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1951 Baylor Bears football team

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Ranking
APNo. 9
1951 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team in the Orange Bowl on January 1, 1952.

Schedule

September 22at Houston*

W 19–0 October 6at Tulane*No. 19

W 27–14 October 13ArkansasNo. 12

W 9–7 October 20Texas Tech*No. 10

W 40–20 October 27at No. 16 Texas A&MNo. 7

T 21–21 November 3TCUdaggerNo. 8

L 7–20 November 10at No. 10 TexasNo. 16

W 18–6 November 17Wake Forest*No. 10

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 42–0 November 24SMUNo. 10

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 14–13 December 1at RiceNo. 9

  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX

W 34–13 January 1, 1952vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech*No. 9

L 14–17Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ 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