1950 BYU Cougars football team

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
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
1950 Skyline Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Wyoming $ 5 0 010 0 0
Colorado A&M 4 1 06 3 0
Denver 2 2 13 8 1
Utah 1 2 23 4 3
BYU 1 3 14 5 1
Utah State 0 5 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Idaho State*Pocatello, IDW 14–13
September 23Arizona State*
L 41–13
September 29Pepperdine*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 28–276,500[3]
October 7Utah
T 28–28
October 14at Colorado A&ML 27–14
October 21at DenverL 42–311,000[4]
November 4at Utah StateW 34–13
November 11 No. 14 Wyomingdagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 48–0[5]
November 17at Hawaii*L 7–3912,000[6]
November 25Fort Hood*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 28–4
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1950 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. 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.open access
  4. "DU Crushes 'Y' 42-3". The Sunday Herald. October 22, 1950. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Powerful Cowboys Score at Ease, Blank BYU, 48-0". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 12, 1950. p. B11 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "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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