1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team

The 1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team represented Saint Vincent College as an independent during the 1949 college football season.[1] In head coach Al DeLuca's second year, the Bearcats compiled a 10–0 record, shut out eight of their ten opponents, and outscored their opponents by a total of 234 to 12.[2] 1949 remains the only undefeated season in program history, the best defensive showing with only twelve points allowed, and their second best offensive showing. The Bearcats were invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they defeated Emory and Henry, which came into the bowl with an 11–0 record.[3]

1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football
Tangerine Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Home stadiumBearcat Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent     10 0 0
No. 4 Army     9 0 0
Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell     8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova     8 1 0
Bucknell     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 0
Buffalo     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Princeton     6 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Temple     5 4 0
Penn     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Boston College     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Duquesne     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 5 2
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     3 6 0
Columbia     2 7 0
Hofstra     1 5 1
Colgate     1 8 0
Harvard     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 238:15 p.m.Indiana (PA)
W 26–04,500[4][5][6][7]
October 2SteubenvilleLatrobe, PAW 34–0
October 9AllianceLatrobe, PAW 13–0
October 14GenevaLatrobe, PAW 19–0
October 22at WaynesburgWaynesburg, PAW 6–0
October 30at Saint Francis (PA)Loretto, PAW 13–0
November 4West Virginia WesleyanLatrobe, PAW 52–6
November 13Mount St. Mary'sLatrobe, PAW 30–0
November 19Westminster (PA)Latrobe, PAW 34–03,000[8]
January 2vs. Emory & HenryW 7–69,500

References

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  1. ^ "Saint Vincent College Football" (PDF). Saint Vincent College. p. 6. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "All-Time Won-Lost Records". Saint Vincent College. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Year by Year Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "SVC, Indiana Open Season Here Tonight". Latrobe Bulletin. Latrobe, Pennsylvania. September 23, 1949. p. 12. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "SVC, Indiana Open Season Here Tonight (continued)". Latrobe Bulletin. Latrobe, Pennsylvania. September 23, 1949. p. 13. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "St. Vincent Rolls Over Indiana Teachers, 26-0". Latrobe Bulletin. Latrobe, Pennsylvania. September 24, 1949. p. 9. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "St. Vincent Rolls Over Indiana Tchrs (continued)". Latrobe Bulletin. Latrobe, Pennsylvania. September 24, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "St. Vincent Ends Season Unbeaten". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 21, 1949. p. 9, part 3. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .