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1949 Texas

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Blair Cherry.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1949, game by game: won vs. Texas Tech 43–0; won at Temple 54–0; won vs. Idaho 56–7; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 14–20; won at Arkansas 27–14; lost vs. No. 9 Rice 15–17; lost at No. 11 SMU 6–7; won vs. No. 6 Baylor 20–0; lost vs. TCU 13–14; won at Texas A&M 42–14+54−6Won 43–0 vs. Texas Tech+43Texas TechWon 54–0 at Temple+54TempleWon 56–7 vs. Idaho+49IdahoLost 14–20 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-6No. 3 OklahomaWon 27–14 at Arkansas+13ArkansasLost 15–17 vs. No. 9 Rice-2No. 9 RiceLost 6–7 at No. 11 SMU-1No. 11 SMUWon 20–0 vs. No. 6 Baylor+20No. 6 BaylorLost 13–14 vs. TCU-1TCUWon 42–14 at Texas A&M+28Texas A&M
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsTexas TechW 43–⁠066%
Sep 24atTempleW 54–⁠075%
Oct 1vsIdahoW 56–⁠787%
Oct 8vs3OklahomaL 14–⁠2047%
Oct 15atArkansasW 27–⁠1464%
Oct 22vs9RiceL 15–⁠1766%
Oct 29at11SMUL 6–⁠744%
Nov 5vs6BaylorW 20–⁠057%
Nov 12vsTCUL 13–⁠1476%
Nov 24atTexas A&MW 42–⁠1482%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 42–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 6: 13

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
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
290–⁠93
Coach
Blair Cherry
Elo
1688 +54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.2 No. 5 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 3Randy Clay BNew York Giants
Rd 4Ben H. Procter ELos Angeles Rams

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Rice6–⁠010–⁠15
Baylor4–⁠28–⁠220
TCU3–⁠36–⁠3–⁠1
Texas3–⁠36–⁠4
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1

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