1950 College Football Season

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As originally compiled by John Moynahan and ku528808:

Television

After two Chicago television stations aired Illinois and Northwestern home games in 1949 with an adverse affect on attendance, the Big Ten banned all telecasts for this season. Chicago Tribune 8/5/50

September 22

Wake Forest @ Boston College - WNAC-Boston, Lester Smith


September 23

Oregon @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


September 29

Iowa @ USC - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


September 30

North Carolina @ Notre Dame - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Virginia @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Colgate @ Army - CBS, Red Barber

Washington State @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


October 7

Purdue @ Notre Dame - Dumont, Russ Hodges

Penn State @ Army - CBS, Red Barber

Columbia @ Harvard - NBC, Bill Slater


October 13

Illinois @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


October 14

Columbia @ Yale - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Dartmouth @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Michigan vs Army @ Yankee Stadium - CBS, Red Barber

Navy @ Princeton - NBC, Bill Slater

Cal @ USC - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


October 20

Georgetown @ Boston College - WNAC-Boston, Lester Smith


October 21

North Carolina State @ Maryland - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

USC @ Navy - CBS, Red Barber

Army @ Harvard - NBC, Bill Slater

Stanford @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


October 27

Georgia @ Boston College - WNAC-Boston, Lester Smith


October 28

Michigan State @ Notre Dame  - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Yale @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Army @ Columbia - CBS, Red Barber

Cornell @ Princeton - NBC, Bill Slater

Oregon @ USC - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


November 4

Navy @ Notre Dame - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Army @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Cornell @ Columbia - CBS, Red Barber

Princeton @ Colgate - NBC, Bill Slater

Oregon State @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


November 11

Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Brown @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Harvard @ Princeton - NBC, Bill Slater

Tulane @ Navy - CBS, Red Barber


November 18

Princeton @ Yale - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Wisconsin @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Brown @ Harvard - NBC, Bill Slater

Columbia @ Navy - CBS, Red Barber

Washington @ USC - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon

Iowa State @ Nebraska - WOWT-Omaha


November 25

Yale @ Harvard - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt

Cornell @ Penn - ABC, George Walsh

Fordham @ NYU - CBS, Red Barber

Dartmouth @ Princeton - NBC, Bill Slater

USC @ UCLA - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


December 2

Army vs Navy @ Philadelphia - CBS, Connie Desmond

Notre Dame @ USC - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon


December 8

Presidential Cup Bowl - Georgia vs Texas A&M @ College Park, MD - Dumont, Mel Allen, Jim Britt


January 1

Rose Bowl, Cal vs Michigan - KTTV-Los Angeles, Tom Harmon, Braven Dyer

Radio

NBC Radio

my question is did Bill Stern work alone

september 23 oregon state michigan state

September 30 North Carolina Notre Dame

October 7 Vanderbilt Alabama

October 14 Oklahoma Texas

October 21 Notre Dame Indiana

October 28 Indiana Illinois

November 4 SMU Texas

November 11 Wisconsin Ohio State

November 18 Ohio State Illinois

November 25 Illinois Northwestern

December 2 LSU Tulane


CBS Radio

September 30 Navy Maryland Jim Simpson

December 2 Notre Dame USC Red Barber

December 2 SMU TCU on WBBM John Harrington

Other weeks roundup mostly with Connie Desmond


Mutual Broadcasting with Al Helfer and Art Gleeson except for Army Navy when it was Helfer and Bill Slater

September 23 Oregon State Michigan State

September 30 SMU Ohio State

October 7 Penn state Army

October 14 Michigan Army at Yankee Stadium

October 21 Notre Dame Indiana

October 28 Indiana Illinois

November 4 Ohio State Northwestern

November 11 Wisconsin Ohio State

November 18 Missouri Oklahoma

November 25 Michigan Ohio State

December 2 Army Navy at Philadelphia


ABC Radio with Harry Wismer not sure if he worked alone

September 30 North Carolina Notre Dame

October 7 Illinois Wisconsin

October 14 Michigan Army at Yankee Stadium

October 21 Ohio State at Minnesota

October 28 UCLA at Purdue

November 4 Navy at Notre Dame at Cleveland

No other games past this as ABC was broadcasting the Metropolitan Opera Saturday Broadcasts and were heard every week from 1944 when it merged off NBC until 1958.


Here are the bowl games still need the blue gray and east west if broadcast

Orange CBS Radio Clemson Miami Mel Allen and Connie Desmond

Gator Mutual Radio Wyoming and Washington and Lee Art Gleeson, Bob Wolff

Cotton NBC Radio Tennessee Texas Bill Stern and Jack Lightcap

Sugar ABC Radio Kentucky Oklahoma Harry Wismer and Jim Britt

Rose CBS Radio Michigan California Red Barber and Carroll Hansen

Yes on CBS for the Rose they had the contract  for 3 years.


Blue Gray Wismer and Britt

East West Ernie Smith and Mel Venter