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1953 Baylor Bears football team

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1953 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Rice + 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 11 Texas + 5 1 0 7 3 0
Baylor 4 2 0 7 3 0
SMU 3 3 0 5 5 0
Arkansas 2 4 0 3 7 0
Texas A&M 1 5 0 4 5 1
TCU 1 5 0 3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1953 college football season. They finished with a 7-3 record in the Southwest Conference for the year. Tackle James Ray Smith was selected as an All American player; Cotton Davidson (Quarterback), Jerry Coody (Halfback) and Smith were all selected All-Southwest Conference players.[1]

Schedule

September 19at No. 14 California*No. 20

W 25-0 October 2at Miami (FL)*No. 10

W 21-13 October 10ArkansasNo. 9

W 14-7 October 17Vanderbilt*No. 8

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 47-6 October 24at No. 15 Texas A&MNo. 6

W 14-13 October 31TCUNo. 3

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 25-7 November 7at No. 19 TexasNo. 3

L 20-21 November 14Houston*No. 9

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

L 7-37 November 21SMU

  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX

W 27-21 November 28at No. 8 Rice

L 19-41

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ Baylor University, "The Round-Up 1954" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/29681