The 1950 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its third season under head coach Johnny Baker, the team compiled a 3–8–1 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished third in the conference, lost to Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 265 to 260.[1] Gordon Cooper led all players in major college football in 1950 with 46 pass receptions, good for 569 yards and eight touchdowns.[2]
| 1950 Denver Pioneers football | |
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Pineapple Bowl, L 27–28 vs. Hawaii | |
| Conference | Skyline Conference |
| Record | 3–8–1 (2–2–1 Skyline) |
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| Home stadium | Hilltop Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Wyoming $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | at Drake* | L 0–7 | 8,000 | [3] | |||
| September 23 | Colorado A&M | L 14–30 | 27,000 | [4] | |||
| September 29 | Kansas* |
| L 6–46 | 14,218 | [5] | ||
| October 6 | Pacific (CA)* |
| L 6–41 | 12,000 | [6] | ||
| October 13 | Utah |
| T 14–14 | 11,754 | [7] | ||
| October 21 | BYU |
| W 42–3 | 11,000 | [8] | ||
| October 28 | at Arizona* | L 14–19 | 18,000 | [9] | |||
| November 4 | at San Francisco* | L 6–24 | 9,738 | [10] | |||
| November 11 | Utah State |
| W 48–0 | 7,960 | [11] | ||
| November 23 | No. 12 Wyoming |
| L 12–42 | 28,700 | [12] | ||
| December 25 | at Leilehua All-Stars* | W 76–6 | 3,500 | [13] | |||
| January 1, 1951 | at Hawaii* |
| L 27–28 | 11,000 | [14] | ||
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