1949 Iowa State Cyclones football team

American college football season

1949 Iowa State Cyclones football

Conference| Big Seven Conference
Record| 5–3–1 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach|

* Abe Stuber (3rd season)

Captain| Dean Laun
Home stadium| Clyde Williams Field

Seasons

← 1948

1950 →

1949 Big Seven Conference football standings

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 2 Oklahoma $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 0  | – | 0
No. 20 Missouri | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Iowa State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Nebraska | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Kansas | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Colorado | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Kansas State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Seven Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their third year under head coach Abe Stuber, the Cyclones compiled a 5–3–1 record (3–3 against conference opponents), tied for third place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 169 to 134.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.

The team's regular starting lineup consisted of left end Dean Laun, left tackle Lowell Titus, left guard Joe Brubaker, center Rod Rust, right guard Billy Myers, right tackle John Tillo, right end Jim Doran, quarterback Don Ferguson, left halfback Lawrence Paulson, right halfback Bob Angle, and fullback Bill Chauncey.[2] Dean Laun was the team captain.[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Bill Chauncey with 544 rushing yards and 30 points scored (five touchdowns), Bill Weeks with 1,247 passing yards, Jim Doran with 688 receiving yards, and Bob Angle with 18 points (three touchdowns).[3] Three Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: Doran, Weeks, and Lowell Titus.[4]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 17| 2:00 pm| Dubuque*|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA

| W 64–0| 6,951
September 24| 12:30 pm| at Illinois*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| T 20–20| 31,883
October 1| 2:00 pm| Kansas|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA

| W 19–6| 21,346
October 8| 3:00 pm| at Colorado|

* Folsom Field
* Boulder, CO

| W 13–6| 16,234
October 15| 2:00 pm| Kansas State|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| W 25–21| 18,792
October 22| 2:00 pm| No. 18 Missouri|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| L 0–32| 17,232
October 29| 2:30 pm| at No. 3 Oklahoma|

* Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK

| L 7–34| 38,149
November 5| 2:00 pm| at Drake*|

* Drake Stadium
* Des Moines, IA

| W 21–8| 18,311
November 12| 2:00 pm| Nebraska|

* Clyde Williams Field
* Ames, IA (rivalry)

| L 0–7| 13,558

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

## References

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1. ^ "1949 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
2. ^ a b c "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 142.
3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, pp. 112-113.
4. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.

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Iowa State Cyclones football

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* Clyde Williams Field (1915–1974)
* Jack Trice Stadium (1975–present)

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* Bowl games
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* History
* Cy the Cardinal
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* Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band
* 2011 Oklahoma State game

People|

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