1951 Baylor Bears football team
The 1951 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1951 NCAA college football season. The Bears finished with an 8-2-1 record and were ranked #9 in the final AP poll. Four players - Larry Isbell (Quarterback), Stanley Williams (End), Bill Athey (Guard) and Ken Casner (Tackle) - were awarded All-American Status.[1] They lost to Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
1951 Baylor Bears football | |
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Orange Bowl, L 14–17 vs. Georgia Tech | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
AP | No. 9 |
1951 record | 8–2–1 (4–1–1 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Baylor | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 22 | at Houston* | W 19–0 | |||
October 6 | at Tulane* | No. 19 | W 27–14 | ||
October 13 | Arkansas | No. 12 | W 9–7 | ||
October 20 | Texas Tech* | No. 10 |
| W 40–20 | 22,000 |
October 27 | at No. 16 Texas A&M | No. 7 | T 21–21 | ||
November 3 | TCU | No. 8 |
| L 7–20 | |
November 10 | at No. 10 Texas | No. 16 | W 18–6 | ||
November 17 | Wake Forest* | No. 10 |
| W 42–0 | |
November 24 | SMU | No. 10 |
| W 14–13 | |
December 1 | at Rice | No. 9 |
| W 34–13 | |
January 1 | vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech* | No. 9 | L 14–17 | ||
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References
- Baylor University, "1952 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013 http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/26259
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