1962 Baylor
4–6 (3–4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Bridgers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas Tech 28–6Oct 20
By 22 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Houston | L 0–19 | 46% |
| Sep 29 | vs Pittsburgh | L 14–24 | 67% |
| Oct 13 | at 8Arkansas | L 21–28 | 23% |
| Oct 20 | vs Texas Tech | W 28–6 | 71% |
| Oct 27 | vs Texas A&M | L 3–6 | 68% |
| Nov 3 | at TCU | L 26–28 | 37% |
| Nov 10 | vs 5Texas | L 12–27 | 26% |
| Nov 17 | at Air Force | W 10–3 | 35% |
| Nov 24 | at SMU | W 17–13 | 58% |
| Dec 1 | vs Rice | W 28–15 | 62% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 28–15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 53rd-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 1962.
- Record
- 4–6
- Conference
- 3–4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 159–169
- Coach
- John Bridgers
- Elo
- 1526 −33 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.9 No. 46 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Robert Burk
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Ron GoodwinBAP-1; UPI-1- Robert BurkOGAP-1; UPI-2
Second team
- Don TrullBAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1962 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–0–1 | 9–1–1 | 4 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 9–2 | 6 |
| TCU | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| Baylor | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 2–4–1 | 2–6–2 | |
| SMU | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Texas Tech | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.