The 1949 McMurry Indians football team represented McMurry College—now known as McMurry University—as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Wilford Moore, the Indians compiled an overall record of 8–2–1 with a mark of 4–0–1 in conference play, winning the Texas Conference title.^[1] McMurry was invited to the Oleander Bowl, where the Indians defeated Missouri Valley. The team played home games at Fair Park Stadium in Abilene, Texas.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	8:00 p.m.	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 26–27	10,000	[2][3][4]
September 24		at West Texas State*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 34–7		[5]
October 1	8:00 p.m.	at Corpus Christi*	Buccaneer Stadium Corpus Christi, TX	W 58–12		[6][7][8]
October 8		at Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 32–55	10,000	[9]
October 15	8:00 p.m.	Texas A&I	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 39–14		[10][11]
October 22	8:00 p.m.	Abilene Christian	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 21–0	10,000	[12][13]
October 29	8:30 p.m.	at Austin	Bearcat Stadium Sherman, TX	W 34–19		[14][15]
November 5		vs. Sul Ross	Monahans High School stadium Monahans, TX	W 46–20	7,000	[16][17]
November 11	8:00 p.m.	Howard Payne	Fair Park Stadium Abilene, TX	W 27–6		[18][19]
November 19		at Southwestern (TX)	Snyder Stadium Georgetown, TX	T 20–20		[20][21]
January 2	2:00 p.m.	vs. Missouri Valley*	Public School Stadium Galveston, TX (Oleander Bowl)	W 19–13	7,500	[22][23][24]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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