Morley Jennings
Morley "Jopsey" Jennings (January 23, 1890 – May 13, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He attended college at Mississippi State University, where he participated in baseball, basketball, football, and track. Jennings served as the head football coach at Ouachita Baptist University from 1912 to 1925 and at Baylor University from 1926 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 153–77–18. He was also the head baseball coach at Baylor from 1928 to 1939, tallying a mark of 120–79. From 1941 to 1951, Jennings served as the athletic director at Texas Tech University.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
Head coaching record
Football
Year |
Team |
Overall |
Conference | Standing |
Bowl/playoffs |
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Independent) (1912–1925) |
1912 |
Ouachita Baptist |
2–2–1 | | | |
1913 |
Ouachita Baptist |
3–2–3 | | | |
1914 |
Ouachita Baptist |
8–0–1 | | | |
1915 |
Ouachita Baptist |
7–1 | | | |
1916 |
Ouachita Baptist |
4–2 | | | |
1917 |
Ouachita Baptist |
4–0 | | | |
1918 |
Ouachita Baptist |
2–1 | | | |
1919 |
Ouachita Baptist |
4–1–1 | | | |
1920 |
Ouachita Baptist |
6–1–1 | | | |
1921 |
Ouachita Baptist |
5–3 | | | |
1922 |
Ouachita Baptist |
6–1–1 | | | |
1923 |
Ouachita Baptist |
4–3–1 | | | |
1924 |
Ouachita Baptist |
8–0–1 | | | |
1925 |
Ouachita Baptist |
7–0–2 | | | |
Ouachita Baptist: |
70–17–12 | | |
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1926–1940) |
1926 |
Baylor |
6–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |
1927 |
Baylor |
2–7 | 0–5 | 7th | |
1928 |
Baylor |
8–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |
1929 |
Baylor |
7–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |
1930 |
Baylor |
6–3–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |
1931 |
Baylor |
3–6 | 1–5 | 6th | |
1932 |
Baylor |
3–5–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th | |
1933 |
Baylor |
6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
1934 |
Baylor |
3–7 | 1–5 | 7th | |
1935 |
Baylor |
8–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |
1936 |
Baylor |
6–3–1 | 3–2–1 | T–3rd | |
1937 |
Baylor |
7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |
1938 |
Baylor |
7–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |
1939 |
Baylor |
7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
1940 |
Baylor |
4–6 | 0–6 | 7th | |
Baylor: |
83–60–6 | 33–44–6 | |
Total: | 153–77–18 | |
References
- ↑ Andrews, Ruth Horn (1956). The First Thirty Years: a History of Texas Technological College. Lubbock, Texas: The Texas Tech Press. pp. 305, 306–307.
External links
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- Unknown (1896)
- J. W. Conger (1897)
- No team (1898–1905)
- W. R. Rogers (1906)
- Raymond Kelly (1907)
- E. J. Ryan (1908)
- C. A. Miller (1909–1911)
- Morley Jennings (1912–1925)
- Foy Hammons (1926–1930)
- Bo Rowland (1931)
- Otis Galloway (1932–1933)
- W. I. Walton (1934–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- R. A. Cowen (1945–1946)
- Robert Smith (1947)
- Wes Bradshaw (1948–1949)
- Rab Rodgers (1950–1957)
- Lamar Watkins (1958–1960)
- Rab Rodgers (1961–1963)
- Buddy Benson (1965–1995)
- Red Parker (1996–1998)
- Todd Knight (1999– )
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