1953 Baylor Bears football team

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1953 Baylor Bears football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainBob Knowles, Ralph "Pete" Erben
Home stadium Baylor Stadium
Seasons
  1952
1954  
1953 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Rice + 5 1 09 2 0
No. 11 Texas + 5 1 07 3 0
Baylor 4 2 07 3 0
SMU 3 3 05 5 0
Arkansas 2 4 03 7 0
Texas A&M 1 5 04 5 1
TCU 1 5 03 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1953 college football season. They finished with a 7-3 record in the Southwest Conference for the year. Tackle James Ray Smith was selected as an All American player; Cotton Davidson (Quarterback), Jerry Coody (Halfback) and Smith were all selected All-Southwest Conference players. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at No. 14 California *No. 20W 25–034,000
October 2at Miami (FL) *No. 10W 21–13
October 10 Arkansas No. 9W 14–725,000
October 17 Vanderbilt *No. 8
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 47–617,000 [2]
October 24at No. 15 Texas A&M No. 6W 14–13
October 31 TCU Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 3
W 25–730,000
November 7at No. 19 Texas No. 3L 20–2154,000 [3]
November 14 Houston *No. 9
L 7–3715,000
November 21 SMU
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 27–2130,000
November 28at No. 8 Rice L 19–4168,000 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Baylor University, "The Round-Up 1954" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/29681
  2. "Baylor routs Vandy, 47–6". The Kilgore News Herald. October 18, 1953. Retrieved October 5, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Texas nips Baylor in 21–20 clash". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1953. Retrieved October 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rice Owls smash Baylor, 41–19". Brownwood Bulletin. November 29, 1953. Retrieved October 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.