1950 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1950 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
1950 record6–2–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDennis Doyle, George Maddux
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
(capacity: 80,735)
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 Southeastern Conference 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 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1950 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 6–2–1 and a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, placing fourth in the SEC.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Alabama
L 14–2645,000 [1]
October 7 Louisiana College *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 64–0
October 14No. 10 Notre Dame *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 9–1373,159
October 21 Ole Miss
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 27–20
October 28at Auburn
W 28–0
November 11at Navy *
W 27–020,000 [2]
November 18 Virginia *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 42–18
November 25 Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 35–6
December 2 LSU
T 14–14
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1951 NFL Draft was held on January 18–19, 1951. The following Green Wave players were selected. [3]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL club
218 Don Joyce Defensive end Chicago Cardinals
338 Jerry Helluin Defensive tackle Cleveland Browns
448 George Kinek End Los Angeles Rams
674 Dan Rogas Guard Cleveland Browns
784 Paul Lea Defensive tackle Chicago Bears
9104Denny DoyleGuard Philadelphia Eagles
15172Joe Ernst Back Green Bay Packers
17202 Hal Waggoner BackPhiladelphia Eagles
30359Joe ShinnEnd New York Yanks

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References

  1. ↑ Watkins, Ed (October 1, 1950). "Bama barrage buries Wave 26 to 14". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 8. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ Brown, George (November 12, 1950). "Joe Ernst Passes Tulane to 27-0 Win Over Navy". The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. p. 38. Retrieved July 11, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
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