1950 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1950 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 14–20 vs. Tennessee | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 2 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 9–2 (6–0 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Texas $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1950 college football season.
For the September 30th game against Purdue, Texas chose to wear their White uniforms at home, this would be the last time they would wear white at home for 70 years until October 24, 2020.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 23 | at Texas Tech* | No. 5 | W 28–14 | 19,500 | |
| September 30 | Purdue* | No. 5 | W 34–26 | 40,000 | |
| October 14 | vs. No. 3 Oklahoma* | No. 4 | L 13–14 | 75,346 | |
| October 21 | Arkansas | No. 7 |
| W 19–14 | 40,000 |
| October 28 | at Rice | No. 7 | W 35–7 | 70,000 | |
| November 4 | No. 1 SMU | No. 7 |
| W 23–20 | 65,498 |
| November 11 | at Baylor | No. 5 | W 27–20 | 35,000 | |
| November 18 | at TCU | No. 6 | W 21–7 | 30,000 | |
| November 30 | Texas A&M | No. 3 |
| W 17–0 | 68,000 |
| December 9 | LSU* | No. 3 |
| W 21–6 | 35,000 |
| January 1 | vs. No. 4 Tennessee* | No. 3 |
| L 14–20 | 75,500 |
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Awards and honors
- Bud McFadin, Guard, Cotton Bowl Classic Co-Most Valuable Player
- Bud McFadin, Consensus All-American[2]
References
- ^ Livengood, Paul (December 20, 2020). "Texas Longhorns to wear all-white throwback uniforms vs. Baylor Bears". KVUE Austin.
- ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/DI/2010/Awards.pdf
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