1950 Army Cadets football team

American college football season

1950 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 2
Record	8–1
Head coach	Earl Blaik (10th season)
Captain	Dan Foldberg
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1949 1951 →

1950 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L	T
Franklin & Marshall		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton		–		9	–	0	–	0
St. Lawrence		–		8	–	0	–	0
Thiel		–		7	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army		–		8	–	1	–	0
Fordham		–		8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	1	–	0
Drexel		–		6	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	3	–	0
Yale		–		6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		4	–	4	–	1
Tufts		–		4	–	4	–	1
Columbia		–		4	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth		–		3	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		3	–	5	–	0
Duquesne		–		2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra		–		2	–	6	–	0
NYU		–		1	–	5	–	1
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	0
Harvard		–		1	–	7	–	0
Brown		–		1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		1	–	8	–	0
Boston College		–		0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1950 college football season. Led by head coach Earl Blaik, the team finished with an 8–1 record. The Cadets offense scored 267 points, while the defense allowed 40 points. Bob Blaik was the starting quarterback.

Tom Lombardo, the captain of the 1944 Army team, was killed in action in Korea.^[1] Two weeks before the Army–Navy Game, Johnny Trent, the captain of the 1949 Army team, was killed in action. Trent, and Arnold Galiffa, the starting quarterback of the 1949 Army team, were sent with the Eighth Army to Korea.^[2] With President Harry S. Truman in attendance, Navy beat Army by a score of 14–2. It was the first time Navy had beaten Army since 1943.^[3]

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Colgate	No. 2	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBS ^[4]	W 28–0	19,000	^[5]
October 7	Penn State	No. 4	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBS	W 41–7	26,562
October 14	vs. No. 18 Michigan	No. 1	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	CBS	W 27–6	61,472
October 21	at Harvard	No. 1	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NBC	W 49–0	26,000	^[6]
October 28	at Columbia	No. 2	Baker Field New York, NY	CBS	W 34–0	30,000	^[7]
November 4	at No. 15 Penn	No. 2	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ABC	W 28–13	78,000	^[8]
November 11	New Mexico	No. 1	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 51–0	30,476^[9]	^[10]
November 18	at Stanford	No. 3	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 7–0	40,000 ^[11]	^[12]
December 2	vs. Navy	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	CBS	L 2–14	103,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1951 NFL draft

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club

Al Pollard Back 21 251 New York Yanks

Dan Foldberg End 22 261 Detroit Lions

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References

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^ Maraniss, David. When Pride Still Mattered. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1999, ISBN 978-0-684-84418-3. p. 113
^ Maraniss, p. 114
^ David Maraniss, p. 116
^ "1950 College Football Season - 506 Archive".
^ Trost, Ralph (October 1, 1950). "Army Drubs Colgate 28-0, Runs String to 21". Brooklyn Eagle . Brooklyn, N.Y. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Effrat, Louis (October 22, 1950). "Army Overcomes Harvard, 49 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 29, 1950). "Army Beats Columbia; Cadets Score, 34-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Ward, Gene (November 5, 1950). "Army Blunts Penn, 28-13; Filipski Star". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Michie Stadium record, per Associated Press.
^ Associated Press, "Merciful Army Spares Lobos Best They Can But Win, 51–0," Sious Falls Argus-Leader, Nov. 12, 1950, p. 30.
^ While 55,000 tickets sold, about 40,000 attended in the rain. (See: SF Examiner)
^ Prescott Sullivan, "Indians Hold Army to 7–0 Score in Rain: Cadets Given Real Scare at Palo Alto Before 40,000," San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 19, 1950, pp. 1, 24, 31.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

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