1950 Wayne Tartars football team

1950 Wayne Tartars football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Louis F. Zarza (2nd season)

1950 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Valparaiso			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan State			–					8	–	1	–	0
Xavier			–					8	–	1	–	0
John Carroll			–					8	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Wabash			–					4	–	2	–	3
Butler			–					4	–	4	–	1
Notre Dame			–					4	–	4	–	1
Toledo			–					4	–	5	–	0
Bowling Green			–					3	–	4	–	2
Dayton			–					4	–	6	–	0
Youngstown			–					3	–	5	–	0
Ball State			–					2	–	4	–	1
Washington University			–					2	–	7	–	0
Wayne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Indiana State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rose Poly			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. Under second-year head coach Louis F. Zarza, the team compiled a 2–7 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	South Dakota	Detroit, MI	W 19–14	4,000
September 29	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–34	19,257
October 7	Western Illinois	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 20–21	7,767
October 14	at Michigan State Normal	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 26–6	5,000
October 21	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26	5,000
October 28	at Omaha	Omaha, NE	L 13–32
November 4	South Dakota State	Detroit, MI	L 0–40
November 11	at Bradley	Peoria Stadium Peoria, IL	L 29–33
November 18	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 7–56
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