1949 Xavier Musketeers football team

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1949 Xavier Musketeers football
Salad Bowl champion
Salad Bowl, W 33–21 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record10–1
Head coach
Home stadiumXavier Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Midwestern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   10 – 0 – 0
Ball State   –   8 – 0 – 0
Xavier   –   10 – 1 – 0
Valparaiso   –   8 – 1 – 1
Washington University   –   7 – 2 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace   –   6 – 2 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0
John Carroll   –   6 – 3 – 0
No. 19 Michigan State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Toledo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Youngstown   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bowling Green   –   4 – 5 – 0
Marquette   –   4 – 5 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 4 – 0
Wayne   –   3 – 5 – 0
Indiana State   –   1 – 9 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ed Kluska, the team compiled a 10–1 record, defeated Arizona State in the 1950 Salad Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 110.[1] The team's only loss was to Bear Bryant's 1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team that was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16West Virginia Wesleyan
W 53–0
September 24at DaytonDayton, OHW 21–7
October 2Quantico Marines
  • Xavier Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 29–7
October 8at Miami (OH)
W 27–19
October 16John Carroll
  • Xavier Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 21–7
October 21at Louisville
W 19–7
October 30Dayton
  • Xavier Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 14–0
November 5Kentucky
  • Xavier Stadium
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 7–2116,348[2]
November 12at Cincinnati
W 20–14
November 24at Marshall
W 13–7
January 1, 1950vs. Arizona State
W 33–21

References[]

  1. ^ "1949 - Xavier (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 9, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kentucky power rolls over unbeaten Xavier, 21–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 6, 1949. Retrieved February 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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