1950 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1950 San Jose State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Loyola (CA)   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pacific (CA)   –   7 – 3 – 1
San Francisco   –   7 – 4 – 0
San Jose State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Hawaii   –   5 – 4 – 2
Montana   –   5 – 5 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 5 – 0
Santa Clara   –   3 – 7 – 0
Saint Mary's   –   2 – 7 – 1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –   1 – 6 – 1
Nevada   –   1 – 9 – 0

The 1950 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1950 college football season.

San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association through the 1949 season. In 1950, the team moved to the University Division and played as an Independent. The team was led by first-year head coach Bob Bronzan, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 201–118 for the season.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at No. 7 Stanford
L 16–33
September 29San Diego State
W 26–08,000[1]
October 7Santa Clara
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 14–1016,190[2]
October 13Loyola (CA)
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 7–1411,000[3]
October 20at San Francisco
L 0–2715,208[4]
October 28at Pepperdine
W 48–7[5]
November 3Fresno State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
W 33–78,500[6]
November 10Saint Mary's
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 18–611,000[7]
November 18at Pacific (CA)
T 7–711,000[8]
November 24vs. Montana
W 32–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL[edit]

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1951 NFL Draft.[10][11]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Keith Carpenter Tackle 26 306 San Francisco 49ers

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Howard Hagen (September 30, 1950). "Spartans Thump Aztecs, 26 to 0". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. B-3.
  2. ^ Walter Gamage (October 8, 1950). "Broncs Bow To San Jose". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 24, 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Jack Geyer (October 14, 1950). "Loyola Stops Rally to Top San Jose, 14-7". Los Angeles Times. pp. III-1, III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Harry Borba (October 21, 1950). "Too Much Class! USF 27, San Jose 0: Dons Put On Show; Matson Goes Over For Two Scores". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 17, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "San Jose Spartans Trounce Pepperdine". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 29, 1950. p. A-57. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  7. ^ Harry M. Hayward (November 11, 1950). "San Jose Closes Fast, Rips Gaels, 18-6". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Pacific, San Jose slosh way to 7-7 deadlock". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). December 20, 1950. p. 8.
  9. ^ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "1951 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.


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