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The 1950 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its 15th season under head coach John Magnabosco, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record.[1] The 1950 season followed a 1949 season in which the Cardinals had compiled a perfect 8–0 record.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumBall State Field
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1950 Ball State Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBall State Field
Seasons
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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
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Key players on the 1950 Ball State team included quarterback Bob Baker and halfbacks Don McAfee and Dick Isenberg.

During the 1950 season, Ball State began discussions that led to its joining the new Indiana Collegiate Conference for the 1951 season.[2][3]

The team played its home games at Ball State Field in Muncie, Indiana.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Eastern Illinois
L 6–35[4]
October 7DePauw
W 27–13[5]
October 143:00 p.m.Butler
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
L 7–334,000[6][7][8][9]
October 21Michigan State Normaldagger
  • Ball State Field
  • Muncie, IN
L 0–13[10]
October 28at ValparaisoValparaiso, INL 7–21
November 4at Saint Joseph's (IN)Rensselaer, INT 7–7[11]
November 11Indiana State
W 20–0[12][13]
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