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1949 Whittier Poets football
SCC champion
Conference Southern California Conference
Record8–1 (4–0 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHadley Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whittier $ 4 0 0 8 1 0
Pomona 3 1 0 6 2 0
Redlands 2 2 0 4 3 1
Occidental 1 3 0 4 4 0
Caltech 0 4 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Whittier Poets football team represented Whittier College as a member of the Southern California Conference (SCC) during the 1949 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Wallace Newman, the Poets compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the SCC title. [1] Whittier played home games at Hadley Field in Whittier, California.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 238:15 p.m.at Santa Barbara*
W 20–65,500 [2] [3] [4]
October 18:00 p.m. San Francisco State*
W 60–05,000 [5] [6]
October 88:00 p.m.at CaltechW 55–7 [7] [8] [9]
October 156:30 p.m.at Arizona State–Flagstaff*
W 20–13 [10] [11] [12]
October 228:00 p.m.at Occidental
W 54–6 [13] [14]
October 298:00 p.m. Cal Poly*
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
L 0–196,000 [15] [16] [17] [18]
November 58:00 p.m. Pomonadagger
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
W 14–139,000 [19] [20]
November 11at Cal Aggies*W 20–13 [21]
November 198:00 p.m. Redlands
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
W 40–137,000 [22] [23]

References

  1. ^ "Hens Down Occidental". Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. November 21, 1949. p. 12. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 23, 1949). "Gauchos Meet Whittier Tonight". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. B4. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Whittier Poets Defeat Gauchos". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Overpowered In Line Colorful Locals Yield to Whittier, 20 to 6 (continued)". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A3. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Poets Fear San Francisco Pass Attack". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. September 30, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Whittier College Romps To 60-0 Win Over Gaters From San Francisco State". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 3, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Quakers Are Favored Over Caltech". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 7, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Poets Ruin Caltech in 55-7 Contest". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1949. p. 14, part II. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Quakers Run Wild Against Caltech To Win 55-7 In Conference Opening Game". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 10, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Old Grads To Watch Logger-Whittier Clash". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. October 14, 1949. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Poets Down Axemen: Homecoming Tilt Lost in Final Seconds". Arizona Daily Sun. October 17, 1949. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Quakers Score Twice In Last 2 1/2 Minutes To Whip Arizona State, 20-13". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 17, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Geyer, Jack (October 22, 1949). "Oxy Grids Oppose Poet Team Tonight". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 3, part III. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Favored Occidental Slaughtered By Quakers, 54-6". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 24, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Fighting Quakers Risk Perfect Record Against Mustangs Here Tonight". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 29, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Fighting Quakers Risk Perfect Record Against Mustangs Here Tonight (continued)". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 29, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Mustangs Romp Through Quakers 19-0; Whittier's String Of Wins Broken". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 31, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Victory String of Whittier College Nipped". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 31, 1948. p. 13. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  19. ^ Addicott, Warren (November 5, 1949). "Hens, Poets Vie Tonight For Crown". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 6, section 1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ Addicott, Warren (November 7, 1949). "Whittier Win Over Sagehends Virtuall Clinches Crown". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 2, section 2. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Fighting Quakers Score Seventh Win of Year; Down Cal Aggies, 20-13". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. November 12, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Bulldogs Meet Whittier Tonight". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. November 19, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  23. ^ "Quakers Smash Redlands, 40-13, To Win Title". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. November 21, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1949 Whittier Poets football
SCC champion
Conference Southern California Conference
Record8–1 (4–0 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHadley Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whittier $ 4 0 0 8 1 0
Pomona 3 1 0 6 2 0
Redlands 2 2 0 4 3 1
Occidental 1 3 0 4 4 0
Caltech 0 4 0 0 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Whittier Poets football team represented Whittier College as a member of the Southern California Conference (SCC) during the 1949 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Wallace Newman, the Poets compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the SCC title. [1] Whittier played home games at Hadley Field in Whittier, California.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 238:15 p.m.at Santa Barbara*
W 20–65,500 [2] [3] [4]
October 18:00 p.m. San Francisco State*
W 60–05,000 [5] [6]
October 88:00 p.m.at CaltechW 55–7 [7] [8] [9]
October 156:30 p.m.at Arizona State–Flagstaff*
W 20–13 [10] [11] [12]
October 228:00 p.m.at Occidental
W 54–6 [13] [14]
October 298:00 p.m. Cal Poly*
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
L 0–196,000 [15] [16] [17] [18]
November 58:00 p.m. Pomonadagger
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
W 14–139,000 [19] [20]
November 11at Cal Aggies*W 20–13 [21]
November 198:00 p.m. Redlands
  • Hadley Field
  • Whittier, CA
W 40–137,000 [22] [23]

References

  1. ^ "Hens Down Occidental". Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. November 21, 1949. p. 12. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 23, 1949). "Gauchos Meet Whittier Tonight". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. B4. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Whittier Poets Defeat Gauchos". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Cummings, Clover (September 24, 1949). "Overpowered In Line Colorful Locals Yield to Whittier, 20 to 6 (continued)". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. p. A3. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Poets Fear San Francisco Pass Attack". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. September 30, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Whittier College Romps To 60-0 Win Over Gaters From San Francisco State". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 3, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Quakers Are Favored Over Caltech". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 7, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Poets Ruin Caltech in 55-7 Contest". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1949. p. 14, part II. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Quakers Run Wild Against Caltech To Win 55-7 In Conference Opening Game". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 10, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Old Grads To Watch Logger-Whittier Clash". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. October 14, 1949. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Poets Down Axemen: Homecoming Tilt Lost in Final Seconds". Arizona Daily Sun. October 17, 1949. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Quakers Score Twice In Last 2 1/2 Minutes To Whip Arizona State, 20-13". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 17, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Geyer, Jack (October 22, 1949). "Oxy Grids Oppose Poet Team Tonight". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 3, part III. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Favored Occidental Slaughtered By Quakers, 54-6". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 24, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Fighting Quakers Risk Perfect Record Against Mustangs Here Tonight". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 29, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Fighting Quakers Risk Perfect Record Against Mustangs Here Tonight (continued)". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 29, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Mustangs Romp Through Quakers 19-0; Whittier's String Of Wins Broken". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. October 31, 1949. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Victory String of Whittier College Nipped". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 31, 1948. p. 13. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  19. ^ Addicott, Warren (November 5, 1949). "Hens, Poets Vie Tonight For Crown". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 6, section 1. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ Addicott, Warren (November 7, 1949). "Whittier Win Over Sagehends Virtuall Clinches Crown". The Pomona Progress Bulletin. Pomona, California. p. 2, section 2. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Fighting Quakers Score Seventh Win of Year; Down Cal Aggies, 20-13". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. November 12, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Bulldogs Meet Whittier Tonight". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. November 19, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  23. ^ "Quakers Smash Redlands, 40-13, To Win Title". The Whittier News. Whittier, California. November 21, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.



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