1948 Baylor Bears football team
| 1948 Baylor Bears football | |
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Dixie Bowl, W 20–7 vs. Wake Forest | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1948 record | 6–3–2 (3–2–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Robert "Buddy" Tinsley, Bentley M. Jones |
| Home stadium | Municipal Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1948 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Woodruff, the Bears compiled a 6–3–2 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), tied for third place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 167 to 125.[1][2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Robert "Buddy" Tinsley and Bentley M. Jones were the team captains.[2]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 25 | Tulsa* | W 42–19 | |||||
| October 2 | at Mississippi State* | T 7–7 | |||||
| October 9 | at No. 13 Arkansas | W 23–7 | |||||
| October 16 | Texas Tech* | No. 19 |
| W 13–0 | 20,000 | ||
| October 23 | Texas A&M |
| W 20–14 | ||||
| October 30 | at TCU | No. 20 | W 6–3 | ||||
| November 6 | Texas |
| L 10–13 | 20,000 | |||
| November 13 | at Tulane* | L 13–35 | |||||
| November 20 | at No. 10 SMU | L 6–13 | 58,000 | ||||
| November 27 | Rice |
| T 7–7 | ||||
| January 1, 1949 | vs. Wake Forest | W 20–7 | 20,000 | ||||
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References[]
- ^ "1948 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. 110. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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