1949 Livingston State Tigers football team

1949 Livingston State Tigers football
AIC co-champion
ConferenceAlabama Intercollegiate Conference
Record7–2–1 (3–0–1 AIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcConnell Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Alabama Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Livingston State + 3 0 1 7 2 1
Troy State + 2 0 1 6 3 1
Jacksonville State 3 2 0 6 3 0
Marion 1 1 0 ? ? ?
Florence State 1 3 0 4 5 0
Athens 0 2 0 5 4 1
St. Bernard 0 3 0 ? ? ?
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1949 Livingston State Tigers football team represented Livingston State Teachers College—now known as the University of West Alabama—as a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) during the 1949 college football season. The Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, sharing the AIC title with Troy State. Livingston State was in invited to the Paper Bowl, where the Tigers lost to Jacksonville State, a fellow member of the AIC that they had defeated during the regular season. The team played home games at McConnell Field in Livingston, Alabama.

Livingston State began the season under first-year head coach George Darrow, who died of a heart attack on September 25, a day after the second game of the season.[1] Vaughn Mancha, who had served as the team's line coach, succeed Darrow as head coach.[2]

  1. ^ "Florence Holds Livingston To 14-13 Victory". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. October 23, 1949. p. C6. Retrieved March 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Livingston Coach Dies Of Heart Attack". The Choctaw Advocate. Butler, Alabama. October 6, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.