1949 Trinity Hilltoppers football team

1949 Trinity Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainRoger Hall
Home stadiumTrinity Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent     10 0 0
No. 4 Army     9 0 0
Trinity (CT)     8 0 0
Brown     8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell     8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova     8 1 0
Bucknell     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 0
Buffalo     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Princeton     6 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Tufts     5 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Temple     5 4 0
Penn     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Boston College     4 4 1
Syracuse     4 5 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Duquesne     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     2 5 2
CCNY     2 5 1
NYU     3 6 0
Columbia     2 7 0
Hofstra     1 5 1
Colgate     1 8 0
Harvard     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Trinity Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In their 15th season under head coach Dan Jessee, the Hilltoppers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 312 to 38.[1]

The Hilltoppers finished the season with the only undefeated and united record in New England. They averaged 369.3 yards of total offense, 294.5 rushing yards, nad 39 points per game.[2]

The team's leading scorers were Bill Goralski with six touchdowns (36 points) and Bill Vibert with 34 points (34 extra points). Five players scored five touchdowns: Dick Aiken; Tom DePatie; Al Magnoli; and Jim Pickett.[3] Three backs finished with over 400 rushing yards: Goralski (499 yards); Roger Hall (445 yards); and Al Magnoli (409 yards).[2]

The team played its home games at Trinity Field in Hartford.

  1. ^ "1949 - Trinity (CT)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Roger Dove (November 30, 1949). "Trinity Eleven Shows Best Offensive Average In State". The Hartford Courant. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vaughn, Toplitsky Share State Football Scoring Lead". The Hartford Courant. November 28, 1940. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.