1949 Morgan State Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = Morgan State Bears
| sport = football
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| conference = Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = CIAA
| record = 8–0
| conf_record = 7–0
| head_coach = Edward P. Hurt
| hc_year = 20th
| captain =
| stadium = Hughes Stadium
| champion = Black college national champion
CIAA champion
}}
{{1949 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1949 Morgan State Bears football team was an American football team that represented Morgan State College in the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1949 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Edward P. Hurt, the Bears compiled an 8–0 record, won the CIAA championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 226 to 33.{{cite web|title=Morgan State Yearly Results (1945-1949)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=November 25, 2019|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/morgan_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906034228/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/m/morgan_state/1945-1949_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015}} The Bears were recognized by the Pittsburgh Courier, using the Dickinson Rating System, as the 1949 black college national champion.{{cite news|title=Southern, West Va. Lose on Final Ballot|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=December 10, 1942|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40078662/southern_west_va_lose_on_final_ballot/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|October 1||Delaware State|Hughes Stadium|Baltimore, MD|W 32-0||{{cite news|title=Morgan State Wins By 32 To 0|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 2, 1949|page=Sports 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39671528/morgan_state_wins_by_32_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina College Eagles|title=North Carolina College}}|Hughes Stadium|Baltimore, MD|W 20-7||{{cite news|title=Morgan State Wins, 20 to 7|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 9, 1949|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39671405/morgan_state_wins_20_to_7/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 15|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Howard Bison|title=Howard}}|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC|W 39-0||{{cite news|title=Howard Trounced by Morgan, 0-39|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 16, 1949|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39671292/howard_trounced_by_morgan_039/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 22|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Lincoln Lions|title=Lincoln (PA)}}||Lincoln, PA|W 35-0||{{cite news|title=Morgan Beats Lincoln, 35-0|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 23, 1949|page=Sports 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39671071/morgan_beats_lincoln_350/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 29||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}|Morgan Stadium|Baltimore, MD|W 27-6||{{cite news|title=Morgan State Wins, 27 to 6|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=October 30, 1949|page=Sports 6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39670912/morgan_state_wins_27_to_6/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5|vs|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Wilberforce State Green Wave|title=Wilberforce State}}
|November 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Hampton Pirates|title=Hampton}}||Hampton, VA|W 26-0|6,000|{{cite news|title=Pirates Take 'Homecoming' Setback, 26-0|newspaper=Daily Press|date=November 13, 1949|pages=2C, 4C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39670513/pirates_take_homecoming_setback_260/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 24||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Virginia State Trojans|title=Virginia State}}|Hughes Stadium|Baltimore, MD|W 34-7|> 12,500|{{cite news|title=Morgan State Tops Virginia State|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=November 25, 1949|pages=17, 19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39670260/morgan_state_tops_virginia_stat/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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{{Morgan State Bears football navbox}}
{{Black college football national champion navbox}}
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Category:Black college football national champions
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