1950 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1950 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainDennis Doyle, George Maddux
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 –1 –011 –1 –0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 –1 –011 –1 –0
No. 16 Alabama 6 –2 –09 –2 –0
No. 20 Tulane 3 –1 –16 –2 –1
Georgia Tech 4 –2 –05 –6 –0
Georgia 3 –2 –16 –3 –3
Mississippi State 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –4 –07 –4 –0
LSU 2 –3 –24 –5 –2
Florida 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Ole Miss 1 –5 –05 –5 –0
Auburn 0 –7 –00 –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 [2]
October 14No. 10 Notre Dame *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 9–1373,159 [3]
October 21 Ole Miss
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 27–20 [4]
October 28at Auburn
W 28–0 [5]
November 11at Navy *
W 27–020,000 [6]
November 18 Virginia *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 42–1830,000 [7]
November 25 Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 35–6 [8]
December 2 LSU
T 14–1474,000 [9]
  • *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. [10]

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

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. ↑ "Green Wave topples La. College by 64–0". The Daily Advertiser. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Irish barely regain victory stride by 13–9". Quad-City Times. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tulane uses aerial route to drop Ole Miss, 27–20". Kingsport Times-News. October 22, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tulane takes Tigers, 28–0". The Birmingham News. October 29, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ "Tulane downs Virginia, 42–18". The Tampa Tribune. November 19, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ernst's passes rout Vanderbilt". The Commercial Appeal. November 26, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Spirited Tigers tie Green Wave, 14–14". The Shreveport Times. December 3, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
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