1950 Army Cadets football team

1950 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainDan Foldberg
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1950 college football season. Led by head coach Earl Blaik, the team finished with an 8–1 record. The Cadets offense scored 267 points, while the defense allowed 40 points. Bob Blaik was the starting quarterback.

Tom Lombardo, the captain of the 1944 Army team, was killed in action in Korea.[1] Two weeks before the Army–Navy Game, Johnny Trent, the captain of the 1949 Army team, was killed in action. Trent, and Arnold Galiffa, the starting quarterback of the 1949 Army team, were sent with the Eighth Army to Korea.[2] With President Harry S. Truman in attendance, Navy beat Army by a score of 14–2. It was the first time Navy had beaten Army since 1943.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30ColgateNo. 2
CBS[4]W 28–019,000[5]
October 7Penn StateNo. 4
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
CBSW 41–726,562
October 14vs. No. 18 MichiganNo. 1
CBSW 27–661,472
October 21at HarvardNo. 1
NBCW 49–026,000[6]
October 28at ColumbiaNo. 2
CBSW 34–030,000[7]
November 4at No. 15 PennNo. 2
ABCW 28–1378,000[8]
November 11New MexicoNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 51–0
November 18at StanfordNo. 3
W 7–0
December 2vs. NavyNo. 2
CBSL 2–14103,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1951 NFL Draft

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Al Pollard Back 21 251 New York Yanks
Dan Foldberg End 22 261 Detroit Lions

[9]

References

  1. ^ Maraniss, David. When Pride Still Mattered. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3. p. 113
  2. ^ Maraniss, p. 114
  3. ^ David Maraniss, p. 116
  4. ^ "1950 College Football Season - 506 Archive".
  5. ^ Trost, Ralph (October 1, 1950). "Army Drubs Colgate 28-0, Runs String to 21". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 22, 1950). "Army Overcomes Harvard, 49 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 29, 1950). "Army Beats Columbia; Cadets Score, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Ward, Gene (November 5, 1950). "Army Blunts Penn, 28-13; Filipski Star". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.


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