1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

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1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football
Border champion
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Cincinnati
Conference Border Conference
Record10–1 (6–0 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumAmarillo Stadium, Buffalo Stadium
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Texas State $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Arizona State 4 –1 –09 –2 –0
Texas Western 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Texas Tech 3 –2 –03 –8 –0
Hardin–Simmons 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Arizona 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
New Mexico 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
New Mexico A&M 1 –4 –02 –7 –0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 –4 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 10–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, defeated Cincinnati in the 1951 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 386 to 190. [1] [2]

The team averaged 35.1 points per game, ranking fourth among 120 major college programs for the 1950 season. [2] The team also averaged 322.9 rushing yards per game, a figure that remains a program record. [3]

The team was led on offense by a trio of quarterback Gene Mayfield and backs Billy Cross and Charles Wright. Mayfield was named to the Associated Press Little All-America team. [4] Cross's 1950 average of 9.21 rushing yards per carry also remains a program record. [3] Wright set a school record (later broken) with 1,203 rushing yards. [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 Arizona State–Flagstaff Canyon, TX W 52–12
September 23at Arizona
W 34–26
September 30 McMurry *Canyon, TXW 41–19
October 7at Texas Tech
W 28–1317,000 [6]
October 14 New Mexico
W 45–612,000 [7]
October 21 Sam Houston State *Dagger-14-plain.pngCanyon, TXW 45–6 [8]
October 28at Trinity (TX) * San Antonio, TX L 20–27
November 4at Texas Western
W 40–12 [9]
November 18at Hardin–Simmons Abilene, TX W 47–13
November 25at Corpus Christi * Corpus Christi, TX W 26–13
January 1, 1951vs. Cincinnati *
W 14–1315,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "2018 Buffalo Football Record Book" (PDF). West Texas A&M University. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "1950 West Texas A&M Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. 1 2 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 67.
  4. ↑ 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 84.
  5. ↑ 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 69.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Joe (October 8, 1950). "Buffaloes Roar To 28-13 Win Over Red Raiders: First Loss By Tech To Buffs Since '30". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Kailer, J.D. (October 15, 1950). "West Texas State Smothers New Mexico 45 to 6". Albuquerque Journal. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "West Texas tramples Sam Houston". The El Paso Times. October 22, 1950. Retrieved December 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (November 5, 1950). "West Texas Buffaloes Down Miners, 40-12". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (January 2, 1951). "West Texas Edges Cincinnati, 14-13: 15,000 Fans See Thrilling Sun Bowl Tilt". El Paso Times. p. 1.
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