1950 NYU Violets football team

1950 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNone
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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.

In their first season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–5–1 record, and were outscored 157–88.

The team played one game in Manhattan, against crosstown rival Fordham at the Polo Grounds. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 at Merchant Marine
T 6–6 4,500
October 14 at Brooklyn
W 55–0 13,000
October 21 at Rutgers
L 0–42 10,000
October 28 at Connecticut
L 7–14 8,000
November 4 at Bucknell
L 7–41 3,000
November 11 at Boston University
L 13–41 3,724
November 25 vs. Fordham
L 0–13 1,500

References

  1. ^ "1950 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Frantic Violets Tie Point, 6-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. October 8, 1950. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 15, 1950). "N.Y.U. Overcomes Brooklyn, 55 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Burns, Joe (October 22, 1950). "10,000 See Violet Lose to Scarlet". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Griffith, Owen (October 29, 1950). "Huskies Win over Violets by 14-7 Score". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bucknell Overpowers Violets in Mud, 41-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 5, 1950. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hurwitz, Hy (November 12, 1950). "B.U. Runs Wild over N.Y.U., 41-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McCulley, Jim (November 26, 1950). "Rams Blank NYU, 13-0; Only 1,500 Watch Game". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 114 – via Newspapers.com.