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{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = William & Mary Indians
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Southern Conference]]
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 6–4
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = [[Rube McCray]]
| hc_year = 6th
| captain = [[George Hughes (American football)|George Hughes]]
| captain2 = [[Jack Cloud]]
| stadium = [[Zable Stadium|Cary Field]]
}}
{{1949 Southern Conference football standings}}
The '''1949 William & Mary Indians football team''' represented the [[College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] during the [[1949 college football season]]. The 1940s was the most successful decade in William & Mary football history. The Indians amassed more wins than any other decade (and this includes a non-existent 1943 season due to World War II), had the largest positive-point differential, won two conference championships and qualified for back-to-back bowl games in 1947 and 1948. There were 24 [[National Football League]] (NFL) [[NFL Draft|Draft]] selections, which is the most all-time for William & Mary in a single decade. Additionally, the 1940s was the only decade in which William & Mary was an [[Associated Press]] nationally ranked team as a major college football team.

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1949
| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Houston Cougars football team|Houston]]
| site_stadium = [[Robertson Stadium|Public School Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Houston|Houston, TX]]
| score = 14–13
| attend = 20,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-indians-nose/137398636/|work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times|title=Indians nose out Houston U, 14–13|date=September 18, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
| site_stadium = [[Pitt Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, PA]]
| score = 7–13
| attend = 21,506
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-pitt-whips-tribe/137398747/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Pitt whips Tribe, 13–7|date=September 25, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1949 VPI Gobblers football team|VPI]]
| site_stadium = [[Zable Stadium|Cary Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg, VA]]
| score = 39–13
| attend = 10,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-indians-roll-over-gobble/137398876/|work=Greensboro Daily News|title=Indians roll over Gobblers|date=October 2, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = [[1949 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]
| site_stadium = Cary Field
| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA
| gamename = [[VMI–William & Mary football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 54–6
| attend = 10,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91787484/william-mary-drubs-keydets-in-homecomi/|work=Daily Press|title=William & Mary drubs Keydets in homecoming tilt, 54–6|date=October 9, 1949|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]
| opprank = 19
| site_stadium = [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)|Macklin Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing, MI]]
| score = 13–42
| attend = 32,655
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-herald-spartans-trim-william/137398960/|work=The Times Herald|title=Spartans trim William & Mary|date=October 16, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team|Wake Forest]]
| site_stadium = [[Groves Stadium (1940)|Groves Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Wake Forest, North Carolina|Wake Forest, NC]]
| score = 28–55
| attend = 12,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-deacons-drub-wil/137399054/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Deacons drub William and Mary, 55–28|date=October 23, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Richmond Spiders football team|Richmond]]
| site_stadium = [[City Stadium (Richmond)|City Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]]
| gamename = [[Capital Cup|rivalry]]
| score = 34–0
| attend = 10,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112720932/wl-victorious/|work=The Daily News Leader|title=W&L victorious|date=October 30, 1949|accessdate=November 7, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1949 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| site_stadium = Cary Field
| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA
| score = 14–20
| attend = 21,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-north-carolina-comes-f/137358377/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=North Carolina comes from behind to beat WIlliam and Mary, 20–14|date=November 6, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1949 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]]
| site_stadium = [[War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas)|War Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock, AR]]
| score = 20–0
| attend = 16,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-razorbacks-lose/137399138/|work=The Tyler Courier-Times|title=Razorbacks lose to William and Mary, 20–0|date=November 20, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1949 NC State Wolfpack football team|NC State]]
| site_stadium = Cary Field
| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA
| score = 33–7
| attend = 8,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-lex-paces-indians/137399254/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Lex paces Indians to 33–7 victory over N.C. State|date=November 27, 1949|accessdate=December 25, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

== NFL Draft selections ==
{|
|-
|style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
|style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] ||
|style="background-color:#BFFF7F; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"|
|= [[College Football Hall of Fame]] ||
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
!style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;" state="collapsed"|NFL Draft Selections 
|-
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%"
! align="center"| #
! align="center"| Year
! align="center"| Round
! align="center"| Pick
! align="center"| Overall
! align="center"| Name
! align="center"| Team
! align="center"| Position
|- align="center"
|1
|[[1950 NFL Draft|1950]]
|3
|7
|34
|{{sortname|George|Hughes|George Hughes (American football)}}
|[[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
|Guard
|- align="center"
|2
|1950
|6
|3
|69
|bgcolor="#BFFF7F"|{{sortname|"Flyin'" Jack|Cloud|Jack Cloud}}
|[[Green Bay Packers]]
|Back
|- align="center"
|3
|1950
|9
|8
|113
|{{sortname|Vito|Ragazzo}}
|[[Chicago Cardinals]]
|End
|- align="center"
|4
|1950
|10
|12
|130
|{{sort|O'Pella|Frank O'Pella}}
|[[Cleveland Browns]]
|Back
|- align="center"
|5
|1950
|24
|4
|304
|{{sort|McDowell|Jim McDowell}}
|[[Detroit Lions]]
|Guard
|}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{William & Mary Tribe football navbox}}

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[[Category:1949 Southern Conference football season|William and Mary]]
[[Category:William & Mary Tribe football seasons]]
[[Category:1949 in sports in Virginia|William]]

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KathrinChick016 at 05:22, 15 December 2025