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1950 Alabama

9–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Drew, finished No. 16 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1950, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 27–0; won at Tulane 26–14; lost vs. Vanderbilt 22–27; won vs. Furman 34–6; lost at No. 18 Tennessee 9–14; won vs. Mississippi State 14–7; won vs. Georgia 14–7; won vs. Southern Miss 53–0; won at Georgia Tech 54–19; won at Florida 41–13; won vs. Auburn 34–0+53−5Won 27–0 vs. Chattanooga+27ChattanoogaWon 26–14 at Tulane+12TulaneLost 22–27 vs. Vanderbilt-5VanderbiltWon 34–6 vs. Furman+28FurmanLost 9–14 at No. 18 Tennessee-5No. 18 TennesseeWon 14–7 vs. Mississippi State+7Mississippi Sta…Won 14–7 vs. Georgia+7GeorgiaWon 53–0 vs. Southern Miss+53Southern MissWon 54–19 at Georgia Tech+35Georgia TechWon 41–13 at Florida+28FloridaWon 34–0 vs. Auburn+34Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsChattanoogaW 27–⁠087%
Sep 30atTulaneW 26–⁠1440%
Oct 7vsVanderbiltL 22–⁠2766%
Oct 13vsFurmanW 34–⁠685%
Oct 21at18TennesseeL 9–⁠1441%
Oct 28vsMississippi StateW 14–⁠778%
Nov 4vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠759%
Nov 11vsSouthern MissW 53–⁠096%
Nov 18atGeorgia TechW 54–⁠1955%
Nov 25atFloridaW 41–⁠1366%
Dec 2vsAuburnW 34–⁠091%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 34–⁠0; No. 16 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 12
  2. Wk 9: 17
  3. Final: 16

Led the nationBobby Marlow: yards per carry (7.5)

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 16 peak No. 12
Points
328–⁠107
Coach
Red Drew
Elo
1671 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.8 No. 10 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mike Mizerany

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 1Butch Avinger FBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Ed Salem BWashington Redskins
Rd 6Herb Hannah OTNew York Giants

All-SEC

4 first team

First team

  • Al LaryEUP-1
  • Mike MizeranyOGAP-1; UP-1
  • Pat O’SullivanCAP-1; UP-2
  • Ed SalemRBAP-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kentucky5–⁠111–⁠17
Tennessee4–⁠111–⁠14
Alabama6–⁠29–⁠216
Tulane3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠120
Georgia Tech4–⁠25–⁠6
Georgia3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠47–⁠4
Mississippi State3–⁠44–⁠5
LSU2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Florida2–⁠45–⁠5
Ole Miss1–⁠55–⁠5
Auburn0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.