1950 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

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1950 Southern Illinois Maroons football
Conference Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record3–5–1 (1–3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois State Normal $ 5 0 17 1 2
Western Illinois 4 1 07 1 0
Central Michigan 2 2 06 4 0
Eastern Illinois 2 2 05 3 0
Northern Illinois State 2 4 03 6 0
Southern Illinois 1 3 13 5 1
Michigan State Normal 0 4 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1950 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1950 college football season. Under first-year head coach Bill Waller, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. [1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Hanover (IN) * Hanover, IN W 13–7 [2]
September 30 Southeast Missouri State *L 0–10 [3]
October 7 Indiana State *
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 20–0 [4]
October 14at Northern Illinois State
L 20–446,000 [5]
October 21 Illinois State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
T 14–14 [6]
October 28at Arkansas State *
L 0–46 [7]
November 4at Eastern Illinois
L 7–21 [8]
November 10 Michigan State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 44–132,500 [9]
November 18 Western Illinois
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 7–25 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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