1949 Baylor Bears football team

1949 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1949 Baylor Bears football
1949 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1949 record	8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach	Bob Woodruff (3rd season);
Captain	Don Mouser
Home stadium	Municipal Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

The 1949 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1949 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Bob Woodruff, the Bears compiled an 8–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, were ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 232 to 126.^[1]^[2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Don Mouser was the team captain.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Source
September 24	South Carolina*		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 20–6
October 1	at Mississippi State*		Scott Field Starkville, MS	W 14–6	^[3]
October 8	Arkansas		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 35–13
October 15	at Texas Tech*	No. 20	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	W 28–7
October 22	at Texas A&M	No. 11	Kyle Field College Station, TX	W 21–0
October 29	TCU	No. 10	Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 40–14
November 5	at Texas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 0–20
November 12	Wyoming*		Municipal Stadium Waco, TX	W 32–13
November 19	at No. 10 SMU	No. 15	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 35–26
November 26	at No. 7 Rice	No. 9	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 7–21
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ "1949 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.
^ "Baylor Bears score 14 to 6 win over Mississippi State". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "1949 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. 110. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

[3] "Baylor Bears score 14 to 6 win over Mississippi State". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 2, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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1949 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Rice $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Baylor	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
TCU	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Texas	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
SMU	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Texas A&M	0	–	5	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll