1950 William & Mary Indians football team

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1950 William & Mary Indians football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Captain Vito Ragazzo, Joe Mark
Home stadium Cary Field
Seasons
  1949
1951  
1950 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Washington and Lee $ 6 0 08 3 0
No. 10 Clemson 3 0 19 0 1
VMI 5 1 06 4 0
Wake Forest 6 1 16 1 2
Maryland 4 1 17 2 1
Duke 5 2 07 3 0
North Carolina 3 2 13 5 2
George Washington 4 3 05 4 0
NC State 4 4 15 4 1
William & Mary 3 3 04 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 04 6 0
South Carolina 2 4 13 4 2
Furman 2 4 02 8 1
West Virginia 1 3 02 8 0
Davidson 1 5 03 6 0
Richmond 1 8 02 8 0
VPI 0 8 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1950 college football season. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. VMI L 19–25 [2]
September 30 Cincinnati *W 20–14
October 7 Wake Forest Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cary Field
  • Williamsburg, VA
L 0–4712,000 [3]
October 14at No. 20 Michigan State *L 14–3335,656
October 21at VPI W 54–011,000 [4]
October 28at North Carolina L 7–40
November 41:30 p.m.at Boston University *L 14–163,606 [5] [6]
November 11at Virginia *L 0–13
November 18at Houston *L 18–3625,342 [7] [8]
November 25vs. NC State W 34–0
December 2 Richmond
  • Cary Field
  • Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)
W 40–64,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

YearRoundPickOverallNameTeamPosition
1951 176201Ted Gehlmann Pittsburgh Steelers Tackle

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References

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