1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football team

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. In their 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.

1950 Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumWilliamson Field
1950 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Franklin & Marshall   –  9 –0 –0
No. 6 Princeton   –  9 –0 –0
Thiel   –  7 –0 –0
No. 2 Army   –  8 –1 –0
Fordham   –  8 –1 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –1 –0
Drexel   –  6 –1 –0
Cornell   –  7 –2 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –3 –0
Penn   –  6 –3 –0
Yale   –  6 –3 –0
Buffalo   –  5 –3 –0
Colgate   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –5 –0
Temple   –  4 –4 –1
Tufts   –  4 –4 –1
Columbia   –  4 –5 –0
Villanova   –  4 –5 –0
Holy Cross   –  4 –5 –1
Dartmouth   –  3 –5 –1
Boston University   –  3 –5 –0
Duquesne   –  2 –6 –1
Hofstra   –  2 –6 –0
NYU   –  1 –5 –1
CCNY   –  1 –7 –0
Harvard   –  1 –7 –0
Brown   –  1 –8 –0
Pittsburgh   –  1 –8 –0
Boston College   –  0 –9 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

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

The team played its home games at Williamson Field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Lebanon Valley
W 13–79,000[4]
September 30at Johns Hopkins
W 20–14[5]
October 7at Dickinson
W 7–05,000[6]
October 14Western Maryland
W 25–06,000[7]
October 21Albrightdagger
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 14–07,000[8]
October 28at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAW 41–0[9]
November 4Ursinus
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 39–04,000[10]
November 11at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAW 34–03,000[11]
November 23Gettysburg
  • Williamson Field
  • Lancaster, PA
W 59–2013,000[2]
  • daggerHomecoming

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. "F&M Beats Lebanon Valley In Grid Opener: Dips Edge Dutchmen By 13 To 7 Score". The Sunday News. September 24, 1950. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Franklin And Marshall Rallies To Defeat Johns Hopkins Eleven, 20-14". The Baltimore Sun. October 1, 1950. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "F&M Eleven Nips Dickinson, 7-0: Diplomats Score 3rd Straight Win". The Sunday News. October 8, 1950. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. George Kirchner (October 15, 1950). "F&M Blasts Western Maryland, 25 to 0". The Sunday News. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. "Lowder Paces F.&M. To 7th Straight Win: Dips Easily Brush Aside Ursinus, 39-0". The Sunday News. November 5, 1950. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 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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