1940 Baylor Bears football team

1940 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1940 Baylor Bears football
1940 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1940 record	4–6 (0–6 SWC)
Head coach	Morley Jennings (15th season);
Captain	Robert C. Nelson, Milton S. Merka
Home stadium	Waco Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1940 college football season. In their 15th and final season under head coach Morley Jennings, the Bears compiled a 4–6 record (0–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 114 to 109.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Waco Stadium in Waco, Texas. Robert C. Nelson and Milton S. Merka were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	North Texas State Teachers*	Waco Stadium Waco, TX	W 27–20	^[3]
October 5	at Denver*	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 14–7
October 12	at Arkansas	Bailey Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 6–12
October 19	vs. Villanova	Alamo Stadium San Antonio, TX	W 7–0
October 26	No. 4 Texas A&M	Waco Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–14
November 2	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 12–14
November 9	at Texas	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–13
November 16	Tulsa*	Waco Stadium Waco, TX	W 20–6
November 23	No. 18 SMU	Waco Stadium Waco, TX	L 4–7
November 30	at Rice	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 12–21
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1940 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
^ "Baylor wins". The Shreveport Times. September 29, 1940. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "1940 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[MG-2] "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

[3] "Baylor wins". The Shreveport Times. September 29, 1940. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1940 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Texas A&M	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 16 SMU	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
TCU	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll