The 1949 Langston Lions football team represented Langston University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1949 college football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Caesar Felton Gayles, the Lions compiled an overall record of 8–1–1, with a conference record of 6–0–1, and finished as SWAC co-champion.
| 1949 Langston Lions football | |
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SWAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–1–1 (6–0–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Anderson Field |
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| No. 2 Southern + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Langston + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Prairie View A&M | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–27 Bishop | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Arkansas AM&N | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | Bishop |
| W 13–0 | 3,000 | [2] |
| October 1 | Tennessee A&I* |
| L 0–10 | 3,500 | [3] |
| October 8 | at Lincoln (MO)* | Jefferson City, MO | W 39–0 | [4] | |
| October 15 | vs. Texas College | W 27–21 | 5,000 | [5] | |
| October 22 | Southern |
| T 14–14 | [6] | |
| October 29 | Samuel Huston |
| W 27–7 | [7] | |
| November 5 | at Wiley |
| W 19–0 | [8] | |
| November 12 | Arkansas AM&N |
| W 46–6 | [9] | |
| November 19 | at Prairie View A&M |
| W 27–6 | 6,000 | [10] |
| November 26 | vs. Texas State* |
| W 32–0 | 3,000 | [11] |
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References
edit- ^ "Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1949. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston defeats Bishop in loop tilt". The Daily Oklahoman. September 25, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee Tigers beat Langston". The Black Dispatch. October 8, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lincoln loses 39–0 to Langston eleven". The Sunday News and Tribune. October 9, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston edges Steers 27–21". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 16, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston Lions limit Southern U. to 14–14 tie". The Call. October 28, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston spurts, sinks Sam Houston". The Daily Oklahoman. October 30, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shoats paces Langston Lions to 19–0 win over Wiley". The Black Dispatch. November 12, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston Lions wallop Arkansas State 46–6 before record homecoming crowd". The Call. November 18, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston Lions sure of top honors as P.V. Panthers fall". The Black Dispatch. November 26, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston U. blanks Texas State, 32–0". Muskogee Daily Phoenix. November 27, 1949. Retrieved September 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Langston Yearly Results (1945–1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
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