1950 BYU Cougars football team

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1950 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Skyline Conference football standings
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

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]

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
Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT (rivalry
  • )
    W 34–13
    November 11 No. 14 Wyomingdagger
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    L 48–0[5]
    November 17at Hawaii*L 7–3912,000[6]
    November 25
    Fort 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.
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