1949 Eastern Washington Savages football team

The 1949 Eastern Washington Savages football team represented Eastern Washington College of Education—now known as Eastern Washington University—as a member of the Evergreen Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by third-year head coac Abe Poffenroth, the Savages compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Evergreen title with Puget Sound.^[1] Eastern Washington played home games at Woodward Field in Cheney, Washington.

1940 Eastern Washington Savages football
Evergreen co-champion
Conference	Evergreen Conference
Record	7–2 (5–1 Evergreen)
Head coach	Abe Poffenroth (3rd season)
Home stadium	Woodward Field
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1949 Evergreen Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Puget Sound +	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Eastern Washington +	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Western Washington	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Pacific Lutheran	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Whitworth	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Central Washington	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Saint Martin's	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	8:00 p.m.	Montana State*	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 29–6	8,000	[2][3]
October 1	8:00 p.m.	Western Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 13–6	4,000	[4][5]
October 8	8:00 p.m.	at Puget Sound	Lincoln Bowl Tacoma, WA	L 7–13		[6][7][8]
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at Whitworth	Pine Bowl Spokane, WA	W 27–20	5,000	[9][10]
October 22	8:00 p.m.	Pacific Lutheran	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 21–6	3,500	[11][12]
October 29	2:00 p.m.	Central Washington	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	W 20–0	7,500	[13][14]
November 5	1:00 p.m.	at Montana*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MN (rivalry)	L 6–19		[15][16]
November 12		at Northern Idaho*	Lewiston, ID	W 14–6		[17]
November 19	8:00 p.m.	at Saint Martin's	Stevens Field Olympia, WA	W 37–20		[18][19][20]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time

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