1951 Baylor Bears football team
| 1951 Baylor Bears football | |
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Orange Bowl, L 14–17 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 8–2–1 (4–1–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Gale Galloway, Stan Williams |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Baylor | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1951 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by second-year head coach George Sauer, the Bears compiled an overall record of 8–2–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the SWC. They were ranked No. 9 in both the final AP Poll and the final Coaches Poll. Baylor was invited to the Orange Bowl, where the Bears lost to Georgia Tech.
Four players—quarterback Larry Isbell, end Stan Williams, guard Bill Athey, and tackle Ken Casner—were recognized on the 1951 College Football All-America Team.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 22 | at Houston* | No. 13 | W 19–0 | 55,000–60,000 | [2] | |
| October 6 | at Tulane* | No. 19 | W 27–14 | 40,000 | [3] | |
| October 13 | Arkansas | No. 12 | W 9–7 | 25,000 | [4] | |
| October 20 | Texas Tech* | No. 10 |
| W 40–20 | 22,000 | [5] |
| October 27 | at No. 16 Texas A&M | No. 7 | T 21–21 | 40,000 | [6] | |
| November 3 | TCU | No. 8 |
| L 7–20 | 37,000 | [7] |
| November 10 | at No. 10 Texas | No. 16 | W 18–6 | 58,000 | [8] | |
| November 17 | Wake Forest* | No. 10 |
| W 42–0 | 20,000 | [9] |
| November 24 | SMU | No. 10 |
| W 14–13 | 30,000 | [10] |
| December 1 | at Rice | No. 9 |
| W 34–13 | 45,000 | [11] |
| January 1 | vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech* | No. 9 | L 14–17 | 65,837 | [12] | |
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References
[edit]- ^ Baylor University, "1952 Round Up" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013 http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/26259
- ^ "Bears blank Houston". The Odessa American. September 23, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Isbell engineers Baylor over Tulane, 27–14". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 7, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor takes Arkansas by margin of field goal". The Commercial Appeal. October 14, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'City-slicker' Isbell powers mighty Baylor over Raiders, 40–20". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 21, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Second half Baylor rally deadlocks Aggies, 21–21". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 28, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU proves theory, halt Isbell, halt Bears". The Austin American-Statesman. November 4, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bruin rushing rips Steers". The Austin American-Statesman. November 11, 1951. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor routs Deacons, 42–0". The News and Observer. November 18, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor Bears edge Ponies, 14–13, to stay in thick of title chase". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 25, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bears lash Rice, 34–13, take Orange Bowl bid". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 2, 1951. Retrieved March 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rogers' field goal brings Tech win over Baylor". The Tampa Times. January 2, 1952. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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