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    William Dalrymple (historian)

    1949 BYU Cougars football
    ConferenceSkyline Six Conference
    Record0–11 (0–5 Skyline Six)
    Head coach
    Home stadiumCougar Stadium
    Seasons
    ← 1948
    1950 →
    1949 Skyline Six Conference football standings
    Conf. Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Wyoming $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Colorado A&M 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
    Denver 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Utah 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
    Utah State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    BYU 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion

    The 1949 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1949 college football season In their first season under head coach Chick Atkinson, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 0–11 with a mark of 0–5 against conference opponents, finished last in the Skyline Six , and were outscored by a total of 372 to 105.[1][2]

    Schedule

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 17Texas Western*
    		L 6–47[3]
    September 23Pacific Fleet*
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		L 13–27[4]
    October 1San Jose State*
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		L 21–40[5]
    October 8at Utah
    		L 0–38[6]
    October 15at Arizona State*
    		L 21–49[7]
    October 22at Denver
    		L 7–3513,900[8]
    October 29at Wyoming
    		L 0–45[9]
    November 5Utah State
    		L 3–22[10]
    November 11Colorado A&M
    • Cougar Stadium
    • Provo, UT
    		L 14–16[11]
    November 19at Montana*
    		L 6–253,500[12]
    November 26at Pepperdine*
    		L 14–288,000[13]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "1949 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
    2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
    3. ^ "Texas Western Trounces B.Y. By 47–6 Count". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 18, 1949. p. 15A – via Newspapers.com.
    4. ^ "Hapless BYU eleven falls to Despac, 27–13". Deseret News. September 24, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. ^ "San Jose wins, 40–21". The San Francisco Examiner. October 2, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    6. ^ "University of Utah trims Cougars 38 to 0". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 9, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    7. ^ "Arizona State trims B.Y.U. by 49–21 score". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 16, 1949. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    8. ^ "Denver Pioneers Romp to Easy 35-7 Victory Over B. Y. U.; Penalties Stop Worse Beating". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Associated Press. October 23, 1949. p. 13A – via Newspapers.com.
    9. ^ Ben Funk (October 30, 1949). "Title-Chasing Cowpokes Batter Cougars, 45 to 0: Wyoming Scores in Each Period". The Casper Tribune-Herald. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
    10. ^ "Utah Aggies tumble BYU Cougars, 22–3". The Arizona Republic. November 6, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    11. ^ "Colroado Aggies nearly upset victims of BYU". The Independent Record. November 12, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    12. ^ "Montana University triumphos over Cougars 25 to 6". The Sunday Herald. November 20, 1949. Retrieved May 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
    13. ^ "Pepperdine Wallops Brigham Young, 28-14". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 28, 1949. p. 13. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_BYU_Cougars_football_team

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