1950 college football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1950 Notre Dame 9 Oklahoma (AP, Coaches) Vic Janowicz (halfback, Ohio State) The 1950 college football season was the 82nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. It concluded with four teams having a claim to the national championship: Oklahoma finished the regular season undefeated (9–0) and was recognized as the national champion in the final Associated Press (AP) poll and the final United Press (UP) coaches poll. However, the Sooners lost to Kentucky in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The final polls were issued prior to the bowl games, leaving intact Oklahoma's claim as AP and UP national champion. Tennessee compiled an 11–1 record including a victory over No. 3 Texas in the Cotton Bowl. The Volunteers were ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll but have been recognized as the 1950 national champion by the Billingsley Report, DeVold System, Dunkel System, College Football Researchers Association, and National Championship Foundation. Princeton compiled a perfect 9–0 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. The Tigers have been recognized as the national champions by the Poling System and Boand System. Princeton coach Charlie Caldwell won the AFCA Coach of the Year Award. Kentucky, coached by Bear Bryant, compiled an 11–1 record and defeated Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. Kentucky claims the 1950 national championship based on its No. 1 ranking in computer rankings released in 1990 by Jeff Sagarin. Kentucky quarterback Babe Parilli tallied 1,627 passing yards and finished fourth in voting for the 1950 Heisman Trophy. Florida A&M (8–1–1) and Southern (10–0–1) were each recognized as black college national champions by at least one selector. In addition to Princeton, 16 other teams finished the season undefeated and untied, including Abilene Christian (11–0, Texas Conference and Refrigerator Bowl champion), Wyoming (10–0, AP No. 12 and Gator Bowl champion), Morris Harvey (10–0, Tangerine Bowl champion), Lehigh (9–0, Middle Three champion), Florida State (8–0, Dixie Conference champion), New Hampshire (8–0, Yankee Conference champion), and Maryland State (8–0 Furniture Bowl champion). Ohio State halfback Vic Janowicz won the Heisman Trophy, and Penn halfback Reds Bagnell won the Maxwell Award. Individual statistical leaders in major college football included Johnny Bright of Drake (2,400 yards of total offense), Don Heinrich of Washington (1,846 passing yards), Wilford White of Arizona State (1,501 rushing yards), and Bobby Reynolds of Nebraska (157 points scored). Conference and program changes Conference changes One conference began play during 1950: Oregon Collegiate Conference – a conference active through the 1965 season; also known as the Oregon Intercollegiate Conference Membership changes School 1949 conference 1950 conference Butler Bulldogs MAC Independent Idaho State Bengals Independent Rocky Mountain Montana Grizzlies PCC Independent Portland Pilots Independent Dropped Program Saint Louis Billikens Missouri Valley Dropped Program West Virginia Mountaineers Independent SoCon Season chronology September In the preseason AP poll released on September 25, 1950, the defending champion Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were the overwhelming choice for first, with 101 of 123 first place votes. Far behind were No. 2 Army, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Tennessee and No. 5 Texas (which had won at Texas Tech 28–14). As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend's games. On September 30 No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 20 North Carolina 14–7. No. 2 Army beat Colgate 28–0, No. 3 Michigan lost to No. 19 Michigan State 14–7. No. 4 Tennessee lost at Mississippi State, 7–0. No. 5 Texas beat Purdue, 34–26, but fell to 7th. No. 6 Oklahoma beat Boston College 28–0. No. 10 SMU, which had already beaten Georgia Tech 33–13, defeated No. 11 Ohio State 32–27. The next AP Poll featured No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 SMU, No. 4 Army, and No. 5 Oklahoma. October October 7 No. 1 Notre Dame lost to Purdue, 28–14, and eventually finished with a 4–4–1 record. No. 2 Michigan State lost to Maryland, 34–7. No. 3 SMU won at Missouri 21–0. No. 4 Army beat Penn State 41–7 and was elevated to the first spot in the next poll. No. 5 Oklahoma beat Texas A&M 34–28. No. 6 Kentucky registered a fourth shutout and a 4–0 record, with a 40–0 win against Dayton. No. 7 Texas, which was idle, rose to 4th place behind Army, SMU, and Oklahoma and ahead of Kentucky. October 14 No. 1 Army beat No. 18 Michigan 27–6 at Yankee Stadium. No. 2 SMU beat Oklahoma A&M 56–0. No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Texas met in Dallas, with Oklahoma winning narrowly, 14–13. No. 5 Kentucky beat Cincinnati 41–7. No. 7 California, which had beaten USC 13–7, rose to 5th in the next poll behind Army, Oklahoma, SMU, and Kentucky. October 21 All of the top five teams stayed undefeated with blowout victories. No. 1 Army won at Harvard 49–0. No. 2 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 58–0. In Houston, No. 3 SMU beat No. 15 Rice 42–21. In Philadelphia, No. 4 Kentucky beat Villanova 34–7. No. 5 California beat Oregon State in Portland 27–0. With their victory over a ranked opponent, SMU jumped to No. 1 in the next poll, ahead of Army, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and California. October 28 No. 1 SMU was idle. No. 2 Army won at Columbia 34–0. No. 3 Oklahoma won at Iowa State 20–7. In Atlanta, No. 4 Kentucky beat Georgia Tech 28–14. No. 5 California beat St. Mary's 40–25, but still dropped in the next poll. They were replaced in the top five by No. 6 Ohio State, which had lost only to SMU and had just beaten Iowa 83–21; eventual Heisman winner Vic Janowicz accounted for six touchdowns and kicked eight extra points in the Iowa game.https://www.heisman.com/heisman-winners/vic-janowicz/ Vic Janowicz The Buckeyes were elevated to No. 4 behind SMU, Army, and Oklahoma and ahead of Kentucky. November November 4 No. 1 SMU lost at No. 7 Texas, 23–20. No. 2 Army won at No. 15 Pennsylvania 28–13. No. 3 Oklahoma won at Colorado 27–18. No. 4 Ohio State won at Northwestern 32–0. No. 5 Kentucky beat No. 17 Florida 40–6. No. 7 Texas beat SMU 23–20, and returned to fifth place behind Army, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. November 11 No. 1 Army beat New Mexico 51–0. No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 15 Wisconsin 19–14. No. 3 Oklahoma won at No. 19 Kansas, 33–13. No. 4 Kentucky won at Mississippi State, 48–21. No. 5 Texas beat Baylor 27–20. No. 6 California, moved to 7–0–0 after a 35–0 win against No. 19 UCLA. The next AP Poll elevated Ohio State to No. 1 and Oklahoma to No. 2, with Army falling to 3rd even though they received the largest number of first-place votes. California moved up to No. 4, ahead of Kentucky and Texas. November 18 No. 1 Ohio State lost at No. 8 Illinois, 14–7. No. 2 Oklahoma beat Missouri 41–7. No. 3 Army won at Stanford 7–0. No. 4 California defeated San Francisco 13–7. No. 5 Kentucky handed visiting North Dakota an 83–0 defeat to extend its record to 9–0–0, but still faced a final game against No. 9 Tennessee, whose only loss was by a single touchdown. No. 6 Texas won at TCU 21–7. The next poll featured No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Army, No. 3 Kentucky, No. 4 California, and No. 5 Texas. November 25 No. 1 Oklahoma beat No. 16 Nebraska 49–35. No. 2 Army was idle as it prepared for the Army–Navy Game. No. 3 Kentucky lost at No. 9 Tennessee, 7–0. No. 4 California and unranked Stanford played to a 7–7 tie in Berkeley. No. 5 Texas beat Texas A&M 21–6. Michigan beat No. 8 Ohio State in the famous Snow Bowl 9–3 and earned a berth in the Rose Bowl against California. The final AP poll was released on November 27, although some colleges had not completed their schedules. Undefeated Oklahoma and Army were chosen as No. 1 and No. 2, with Texas (whose only loss was to Oklahoma by one point) at No. 3. Tennessee and California rounded out the top five, with undefeated Princeton at No. 6 and Kentucky moving down to No. 7 after their loss to Tennessee. On December 2, with its champion status assured, No. 1 Oklahoma beat Oklahoma A&M 41–14. No. 2 Army (9–0–0) was heavily favored to beat unranked, and 2–6–0, Navy. Instead, the Philadelphia game turned into a 14–2 win for the Midshipmen. No. 3 Texas played a game on December 9, beating LSU 21–6. The Coaches Poll, which waited until the end of the regular season to release its final rankings, kept Oklahoma at No. 1 but dropped Army to No. 5 behind Texas, Tennessee, and California. Conference standings Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(s)RecordAlabama Intercollegiate Conference Florence State 6–3–1California Collegiate Athletic Association San Diego State 3–0–1 Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association North Carolina A&T 5–0–1 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers 5–0 College Conference of Illinois Wheaton (IL) 5–0 Evergreen Conference Eastern Washington College 5–1 Far Western Conference San Francisco State 4–0 Gulf Coast Conference North Texas State1950 Midwestern State Indians Midwestern State 1–0–1 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint Ambrose 5–0 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Ottawa 6–0 Lone Star Conference Sul Ross State College 3–0–1 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma 4–0–1 Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) 4–0 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference CoeKnoxRipon 5–1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 6–0 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Missouri School of Mines 4–1 Nebraska College Conference Doane 4–1–1 New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Eastern New Mexico 5–1 North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Dakota State 5–0–1 North Dakota College Athletic Conference Valley City State 4–0 Ohio Athletic Conference Muskingum 6–0 Ohio Valley Conference Murray State 5–0–1 Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State College (OK)Southwestern State Teachers (OK) 4–1 Oregon Collegiate Conference Oregon College — Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Chester State Teachers 4–0 Pacific Northwest Conference Lewis & Clark 5–0 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado College 5–0 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Northern State Teachers (SD) 4–0 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona-PitzerRedlandsWhittier 3–1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M CollegeXavier (LA) 6–0 Southwestern Athletic Conference Southern 7–0 State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Bemidji State TeachersMankato State Teachers 3–0–1 Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Abilene Christian 5–0 Upper Peninsula Conference Northern Michigan 4-3 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference La Crosse State TeachersWhitewater State Teachers 4–04–0 Minor conference standings Rankings 1950 college football rankings The final AP poll was released in late November and the final UP poll one week later. auto + AP PollOklahoma Is Named Nation's Top Team; Army Drops To 2nd The Asheville Times Joe Fall November 28, 1950 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-asheville-times-final-ap-poll/149489123/ Newspapers.com Rank Team 1st Points1Oklahoma (10–1)2132,9632Army (8–1)38 2,3803 Texas (9–2) 4 1,9884 Tennessee (11–1) 15 1,8065 California (9–1–1) 8 1,7876 Princeton (9–0) 6 1,4207 Kentucky (11–1) 7 1,1678 Michigan State (8–1) 3 8649 Michigan (6–3–1) - 49310 Clemson (9–0–1) 9 37411 Washington (8–2) 4 34312 Wyoming (10–0) 4 29713 Illinois (7–2) - 27514 Ohio State (6–3) - 24315 Miami (FL) (9–1–1) 1 22516 Alabama (9–2) 1 22117 Nebraska (6–2–1) 2 9618 Washington & Lee (8–3) 2 5419 Tulsa (9–1–1) - 5420 Tulane (6–2–1) - 48 4em + UP pollOklahoma Remains Atop Final UP Grid Ratings Wilmington Morning News Stan Opotowsky United Press December 5, 1950 31 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news-final-up-poll/149489310/ Newspapers.com Rank Team 1st Points1Oklahoma323462Texas -2503Tennessee -2364California -2335Army - 1656Michigan -1627Kentucky -1548Princeton 1 1179Michigan State 1 7710Ohio State -7011Illinois 5512Clemson5113Miami (FL)2814Wyoming11614Baylor (7–3) 1614Washington1617Alabama818Washington & Lee719Navy (3–6)319Cornell (7–2)319Nebraska319Wisconsin (6–3)323Maryland (7–2–1)123Georgia Tech (5–6)123Penn (6–3)1 Bowl games Major bowls Bowl game Winning team Losing teamSugar Bowl No. 7 Kentucky 13 No. 1 Oklahoma7Cotton Bowl No. 4 Tennessee 20 No. 3 Texas 14Rose Bowl No. 9 Michigan 14 No. 5 California6Orange Bowl No. 10 Clemson 15 No. 15 Miami (FL) 14 Other bowls Bowl game Winning team Losing teamGator Bowl No. 12 Wyoming 20 No. 18 Washington & Lee7Sun Bowl West Texas State 14 Cincinnati 13Salad Bowl Miami (OH) 34 Arizona State 21Pineapple Bowl Hawaii 28 Denver 27Presidential Cup Texas A&M 40 Georgia 20 Heisman Trophy voting The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player Player School Position Total Vic Janowicz Ohio State HB 633 Kyle Rote SMU HB 280 Reds Bagnell Penn HB 231 Babe Parilli Kentucky QB 214 Bobby Reynolds Nebraska HB 174 Bob Williams Notre Dame QB 159 Leon Heath Oklahoma FB 125 Dan Foldberg Army E 103 Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A-pOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NQAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1260%2C2978492 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press Janowicz to get Heisman award December 6, 1950 50https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q3gbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ak0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4353%2C2776975 Pittsburgh Press United Press Janowicz awarded Heisman Trophy December 6, 1950 46https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RtdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6vUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4198%2C1812411 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Janowicz chosen Heisman winner December 6, 1950 25 Statistical leaders Individual Total offense The following players were the individual leaders in total offense during the 1950 season: Major college RankPlayerTeamGamesAttemptsTotal YdsTdR1Johnny BrightDrake93202,400Bright broke Frank Sinkwich's prior major college record of 2,187 yards.302Billy CoxDuke103971,995113Don HeinrichWashington102711,807174Gil BartoshTCU93211,73395John FordHardin-Simmons102451,720156Babe ParilliKentucky112341,681287Bill WeeksIowa State102781,673158Reds BagnellPenn92821,603169Bill WadeVanderbilt112241,5951810Wilford WhiteArizona State102071,5892511Charles MaloyHoly Cross102971,5602012Don KlostermanLoyola (CA)92391,5422013Jimmy ColeyVMI112411,4801314Bobby ReynoldsNebraska92031,4172215Dick KazmaierPrinceton91911,3722216Ed "Scooter" MooneyNC State103641,354617Andy DavisGeorge Washington92531,345518Claude ArnoldOklahoma102071,3391519Tom KingsfordMontana102541,3181620Bob SmithTexas A&M102001,30214 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 27 Small college RankPlayerTeamGamesAttemptsTotal Yds1Bob HeimerdingerNorthern Illinois State928617822Ted MarchibrodaSt. Bonaventure926216933Eddie HaddoxBaldwin-Wallace828516504Gil GeorgeffCentral (MO)920616445James MacholtzAnderson (IN)929416056Gene MayfieldWest Texas State1021315667Andy MacDonaldCentral Michigan1026214668Eddie LeBaronQuantico1119313879Joe ArenasOmaha9209127410Meriel MichelsonEastern Washington10180123411Joe RabbLouisiana Tech10291122812JohnsonStetson10178122013Tom GreenanSt. Ambrose13159120714Dick DoyneLehigh9164120615Eddie HydukePepperdine9211120416Charlie WrightWest Texas State10206120317Billy CrossWest Texas State10130119718Carl TaseffJohn Carroll10212118619Meriel MichelsonEastern Washington9170117120Brad RowlandMcMurry92231170 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 40 Passing The following players were the individual leaders in pass completions during the 1950 season: Major college RankPlayerTeamGamesCompl.Att.Pct.Compl.Yds.Int.TDs1Don HeinrichWashington1013422160.9%1,8469142Dave CunninghamUtah911921754.8%1,14612133Bill WeeksIowa State1011622052.7%1,5521694Babe ParilliKentucky1111420456.2%1,62712235Don KlostermanLoyola (CA)911320754.6%1,58211196John FordHardin-Simmons1011119955.8%1,7777127Fred BennersSMU1010919256.8%1,3611398Billy CoxDuke1010820652.4%1,4281589Charles MaloyHoly Cross1010424243.0%1,572191410Bob WilliamsNotre Dame99921047.1%1,035151011Dick FlowersNorthwestern99118349.7%1,063111011Larry IsbellBaylor109118748.7%1,22091513Haywood SullivanFlorida108917052.4%1,1348914ColeyVMI118919545.6%1,34414915Tom KingsfordMontana108418445.7%1,362131016Johnny BrightDrake98113759.1%1,16891217Gary KerkorianStanford108015153.0%1,1489618Dick DohenyFordham97914355.2%1,25251219Gil BartoshTCU107714951.7%1,0239720Dale SamuelsPurdue97717244.81,1262110 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 28 Small college RankPlayerTeamGamesCompl.Att.Pct.Compl.Yds.Int.TDs1Andy MacDonaldCentral Michigan10109200.545157712152Bob HeimerdingerNorthern Illinois9102210.486159718133Ted MarchibrodaSt. Bonaventure995202.470157715134Sy KalmanCCNY894211.44510341555Bob AubryToledo991237.384112518116Eugene TraylorKentucky State1087181.48110851857Eddie HydukePepperdine986188.45712608118Chuck PaigeMichigan State Normal979185.42710311099Gene MayfieldWest Texas State1078153.510135991110Joe ZaleskiDayton977165.46796710211Al MorhardWestern Reserve1075215.3491100268 Rushing The following players were the individual leaders in rushing yards during the 1950 season: Major college Rank Player Team Games Yds Rushes Avg1Wilford WhiteArizona State101,5011997.552Bobby ReynoldsNebraska91,3421936.953Bob SmithTexas A&M101,3021996.544Johnny BrightDrake91,2321836.735Wade StinsonKansas101,1291676.766Hugh McElhennyWashington101,1071796.18 7Sonny GrandeliusMichigan State91,0231636.288Kayo DottleyOle Miss101,0071915.279Steve WadiakSouth Carolina109981626.1610Jake RobertsTulsa119541386.9111Johnny OlszewskiCalifornia109501516.2912John PapitVirginia109491675.6813Charlie HoagKansas109401556.0614Bobby MarlowAlabama118831187.4715George BeanUtah98781635.3916Billy VesselsOklahoma108701356.4417George MusaccoLoyola (CA)98661874.6318Max ClarkHouston108601296.6719Byron TownsendTexas108412283.6920Pete D'AlonzoVillanova98331455.74 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 29 Small college Rank Player Team Games Yds Rushes Avg1Meriel MichelsonEastern Washington1012341806.862Charlie WrightWest Texas State1012032065.843Billy CrossWest Texas State1011971309.214Carl TaseffJohn Carroll1011642105.545John YannesSt. Lawrence811221895.946Gil GeorgeffCentral (MO)910571278.327Paul YackeyHeidelberg910181636.257Brad RowlandMcMurry910181825.599Dick DoyneLehigh99941566.3710Bobby GardnerOhio Wesleyan99611815.31 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 39 Receiving The following players were the individual leaders in receptions during the 1950 season: Major college Rank Player Team Receptions Receivingyards TDs1Gordon CooperDenver465698 2Tom BienemannDrake4561523Jim DoranIowa State426526 4Don StonesiferNorthwestern4256055Ceep YoumansDuke4044616Bill McCollStanford3967147Sy WilhelmiIowa State3844228Herman FisherNevada3843419Fred SnyderLoyola-Los Angeles36596910John ThomasOregon State36350111Al LaryAlabama357561011Paul BishoffWest Virginia35581313Alan PfeferFordham35571513Harold RileyBaylor35539313Al BrunoKentucky355321013Herbert McLeanColumbia35492113Jim MutschellerNotre Dame35426718Tom McCannHoly Cross34438218Fred SmithTulsa34433420Gene SchroederVirginia335527 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 30 Small college Rank Player Team Games Receptions Receivingyards TDs1Jack BigheadPepperdine93855162Bob McElroyQuantico113768693Wendell "Joe" SwannNorth Texas State103658534Norb HeckerBaldwin-Wallace83461475Chuck ToyFresno State93458796Dan O'ConnorNiagara83446267John SchueslerButler93249418Harvey SingletonKentucky State103240229John "Moose" McGrathAmherst830536710Giovanni "John" PartenioCentral Michigan10304305 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 41 Scoring The following players were the individual leaders in scoring during the 1950 season: Major college Rank Player Team Pts TD PAT FG1Bobby ReynoldsNebraska157222502Wilford WhiteArizona State13622113Eddie TalboomWyoming130154004Johnny BrightDrake10818005Johnny TurcoHoly Cross10216006Bob ShemonskiMaryland9716107Max ClarkHouston90112407Merwin HodelColorado9015007Billy VesselsOklahoma90150010Fred ConeClemson86142011Byron TownsendTexas84140011Bob SmithTexas A&M84140011Wade StinsonKansas84140014Al PollardArmy83835014Walt MichaelsWashington & Lee83929016Dickie LewisWilliam & Mary821022017Ollie MatsonSan Francisco81133018Kyle RoteSMU78130018Hugh McElhennyWashington781300 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 32 Small college Rank Player Team Pts TD PAT FG1Carl TaseffJohn Carroll13823002Charlie WrightWest Texas State12020003Bob MillerEmory & Henry11419004Ace LoomisLa Crosse State10818005ClarkeSt. Augustine's10116506Tom CookWilliam Jewell9716107Mark ThomsenDana92131408Gene PayneGustavus Adolphus9115109Bobby GardnerOhio Wesleyan9015009Odie PoseySouthern9012122 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 44 Team Total offense The following teams were the leaders in total offense during the 1950 season: Major college Rank Team Gamesplayed Totalplays Yardsgained Yardsper game1Arizona State10924704470.42Princeton96173903433.73Tulsa117834747431.54Clemson96303881431.25Loyola (CA)97753781420.16Alabama117734576416.07Oklahoma107064154415.48Washington106944116411.69Nebraska96183666407.310Pacific118004399399.9 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 35 Small college Rank Team Gamesplayed Totalplays Yardsgained Yardsper game1West Texas State106804653463.52Miami (OH)95593747416.33John Carroll107014144414.44William Jewell95263675408.35St. Bonaventure96083625402.86St. Lawrence85723206400.87Western Illinois85853170396.38Lewis & Clark95753557395.29Morris Harvey95253521391.210North Texas State106603894389.4 Official Collegiate Football Record Book 1951 National Collegiate Athletic Association 43 Rushing offense The following teams were the leaders in rushing offense during the 1950 season: Major college Rank Team Gamesplayed Totalplays Yardsgained Yardsper game1Arizona State106203470347.02Princeton95032929325.43Nebraska95102894321.64Kansas105243116311.65Tulsa113384307.66Washington & Lee105782995299.57Pacific116193278298.08Clemson95042648294.29Oklahoma105622931293.110Army94772568285.3 Small college Rank Team Yardsper game1St. Lawrence356.12Lewis & Clark343.83West Texas State322.94New Hampshire303.05William Jewell302.36Morris Harvey298.97Heidelberg287.98New Mexico Western287.19John Carroll284.010Western Illinois282.1 Passing offense The following teams were the leaders in passing offense during the 1950 season: Major college {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! 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Att. Pct Yards Yardsper game Int TD1Tennessee1165149.43674367.52322Indiana951127.40262969.91233Tulsa1159181.32677070.01234Duke1067147.45670770.71735Montana948127.37866173.41946Iowa State1042113.37274174.1947Penn State952141.36967174.61888Harvard835101.34759974.9269Army959155.38167975.418110Mississippi State949102.48070378.177Small college''' Rank Team Yardsper game1Vermont34.42New Haven State40.03Southern51.44Lewis & Clark53.35Rider54.36Washington (MD)56.07Cortland State56.18Oberlin56.59Wilmington56.910Abilene Christian57.2 See also 1950 College Football All-America Team References