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1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football
1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Salad Bowl, L 21–33 vs. Xavier
Conference	Border Conference
Record	7–3 (4–1 Border)
Head coach	Ed Doherty (3rd season);
Captain	Cecil Coleman
Home stadium	Goodwin Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Border Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas Tech $	5	–	0	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Texas Western	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
Hardin–Simmons	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
West Texas State	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Arizona	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
New Mexico A&M	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Arizona State–Flagstaff	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1949 Arizona State Sun Devils college football team season was an American college football team that represented Arizona State College (later renamed Arizona State University) in the Border Conference during the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ed Doherty, the Sun Devils compiled a 7–3 record (4–1 against Border opponents), lost to Xavier in the Salad Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 342 to 204.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Pepperdine*	Sentinel Field Inglewood, CA	W 33–13
October 1	at Hardin–Simmons	Abilene, TX	L 13–34
October 8	Arizona State–Flagstaff	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 62–6
October 15	BYU*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 49–21
October 29	at New Mexico	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	W 28–19
November 5	New Mexico A&M	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 68–32
November 12	Arizona	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ (Territorial Cup)	W 34–7
November 26	Loyola (CA)*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 7–27	13,000	^[3]
December 3	Utah State*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 27–12
January 2, 1950	vs. Xavier*	Montgomery Stadium Phoenix, AZ (Salad Bowl)	L 21–33	18,500	^[4]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "1949 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 120. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^ Jack Geyer (November 27, 1949). "Lions Rap Tempe for 27-7 Victory". Los Angeles Times. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Muskies defeat Sun Devils, 33–21, in Salad Bowl". The Arizona Republic. January 3, 1950. Retrieved May 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.