1953 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Knowles, Ralph "Pete" Erben
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
1953 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Rice + 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 11 Texas + 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Baylor 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
SMU 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Arkansas 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Texas A&M 1 –5 –04 –5 –1
TCU 1 –5 –03 –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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at No. 14 California*No. 20W 25–034,000
October 2at Miami (FL)*No. 10W 21–13
October 10ArkansasNo. 9W 14–725,000
October 17Vanderbilt*No. 8
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 47–617,000[2]
October 24at No. 15 Texas A&MNo. 6W 14–13
October 31TCUdaggerNo. 3
W 25–730,000
November 7at No. 19 TexasNo. 3L 20–2154,000[3]
November 14Houston*No. 9
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 7–3715,000
November 21SMU
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 27–2130,000
November 28at No. 8 RiceL 19–4168,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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
  2. ↑ "Baylor routs Vandy, 47–6". The Kilgore News Herald. October 18, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Texas nips Baylor in 21–20 clash". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1953. Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Rice Owls smash Baylor, 41–19". Brownwood Bulletin. November 29, 1953. Retrieved October 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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