1949 Morgan State Bears football team

1949 Morgan State Bears football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8โ€“0 (7โ€“0 CIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHughes Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Morgan State $ 7 0 0 8 0 0
No. 2 West Virginia State 5 0 1 8 0 1
No. 6 North Carolina A&T 5 1 0 7 2 0
No. 6 Shaw 7 2 0 7 2 0
No. 25 St. Augustine's 5 2 0 6 2 0
No. 21 Virginia State 4 2 1 4 2 1
No. 22 Howard 6 3 0 6 3 0
No. 24 North Carolina College 3 4 0 5 4 0
No. 13 Hampton 3 4 0 5 4 0
Winston-Salem State 1 2 3 3 3 3
Delaware State 3 5 1 3 5 1
Johnson C. Smith 2 3 1 2 4 1
Lincoln (PA) 2 4 0 3 5 0
Bluefield State 1 5 1 2 5 1
Virginia Union 0 7 0 0 8 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 8 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from the Pittsburgh Courier[1]

The 1949 Morgan State Bears football team was an American football team that represented Morgan State College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1949 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Edward P. Hurt, the Bears compiled an 8โ€“0 record, won the CIAA championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 226 to 33.[2] The Bears were recognized by the Pittsburgh Courier, using the Dickinson Rating System, as the 1949 black college national champion.[3]

  1. ^ "Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1949. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Morgan State Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 10, 1942. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.