1949 Xavier Musketeers football team

1949 Xavier Musketeers football
Salad Bowl champion
Salad Bowl, W 33–21 vs. Arizona State
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
Home stadiumXavier Stadium
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame     10 0 0
Ball State     8 0 0
Xavier     10 1 0
Valparaiso     8 1 1
Washington University     7 2 0
Baldwin–Wallace     6 2 0
Wabash     5 2 1
Dayton     6 3 0
John Carroll     6 3 0
No. 19 Michigan State     6 3 0
Toledo     6 4 0
Youngstown     4 3 1
Bowling Green     4 5 0
Marquette     4 5 0
Central Michigan     3 4 0
Wayne     3 5 0
Indiana State     1 9 0
Michigan State Normal     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ed Kluska, the team compiled a 10–1 record, defeated Arizona State in the 1950 Salad Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 110. The team's only loss was to Bear Bryant's 1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team that was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll.