1950 College Football Season
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