Points
202–⁠73
Coach
Sam Boyd
Elo
1690 +162 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.0 No. 8 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Robert T. Jones and Tony DeGrazier

Drafted in 1957

The 1957 draft
Rd 1Del Shofner BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 1Bill Glass EDetroit Lions
Rd 7Reuben Saage BBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1956 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1956 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M6–⁠09–⁠0–⁠15
TCU5–⁠18–⁠314
Baylor4–⁠29–⁠211
Arkansas3–⁠36–⁠4
SMU2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice1–⁠54–⁠6
Texas0–⁠61–⁠9

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