1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Salad Bowl, L 21–33 vs. Xavier
Conference Border Conference
Record7–3 (4–1 Border)
Head coach
Captain Cecil Coleman
Home stadium Goodwin Stadium
Seasons
←  1948
1950  →
1949 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 5 –0 –07 –5 –0
Arizona State 4 –1 –07 –3 –0
Texas Western 4 –2 –08 –2 –1
Hardin–Simmons 4 –2 –06 –4 –1
West Texas State 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Arizona 2 –4 –02 –7 –1
New Mexico A&M 1 –4 –04 –6 –0
New Mexico 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 –3 –01 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Arizona State Sun Devils college football team season was an American college football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ed Doherty, the Sun Devils compiled a 7–3 record (4–1 against Border opponents), lost to Xavier in the Salad Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 342 to 204. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Pepperdine *
W 33–13 [3]
October 1 Hardin–Simmons
L 13–34 [4]
October 8 Arizona State–Flagstaff
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 62–610,000 [5]
October 15 BYU *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 49–21 [6]
October 29at New Mexico
W 28–199,000 [7]
November 5 New Mexico A&M
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 68–3213,500 [8]
November 12 Arizona
W 34–718,000 [9]
November 26 Loyola (CA) *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
L 7–2713,000 [10]
December 3 Utah State *
  • Goodwin Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 27–12 [11]
January 2, 1950vs. Xavier *
L 21–3318,500 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1949 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 120. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Arizona State dumps Pepperdine, 33 to 13". The Fresno Bee. September 25, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "H–SU takes first loop victory". The El Paso Times. October 2, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Devils raps Axmen". The Arizona Republic. October 9, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Arizona State trims B.Y.U. by 49–21 score". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 16, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Lobos lose to Tempe". Santa Fe New Mexican. October 30, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tempe pastes Aggies, 68 to 32 in easy battle". The Arizona Daily Star. November 6, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Sun Devils punish Arizona, 34–7". The Arizona Republic. November 13, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Jack Geyer (November 27, 1949). "Lions Rap Tempe for 27-7 Victory". Los Angeles Times. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Arizona State captures 27–12 grid contest from Utah Ags". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 4, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Muskies defeat Sun Devils, 33–21, in Salad Bowl". The Arizona Republic. January 3, 1950. Retrieved May 18, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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