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1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliamson Field
Seasons← 19491951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
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

The 1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. It played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

History

During the team's third season under head coach S. Woodrow Sponaugle, the Diplomats compiled a 9–0 record. It was the first perfect season in the school's history. Additional perfect seasons followed in 1964, 1972, and 1974.

Franklin & Marshall's Charles Cope was selected as the center on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Lebanon ValleyW 13–79,000
September 30at Johns HopkinsW 20–14
October 7at DickinsonW 7–05,000
October 14Western MarylandW 25–06,000
October 21Albright
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 14–07,000
October 28at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 41–0
November 4Ursinus
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 39–04,000
November 11at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 34–03,000
November 23Gettysburg
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 59–2013,000
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results" (PDF). Franklin & Marshall University. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Harold J. Eager (November 24, 1950). "13,000 See F&M Rout Gettysburg, 59-20: Dips Wind Up First Perfect Grid Season". Intelligencer Daily Journal. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "F&M's Charley Cope Lands Center Berth On AP's Little All-America Team". Daily Intelligencer Journal. December 5, 1950. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "F&M Beats Lebanon Valley In Grid Opener: Dips Edge Dutchmen By 13 To 7 Score". The Sunday News. September 24, 1950. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Franklin And Marshall Rallies To Defeat Johns Hopkins Eleven, 20-14". The Baltimore Sun. October 1, 1950. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "F&M Eleven Nips Dickinson, 7-0: Diplomats Score 3rd Straight Win". The Sunday News. October 8, 1950. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. George Kirchner (October 15, 1950). "F&M Blasts Western Maryland, 25 to 0". The Sunday News. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. George Kirchner (October 22, 1950). "F-M Tops Albright, 14-0, For Fifth Straigth: Dips' Alertness Sets Up Scores". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. George Kirchner (October 29, 1950). "F&M Blasts Swarthmore For Sixth In Row: Tullai Again Hurt As Dips Romp, 41-0". The Sunday News. pp. 30, 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Lowder Paces F.&M. To 7th Straight Win: Dips Easily Brush Aside Ursinus, 39-0". The Sunday News. November 5, 1950. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. George Kirchner (November 12, 1950). "F&M Blasts W&J, 34-0, For Eighth Straight: Dips Blank Foes Sixth Game In Row". The Sunday News. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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