1950 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1950 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southeastern Conference
1950 record5–6 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Bobby Dodd (6th season)
CaptainBob Bossons
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Kentucky $5–1–0  11–1–0
No. 4 Tennessee 4–1–0  11–1–0
No. 16 Alabama 6–2–0  9–2–0
No. 20 Tulane 3–1–1  6–2–1
Georgia Tech 4–2–0  5–6–0
Georgia 3–2–1  6–3–3
Mississippi State 3–4–0  4–5–0
Vanderbilt 3–4–0  7–4–0
LSU 2–3–2  4–5–2
Florida 2–4–0  5–5–0
Ole Miss 1–5–0  5–5–0
Auburn 0–7–0  0–10–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1950 college football season. [1]

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football College Football Bowl Subdivision team; member of Atlantic Coast Conference

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the sport of American football. The Yellow Jackets team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Georgia Tech has fielded a football team since 1892 and, as of 2017, has an all-time record of 735–502-43. The Yellow Jackets play in Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field in Atlanta, which has a capacity of 55,000.

The 1950 college football season finished with the unbeaten and untied Oklahoma Sooners (9–0) being the consensus choice for national champion. On New Year's Day, however, the Sooners were upset by the Kentucky Wildcats in the Sugar Bowl. The Army Cadets, ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll, had been defeated in its final regular season game by 2–6 Navy, 14–2. However, the final poll had been issued on November 27, and the bowl games had no effect on Oklahoma's status as the No. 1 team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23at No. 10 SMU *
L 13–3354,000 [2]
September 30 South Carolina *
L 0–725,000
October 7 Florida
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 16–1325,000
October 14at LSU
W 13–042,000
October 21 Auburn
W 20–030,000
October 28No. 4 Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 14–2835,000
November 4at Duke *
L 21–3030,000
November 11 VMI *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 13–1422,000
November 18 Alabama
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 19–5438,000
November 25 Davidson *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 46–1420,000
December 2at Georgia
W 7–050,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "1950 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. ↑ Bisher, Furman (September 25, 1950). "Georgia Tech Sweated Blood Without a Competent Passer". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 9.
  3. ↑ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 170.


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