1949 BYU Cougars football team

1949 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceSkyline Six Conference
Record0–11 (0–5 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Skyline Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Colorado A&M 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Denver 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Utah 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Utah State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
BYU 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1949 college football season In their first season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 0–11 with a mark of 0–5 against confernece opponents, finished last in the Skyline Six , and were outscored by a total of 372 to 105.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Texas Western*
L 6–47[3]
September 23Pacific Fleet*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 13–27
October 1San Jose State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 21–40
October 8at Utah
L 0–38
October 15at Arizona State*
L 21–49
October 22at Denver
L 7–3513,900[4]
October 29at Wyoming
L 0–45[5]
November 5Utah State
L 3–22
November 11Colorado A&M
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 14–16
November 19at Montana*
L 6–25
November 26at Pepperdine*
L 14–288,000[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1949 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Texas Western Trounces B.Y. By 47-6 Count". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 18, 1949. p. 15A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Denver Pioneers Romp to Easy 35-7 Victory Over B. Y. U.; Penalties Stop Worse Beating". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Associated Press. October 23, 1949. p. 13A – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Ben Funk (October 30, 1949). "Title-Chasing Cowpokes Batter Cougars, 45 to 0: Wyoming Scores in Each Period". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pepperdine Wallops Brigham Young, 28-14". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 28, 1949. p. 13. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon


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