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1950 Purdue

2–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Stuart Holcomb.

Schedule and results

Purdue in 1950, game by game: lost at No. 5 Texas 26–34; won at No. 1 Notre Dame 28–14; lost vs. Miami 14–20; lost at Iowa 21–33; lost vs. No. 18 UCLA 6–20; lost at No. 20 Wisconsin 7–33; lost vs. Northwestern 14–19; lost at Minnesota 14–27; won vs. Indiana 13–0+14−26Lost 26–34 at No. 5 Texas-8No. 5 TexasWon 28–14 at No. 1 Notre Dame+14No. 1 Notre DameLost 14–20 vs. Miami-6MiamiLost 21–33 at Iowa-12IowaLost 6–20 vs. No. 18 UCLA-14No. 18 UCLALost 7–33 at No. 20 Wisconsin-26No. 20 WisconsinLost 14–19 vs. Northwestern-5NorthwesternLost 14–27 at Minnesota-13MinnesotaWon 13–0 vs. Indiana+13Indiana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30at5TexasL 26–⁠3424%
Oct 7at1Notre DameW 28–⁠1416%
Oct 14vsMiamiL 14–⁠2061%
Oct 21atIowaL 21–⁠3352%
Oct 28vs18UCLAL 6–⁠2049%
Nov 4at20WisconsinL 7–⁠3330%
Nov 11vsNorthwesternL 14–⁠1944%
Nov 18atMinnesotaL 14–⁠2739%
Nov 25vsIndianaW 13–⁠051%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Indiana 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 9

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 1950.

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 8th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
143–⁠200
Coach
Stuart Holcomb
Elo
1440 −63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.8 No. 54 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Beletic and John Kerestes
Most valuable player
James Janosek

Drafted in 1951

The 1951 draft
Rd 4Bear French OTPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • Leo SugarEAP-2; UP-2

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

1950 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan4–⁠1–⁠16–⁠3–⁠19
Wisconsin5–⁠26–⁠3
Ohio State5–⁠26–⁠314
Illinois4–⁠27–⁠213
Northwestern3–⁠36–⁠3
Iowa2–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Purdue1–⁠42–⁠7

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