1916 Baylor Bears football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record9–1 (3–1 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainTheron J. Fouts
Home stadiumCarroll Field, Cotton Palace
1916 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas 5 1 07 2 0
Baylor 3 1 09 1 0
Rice 2 1 06 1 2
Oklahoma 2 1 06 5 0
Texas A&M 1 2 06 3 0
Arkansas 0 2 04 4 0
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 04 4 0
Southwestern (TX) 0 4 03 5 1
  • No champion recognized[1]

The 1916 Baylor Bears football team was an American football team that represented Baylor University 1st season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charles Mosley, the team compiled a Baylor claims a 9–1 record (3–1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 316 to 27.[2] Baylor claims a conference championship for the 1916 season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Southwest Texas* Waco, TX W 75–0
October 7 SMU* Waco, TX W 61–0
October 14 Trinity (TX)* Waco, TX W 37–0
October 18 Howard Payne* Brownwood, TX W 47–0
October 28 Texas Austin, TX W 7–3[3]
November 4 Southwestern (TX)W 20–0[4]
November 11 Texas A&M Waco, TX L 0–3
November 18 Oklahoma A&M Stillwater, OK W 10–7
November 25 Austin* Waco, TX W 26–0
November 30 TCU* Fort Worth, TX W 32–144,500[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. http://www.thompsonian.info/swc-historical-standings.pdf
  2. "1916 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  3. "Baylor University defeats Texas, 7–3". The El Paso Times. October 29, 1916. Retrieved April 23, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Southwestern is loser to Baylor". Waco Morning News. November 5, 1916. Retrieved August 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bears Speedy Back Rush Pell Mell Over T. C> U. Team". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. December 1, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved August 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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