1956 Baylor Bears football team
Appearance
1956 Baylor Bears football | |
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Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Tennessee | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 11 |
AP | No. 11 |
Record | 9–2 (4–2 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Texas A&M $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 TCU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. The team finished with a record of 9-2 and a victory in the Sugar Bowl against the University of Tennessee. Bill Glass (Guard) was chosen as an All American player and Del Shafner (Halfback) and Jerry Marcontell (End) were selected All Conference.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 22 | at California* | W 7–6 | |||
September 29 | Texas Tech | W 27–0 | 15,000 | ||
October 6 | at Maryland* | No. 16 | W 14–0 | ||
October 13 | at Arkansas | No. 10 | W 14–7 | ||
October 27 | No. 7 Texas A&M![]() | No. 8 |
| L 13–19 | |
November 3 | at TCU | No. 15 | L 6–7 | ||
November 10 | Texas |
| W 10–7 | ||
November 17 | at Nebraska* | No. 16 | W 26–7 | ||
November 24 | at SMU | No. 16 | W 26–0 | ||
December 1 | Rice | No. 15 |
| W 46–13 | |
January 1, 1957 | vs. No. 2 Tennessee* | No. 11 | W 13–7 | ||
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References
- ^ Baylor University, "1957 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/24896