1955 Baylor Bears football team
| 1955 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (2–4 SWC) |
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| Captain | Hank Gremminger, Weldon W. Holley |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 TCU $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1955 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by George Sauer in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Bears compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place the SWC. Baylor played home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.
Hank Gremminger was named to the All-Southwest Conference team as an end for the second consecutive season.[1]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | Hardin–Simmons* | W 35–7 | 20,000 | |||
| September 24 | at Villanova* | No. 18 | W 19–2 | 63,409 | ||
| October 1 | No. 1 Maryland* | No. 20 |
| L 6–20 | 39,000 | [2] |
| October 8 | Arkansas |
| W 25–20 | 28,000 | ||
| October 15 | at No. 12 Washington* | W 13–7 | 39,536 | |||
| October 22 | at No. 12 Texas A&M | No. 16 | L 7–19 | 37,000 | ||
| October 29 | No. 15 TCU |
| L 6–28 | 34,000 | ||
| November 5 | at Texas | L 20–21 | 40,000 | [3] | ||
| November 19 | SMU |
| L 0–12 | 20,000 | ||
| November 26 | at Rice | W 15–7 | 33,000 | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ Baylor University, "The Round-Up of Sixteeners in Fifty-Six" yearbook (1956) via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/24665
- ^ "Maryland clouts Baylor, 20–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 2, 1955. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Traylor's passing not enough, Texas wins". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 6, 1955. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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