1950 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Boydstun
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Texas $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Baylor 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
TCU 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Rice 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
SMU 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Arkansas 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1950 college football season.[1] The Bears placed second in the Southwest Conference with an overall record of 7–3. Two players - Larry Isbell (Back) and Harold Riley (End) - were selected as All-Southwest Conference players. The 1950 season was the inaugural season for Baylor University's new state of the art 50,000 seat Baylor Stadium.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Wyoming*
L 0–717,268[3]
September 30Houston*
W 34–725,000
October 7vs. Mississippi State*
W 14–720,000[4]
October 14at Arkansas
L 6–27
October 21Texas Tech
W 26–1212,000
October 28No. 13 Texas A&Mdagger
W 27–2034,000
November 4at TCU
W 20–14
November 11No. 5 Texas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 20–2735,000[5]
November 25vs. No. 15 SMU
W 3–050,000
December 2Rice
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 33–720,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 110. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Baylor University, "The Round Up 1951" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013 http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/23258
  3. ^ Larry Press (September 24, 1950). "Wyoming Pulls Smashing Upset Over Baylor, 7-0: 17,268 Awed Fans Watch Cowboys Fight Off Bears". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Baylor Bears outscores Mississippi State, 14–7". The Paris News. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Longhorns stave off Baylor for 27–20 win". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 12, 1950. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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