1957 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record3–6–1 (0–5–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainDoyle Traylor, Jerry Marcontell
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Rice $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 11 Texas 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 9 Texas A&M 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
SMU 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Arkansas 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
TCU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Baylor 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Sam Boyd, the Bears compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the SWC. Baylor played home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.

Guard Clyde Letbetter was selected to the All-Southwest Conference team.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Villanova*No. 7
W 7–020,000
September 28No. 14 Houston*No. 11
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 14–622,000
October 5at Miami (FL)*No. 11
L 7–1342,000
October 12No. 11 Arkansas
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 17–2029,000
October 19at Texas Tech
W 15–1223,000
October 26at No. 2 Texas A&M
L 0–1442,000
November 2TCUdagger
L 6–1930,000
November 9at Texas
T 7–737,000–43,000[2]
November 23SMU
  • Baylor Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 7–1415,000
November 30at No. 9 Rice
L 0–2043,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ Baylor University, "The Round Up 1958" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/25769
  2. ^ "Traylor leads Bears in tie with Longhorns". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 10, 1957. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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