1949 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 5–4 record and was outscored by a total of 225 to 156.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Texas
L 0–54 12,000 [2]
October 1Rutgers
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–710,000 [3]
October 7at Syracuse
W 27–1420,000 [4]
October 14Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–1915,000 [5]
October 21Rhode Island State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 47–615,000 [6]
October 29at No. 12 Michigan State
L 14–6235,003 [7]
November 5at No. 18 Boston University
L 7–2814,087 [8]
November 12Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–2818,000 [9]
November 19at Holy Cross
W 20–75,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1949 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Wilbur (September 25, 1949). "Longhorns Maul Temple, 54-0!". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. sect. 2, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Littlehales, Hank (October 2, 1949). "Temple's Air Attack Upsets Rutgers, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Reddy, Bill (October 8, 1949). "Temple Romps over Syracuse, 27 to 14, Before 20,000 Fans". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 15, 1949). "Temple Trips Bucknell, 20-19, on Late Rally". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 22, 1949). "Temple Victor, 47-6, over Rhode Island St". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Segreti, James (October 30, 1949). "Spartans Roll Up 62-14 Victory over Temple". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Ill. sect. 2, p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Nason, Jerry (November 6, 1949). "B.U. Sputters to Unimpressive Win over Temple, 28-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (November 13, 1949). "Penn State's Power Turns Back Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Keane, Clif (November 20, 1949). "Temple Beats H.C., 20-7, for Crusaders' 8th Defeat". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
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