1950 Utah Redskins football team

The 1950 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jack Curtice, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 3–4–3 with a mark of 1–2–2 against conference opponents, winning placing fourth in the Skyline. Utah played home games on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

1950 Skyline Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	vs. Idaho*	old Bronco Stadium Boise, IdD	L 19–26	12,500	^[1]^[2]
September 30	Arizona*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 27–14
October 7	at BYU	Old Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	T 28–28
October 13	at Denver	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	T 14–14	11,754	^[3]
October 21	Wyoming	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 13–53	22,325	^[4]
October 28	Colorado*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	T 20–20	11,000
November 4	Kansas*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 26–39	13,000
November 11	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 7–32
November 23	Utah State	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 46–0
December 16	at Hawaii*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 40–28	7,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Utah had one player selected in the 1951 NFL draft.^[7]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL team
Dave Cunningham	Back	23	275	New York Yanks

^ "Vandals squeak past Utah 26-19 in gridiron opener". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1950. p. 8.
^ Chipman, Dee (September 24, 1950). "Utes rate cheers despite loss". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C-1.
^ John Mooney (October 14, 1950). "Pioneer, Redskin Crews Battle to 14-All Deadlock". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill Clegg (October 22, 1950). "Cowboys Wreck Ute Homecoming With 53-13 Rout". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2010 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah Athletics. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1950". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.