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1950 The Citadel

4–⁠6 (2–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by J. Quinn Decker.

Schedule and results

The Citadel in 1950, game by game: won vs. Parris Island Marines 56–0; lost at Florida 3–7; lost at Miami 0–21; lost vs. Washington and Lee 0–20; won vs. Davidson 19–12; lost at Furman 7–21; won vs. Presbyterian 7–0; lost vs. Virginia 14–34; won vs. South Carolina 19–7; lost at VMI 7–13+56−21Won 56–0 vs. Parris Island Marines+56Parris Island M…Lost 3–7 at Florida-4FloridaLost 0–21 at Miami-21MiamiLost 0–20 vs. Washington and Lee-20Washington and …Won 19–12 vs. Davidson+7DavidsonLost 7–21 at Furman-14FurmanWon 7–0 vs. Presbyterian+7PresbyterianLost 14–34 vs. Virginia-20VirginiaWon 19–7 vs. South Carolina+12South CarolinaLost 7–13 at VMI-6VMI
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsParris Island MarinesW 56–⁠076%
Sep 23atFloridaL 3–⁠732%
Sep 29atMiamiL 0–⁠2129%
Oct 7vsWashington and LeeL 0–⁠2040%
Oct 14vsDavidsonW 19–⁠1257%
Oct 21atFurmanL 7–⁠2144%
Oct 27vsPresbyterianW 7–⁠080%
Nov 4vsVirginiaL 14–⁠3423%
Nov 11vsSouth CarolinaW 19–⁠729%
Nov 18atVMIL 7–⁠1328%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to VMI 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 114 on file).

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠3 11th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠135
Coach
J. Quinn Decker
Elo
1350 −15 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.1 No. 96 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 second team

Second team

  • Jerry DeLucaEAP-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 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington and Lee6–⁠08–⁠318
Clemson3–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠110
VMI5–⁠16–⁠4
Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠2
Maryland4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Duke5–⁠27–⁠3
North Carolina3–⁠2–⁠13–⁠5–⁠2
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠4
NC State4–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
William & Mary3–⁠34–⁠7
The Citadel2–⁠34–⁠6
South Carolina2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠4–⁠2
Furman2–⁠42–⁠8–⁠1
West Virginia1–⁠32–⁠8
Davidson1–⁠53–⁠6
Richmond1–⁠82–⁠8
Virginia Tech0–⁠80–⁠10

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