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Baylor Bears football
1917 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1917 record	6–2–1 (0.722) • 2–1 SWC (0.667)
Overall record	72–56–15 (0.556)
Head coach	Charles Mosley (4th year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Baylor Bears football
1916 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1916 record	9–1–0 (0.900) • 3–1 SWC (0.750)
Overall record	66–54–14 (0.545)
Head coach	Charles Mosley (3rd year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Baylor Bears football
1915 Baylor Bears football
	Southwest Conference Co-Champions (forfeited)
Conference	Southwest Conference
1915 record	7–1–0 (0.667) • 3–0 SWC (1.000)
Overall record	57–53–14 (0.516)
Head coach	Charles Mosley (2nd year)
Home field	Carroll Field


Canada	–	21 Feb	5–4	6–5	23 Feb	7–6	23 Feb	22 Feb	5–4	9–2
China	21 Feb	–	11–1	9–7	4–5	9–5	22 Feb	4–6	8–6	23 Feb
Denmark	4–5	1–11	–	6–5	22 Feb	23 Feb	3–7	5–6	7–8	7–6
Germany	5–6	7–9	5–6	–	4–7	21 Feb	9–5	23 Feb	23 Feb	6–5
Great Britain	23 Feb	5–4	22 Feb	7–4	–	4–11	10–3	4–6	21 Feb	5–6
Japan	6–7	5–9	23 Feb	21 Feb	11–4	–	12–9	23 Feb	22 Feb	9–7
Russia	23 Feb	22 Feb	7–3	5–9	3–10	9–12	–	10–1	5–8	4–6
Sweden	22 Feb	6–4	6–5	23 Feb	6–4	23 Feb	1–10	–	8–7	21 Feb
Switzerland	4–5	6–8	8–7	23 Feb	21 Feb	22 Feb	8–5	7–8	–	23 Feb
United States	2–9	23 Feb	6–7	5–6	6–5	7–9	6–4	21 Feb	23 Feb	–

Baylor Bears football, 1915–1929

The 1915–1929 Baylor Bears football teams composed Baylor University's first fifteen seasons of conference play. In 1915, Baylor played with a team mascot (the Baylor Bears) and in a conference (the Southwest Conference) for the first time ever. In 1915, the SWC's inaugural year, Baylor became conference co-champion, but later voluntarily forfeited the title for using an ineligible transfer player. In 1918, Baylor would record its last winless season until 1962. Baylor won the SWC Conference in 1922 and 1924; it would not have another conference championship until 1974.

Contents:	Overview - Scoring - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929

Overview[edit]

With the early years of the SWC came greater coaching stability for Baylor football; in the 27 years from 1914–1940, Baylor's football team had three coaches with a combined record of 148–96–16, while for the previous fourteen seasons, ten coaches had produced a 47–47–12 record.

1915–1919[edit]

1920–1925[edit]

1925–1929[edit]

Baylor University began its organized football team in 1899.^[1] Initially, it played its home games on an undetermined field near the university. Beginning in 1905, the team's home games were played at Carroll Field, between the Carroll Science Building and Waco Creek. Baylor did not adopt a mascot (the Baylor Bears) until December 14, 1914, after the completion of the 1914 football season.^[2] Additionally, Baylor did not join an athletic conference until 1914 after the conclusion of football season, when it joined the Southwest Conference. Baylor played its first home game against Toby's Business College (located in Waco) in 1899, its first away game on 4 November 1900, at Austin College, and its first neutral-site game against Texas A&M in 1901.

For the 1899 and 1900 seasons, the team was coached by R.H. Hamilton, whose 5–1–1 record was distinguished with never having a losing record; in 1899, Baylor played its first game against Texas A&M, which would become a rivalry, the Battle of the Brazos, with over 100 games played in the series by 2003. W.J. Ritchie coached the 1901 team, leading it to a 5–3 record; in this year, the first games of the Baylor-Texas and Baylor-TCU series were played. TCU (known as AddRan Male & Female College until 1902) was located in Waco from 1895 to 1910 and was one of Baylor's greatest football rivals until the dissolution of the Southwest Conference in 1995. 1901 also welcomed Baylor's first Thanksgiving Day football game, with a 28– win over St. Edwards. J.C. Ewing took control of the team in 1902, and led it to its first losing season, with a 3–4–2 record. R.N. Watts restored Baylor's winning tradition in 1903, with a record of 4–3–1. Sol Metzger led the 1904 team to a disappointing 2–5–1 record; his successor, Archie Webb, did no better with the 1905 team, resulting in a 1–6–0 record.

No team was fielded in 1906; along with 1943 and 1944 (during World War II), 1906 is one of three seasons since 1899 that Baylor has not competed in varsity football. Luther Burleson headed the restored football team in 1907, and managed a 4–3–1 record. E.J. Mills led the team for the 1908 and 1909 seasons; their 3–5–0 and 5–3–0 records were notable for the 1908 loss to LSU with a score of 0–88, and for the world's first "Home-Coming" at the 1909 Thanksgiving Day game, which included a concert, parade, and bonfire. To this day, Baylor claims to have the largest homecoming parade in the world. Ralph Glaze coached the 1910–1912 teams; the 1910 record of 6–1–1 included a sole loss because Baylor left at halftime, with the score tied 6– against Texas, due to a dispute with the referee. Glaze's 1911 and 1912 teams had records of 3–4–2 and 3–5–0, respectively. Norman C. Paine coached Baylor in 1913 to a 3–4–3 record; Charles P. Mosely led the 1914 football team to a 3–5–2 record.

Scoring[edit]

Historical college football scoring^[3]
Era	Touchdown	Field goal	Conversion	Safety
1912–1957	6	3	1	2

Scoring in collegiate football games was first formalized in 1883, but changes to scoring procedure occurred frequently until 1912. The table presented gives scoring values used in Baylor football games from 1912 to 1957,^[1] which are equivalent to today's scoring system, but did not include the two-point conversion conversion safety, or defensive conversion, none of which had were conceived by 1929.

1915[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Oct. 3*	Howard Payne	Waco, Texas	W 3–0	51–52–14
Oct. 8	at Rice	Houston, Texas	W 26–0	52–52–14
Oct. 16*	at Trinity	Dallas, Texas	W 49–0	53–52–14
Oct. 23	at Southwestern	Georgetown, Texas	W 10–0	54–52–14
Nov. 8*	Sewanee	Waco, Texas	L 16–3	54–53–14
Nov. 13	Oklahoma A&M	Waco, Texas	W 12–6	55–53–14
Nov. 20*	Daniel Baker College	Waco, Texas	W 34–0	56–53–14
Nov. 25*	TCU	Waco, Texas (Thanksgiving) (Homecoming)	W 51–0	57–53–14
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

TCU[edit]

Baylor's 1915 game against TCU was during its second homecoming and the first since 1909. The homecoming parade, with Baylor's move from Independence to its current Waco campus as its theme, featured floats for the first time. In addition, the homecoming celebrated Baylor's 70th anniversary.

1916[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Sept. 30*	Texas State	Waco, Texas	W 75–0	58–53–14
Oct. 7*	SMU	Waco, Texas	W 62–0	59–53–14
Oct. 14*	at Trinity	Dallas, Texas	W 37–0	60–53–14
Oct. 18*	at Howard Payne	Brownwood, Texas	W 46–0	61–53–14
Oct. 28	at Texas	Austin, Texas	W 7–3	62–53–14
Nov. 4	Southwestern	Waco, Texas	W 20–0	63–53–14
Nov. 11	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 3–0	63–54–14
Nov. 18	at Oklahoma A&M	Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 10–7	64–54–14
unknown*	Austin College	Waco, Texas	W 26–0	65–54–14
Nov. 27*	at TCU	Fort Worth, Texas	W 32–14	66–54–14
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

In 1916, the Southwest Conference did not declare a conference champion. The top two teams were Baylor and Texas; Baylor, with a 3–1 record, had two fewer conference wins than Texas (5–1), but a better overall record of 9–1, as compared to the Longhorns' 7–2 record.^[4]

1917[edit]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Sept. 29*	Howard Payne	Waco, Texas	W 17–0	67–54–14
Oct. 13*	at Trinity	Dallas, Texas	W 55–0	68–54–14
Oct. 20	Oklahoma A&M	Waco, Texas	W 17–0	69–54–14
Oct. 27*	Hardin-Simmons	Waco, Texas	W 103–0	70–54–14
Nov. 3	Texas	Waco, Texas	W 3–0	71–54–14
Nov. 10	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 7–0	71–55–14
Nov. 17*	at SMU	Dallas, Texas	T 0–0	71–55–15
Nov. 23*	at Southwestern	Georgetown, Texas	W 26–0	72–55–15
Nov. 29*	at TCU	Fort Worth, Texas (Thanksgiving)	L 34–0	72–56–15
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

Texas A&M[edit]

Baylor debuted the school's first live mascot, Ted, at its game against rival Texas A&M. The American black bear was donated on January 14, 1917, by the 107th Engineer Battalion of the 32nd Infantry Division, stationed during World War I at Camp MacArthur in Waco. While the Division left Waco, "Bruin" stayed at Baylor, which has since continued to house a live mascot on campus.^[5]

1918[edit]

1918 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1918 record	0–6–0 (0.000) • 0–2 SWC (0.000)
Overall record	72–62–15 (0.534)
Head coach	Charles Mosley (5th year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Oct. 18*	MacArthur Field (Camp MacArthur)	Waco, Texas	L 7–6	72–57–15
Oct. 25*	Barron Field (Camp Taliaferro)	Waco, Texas	L 26–0	72–58–15
Nov. 9	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 19–0	72–59–15
Nov. 16	at SMU	Dallas, Texas	L 14–0	72–60–15
Nov. 23*	Southwestern	Waco, Texas	L 14–6	72–61–15
Dec. 5*	TCU	Waco, Texas	L 12–7	72–62–15
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

1919[edit]

1919 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1919 record	5–3–1 (0.611) • 0–3–1 SWC (0.125)
Overall record	77–65–16 (0.538)
Head coach	Charles Mosley (6th year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Oct. 4*	Rusk College	Waco, Texas	W 61–0	73–62–15
Oct. 11	Rice	Waco, Texas	L 8–0	73–63–15
Oct. 18*	Austin College	Waco, Texas	W 17–12	74–63–15
Oct. 25	at Texas	Austin, Texas	L 29–13	74–64–15
Nov. 1*	Southwestern	Waco, Texas	W 20–0	75–64–15
Nov. 8	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 10–0	75–65–15
Nov. 17*	Sewanee	Waco, Texas	W 21–7	76–65–15
Nov. 22	SMU	Waco, Texas	T 7–7	76–65–16
Nov. 27*	at TCU	Fort Worth, Texas (Thanksgiving)	W 7–0	77–65–16
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

1920[edit]

1920 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1920 record	4–4–1 (0.500) • 1–2–1 SWC (0.375)
Overall record	81–69–17 (0.536)
Head coach	Frank Bridges (1st year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Oct. 2*	Austin College	Waco, Texas	W 9–0	78–65–16
Oct. 9	at Rice	Houston, Texas	L 28–0	78–66–16
Oct. 16*	Trinity	Waco, Texas	W 20–6	79–66–16
Oct. 21	at Oklahoma A&M	Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 7–0	80–66–16
Oct. 31*	Southwestern	Waco, Texas	L 7–0	80–67–16
Nov. 6	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 24–0	80–68–16
Nov. 13*	TCU	Waco, Texas	L 21–9	80–69–16
Nov. 20*	Howard Payne	Waco, Texas	W 20–3	81–69–16
Nov. 25	at SMU	Dallas, Texas (Thanksgiving)	T 0–0	81–69–17
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

1921[edit]

1921 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
1921 record	8–3–0 (0.727) • 2–2 SWC (0.500)
Overall record	89–72–17 (0.548)
Head coach	Frank Bridges (2nd year)
Home field	Carroll Field

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Overall record
Sept. 30*	John Tarleton College	Waco, Texas	W 9–0	81–69–17
Oct. 1*	at Austin College	Houston, Texas	L 28–0	78–66–16
Oct. 8	Rice	Waco, Texas	W 20–6	79–66–16
Oct. 15*	vs. Boston College	Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 7–0	80–66–16
Oct. 22*	Southwestern	Waco, Texas	L 7–0	80–67–16
Oct. 29*	Texas A&M	Waco, Texas	L 24–0	80–68–16
Nov. 5	TCU	Waco, Texas	L 21–9	80–69–16
Nov. 11*	Howard Payne	Waco, Texas	W 20–3	81–69–16
Nov. 18	at SMU	Dallas, Texas (Thanksgiving)	T 0–0	81–69–17
Nov. 24	at SMU	Dallas, Texas (Thanksgiving)	T 0–0	81–69–17
Dec. 3*	at SMU	Dallas, Texas (Thanksgiving)	T 0–0	81–69–17
*Non-Conference Game. All times are in Central Time.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "History." 2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Mascot History". Baylor University. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
^ A compilation of six sources:
• "History." 2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• The National Collegiate Athletic Association. "Section 11—Extra Points." 2008 Football Statisticians' Manual. August 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• Professional Football Researchers Association. "Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby." The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889. Ivy League Rugby Conference (2009-01-31). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• Johnson, Greg (2008-08-28). "Two-point conversion turns 50." The NCAA News. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• "NFL History by Decade: 1869-1910." National Football League. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• "NFL History by Decade: 1911-1920." National Football League. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ "Southwest Conference Annual Standings" (PDF). Football Record Book. Big 12. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
^ "The Baylor University Annual Published by the Senior Class of Ninety-Six at Waco, Texas". The Texas Collection (Baylor University). 1996. Retrieved 2009-12-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

External links[edit]

Category:Baylor Bears football Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1899

http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/103040.doc --cotton palace

http://www.baylor.edu/bn/news.php?action=story&story=62923 --past baylor homecomings

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/historical-standings-prior.pdf --SWC conference standings

Baylor Bears football (1980–1989) --to be fixed up

Baylor Bears football (1970–1979) --to be fixed up

[history-1] "History." 2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[2] "Mascot History". Baylor University. Retrieved 2009-11-03.

[3] A compilation of six sources:
• "History." 2009 Baylor Football Media Almanac. Baylor Athletics (Baylor University). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• The National Collegiate Athletic Association. "Section 11—Extra Points." 2008 Football Statisticians' Manual. August 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• Professional Football Researchers Association. "Yale's Walter Camp and 1870s Rugby." The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889. Ivy League Rugby Conference (2009-01-31). Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• Johnson, Greg (2008-08-28). "Two-point conversion turns 50." The NCAA News. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• "NFL History by Decade: 1869-1910." National Football League. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
• "NFL History by Decade: 1911-1920." National Football League. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[4] "Southwest Conference Annual Standings" (PDF). Football Record Book. Big 12. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

[5] "The Baylor University Annual Published by the Senior Class of Ninety-Six at Waco, Texas". The Texas Collection (Baylor University). 1996. Retrieved 2009-12-28. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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