1950 NYU Violets football team

1950 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–5–1
Head coach	Hugh Devore (1st season)
Home stadium	None

1950 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.

In their first season under head coach Hugh Devore, the Violets compiled a 1–5–1 record, and were outscored 157–88.^[1]

The team played one game in Manhattan, against crosstown rival Fordham at the Polo Grounds. The rest of its schedule was on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	at Merchant Marine	Tomb Field Kings Point, NY	T 6–6	4,500	[2]
October 14	at Brooklyn	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 55–0	13,000	[3]
October 21	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–42	10,000	[4]
October 28	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 7–14	8,000	[5]
November 4	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 7–41	3,000	[6]
November 11	at Boston University	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 13–41	3,724	[7]
November 25	vs. Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–13	1,500	[8]

References

1. "1950 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
2. "Frantic Violets Tie Point, 6-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. October 8, 1950. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
3. McGowen, Roscoe (October 15, 1950). "N.Y.U. Overcomes Brooklyn, 55 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1 – via ProQuest.
4. Burns, Joe (October 22, 1950). "10,000 See Violet Lose to Scarlet". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Griffith, Owen (October 29, 1950). "Huskies Win over Violets by 14-7 Score". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. sect. IV, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bucknell Overpowers Violets in Mud, 41-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 5, 1950. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Hurwitz, Hy (November 12, 1950). "B.U. Runs Wild over N.Y.U., 41-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
8. McCulley, Jim (November 26, 1950). "Rams Blank NYU, 13-0; Only 1,500 Watch Game". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 114 – via Newspapers.com.