1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team

The 1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team represented Saint Vincent College during the 1949 college football season.[1] In head coach Al DeLuca's second year, the Bearcats compiled a 10–0 record, shut out eight of their ten opponents, and outscored their opponents by a total of 234 to 12.[2] 1949 remains the only undefeated season in program history, the best defensive showing with only twelve points allowed, and their second best offensive showing. The Bearcats were invited to the Tangerine Bowl, where they defeated Emory and Henry, which came into the bowl with an 11–0 record.[3]

1949 Saint Vincent Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record10–0
Head coach
  • Al DeLuca (2nd season)
Home stadiumBearcat Stadium
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Army      9 0 0
Brown      8 1 0
No. 12 Cornell      8 1 0
No. 13 Villanova      8 1 0
Bucknell      6 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Buffalo      6 3 0
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Princeton      6 3 0
Fordham      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 1
Carnegie Tech      5 3 1
Penn State      5 4 0
Temple      5 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Yale      4 4 0
Boston College      4 4 1
Syracuse      4 5 0
Drexel      3 3 1
Duquesne      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 5 2
NYU      3 6 0
Columbia      2 7 0
Hofstra      1 5 1
Colgate      1 8 0
Harvard      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 23Indiana State (PA)Latrobe, PAW 26–0
October 2SteubenvilleLatrobe, PAW 34–0
October 9AllianceLatrobe, PAW 13–0
October 14GenevaLatrobe, PAW 19–0
October 22WaynesburgWaynesburg, PAW 6–0
October 30Saint Francis (PA)Loretto, PAW 13–0
November 4West Virginia WesleyanLatrobe, PAW 52–6
Westminster (PA)New Wilmington, PAW 34–0
November 13Mount St. Mary'sLatrobe, PAW 30–0
January 2Emory & HenryW 7–69,500

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