1949 Xavier Musketeers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1949
| team = Xavier Musketeers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 10–1
| head_coach = Ed Kluska
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium = Xavier Stadium
| champion = Salad Bowl champion
| bowl = Salad Bowl
| bowl_result = W 33–21 vs. Arizona State
}}
{{1949 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1949 Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented Xavier University as an independent during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ed Kluska, the team compiled a 10–1 record, defeated Arizona State in the 1950 Salad Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 110. The team's only loss was to Bear Bryant's 1949 Kentucky Wildcats football team that was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1949
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 16||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats|title=West Virginia Wesleyan}}|Xavier Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|W 53–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-xavier-breezes-530/124938655/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Xavier breezes, 53–0|date=September 17, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 24|at|Dayton|UD Stadium|Dayton, OH|W 21-7|12,000|{{cite news|title=Xavier downs U.D. 21–7 before 12,000|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|author=Joe Burns|date=September 25, 1949|page=I-1, IV-2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121895803/xavier-downs-ud-21-7-before-12000/|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=Quantico Marines Devils Dogs|title=Quantico Marines}}|Xavier Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|W 29–7|14,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-xu-blasts-marines/124938872/|work=The Cincinnati Post|title=X.U. blasts Marines; Plays Miami Saturday|date=October 3, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8|at|Miami (OH)|Miami Field|Oxford, OH|W 27–19|13,002|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/palladium-item-xavier-musketeers-roll-to/124938972/|work=Palladium-Item|title=Xavier Musketeers roll to fourth straight win with 27–19 decision over scrappy Miami club|date=October 9, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 16||{{cfb link|year=1949|team=John Carroll Blue Streaks|title=John Carroll}}|Xavier Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|W 21–7|10,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-charley-squeri-spark/124939189/|work=The Cincinnati Post|title=Charley Squeri sparks Muskies to 21–7 victory|date=October 17, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21|at|Louisville|duPont Manual Stadium|Louisville, KY|W 19–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-xaviers-line-brings/124939272/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Xavier's line brings Louisville down 19 to 7|date=October 22, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 30||Dayton|Xavier Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|W 14-0|15,462|{{cite news|title=Stalwart Line Play By Xavier Sets Stage For Muskie's Second Triumph Of Season At Expense Of Dayton Flyers; Score, 14-0|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|author=Bill Ford|date=October 31, 1949|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121894283/stalwart-line-play-by-xavier-sets-stage/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5||No. 13 Kentucky|Xavier Stadium|Cincinnati, OH|L 7-21|16,348|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94867644/kentucky-power-rolls-over-unbeaten-xavie/|work=The Knoxville Journal|title=Kentucky power rolls over unbeaten Xavier, 21–7|date=November 6, 1949|accessdate=February 12, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 12|at|Cincinnati|Nippert Stadium|Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)|W 20–14|27,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-xavier-defeats/124939525/|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|title=Xavier defeats Bearcats|date=November 13, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 24|at|Marshall|Fairfield Stadium|Huntington, WV|W 13–7|8,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/beckley-post-herald-marshall-bows-to-xav/124939670/|work=Beckley Post-Herald|title=Marshall bows to Xavier in last period|date=November 25, 1949|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|January 2, 1950|vs|Arizona State|Montgomery Stadium|Phoenix, AZ (Salad Bowl)|W 33–21|18,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-muskies-defeat-sun-devi/124939914/|work=The Arizona Republic|title=Muskies defeat Sun Devils, 33–21, in Salad Bowl|date=January 3, 1950|accessdate=May 18, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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