1949 Eastern Washington Savages football team

1940 Eastern Washington Savages football
Evergreen co-champion
Conference	Evergreen Conference
Record	7–2 (5–1 Evergreen)
Head coach	Abe Poffenroth (3rd season)
Home stadium	Woodward Field

1949 Evergreen Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Puget Sound +	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Eastern Washington +	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Western Washington	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Pacific Lutheran	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Whitworth	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Central Washington	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Saint Martin's	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1949 Eastern Washington Savages football team represented Eastern Washington College of Education—now known as Eastern Washington University—as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coac Abe Poffenroth, the Savages compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Evergreen title with Puget Sound. Eastern Washington played home games at Woodward Field in Cheney, Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Montana State*	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 29–6	8,000
October 1	8:00 p.m.	Western Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 13–6	4,000
October 8	8:00 p.m.	at Puget Sound	Lincoln Bowl Tacoma, WA	L 7–13
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at Whitworth	Pine Bowl Spokane, WA	W 27–20	5,000
October 22	8:00 p.m.	Pacific Lutheran	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 21–6	3,500
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Central Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 20–0	7,500
November 5	1:00 p.m.	at Montana*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MN (rivalry)	L 6–19
November 12		at Northern Idaho*	Lewiston, ID	W 14–6
November 19	8:00 p.m.	at Saint Martin's	Stevens Field Olympia, WA	W 37–20
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time