1950 NYU Violets football team

The 1950 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.

1950 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNone
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall  900
No. 6 Princeton  900
St. Lawrence  800
Thiel  700
No. 2 Army  810
Fordham  810
Carnegie Tech  710
Drexel  610
Cornell  720
Bucknell  630
Penn  630
Yale  630
Buffalo  530
Colgate  530
Penn State  531
Syracuse  550
Temple  441
Tufts  441
Columbia  450
Villanova  450
Holy Cross  451
Dartmouth  351
Boston University  350
Duquesne  261
Hofstra  260
NYU  151
CCNY  170
Harvard  170
Brown  180
Pittsburgh  180
Boston College  091
Rankings from AP Poll

In their first season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–5–1 record, and were outscored 157–88.[1]

The team played one game in Manhattan, against crosstown rival Fordham at the Polo Grounds. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7 at Merchant Marine
T 6–6 4,500 [2]
October 14 at BrooklynW 55–0 13,000 [3]
October 21 at RutgersL 0–42 10,000 [4]
October 28 at Connecticut
L 7–14 8,000 [5]
November 4 at BucknellL 7–41 3,000 [6]
November 11 at Boston UniversityL 13–41 3,724 [7]
November 25 vs. FordhamL 0–13 1,500 [8]

References