1945 Baylor Bears football team

The 1945 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1945 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the Bears compiled a 5–5–1 record (2–4 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 178 to 141.[1][2] They played their home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. Jack O. Price and Richard "Bull" Johnson were the team captains.[2]

1945 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainJack O. Price, Richard "Bull" Johnson
Home stadiumMunicipal Stadium
1945 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Texas $ 5 –1 –010 –1 –0
SMU 4 –2 –05 –6 –0
TCU 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Rice 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Texas A&M 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Baylor 2 –4 –05 –5 –1
Arkansas 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Blackland AAF*
W 40–05,000[3]
September 22West Texas State*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 32–06,000[4]
September 29TCUdagger
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
L 6–7
October 13Arkansas
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 23–13
October 20at Texas Tech*
T 7–79,000
October 27at Texas A&M
L 13–19
November 3Southwestern (TX)*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 19–05,000[5]
November 10at No. 17 Texas
L 14–2130,000[6]
November 17at No. 19 Tulsa*
L 7–2615,000
November 24at SMU
L 0–3410,000
December 1at Rice
W 17–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1945 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 109. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. Hall, Flem (September 16, 1945). "Bears Run Up 40-0 Score on Blackland Air Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 10. Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Bears Humble WTSTC, 32-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. September 23, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Bears Score Twice in Second, Roll Over Southwestern, 19-0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Associated Press. November 4, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Texas shades Baylor's scrappy Bears, 21 to 14". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 11, 1945. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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