1914 Baylor football team

The 1914 Baylor football team represented Baylor University during the 1914 college football season. In January 1914, a questionnaire regarding a possible conference was sent out to the larger institutions in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Only Texas A&M failed to express an opinion; all other schools were positive. "No school should be omitted that hasn't the money to keep itself going and be able to play members of the association", Baylor representative C.A. Ganti replied. "This we could not do." In late April and early May, eight institutions met to create the Southwest Conference, to which Baylor was invited and did become a charter member in December of that year.[1] Baylor did not adopt a mascot (the Baylor Bears) until December 14, 1914, after the completion of the 1914 football season.[2]

1914 Baylor football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–2
Head coach
CaptainJ. D. "Eli" Isaacks
Home stadiumCarroll Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas     8 0 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal     5 0 1
Oklahoma     9 1 1
Delaware     7 1 1
Davidson     5 1 1
Georgia Tech     6 2 0
Presbyterian     4 1 1
Oklahoma A&M     6 2 1
Navy     6 3 0
Maryland     5 3 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     5 3 0
Howard (AL)     4 3 1
Maryville (TN)     6 4 0
Marshall     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 0
Rice     3 2 3
North Texas State Normal     3 3 0
South Carolina     5 5 1
VMI     4 4 0
Mississippi Normal     2 3 1
Texas Mines     2 3 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     1 2 0
Baylor     3 5 2
West Tennessee State Normal     3 5 0
Arkansas     3 6 0
Louisiana Industrial     2 4 0
Wake Forest     3 6 0
Furman     2 5 0
Southwest Texas State     2 6 0
Louisville     1 7 0
Catholic University     0 6 1

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Howard PayneWaco, TXW 9–0
October 10at TexasL 0–57[3]
October 17vs. Trinity (TX)Dallas, TXL 0–7
October 23AustinWaco, TXT 0–0
October 26at Oklahoma A&ML 0–60[4]
October 31TCU
  • Carroll Field
  • Waco, TX
W 28–14[5]
November 7Daniel BakerWaco, TXL 14–0
November 14Trinity (TX)Waco, TXT 0–0
November 20at RiceL 13–14
November 26Southwestern (TX)Waco, TXL 6–7

References

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  1. ^ "Conference Seems to be Assured Fact". The San Antonio Light. March 1, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  2. ^ "Mascot History". Baylor University. Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "Score 57 to 0 in Texas-Baylor Game". The Austin Daily Statesman. October 11, 1914. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Farmers Wallop Baylor's Eleven". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 27, 1914. p. 6. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "The Baylor Eleven A Come-back". Houston Post. Houston, Texas. November 1, 1914. p. 18. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .