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1949 Drake Bulldogs football team

1949 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Drake 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Wichita 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Tulsa 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Bradley 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Saint Louis 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach Warren Gaer, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–1 against MVC opponents), finished second in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 95.[1] The team played its home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Drake halfback Johnny Bright led the nation in total offense in both 1949 and 1950. See List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders. He was the second African-American athlete to lead the country in this category after Kenny Washington did so in 1939. Bright later played 11 seasons in the Canadian Football League and was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

The 1949 Drake team also set new NCAA major college single season records for most yards penalized (917) and most penalties committed (103), topping Notre Dame's NCAA records of 97 penalties for 843 yards set in 1948.[2] A record was also set for most penalty yards per game, with Drake assessed an average of 101.9 yards per contest — topping the 88.4 yards per game marched off against the 1948 Army team.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17South Dakota State*
W 40–0
September 24Emporia State*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 42–0
October 1at BradleyPeoria, ILW 17–7
October 7South Dakota*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 48–610,000[3]
October 15at Oklahoma A&M
L 0–28
October 22Saint Louis
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 27–14
October 29at Saint Mary's*
T 13–135,700[4]
November 5Iowa State*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 8–21
November 12at WichitaWichita, KSW 7–6\
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1949 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ^ a b H.D. Thoreau (ed.), The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide, 1950. New York: National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, 1950; p. 81.
  3. ^ Leighton Housh (October 8, 1949). "Drake Races Past South Dakota, 48-6". The Des Moines Register. pp. 11, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Bill Dunbar (October 29, 1949). "Gaels Tied: Gaels Come From Behind in Deadlock". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11–12 – via Newspapers.com.