1946 Baylor Bears football team

1946 Southwest Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1946 Baylor Bears football
1946 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1946 record	1–8 (0–6 SWC)
Head coach	Frank Kimbrough (4th season);
Captain	Olan Runnels, Wenzell A. Gandy
Home stadium	Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1946 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the Bears compiled a 1–8 record (0–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 181 to 56.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Olan Runnels and Wenzell A. Gandy were the team captains.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	Southwestern (TX)*	Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 21–7
September 28	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 16–19
October 12	at No. 18 Arkansas	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	L 0–13
October 19	at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 6–13
October 26	Texas A&M	Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	L 0–17
November 9	No. 6 Texas	Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	L 7–22
November 16	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 0–17
November 23	SMU	Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	L 0–35
November 30	at No. 13 Rice	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 6–38
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season[]

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bear was selected.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
31	288	Bill Stephens	Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles

References[]

^ "1946 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.
^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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[1] "1946 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] "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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1946 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Rice +	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arkansas +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	2
No. 15 Texas	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
TCU	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll