1949 Southern Jaguars football team
American college football season
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The 1949 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1949 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0–1 against SWAC opponents), won the SWAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 405 to 65.[2] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team was recognized by some as the black college national champion,[2] though the Pittsburgh Courier with its Dickinson Rating System rated Southern at No. 2 behind Morgan State.[3]
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record10–0–1 (6–0–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Ace Mumford (14th season)
HomestadiumUniversity Stadium
| 1949 Southern Jaguars football | |
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Black college national co-champion SWAC champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 10–0–1 (6–0–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Southern + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Langston + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Prairie View A&M | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–27 Bishop | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Arkansas AM&N | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | Texas State* | W 41–0 | [4] | ||||
| October 1 | at Wilberforce State* |
| W 20–18 | [5] | |||
| October 8 | vs. Samuel Huston | Port Arthur, TX | W 34–0 | [6] | |||
| October 15 | Arkansas AM&N |
| W 47–6 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
| October 22 | at Langston |
| T 14–14 | [8] | |||
| October 29 | Texas College |
| W 41–7 | 8,000 | [9] | ||
| November 5 | vs. Bishop |
| W 14–7 | 3,500 | [10] | ||
| November 12 | Wiley |
| W 37–0 | [11] | |||
| November 19 | at Florida A&M* |
| W 31–13 | 8,000 | [12] | ||
| November 26 | Prairie View A&M |
| W 39–0 | [13] | |||
| December 3 | at Xavier (LA)* |
| W 87–0 | 7,500 | [14] | ||
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