1952 Baylor Bears football team

The 1952 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 1952 college football season. They finished with a 4-4-2 record and placed fifth in the Southwest Conference for the year. Four players – Jack Sisco (center), Robert Knowles (tackle), Bill Athey (guard) and Jerry Coody (back) – were selected as All-Conference players.^[1]

1952 Baylor Bears football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	4–4–2 (1–3–2 SWC)
Head coach	George Sauer (3rd season)
Captains	Dick Parma C. O. Brocato
Home stadium	Baylor Stadium
Seasons ← 1951 1953 →

1952 Southwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Texas $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
TCU	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Baylor	1	–	3	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Texas A&M	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Arkansas	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Wake Forest*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 17–14	16,000	[2]
October 4	Washington State*	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	W 31–7	17,000	[3]
October 11	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 17–20	25,000	[4]
October 18	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	W 21–10	15,500–20,000	[5]
October 25	Texas A&M	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	W 21–20	40,500	[6]
November 1	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	T 20–20	27,000	[7]
November 8	No. 13 Texas	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)	L 33–35	32,000	[8]
November 15	at Houston*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 6–28	30,000	[9]
November 22	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	T 7–7	30,000	[10]
November 29	Rice	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX	L 14–20	10,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game