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1923 Baylor Bears football team

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1923 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–1–2 (1–1–2 SWC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SMU $ 5 0 0 9 0 0
Texas 2 0 1 8 0 1
TCU 2 1 0 4 5 0
Baylor 1 1 2 5 1 2
Arkansas 2 2 0 6 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 1 3 0 2 8 0
Rice 1 4 0 3 5 0
Texas A&M 0 3 1 5 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion

he 1923 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1923 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Frank Bridges, the Baylor football team compiled a 5–1–2 record (1–1–2 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 104 to 39. The team's sole loss was to SMU by a 16–0 score in the final game of the season.[1][2]

The team played its home games at Carroll Field in Waco, Texas. Roy Carter Williamson was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29Simmons (TX)*W 14–0
October 6North Texas State*
  • Carroll Field
  • Waco, TX
W 33–7
October 13Howard Payne*
  • Carroll Field
  • Waco, TX
W 20–6
October 20at ArkansasFayetteville, ARW 14–0
October 27Ouachita*
  • Carroll Field
  • Waco, TX
W 16–3
November 3Texas A&M
T 0–0
November 10Texas
  • Carroll Field
  • Waco, TX
T 7–7
November 29at SMUUniversity Park, TXL 0–16
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1923 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 107. Retrieved March 24, 2019.