1940 Eastern Washington Savages football | |
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Conference | Evergreen Conference |
Record | 7–2 (5–1 Evergreen) |
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Home stadium | Woodward Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Puget Sound + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Washington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific Lutheran | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Whitworth | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Washington | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Martin's | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Eastern Washington Savages football team represented Eastern Washington College of Education—now known as Eastern Washington University—as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coac Abe Poffenroth, the Savages compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Evergreen title with Puget Sound.[1] Eastern Washington played home games at Woodward Field in Cheney, Washington.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | Montana State* |
| W 29–6 | 8,000 | [2][3] |
October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | Western Washington |
| W 13–6 | 4,000 | [4][5] |
October 8 | 8:00 p.m. | at Puget Sound |
| L 7–13 | [6][7][8] | |
October 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Whitworth |
| W 27–20 | 5,000 | [9][10] |
October 22 | 8:00 p.m. | Pacific Lutheran |
| W 21–6 | 3,500 | [11][12] |
October 29 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Washington![]() |
| W 20–0 | 7,500 | [13][14] |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at Montana* | L 6–19 | [15][16] | ||
November 12 | at Northern Idaho* | Lewiston, ID | W 14–6 | [17] | ||
November 19 | 8:00 p.m. | at Saint Martin's |
| W 37–20 | [18][19][20] | |
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