1949 College Football Season

NATIONAL CHAMPION

AP TITLE
CHAMPIONNotre Dame10–0 overall
HEISMANLeon HartNotre Dame · End
#1 PICKLeon HartNotre Dame · Detroit Lions, 1950 draft

MAJOR BOWL RESULTS

3 BOWL GAMES
DATEBOWLRESULT
Jan 2, 1950Rose BowlOhio State 17, California 14
Jan 2, 1950Sugar BowlOklahoma 35, LSU 0
Jan 2, 1950Cotton BowlRice 27, North Carolina 13

1949 STANDINGS

10 CONFERENCES + INDEPENDENTS

BIG 7

Oklahoma finished atop the 1949 Big 7 standings at 5–0 in conference play (10–0 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Oklahoma5–010–0OU 35–0 LSU
Missouri5–17–4MD 20–7 MIZ
Iowa State3–35–3–1–
Nebraska3–34–5–
Kansas2–44–5–
Colorado1–43–7–
Kansas State1–52–8–

BORDER INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Texas Tech finished atop the 1949 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association standings at 5–0 in conference play (7–5 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Texas Tech5–07–5–
UTEP4–28–2–1UTEP 33–20 GTWN
Arizona State4–16–1–
Arizona2–42–6–1–
New Mexico1–62–8–
New Mexico State1–42–6–

MAC

Cincinnati finished atop the 1949 MAC standings at 2–2.

TEAMCONFOVERALL
Cincinnati0–02–2
Ohio0–01–0
Miami (OH)0–00–2

OVC

Marshall finished atop the 1949 OVC standings at 0–1.

TEAMCONFOVERALL
Marshall0–00–1

PACIFIC COAST

California finished atop the 1949 Pacific Coast standings at 7–0 in conference play (8–1 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
California7–08–1OSU 17–14 CAL
Oregon State5–37–3–
UCLA5–26–2–
Stanford4–27–3–
USC4–25–3–1–
Washington State2–63–6–
Washington2–53–7–
Oregon2–53–6–

SEC

Tulane finished atop the 1949 SEC standings at 5–1 in conference play (7–2–1 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Tulane5–17–2–1–
Georgia Tech5–27–3–
Kentucky4–18–2–
LSU4–28–3OU 35–0 LSU
Tennessee4–1–17–2–1–
Alabama4–3–16–3–1–
Vanderbilt4–45–5–
Ole Miss2–44–5–1–
Auburn2–4–22–4–3–
Florida1–4–14–5–1–
Georgia1–4–14–6–1–
Mississippi State0–60–8–1–

SKYLINE

Wyoming finished atop the 1949 Skyline standings at 5–0 in conference play (8–1 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Wyoming5–08–1–
Colorado State4–17–1–
Utah2–32–5–1–
Utah State1–32–7–
BYU0–50–8–

SOUTHERN

North Carolina finished atop the 1949 Southern standings at 5–0 in conference play (7–4 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
North Carolina5–07–4RICE 27–13 UNC
Maryland4–07–1MD 20–7 MIZ
Duke4–25–3–
Wake Forest3–34–6–
South Carolina3–33–6–
NC State3–63–7–
Clemson2–24–4–2–
Virginia Tech1–5–21–5–2–

SOUTHWEST

Rice finished atop the 1949 Southwest standings at 6–0 in conference play (10–1 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Rice6–010–1RICE 27–13 UNC
Baylor4–28–2–
TCU3–36–3–1–
Texas3–36–4–
SMU2–3–15–4–1–
Arkansas2–45–5–
Texas A&M0–5–11–8–1–

WESTERN

Minnesota finished atop the 1949 Western standings at 4–2 in conference play (7–2 overall).

TEAMCONFOVERALLBOWL
Minnesota4–27–2–
Ohio State4–1–17–1–2OSU 17–14 CAL
Michigan4–1–16–2–1–
Wisconsin3–2–14–3–1–
Iowa3–34–5–
Northwestern3–44–5–
Illinois3–3–13–4–2–
Purdue2–43–5–
Indiana0–61–8–

INDEPENDENTS

Notre Dame finished atop the 1949 independents at 10–0.

TEAMOVERALLBOWL
Notre Dame10–0–
Army9–0–
Pittsburgh6–3–
Virginia6–2–
Temple5–3–
Penn State5–4–
Michigan State5–3–
Rutgers5–3–
Miami4–3–
Syracuse4–4–
Boston College4–4–1–
Navy3–5–1–
Nevada3–1–
Tulsa3–3–1–
Delaware2–0–
West Virginia2–5–1–
Houston2–2–1–
San José State2–1–
Oklahoma State2–3–2–
San Diego State1–0–
Memphis1–1–
North Texas1–3–
Southern Miss0–2–
Louisville0–1–
Hawai'i0–2–
Buffalo0–1–
Fresno State0–1–
UConn0–1–
Louisiana0–1–

OTHER POSTSEASON RESULTS

2 GAMES
DATEBOWLRESULT
Jan 2, 1950Postseason gameUTEP 33, Georgetown 20
Jan 2, 1950Postseason gameMaryland 20, Missouri 7