1957 Baylor Bears football team
| 1957 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 3–6–1 (0–5–1 SWC) |
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| Captain | Doyle Traylor, Jerry Marcontell |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Rice $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1957 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Sam Boyd, the Bears compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the SWC. Baylor played home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.
Guard Clyde Letbetter was selected to the All-Southwest Conference team.[1]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Villanova* | No. 7 | W 7–0 | 20,000 | ||
| September 28 | No. 14 Houston* | No. 11 |
| W 14–6 | 22,000 | |
| October 5 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 11 | L 7–13 | 42,000 | ||
| October 12 | No. 11 Arkansas |
| L 17–20 | 29,000 | ||
| October 19 | at Texas Tech | W 15–12 | 23,000 | |||
| October 26 | at No. 2 Texas A&M | L 0–14 | 42,000 | |||
| November 2 | TCU |
| L 6–19 | 30,000 | ||
| November 9 | at Texas | T 7–7 | 37,000–43,000 | [2] | ||
| November 23 | SMU |
| L 7–14 | 15,000 | ||
| November 30 | at No. 9 Rice | L 0–20 | 43,000 | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ Baylor University, "The Round Up 1958" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/25769
- ^ "Traylor leads Bears in tie with Longhorns". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 10, 1957. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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