1950 Western Michigan Broncos football team
American college football season
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The 1950 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1950 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 5–4 record (0–4 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 188 to 163.[1][2] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[3]
| 1950 Western Michigan Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (0–4 MAC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Bill Zabonick |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Waldo Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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End Pat Clysdale and defensive end Bill Zabonick were the team captains.[4] Zabonick also received the team's most outstanding player award.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | Northern Illinois* | W 40–13 | 8,000 | [6] | ||||
| September 30 | Central Michigan* |
| W 21–13 | 6,000 | [7] | |||
| October 7 | Toledo* |
| W 54–19 | |||||
| October 14 | at Miami (OH) | L 0–35 | 8,145 | [8] | ||||
| October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 26–7 | 7,500 | [9] | |||
| October 28 | Cincinnati |
| L 6–27 | |||||
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Butler* |
| W 34–13 | 5,000 | [10][11] | ||
| November 11 | Western Reserve |
| L 0–26 | |||||
| November 18 | at Ohio | L 7–10 | ||||||
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