1950_Franklin_&_Marshall_Diplomats_football_team

1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team

1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team

American college football season


The 1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. It played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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History

During the team's third season under head coach S. Woodrow Sponaugle, the Diplomats compiled a 9–0 record.[1] It was the first perfect season in the school's history.[2] Additional perfect seasons followed in 1964, 1972, and 1974.

Franklin & Marshall's Charles Cope was selected as the center on the 1950 Little All-America college football team.[3]

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References

  1. "Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results" (PDF). Franklin & Marshall University. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. Harold J. Eager (November 24, 1950). "13,000 See F&M Rout Gettysburg, 59-20: Dips Wind Up First Perfect Grid Season". Intelligencer Daily Journal. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "F&M's Charley Cope Lands Center Berth On AP's Little All-America Team". Daily Intelligencer Journal. December 5, 1950. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Franklin And Marshall Rallies To Defeat Johns Hopkins Eleven, 20-14". The Baltimore Sun. October 1, 1950. p. Sports 2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. George Kirchner (October 15, 1950). "F&M Blasts Western Maryland, 25 to 0". The Sunday News. p. 34 via Newspapers.com.
  6. George Kirchner (October 22, 1950). "F-M Tops Albright, 14-0, For Fifth Straigth: Dips' Alertness Sets Up Scores". The Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. p. 28 via Newspapers.com.
  7. George Kirchner (October 29, 1950). "F&M Blasts Swarthmore For Sixth In Row: Tullai Again Hurt As Dips Romp, 41-0". The Sunday News. pp. 30, 32 via Newspapers.com.
  8. George Kirchner (November 12, 1950). "F&M Blasts W&J, 34-0, For Eighth Straight: Dips Blank Foes Sixth Game In Row". The Sunday News. p. 32 via Newspapers.com.

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