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1949 Iowa State Cyclones football
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
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
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	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

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