1924 Baylor Bears football team

American college football season

1924 Baylor Bears football

SWC champion

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 7–2–1 (4–0–1 SWC)
Head coach|

* Frank Bridges (5th season)

Captain| Ralph D. Pittman
Home stadium| Carroll Field

Seasons

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1925 ->

1924 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Baylor $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
SMU | 2  | - | 0  | - | 4 |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 4
Rice | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Texas A&M | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Oklahoma A&M | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Texas | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Arkansas | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
TCU | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1924 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1924 college football season. In their 5th year under head coach Frank Bridges, the Bears compiled a 7–2–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Southwest Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 149 wins and 66 losses.[1][2]

No Bears were recognized as All-Americans,[3] and five Bears received all-conference honors: Jack Sisco, Homer "Bear" Walker, Sam Coates, Ralph Pittman, Bill Coffey.[4]

It would be 50 years before Baylor would win another football conference championship, doing so in 1974.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 27| Simmons (TX)*| Abilene, TX| W 10–6|
October 4| North Texas State Teachers*|

* Carroll Field
* Waco, TX

| W 30–0| [5]
October 11| vs. Central State (OK)*| Dallas, TX| L 6–13|
October 18| Arkansas|

* Carroll Field
* Waco, TX

| W 13–0|
October 25| Austin*|

* Carroll Field
* Waco, TX

| L 3–7|
November 1| Texas A&M|

* Carroll Field
* Waco, TX (Battle of the Brazos)

| W 15–7|
November 8| at Texas|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| W 28–10| [6]
November 15| SMU| Dallas, TX| T 7–7|
November 22| St. Edward's*|

* Carroll Field
* Waco, TX

| W 20–7|
November 29| Rice|

* Rice Field
* Houston, TX

| W 17–9|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2018 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. p. 107. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
2. ^ "1924 Baylor Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
3. ^ "2014 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. 2014. p. 141\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
4. ^ "2014 Baylor Football Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor University. 2014. p. 149\. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
5. ^ "Bears show marked improvement in defeating Denton 30–0". The Waco News-Tribune. October 5, 1924. Retrieved November 9, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Bears stampede Longhorns". The Austin Statesman. November 9, 1924. Retrieved April 24, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.

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Baylor Bears football

Venues|

* Carroll Field (1902–1924, 1929–1935)
* Cotton Palace (alternate, 1902–1929)
* Municipal Stadium (1936–1949)
* Floyd Casey Stadium (1950–2013)
* McLane Stadium (2014–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* TCU
* Texas A&M: Battle of the Brazos
* Texas Tech

Culture & lore|

* "Old Fite"
* The Golden Wave Band
* Year of the Bear
* Sexual assault scandal

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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Southwest Conference football champions

* Oklahoma (1915)
* Texas (1916)
* Texas A&M (1917)
* Texas & Oklahoma (1918)
* Texas A&M (1919)
* Texas (1920)
* Texas A&M (1921)
* Baylor (1922)
* SMU (1923)
* Baylor (1924)
* Texas A&M (1925)
* SMU (1926)
* Texas A&M (1927)
* Texas (1928)
* TCU (1929)
* Texas (1930)
* SMU (1931)
* TCU (1932)
* No champion (1933)
* Rice (1934)
* SMU (1935)
* Arkansas (1936)
* Rice (1937)
* TCU (1938)
* Texas A&M (1939)
* Texas A&M & SMU (1940)
* Texas A&M (1941)
* Texas (1942)
* Texas (1943)
* TCU (1944)
* Texas (1945)
* Rice & Arkansas (1946)
* SMU (1947)
* SMU (1948)
* Rice (1949)
* Texas (1950)
* TCU (1951)
* Texas (1952)
* Rice & Texas (1953)
* Arkansas (1954)
* TCU (1955)
* Texas A&M (1956)
* Rice (1957)
* TCU (1958)
* Arkansas, Texas, & TCU (1959)
* Arkansas (1960)
* Texas & Arkansas (1961)
* Texas (1962)
* Texas (1963)
* Arkansas (1964)
* Arkansas (1965)
* SMU (1966)
* Texas A&M (1967)
* Arkansas & Texas (1968)
* Texas (1969)
* Texas (1970)
* Texas (1971)
* Texas (1972)
* Texas (1973)
* Baylor (1974)
* Arkansas, Texas & Texas A&M (1975)
* Houston & Texas Tech (1976)
* Texas (1977)
* Houston (1978)
* Arkansas & Houston (1979)
* Baylor (1980)
* SMU (1981)
* SMU (1982)
* Texas (1983)
* SMU & Houston (1984)
* Texas A&M (1985)
* Texas A&M (1986)
* Texas A&M (1987)
* Arkansas (1988)
* Arkansas (1989)
* Texas (1990)
* Texas A&M (1991)
* Texas A&M (1992)
* Texas A&M (1993)
* Texas Tech, Baylor, Rice, Texas & TCU (1994)
* Texas (1995)

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