1949 Maine Black Bears football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1949

| team = Maine Black Bears

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Yankee Conference

| short_conf = Yankee

| conference2 = Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf2 = MIAA

| record = 2–4–1

| conf_record = 2–0–1

| conf2_record = 0–3

| head_coach = David M. Nelson

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Donald Barron

| stadium = Alumni Field

| champion = Yankee Conference co-champion

}}

{{1949 Yankee Conference football standings}}

The 1949 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record (2–0–1 against Yankee Conference and 0–3 against MIAA opponents) and tied with Connecticut for the Yankee championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine.{{cite news |author= |title=Maine, Connecticut Share Conference Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-portsmouth-herald/144301695/ |newspaper=The Portsmouth Herald |location=Portsmouth, New Hampshire |agency=Associated Press |date=November 19, 1949 |page=5 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Donald Barron was the team captain.{{cite web|title=2019 Maine Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Maine |year=2019 |page=86 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2020}}