1949 Miami (OH)

Only 3 games are on file: 1–⁠2, coached by Woody Hayes. The rest of the schedule isn’t in our source.

Schedule and results

Miami (OH) in 1949, game by game: won at Wichita State 23–6; lost at Virginia 18–21; lost at No. 15 Pittsburgh 26–35+17−9Won 23–6 at Wichita State+17Wichita StateLost 18–21 at Virginia-3VirginiaLost 26–35 at No. 15 Pittsburgh-9No. 15 Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atWichita StateW 23–⁠649%
Oct 1atVirginiaL 18–⁠2139%
Oct 15at15PittsburghL 26–⁠3531%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list six games of Miami (OH)‘s 1949 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 8vsXavierL 19–⁠27Miami (OH)‘s article
Oct 22vsOhioW 26–⁠0Miami (OH)‘s article, Ohio’s article
Oct 29atWestern MichiganW 34–⁠20Miami (OH)‘s article
Nov 5vsWestern ReserveW 46–⁠7Miami (OH)‘s article
Nov 12vsDaytonW 53–⁠20Miami (OH)‘s article
Nov 24atCincinnatiL 5–⁠27Cincinnati’s article, Miami (OH)‘s articleThe two articles’ scores differ (Cincinnati’s gives 27–⁠6).

Led the nationJohn Pont: yards per carry (7.6)

Record
1–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in the Mid-American Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
67–⁠62
Coach
Woody Hayes
Elo
1491 +5 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ernie Plank

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 7Mel Olix BPhiladelphia Eagles