1950 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1950 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–4 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mississippi Southern $ 3 1 0 5 5 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 5 4 1
Louisiana College 2 2 0 5 5 0
Northwestern State 2 3 0 6 4 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 3 0 6 4 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 3 0 5 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their first year under head coach A. L. Swanson, the team compiled a 5–4 record.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23East Texas Baptist*W 25–0
September 30Southeastern Louisiana
W 6–0
October 7Troy State*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 40–14[3]
October 14at Mississippi SouthernL 0–6[4]
October 21at Memphis State*L 0–20
October 28Stephen F. Austin*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 20–13
November 4Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
W 41–13[5]
November 11at Louisiana CollegePineville, LAL 20–22
November 18at Northwestern State
L 7–12
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1951. pp. 86–95. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bulldogs take Troy by 40 to 14". The Daily Advertiser. October 8, 1950. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bulldogs fall to Southern team". The Daily Advertiser. October 15, 1950. Retrieved March 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bulldog win puts GSC race in three-way tie". The Daily Advertiser. November 6, 1950. Retrieved June 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.