1950 Tulane Green Wave football team

1950 Tulane Green Wave football
Top row (left to right): Harold Brinson, Don Joyce, Ellsworth Kingery, Dennis Doyle.
Bottom row (left to right): Jerome Helluin, Paul Lea, Art Kleinschmidt, George Maddox
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 20
Record6–2–1 (3–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dennis Doyle
  • George Maddux
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
1950 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Kentucky $ 5 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Tennessee 4 – 1 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Alabama 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 20 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Georgia 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 3
Mississippi State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
LSU 2 – 3 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Ole Miss 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1950 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Henry Frnka, Tulane compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–1–1 in conference games), finished fourth in the SEC, outscored opponents by a total of 260 to 97, and was ranked No. 20 in the final AP poll.[1]

Tackle Paul Lea was selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press as a first-team player on the 1950 All-SEC football team.[2][3]

The Green Wave played its home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Alabama
L 14–2645,000[4]
October 7Louisiana College*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 64–0[5]
October 14No. 10 Notre Dame*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 9–1373,159[6]
October 21Ole Miss
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 27–20[7]
October 28at Auburn
W 28–0[8]
November 11at Navy*
W 27–020,000[9]
November 18Virginia*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 42–1830,000[10]
November 25Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 35–6[11]
December 2LSU
T 14–1474,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

After the season

The 1951 NFL draft was held on January 18–19, 1951. The following Green Wave players were selected.[13]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
2 18 Don Joyce Defensive end Chicago Cardinals
3 38 Jerry Helluin Defensive tackle Cleveland Browns
4 48 George Kinek End Los Angeles Rams
6 74 Dan Rogas Guard Cleveland Browns
7 84 Paul Lea Defensive tackle Chicago Bears
9 104 Denny Doyle Guard Philadelphia Eagles
15 172 Joe Ernst Back Green Bay Packers
17 202 Hal Waggoner Back Philadelphia Eagles
30 359 Joe Shinn End New York Yanks

References

  1. ^ "1950 Tulane Green Wave Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "All-Southeastern Football Team Predominately Senior". Monroe News-Star. December 4, 1950. p. 11. Retrieved May 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tide Places Three Men On United Press Team". The Anniston Star. p. 14. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Watkins, Ed (October 1, 1950). "Bama barrage buries Wave 26 to 14". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 8. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "Green Wave topples La. College by 64–0". The Daily Advertiser. October 8, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Irish barely regain victory stride by 13–9". Quad-City Times. October 15, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tulane uses aerial route to drop Ole Miss, 27–20". Kingsport Times-News. October 22, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tulane takes Tigers, 28–0". The Birmingham News. October 29, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Brown, George (November 12, 1950). "Joe Ernst Passes Tulane to 27-0 Win Over Navy". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. p. 38. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
  10. ^ "Tulane downs Virginia, 42–18". The Tampa Tribune. November 19, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Ernst's passes rout Vanderbilt". The Commercial Appeal. November 26, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Spirited Tigers tie Green Wave, 14–14". The Shreveport Times. December 3, 1950. Retrieved February 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
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