1949 Purdue
4–5 (2–4 Western Conference), coached by Stuart Holcomb. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 7 Minnesota 13–7Oct 29
Minnesota was ranked No. 7, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | at Northwestern | L 6–20 | 29% |
| Oct 1 | vs Iowa | L 7–21 | 61% |
| Oct 8 | vs 2Notre Dame | L 12–35 | 22% |
| Oct 14 | at Miami | W 14–0 | 39% |
| Oct 22 | vs Illinois | L 0–19 | 53% |
| Oct 29 | at 7Minnesota | W 13–7 | 16% |
| Nov 5 | at 5Michigan | L 12–20 | 15% |
| Nov 12 | vsMarquette | W 41–7 | 63% |
| Nov 19 | at Indiana | W 14–6 | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Indiana 14–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1949.
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 2–4 8th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 119–135
- Coach
- Stuart Holcomb
- Elo
- 1505 +16 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.0 No. 28 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Angelo Carnaghi
- Most valuable player
- Lou Karras
Drafted in 1950
The 1950 draft| Rd 3 | Lou Karras OT | Washington Redskins |
| Rd 4 | Earl Murray OG | Baltimore Colts |
| Rd 6 | Ken Gorgal B | Cleveland Browns |
All-Big Nine
2 second teamSecond team
Lou KarrasOTAP-2- John KerestesFBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ohio State | 4–1–1 | 7–1–2 | 6 |
| Michigan | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 7–2 | 8 |
 Wisconsin | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Iowa | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Illinois | 3–3–1 | 3–4–2 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Purdue | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
| Indiana | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.