1949 North Dakota State Bison football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1949

| team = North Dakota State Bison

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = North Central Conference

| short_conf = NCC

| record = 0–9

| conf_record = 0–6

| head_coach = Howard Bliss

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = Dacotah Field

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{{1949 North Central Conference football standings}}

The 1949 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1949 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Howard Bliss, the team compiled a 0–9 record (0–6 against NCC opponents) and finished in seventh/last place out of seven teams in the NCC.{{cite web |title=1949 NDSU football schedule |url=https://gobison.com/sports/football/schedule/1949 |website=North Dakota State Athletics |access-date=October 9, 2021}} The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

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|September 17|at|Marquette|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|L 0–66|14,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86808544/marquette-rolls-up-660-win/|work=Leader-Telegram|title=Marquette rolls up 66–0 win|date=September 18, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 23||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Concordia–Moorhead Cobbers|title=Concordia–Moorhead}}|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|L 6–41||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86808705/concordia-whips-nd-bison-416/|work=Argus-Leader|title=Concordia whips N.D. Bison 41–6|date=September 24, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 30||Iowa State Teachers|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|L 6–27||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86808838/tutors-win-32nd-loop-start-276/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Tutors win 32nd loop start, 27–6|date=October 1, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}|Public Schools Stadium|Sioux City, IA|L 20–39|6,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86809086/maroons-smother-state-3920/|work=Sioux City Journal|title=Maroons smother State, 39–20|date=October 9, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 14||South Dakota|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|L 7–40||{{cite news|title=USD Wins 40-7 |newspaper=The Daily Argus-Leader |author= |date=October 15, 1949 |page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117144932/usd-wins-40-7/ |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86809214/coyotes-overpower-ndac-bison-407/|work=Rapid City Journal|title=Coyotes overpower NDAC Bison, 40–7|date=October 15, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 22|vs|Montana State||Glendive, MT|L 7–28||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86809446/bobcats-defeat-nodak-ags-in-night-game-a/|work=The Montana Standard|title=Bobcats defeat Nodak Ags in night game at Glendive|date=October 23, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 29||North Dakota|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND (rivalry)|L 6–13|5,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86809604/ndu-sioux-ndac-bison-137/|work=Rapid City Journal|title=NDU Sioux NDAC Bison, 13–7|date=October 30, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 4|at|South Dakota State|State Field|Brookings, SD (rivalry)|L 13–33||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86809834/south-dakota-state-earns-at-least-half-o/|work=Sioux City Journal|title=South Dakota State earns at least half of grid title|date=November 5, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 11|at|{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|title=Augustana (SD)}}||Sioux Falls, SD|L 7–13||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86810003/vikings-top-ndac-137/|work=Argus-Leader|title=Vikings top NDAC 13–7|date=November 12, 1949|accessdate=October 9, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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