1949 college football season

The 1949 NCAA football season finished with four teams that were unbeaten and untied-- Notre Dame, Oklahoma, California, and Army had won all their games at season's end. Notre Dame, however, was the overwhelming choice for national champion in the AP Poll, with 172 of 208 first place votes.[2] The Fighting Irish did not participate in the New Year's Day bowl games, which were played on January 2, 1950.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

Membership changes

School1948 Conference1949 Conference
Detroit TitansIndependentMissouri Valley
Louisville CardinalsOhio ValleyIndependent
Marshall Thundering HerdIndependentOhio Valley
Tennessee Tech Golden EaglesIndependentOhio Valley

September

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the third week of the season. Among the five teams that had been ranked highest in 1948, California opened play on September 17 with a 21-7 win over Santa Clara.

By September 24, most teams were in action. Defending champion Michigan beat visiting Michigan State, 7-3. Notre Dame beat Indiana 49-6. North Carolina beat N.C. State 26-6. California beat St. Mary's 29-7. The night before, Oklahoma had won at Boston College, 46-0.

October

On October 1 in Seattle, Notre Dame beat Washington 27-7. Oklahoma beat Texas A&M 33-13, North Carolina beat Georgia 21-14, and Michigan won at Stanford, 27-7. When the first poll was issued, Michigan had 34 of the 80 votes cast, followed by Notre Dame and Oklahoma. Tulane University, which had beaten Alabama 28-14 and Georgia Tech 18-0, placed fourth. Minnesota, which had victories over Washington (48-20) and at Nebraska (28-6) was fifth. North Carolina, which had been in the final top five in 1948, was at sixth place.

October 8 #1 Michigan was beaten at home by #7 Army. #2 Notre Dame won at Purdue 35-12. #3 Oklahoma beat Texas in Dallas, 20-14. #4 Tulane beat Southeastern Louisiana 40-0. #5 Minnesota beat Northwestern 21-7.

October 15 In South Bend, #1 Notre Dame beat #4 Tulane 46-7. #2 Army won at Harvard, 54-14. #3 Oklahoma beat Kansas 48-26. #9 California, which beat USC 16-10, was fifth in the next poll. #5 Minnesota stayed unbeaten with a win in Columbus over Ohio State, 27-0.

October 22 #1 Notre Dame was idle. #2 Army beat Columbia 63-6. #3 Minnesota lost at Michigan, 14-7. #4 Oklahoma won at Nebraska 48-0. #5 California beat Washington 21-7. #9 Rice won at Texas, 17-15, and was fifth in the next poll.

October 29 In Baltimore, #1 Notre Dame defeated Navy, 40-0. #2 Army (the United States Military Academy) defeated the VMI (the Virginia Military Institute) 40-14. #3 Oklahoma beat Iowa State 34-7. In Los Angeles, #4 California beat UCLA 35-21. #5 Rice beat Texas Tech 28-0 to extend its record to 5-1-0. #6 Michigan, which won at Illinois 13-0, returned to the Top Five with a 4-2-0 record.

November

November 5 #1 Notre Dame won at Michigan State, 34-21. #2 Army defeated Fordham, 35-0. #3 Oklahoma won at Kansas State 39-0. #4 California beat Washington State 33-14. #5 Michigan beat Purdue 20-12. The top five stayed unchanged.

November 12 At Yankee Stadium, #1 Notre Dame beat North Carolina, 42-6. #2 Army had a scare in Philadelphia, edging Penn 14-13. #3 Oklahoma won at Missouri, 27-7. #4 California beat Oregon 41-14. #5 Michigan beat Indiana 20-7.

November 19 #1 Notre Dame defeated Iowa 28-7. #2 Oklahoma beat Santa Clara 28-21. #3 California defeated Stanford 33-14 to finish its season unbeaten. #4 Army was idle as it prepared for the Army–Navy Game. #5 Michigan was tied by #7 Ohio State, 7-7.

November 26 #1 Notre Dame defeated visiting USC, 32-0. #3 Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State 41-0. #4 Army returned to Philadelphia for the Army–Navy Game and defeated Navy 38-0. #2 California at 10-0-0, and #5 Ohio State, at 6-1-2, accepted bids to play in the Rose Bowl.

The final poll was released on November 28, although some colleges had not completed their schedules. On December 3, the national champs, #1 Notre Dame closed a perfect season in Dallas with a 27-20 win over Southern Methodist University (SMU).

Conference standings

The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:

1949 Big 7 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Oklahoma $ 5 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
No. 20 Missouri 5 –1 –0  7 –4 –0
Iowa State 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
Nebraska 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Kansas 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Colorado 1 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Kansas State 1 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Big Nine football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Ohio State + 4 –1 –1  7 –1 –2
No. 7 Michigan + 4 –1 –1  6 –2 –1
No. 8 Minnesota 4 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Wisconsin 3 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Illinois 3 –3 –1  3 –4 –2
Iowa 3 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Purdue 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Indiana 0 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Gulf Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Midwestern State $ 10 –1 –0  3 –0 –0
North Texas State 8 –4 –0  2 –1 –0
Houston 5 –4 –1  1 –2 –0
Trinity (TX) 6 –5 –1  0 –3 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1949 IIAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Northern Illinois State 2 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –    10 –0 –0
Penn State   –    5 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    4 –5 –0
Drexel   –    3 –3 –1
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Detroit $ 4 –0 –0  5 –4 –0
Drake 3 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Oklahoma A&M 2 –1 –1  4 –4 –2
Wichita 2 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Tulsa 1 –2 –1  5 –5 –1
Bradley 1 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Saint Louis 0 –3 –1  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1949 MSC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wyoming $ 5 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Colorado A&M 4 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Denver 2 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Utah 2 –3 –0  2 –7 –1
Utah State 1 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
BYU 0 –5 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 California $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Stanford 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –1
USC 4 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
Oregon State 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Washington 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –0  3 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Montana 0 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane $ 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
No. 11 Kentucky 4 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 17 Tennessee 4 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Georgia Tech 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
No. 9 LSU 4 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Alabama 4 –3 –1  6 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –2  2 –4 –3
Ole Miss 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Florida 1 –4 –1  4 –5 –1
Georgia 1 –4 –1  4 –6 –1
Mississippi State 0 –6 –0  0 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 North Carolina $ 5 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
No. 14 Maryland 4 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 3 –1 –1  3 –5 –1
Duke 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
William & Mary 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
VMI 3 –2 –1  3 –5 –1
The Citadel 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Clemson 2 –2 –0  4 –4 –2
Furman 3 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
South Carolina 3 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Wake Forest 3 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
George Washington 2 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
NC State 3 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
VPI 1 –5 –2  1 –7 –2
Richmond 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Davidson 1 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Rice $ 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 20 Baylor 4 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
TCU 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Texas 3 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
SMU 2 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Arkansas 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Texas A&M 0 –5 –1  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vermont 2 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
Connecticut $ 2 –0 –1  4 –4 –1
Maine $ 2 –0 –1  2 –4 –1
UMass 1 –1 –0  3 –5 –0
New Hampshire 1 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Rhode Island 0 –4 –0  0 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Texas Tech 5–0–0
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 4–0–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan State College 7–0–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pittsburg State
Washburn		 5–1–0
College Conference of Illinois Augustana (IL)
Wheaton (IL)		 5–0–0
Evergreen Conference Eastern Washington College
Puget Sound		 5–1–0
Far Western Conference NBAC 4–0–0
Gulf Coast Conference Hardin College (Midwestern) 3–0–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Simpson 6–0–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Baker 5–1–0
Lone Star Conference East Texas State Teachers 3–0–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hillsdale 5–0–0
Mid-American Conference Cincinnati 4–0–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Lawrence 6–0–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint Thomas (MN) 6–0–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri School of Mines 5–0–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Nebraska State Teachers–Wayne 8–0–0
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Sul Ross State College 5–0–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa)
South Dakota State		 5–1–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Valley City State 5–0–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Muskingum 7–0–0
Ohio Valley Conference Evansville 3–1–1
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State College (OK) 5–0–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Bloomsburg State Teachers
California State Teachers		 6–0–0
Pacific Northwest Conference College of Idaho
Lewis & Clark
Boxer (OR)		 4–1–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College 3–0–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Southern State Teachers (USD–Springfield) 5–0–1
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Whittier 4–0–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M College 6–0–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference Langston
Southern		 6–0–1
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Mankato State Teachers 3–1–0
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference McMurry (TX) 4–0–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference La Crosse State Teachers
Stevens Point State Teachers
Stout State Teachers		 6–1–0
5–1–0
4–2–0

Conference standings

1949 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
San Jose State $ 4 –0 –0  9 –4 –0
San Diego State 3 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Cal Poly 1 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
Fresno State 1 –3 –0  3 –8 –0
Santa Barbara 1 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1949 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cal Aggies $ 4 –0 –0  5 –4 –0
Southern Oregon 2 –1 –1  5 –2 –1
San Francisco State 1 –2 –1  3 –4 –1
Chico State 1 –2 –1  2 –6 –1
Humboldt State 0 –3 –1  0 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1949 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Marshall 4 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Louisville 3 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Evansville $ 3 –1 –1  7 –2 –1
Morehead State 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Eastern Kentucky 2 –2 –1  4 –4 –1
Western Kentucky 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Murray State 1 –6 –0  1 –7 –1
Tennessee Tech 0 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Evansville declared champion because Marshall and Louisville did not play required games in 1949
1949 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern + 6 –0 –1  10 –0 –1
Langston + 6 –0 –1  8 –1 –1
Prairie View A&M 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Bishop 4 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
Texas College 2 –4 –1  2 –6 –2
Arkansas AM&N 1 –4 –2  5 –4 –2
Samuel Huston 1 –6 –0  1 –7 –0
Wiley 0 –6 –1  0 –9 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions

Final polls

Bowl games

Bowl game Winning Team points Losing Team points
Rose Bowl #6 Ohio State Buckeyes 17 #3 California Golden Bears 14
Sugar Bowl #2 Oklahoma Sooners 35 #9 LSU Tigers 0
Orange Bowl #15 Santa Clara Broncos 21 #11 Kentucky Wildcats 13
Cotton Bowl #5 Rice Owls 27 #16 North Carolina Tar Heels 13
Sun Bowl Texas School of Mines (UTEP) 33 Georgetown Hoyas 20
Gator Bowl #14 Maryland Terrapins 20 #20 Missouri Tigers 7
Tangerine Bowl State Vincent Bearcats 7 Emory & Henry Wasps 6
Raisin Bowl San Jose State Spartans 20 Texas Tech Red Raiders 13
Salad Bowl Xavier Musketeers 33 Arizona State Sun Devils 21
Shrine Bowl Southern Illinois Normal Maroons 41 Indiana State Teachers College Sycamores 14

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  2. ↑ http://www.collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1949
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