1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 10–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, defeated Cincinnati in the 1951 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 386 to 190.
- Frank Kimbrough (4th season)
| 1950 West Texas State Buffaloes football | |
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Border champion Sun Bowl champion | |
Sun Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Cincinnati | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 10–1 (6–0 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Amarillo Stadium, Buffalo Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team averaged 35.1 points per game. The team also averaged 322.9 rushing yards per game, a figure that remains a program record.[1]
The team was led on offense by a trio of quarterback Gene Mayfield and backs Billy Cross and Charles Wright. Mayfield was named to the Associated Press Little All-America team.[2] Cross's 1950 average of 9.21 rushing yards per carry also remains a program record.[1] Wright set a school record (later broken) with 1,203 rushing yards.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 16 | Arizona State–Flagstaff |
| W 52–12 | [4][5] | |||
| September 23 | at Arizona | W 34–26 | 18,000 | [6] | |||
| September 30 | McMurry* |
| W 41–19 | [7] | |||
| October 7 | at Texas Tech | W 28–13 | 17,000 | [8] | |||
| October 14 | New Mexico |
| W 45–6 | 12,000 | [9] | ||
| October 21 | Sam Houston State* |
| W 45–6 | [10] | |||
| October 28 | at Trinity (TX)* | L 20–27 | [11] | ||||
| November 4 | at Texas Western | W 40–12 | [12] | ||||
| November 18 | at Hardin–Simmons |
| W 47–13 | 7,400 | [13] | ||
| November 25 | at Corpus Christi* |
| W 26–13 | 600 | [14] | ||
| January 1, 1951 | vs. Cincinnati* |
| W 14–13 | 15,000 | [15] | ||
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