1950 Wayne Tartars football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1950
| team = Wayne Tartars
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 2–7
| head_coach = Louis F. Zarza
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
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}}
{{1950 Midwestern college football independents records}}
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.{{cite web|title=2019 Football Media Guide |publisher=Wayne State University |pages=121 |accessdate=June 16, 2020 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/wsuathletics.com/documents/2019/9/4/Complete_FB_Media_Guide_web.pdf}}
Schedule
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|September 23||South Dakota||Detroit, MI|W 19-14|4,000|{{cite news |title=Wayne Nips With TD In 4th On Pass |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95520573/argus-leader/ |access-date=February 19, 2022 |work=Argus-Leader |agency=Associated Press |date=September 24, 1950 |page=25}}
|September 29|at|Detroit|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|L 0-34|19,257|{{cite news|title=Titans Put Tartars to Rout, 34–0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Dick Peters|date=September 30, 1950|pages=16–17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15667002/titans_put_tartars_to_rout_340/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 7||Western Illinois|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|L 20-21|7,767|{{cite news |last1=Puscas |first1=George |title=Western Illinois Slips Past Tartars, 21 to 20 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95508077/detroit-free-press/ |access-date=February 19, 2022 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=October 8, 1950 |page=E5 |via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 14|at|Michigan State Normal|Briggs Field|Ypsilanti, MI|W 26-6|5,000|{{cite news |last1=Puscas |first1=George |title=Wayne Sophomores Take Michigan Normal in Stride, 26-6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97008029/detroit-free-press/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=October 15, 1950 |page=6E |via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21|at|Temple|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|L 0-26|5,000|{{cite news |title=Late Temple Flurry Buries Wayne, 26 to 0 |date=October 22, 1950 |page=E4 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Mich.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67379736/1950-temple-wayne/ }}
|October 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}||Omaha, NE|L 13-32||
|November 4||South Dakota State
|November 11|at|Bradley|Peoria Stadium|Peoria, IL|L 29-33||{{cite news |author= |title=Wayne Scares Rival But Goes Down, 33-29 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/128676551/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |agency=Associated Press |date=November 12, 1950 |page=E5 |access-date=July 22, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|November 18|at|Toledo|Glass Bowl|Toledo, OH|L 7-56||
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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/757/stats/13011 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 13, 2022 }}