1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

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1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football
Border champion
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceBorder Conference
1950 record10–1 (6–0 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuffalo Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Border Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Arizona State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Texas Western 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 10–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, defeated Cincinnati in the 1951 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 386 to 190.[1][2]

The team averaged 35.1 points per game, ranking fourth among 120 major college programs for the 1950 season.[2] The team also averaged 322.9 rushing yards per game, a figure that remains a program record.[3]

The team was led on offense by a trio of quarterback Gene Mayfield and backs Billy Cross and Charles Wright. Mayfield was named to the Associated Press Little All-America team.[4] Cross's 1950 average of 9.21 rushing yards per carry also remains a program record.[3] Wright set a school record (later broken) with 1,203 rushing yards.[5]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Arizona State–FlagstaffCanyon, TXW 52–12
September 23at Arizona
W 34–26
September 30McMurry*Canyon, TXW 41–19
October 7at Texas Tech
W 28–1317,000[6]
October 14New Mexico
W 45–612,000[7]
October 21Sam Houston State*daggerCanyon, TXW 45–6
October 28at Trinity (TX)*San Antonio, TXL 20–27
November 4at Texas Western
W 40–12[8]
November 18at Hardin–SimmonsAbilene, TXW 47–13
November 25at Corpus Christi*Corpus Christi, TXW 26–13
January 1, 1951vs. Cincinnati*
W 14–1315,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Buffalo Football Record Book" (PDF). West Texas A&M University. p. 74. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "1950 West Texas A&M Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 67.
  4. ^ 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 84.
  5. ^ 2018 West Texas A&M Record Book, p. 69.
  6. ^ Kelly, Joe (October 8, 1950). "Buffaloes Roar To 28-13 Win Over Red Raiders: First Loss By Tech To Buffs Since '30". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Kailer, J.D. (October 15, 1950). "West Texas State Smothers New Mexico 45 to 6". Albuquerque Journal. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (November 5, 1950). "West Texas Buffaloes Down Miners, 40-12". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (January 2, 1951). "West Texas Edges Cincinnati, 14-13: 15,000 Fans See Thrilling Sun Bowl Tilt". El Paso Times. p. 1.
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