1950 Maine Black Bears football team

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1950 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1950 record5–1–1 (3–1 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainPeter Pocius Jr.
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 4 0 0 8 0 0
Maine 3 1 0 5 1 1
Rhode Island State 2 2 0 3 5 0
UMass 1 1 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 3 0 2 5 0
Connecticut 0 3 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled a 5–1–1 record (3–1 against conference opponents). The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Peter Pocius Jr. was the team captain.[1]

In February 1951, coach Nelson resigned his post as Maine's head football coach to become head football coach and athletic director at the University of Delaware.[2] Nelson was the head coach at Delaware for 15 years and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30at Rhode Island StateW 13–0
October 7at VermontW 15–7[4]
October 14New Hampshire
L 0–19
October 21at Connecticut
W 16–7
October 28Bates*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 19–6
November 4Colby*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 26–7
November 11at Bowdoin*T 6–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nelson Leaves Maine To Coach At Delaware". Caledonian-Record. February 24, 1951. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "David Nelson". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Wildcats next Maine grid opponent". The Bangor Daily News. October 9, 1950. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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