1950 Wayne Tartars football team

The 1950 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. Under second-year head coach Louis F. Zarza, the team compiled a 2–7 record.[1]

1950 Wayne Tartars football
Conference	Independent
1950 record	2–7
Head coach	Louis F. Zarza (2nd season)

1950 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Valparaiso			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan State			–					8	–	1	–	0
Xavier			–					8	–	1	–	0
John Carroll			–					8	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Wabash			–					4	–	2	–	3
Butler			–					4	–	4	–	1
Notre Dame			–					4	–	4	–	1
Toledo			–					4	–	5	–	0
Bowling Green			–					3	–	4	–	2
Dayton			–					4	–	6	–	0
Youngstown			–					3	–	5	–	0
Ball State			–					2	–	4	–	1
Washington University			–					2	–	7	–	0
Wayne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Indiana State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rose Poly			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	South Dakota	Detroit, MI	W 19–14
September 29	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–34	19,257	[2]
October 7	Western Illinois	Detroit, MI	L 20–21
October 14	at Michigan State Normal	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 26–6
October 21	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26
October 28	at Omaha	Omaha, NE	L 13–32
November 4	South Dakota State	Detroit, MI	L 0–40
November 11	at Bradley	Peoria, IL	L 29–33
November 18	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 7–56
Homecoming

References

1. "2019 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. p. 121. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. Dick Peters (September 30, 1950). "Titans Put Tartars to Rout, 34–0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 16–17 – via Newspapers.com.