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Baylor Football Team History

Baylor Bears

Baylor University
Waco, TX
Founded: 1845
Stadium: Floyd Casey Stadium
Capacity: 50,000
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: George H. Sauer
Conference: Southwest-

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1899 <-- 1950 <- 1951 -> 1952 --> 2024

1951 Season Highlights

George H. Sauer enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Baylor.

1951 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 22	@ Houston	19	0	W
Sat., Oct. 6	@ Tulane	27	14	W
Sat., Oct. 13	vs. Arkansas	9	7	W
Sat., Oct. 20	vs. Texas Tech	40	20	W
Sat., Oct. 27	@ Texas A&M	21	21	T
Sat., Nov. 3	vs. Texas Christian	7	20	L
Sat., Nov. 10	@ Texas	18	6	W
Sat., Nov. 17	vs. Wake Forest	42	0	W
Sat., Nov. 24	vs. Southern Methodist	14	13	W
Sat., Dec. 1	@ Rice	34	13	W
Tue., Jan. 1	Georgia Tech	14	17	L	@ Miami, FL	Orange Bowl

1951 Season Totals
Record	8-2 -1
Points Scored	245
Scoring Average	22.3
Points Allowed	131
Defense Average	11.9
Opponents Record	65-46
Conference Record	4-1
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	4-0 -1

1951 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
9	8-1-1	AP
9	8-1-1	Coaches
9	8-1-1	UP

1951 Southwest- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Texas Christian	6-5	206	183	Lost 7-20	5-1	113	68	Leo R. Dutch Meyer
Baylor	8-2-1	245	131	Lost 14-17	4-1-1	103	80	George H. Sauer
Texas	7-3	182	129		3-3	107	96	Edwin B. Ed Price
Rice	5-5	149	144		3-3	87	90	Jess C. Neely
Arkansas	5-5	178	162		2-4	70	114	Otis Douglas
Texas A&M	5-3-2	213	179		1-3-2	105	137	Raymond George
Southern Methodist	3-6-1	164	144		1-4-1	96	96	Harvey N. Rusty Russell

1951 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1951 All Southwest Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.