1942 Baylor Bears football team

1942 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1942 Baylor Bears football
1942 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1942 record	6–4–1 (3–2–1 SWC)
Head coach	Frank Kimbrough (2nd season);
Captain	Milton Crain, Bill Coleman
Home stadium	Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 1941 1945 →

The 1942 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1942 college football season. In their second season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the Bears compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 148 to 116.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Milton Crain and Bill Coleman were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 19	Blackland Army Air Field*		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 68–0
September 26	Hardin–Simmons*		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	L 6–13
October 3	at Oklahoma A&M*		Oklahoma City, OK	W 18–12
October 10	at Arkansas		Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 20–7
October 17	at Texas Tech*		Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 14–7
October 24	Texas A&M		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 6–0
October 31	at No. 9 TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 10–7
November 7	at No. 14 Texas	No. 16	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–20
November 14	at No. 9 Tulsa*		Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 0–24
November 20	SMU		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	T 6–6
November 28	Rice		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	L 0–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1942 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.

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[1] "1942 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.

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v t Baylor Bears football
Venues	Carroll Field (1902–1924, 1929–1935) Cotton Palace (alternate, 1902–1929) Municipal Stadium (1936–1949) Floyd Casey Stadium (1950–2013) McLane Stadium (2014–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games TCU Texas A&M: Battle of the Brazos Texas Tech
Culture & lore	"Old Fite" The Golden Wave Band Year of the Bear Sexual assault scandal
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1942 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Texas $	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
TCU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Baylor	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Texas A&M	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
SMU	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	2
Arkansas	0	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll