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1937 Baylor Bears football team

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1937 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–3 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Brazell
Home stadiumWaco Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Rice $ 4 1 1 6 3 2
No. 16 TCU 3 1 2 4 4 2
No. T–14 Arkansas 3 2 1 6 2 2
Baylor 3 3 0 7 3 0
Texas A&M 2 2 2 5 2 2
SMU 2 4 0 5 6 0
Texas 1 5 0 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Baylor Bears football team season represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Morley Jennings, the Bears compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 against conference opponents), were ranked No. 4 in the weekly AP Poll after winning their first six games, lost three of their last four games, finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 178 to 64.[1][2] They played their home games at Waco Stadium in Waco, Texas. Carl Brazell was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Southwestern (TX)*W 39–2[3]
October 1at Oklahoma City*W 33–0[4]
October 9Arkansas
  • Waco Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 20–14[5]
October 16at Centenary*W 20–0[6]
October 23at No. 13 Texas A&MNo. 15W 13–017,000[7]
October 30TCUdaggerNo. 6
W 6–017,000[8]
November 6TexasNo. 4
L 6–9[9]
November 13at SMUNo. 13L 7–13[10]
November 20vs. Loyola (CA)
W 27–135,500[11]
November 27at RiceL 7–1320,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1937 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Southwestern foes of Baylor warned by Bear assault". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. September 26, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "O.C.U. loses; Montana U. trip is next". The Oklahoma News. October 2, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Baylor upsets Arkansas". Pampa Daily News. October 10, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Patterson passes Baylor to 20–0 victory over Centenary". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 17, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Powerful Bears stage air barrage to down Ags, 13–0". The Kilgore Daily News. October 24, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Baylor slate clean; T.C.U. topples, 6–0". The Commercial Appeal. October 31, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas Longhorns blast Baylor Bears, 9 to 6". The El Paso Times. November 7, 1937. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Mustang aerial circus completes fall of Bears, 13–7". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 14, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Charles Curtis (November 21, 1937). "Baylor Passes Beat Loyola in 27–13 Game". Los Angeles Times. pp. 15, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Owls move closer to title by walloping Bears 13–7". Valley Morning Star. November 28, 1937. Retrieved March 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.