1949 East Los Angeles Huskies football team

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1949
East Los Angeles Huskies football
Metropolitan champion
ConferenceMetropolitan Conference
Record10–0 (4–0 Metropolitan)
Head coach (4th season)
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Metropolitan Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Los Angeles $ 4 0 0 10 0 0
San Diego Junior College
3 1 0 8 2 0
El Camino
2 2 0 7 3 0
Bakersfield
1 3 0 3 6 1
Santa Monica
0 4 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 East Los Angeles Huskies football team was an

East Los Angeles Junior College as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1949 junior college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Al Hunt
, the Huskies compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Metropolitan Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 253 to 110.

Despite being the only undefeated and untied football team in Southern California,[1] and being ranked No. 5 in the Williamson ratings for small colleges, the Huskies finished second in the voting to represent the west in the Junior Rose Bowl and declined an invitation to play in the Gold Dust Bowl.[2] One official stated, "East Los Angeles retires from the Metropolitan Conference football season undefeated, untied, unwanted and uninvited."[3]

East Los Angeles freshman end Bill Hattig was selected as a first-team players on the 1949 All-Southern California junior college football team. Three East Los Angeles players were named to the second team: backs Ed Sherrill and Jimmy Dyer and center Nick Sadd.[4]

Four East Los Angeles players were selected as first-team players on the 1949 All-Metropolitan Conference football team: quarterback Bob Sherrill; end Bill Hattig; center Nick Sadd; and back Skippy Dyer. End Bob Hughes and guard Penington were named to the second team. Sadd received the honor for the second consecutive year.[5][6][7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at
Glendale (CA)*
W 19–12[8]
September 23at
Chaffey*
Ontario, CAW 27–19[9]
September 29at
San Bernardino*
W 24–76,000[10]
October 7vs.
Los Angeles City*
W 19–14[11]
October 14at
Santa Monica
Santa Monica, CAW 26–7[12]
October 22at
Oceanside-Carlsbad
*
Oceanside, CAW 19–7
November 4vs.
City College of San Francisco*
W 53–6[13]
November 11at
Bakersfield
W 33–18[14]
November 17at
San Diego Junior College
San Diego, CAW 27–20[15]
November 25at
El Camino
W 6–08,500[16]
  • *Non-conference game

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