The 1950 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their second season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 1–3–1 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline, and were outscored by a total of 292 to 169.[1][2]
| 1950 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (1–3–1 Skyline Six) |
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| Home stadium | Cougar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Wyoming $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 16 | at Idaho State* | Pocatello, ID | W 14–13 | ||||
| September 23 | Arizona State* |
| L 41–13 | ||||
| September 29 | Pepperdine* |
| W 28–27 | 6,500 | [3] | ||
| October 7 | Utah |
| T 28–28 | ||||
| October 14 | at Colorado A&M | L 27–14 | |||||
| October 21 | at Denver | L 42–3 | 11,000 | [4] | |||
| November 4 | at Utah State | W 34–13 | |||||
| November 11 | No. 14 Wyoming |
| L 48–0 | [5] | |||
| November 17 | at Hawaii* | L 7–39 | 12,000 | [6] | |||
| November 25 | Fort Hood* |
| W 28–4 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "1950 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
- ^ John Mooney (September 30, 1950). "Karpowitz Boots BYU to 28-27 Win Over Pepperdine Waves". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 31. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "DU Crushes 'Y' 42-3". The Sunday Herald. October 22, 1950. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Powerful Cowboys Score at Ease, Blank BYU, 48-0". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 12, 1950. p. B11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pete Wilson Leads UH 39-7 Grid win Over BYU". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. November 18, 1950. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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