1950 Bradley Braves football team

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1950 Bradley Braves football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (0–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumPeoria Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951  →
1950 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 19 Tulsa $ 3 –0 –19 –1 –1
Detroit 2 –1 –16 –3 –1
Wichita 3 –2 –05 –4 –1
Drake 1 –2 –16 –2 –1
Oklahoma A&M 1 –2 –14 –6 –1
Bradley 0 –3 –05 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Bradley Braves football team was an American football team that represented Bradley University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1950 college football season. Led by Art Bergstrom in his third and final season as head coach, the Braves compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the MVC.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23 Ripon *
W 33–06,000 [1]
September 30 Adams State *
  • Peoria Stadium
  • Peoria, IL
W 57–0 [2]
October 7at Bowling Green *
L 14–20 [3]
October 142:00 p.m.at Wichita
L 6–3412,006 [4] [5]
October 21 Toledo *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Peoria Stadium
  • Peoria, IL
L 20–32 [6]
October 288:00 p.m. Tulsa
  • Peoria Stadium
  • Peoria, IL
L 7–744,500 [7] [8] [9]
November 41:30 p.m.at Drake
L 14–427,500 [10] [11] [12]
November 11 Wayne *
  • Peoria Stadium
  • Peoria, IL
W 33–29 [13]
November 183:00 p.m.at New Mexico *
W 20–199,000 [14] [15]
November 234:00 p.m.at Cal Poly *
L 35–212,000 [16] [17] [18]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Central time

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