The 1957 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1957 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Sam Boyd, the Bears compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, placing last out of seven teams in the SWC. Baylor played home games at Baylor Stadium in Waco, Texas.
| 1957 Baylor Bears football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 3–6–1 (0–5–1 SWC) |
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| Captain | Doyle Traylor, Jerry Marcontell |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Rice $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Texas A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guard Clyde Letbetter was selected to the All-Southwest Conference team.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | Villanova* | No. 7 | W 7–0 | 20,000 | ||
| September 28 | No. 14 Houston* | No. 11 |
| W 14–6 | 22,000 | |
| October 5 | at Miami (FL)* | No. 11 | L 7–13 | 42,000 | ||
| October 12 | No. 11 Arkansas |
| L 17–20 | 29,000 | ||
| October 19 | at Texas Tech | W 15–12 | 23,000 | |||
| October 26 | at No. 2 Texas A&M | L 0–14 | 42,000 | |||
| November 2 | TCU |
| L 6–19 | 30,000 | ||
| November 9 | at Texas | T 7–7 | 37,000–43,000 | [2] | ||
| November 23 | SMU |
| L 7–14 | 15,000 | ||
| November 30 | at No. 9 Rice | L 0–20 | 43,000 | |||
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References
edit- ^ Baylor University, "The Round Up 1958" yearbook via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Accessed April 29, 2013. http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tx-annl/id/25769
- ^ "Traylor leads Bears in tie with Longhorns". The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph. November 10, 1957. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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