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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.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
Record8–1
Quick facts Army Cadets football, Conference ...
1950 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 2
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainDan Foldberg
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
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1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
Gannon – 6–2–0
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
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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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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 30ColgateNo. 2CBS[4]W 28–019,000[5]
October 7Penn StateNo. 4
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
CBSW 41–726,562
October 14vs. No. 18 MichiganNo. 1CBSW 27–661,472
October 21at HarvardNo. 1NBCW 49–026,000[6]
October 28at ColumbiaNo. 2CBSW 34–030,000[7]
November 4at No. 15 PennNo. 2ABCW 28–1378,000[8]
November 11New MexicoNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 51–030,476[9][10]
November 18at StanfordNo. 3W 7–040,000 [11][12]
December 2vs. NavyNo. 2CBSL 2–14103,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1951 NFL draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Al PollardBack21251New York Yanks
Dan FoldbergEnd22261Detroit Lions

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