1929 Baylor Bears football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 7–3–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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Captain | Charles Weldon Lucas |
Home stadium | Carroll Field, Cotton Palace |
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No. 8 TCU $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 SMU | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1929 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1929 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Morley Jennings, the Bears compiled a 7–3–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 291 to 106.[1][2] They played their home games at Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas. Charles Weldon Lucas was the team captain.[2]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 21 | Stephen F. Austin* | W 88–0 | ||||
September 28 | North Texas State Teachers* |
| W 32–0 | [3] | ||
October 5 | Trinity (TX)* |
| W 43–0 | |||
October 12 | St. Edward's* |
| W 19–0 | |||
October 19 | Arkansas |
| W 31–20 | |||
October 26 | at Centenary* | L 12–27 | [4] | |||
November 2 | Texas Tech* |
| W 34–0 | |||
November 9 | at Texas | T 0–0 | [5] | |||
November 16 | at SMU | L 6–25 | ||||
November 23 | TCU![]() |
| L 7–34 | |||
November 30 | at Rice | W 19–0 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1929 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 108. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ "Baylor Bruins click off 32 to 0 win from Denton eleven". Waco Tribune-Herald. September 29, 1929. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bruins crushed by inspired Centenary machine, 27 to 12". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 27, 1929. Retrieved July 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas and Baylor battle evenly to scoreless tie". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 10, 1929. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.