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]
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 7–3 (3–3 SWC) |
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| Captain | Carl Brazell |
| Home stadium | Waco Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Southwestern (TX)* | W 39–2 | ||||||
| October 1 | at Oklahoma City* | W 33–0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Arkansas |
| W 20–14 | |||||
| October 16 | at Centenary* | W 20–0 | [3] | |||||
| October 23 | at No. 13 Texas A&M | No. 15 | W 13–0 | |||||
| October 30 | TCU | No. 6 |
| W 6–0 | ||||
| November 6 | Texas | No. 4 |
| L 6–9 | [4] | |||
| November 13 | at SMU | No. 13 | L 7–13 | |||||
| November 20 | vs. Loyola (CA) | Beaumont, TX | W 27–13 | 5,500 | [5] | |||
| November 27 | at Rice | L 7–13 | ||||||
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References
edit- ^ "1937 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Patterson passes Baylor to 20–0 victory over Centenary". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 17, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Longhorns blast Baylor Bears, 9 to 6". The El Paso Times. November 7, 1937. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Charles Curtis (November 21, 1937). "Baylor Passes Beat Loyola in 27-13 Game". Los Angeles Times. pp. 15, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
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