1950 Utah Redskins football team

1950 Skyline Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Wyoming $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Colorado A&M	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Denver	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	8	–	1
Utah	1	–	2	–	2	3	–	4	–	3
BYU	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Utah State	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jack Curtice, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 3–4–3 with a mark of 1–2–2 against conference opponents, winning placing fourth in the Skyline. Utah played home games on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	vs. Idaho*	old Bronco Stadium Boise, IdD	L 19–26	12,500	^[1]^[2]
September 30	Arizona*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 27–14
October 7	at BYU	Old Cougar Stadium Provo, UT (rivalry)	T 28–28
October 13	at Denver	Hilltop Stadium Denver, CO	T 14–14	11,754	^[3]
October 21	Wyoming	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 13–53	22,325	^[4]
October 28	Colorado*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	T 20–20	11,000
November 4	Kansas*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 26–39	13,000
November 11	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 7–32
November 23	Utah State	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 46–0
December 16	at Hawaii*	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 40–28	7,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Utah had one player selected in the 1951 NFL draft.^[7]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL team
Dave Cunningham	Back	23	275	New York Yanks

^ "Vandals squeak past Utah 26-19 in gridiron opener". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1950. p. 8.
^ Chipman, Dee (September 24, 1950). "Utes rate cheers despite loss". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C-1.
^ John Mooney (October 14, 1950). "Pioneer, Redskin Crews Battle to 14-All Deadlock". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bill Clegg (October 22, 1950). "Cowboys Wreck Ute Homecoming With 53-13 Rout". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2010 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah Athletics. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1950". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
^ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.

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