| 1949 Wayne State Wildcats football | |
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NCC champion | |
| Conference | Nebraska College Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (8–0 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Wayne Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wayne State (NE) $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chadron State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doane | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kearney State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hastings | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska Wesleyan | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peru State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| York (NE) | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Midland | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Wayne State Wildcats football team represented Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne (later renamed Wayne State College) as a member of the Nebraska College Conference (NCC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jack Wink, the Wildcats compiled a perfect 9–0 record (8–0 against NCC opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 67, and won the NCC championship. [1]
Wink was hired as the team's head coach in late July 1949. He previously played at quarterback for the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team and the 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team, both of which were ranked No. 3 in the final AP Polls. [2]
The team played its home games at the new Wayne Memorial Stadium in Wayne, Nebraska. The new concrete stadium was dedicated by Governor Val Peterson on September 9, 1949. [3] [4] [5]
The 1949 team was the first, and remains the only, Wayne State team to compile a perfect season in more than 100 years of the program's history. (The 1931 team was also undefeated but had a tie on its record.) [6]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 9 | Westmar * |
| W 33–0 | [7] [8] | ||
| September 17 | Hastings |
| W 20–6 | [9] [10] | ||
| September 23 | at Midland | Fremont, NE | W 37–7 | [11] [12] [13] | ||
| October 1 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| W 20–13 | [14] [15] | ||
| October 8 | Peru State |
| W 28–6 | [16] [17] [18] | ||
| October 14 | at York (NE) | York, NE | W 26–14 | [19] [20] [21] | ||
| October 22 | Chadron State  |
| W 14–6 | [22] | ||
| October 28 | at Kearney State | Kearney, NE | W 20–2 | [23] | ||
| November 4 | at Doane | Crete, NE | W 20–13 | [24] | ||
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