NCAA Division I football win–loss records in the 1950s

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The following list shows NCAA Division I football programs by winning percentage during the 1950–1959 football seasons. During this time Division I was known as the University Division. The following list reflects the records according to the NCAA. This list takes into account results modified later due to NCAA action, such as vacated victories and forfeits.

NCAA Division I Football Records in the 1950s[1]
Team Total games Won Lost Tie Pct.
Oklahoma 105 93 10 2 .895
San Francisco[a] 20 16 4 0 .800
Ole Miss 106 80 21 5 .778
Michigan State 92 70 21 1 .766
Princeton 90 67 22 1 .750
Arizona State 102 74 25 3 .740
Georgia Tech 111 79 26 6 .739
Wyoming 101 72 24 5 .738
UCLA 97 68 26 3 .716
Ohio State 92 63 24 5 .712
Tennessee 107 72 31 4 .692
Penn State 94 62 28 4 .681
Maryland 101 67 31 3 .678
Syracuse 93 62 29 2 .677
Army 90 58 27 5 .672
Notre Dame 99 64 31 4 .667
Clemson 101 64 32 5 .658
Wisconsin 92 57 28 7 .658
Colorado 100 62 33 5 .645
Duke 102 62 33 7 .642
Air Force[b] 40 23 12 5 .638
Navy 94 55 30 9 .633
Yale 90 54 30 6 .633
Auburn 103 63 37 3 .626
Texas 104 64 38 2 .625
Miami (FL) 100 60 37 3 .615
Kentucky 105 62 38 5 .614
Loyola Marymount[c] 18 11 7 0 .611
USC 102 60 38 4 .608
West Virginia 98 58 38 2 .602
Holy Cross 97 56 38 3 .593
North Texas[d] 71 40 27 4 .592
TCU 105 60 41 4 .590
Michigan 91 52 36 3 .588
Pacific 100 55 38 7 .585
Houston[e] 87 49 35 3 .580
UTEP 101 57 41 3 .579
Baylor 103 57 42 4 .573
Iowa 92 49 36 7 .571
South Carolina 97 54 41 2 .567
Boston College 91 49 38 4 .560
Illinois 91 48 37 6 .560
LSU 106 55 43 8 .557
Florida 101 53 42 6 .554
Cincinnati[f] 58 29 23 6 .552
VMI 100 52 42 6 .550
Utah 102 54 44 4 .549
Tulsa 104 54 46 4 .538
Florida State[g] 63 33 29 1 .532
Texas A&M 102 51 45 6 .529
Vanderbilt 102 49 44 9 .525
Purdue 90 42 38 10 .522
Rice 102 51 48 3 .515
Stanford 101 50 47 4 .515
Washington & Lee[h] 41 21 20 0 .512
Georgia 105 51 49 5 .510
Colorado State 98 49 47 2 .510
Alabama 108 50 48 10 .509
Washington 101 49 48 4 .505
Virginia Tech 100 48 48 4 .500
Mississippi State 94 45 45 4 .500
Cornell 90 44 44 2 .500
Boston University 88 42 42 4 .500
Arkansas 102 50 51 1 .495
SMU 100 47 48 5 .495
California 102 48 50 4 .490
Washington State 99 46 48 5 .490
Rutgers 87 42 44 1 .489
Denver 102 48 51 3 .485
Oklahoma State 102 47 50 5 .485
Pittsburgh 98 46 49 3 .485
Texas Tech 106 49 53 4 .481
Hardin–Simmons 104 49 53 2 .481
New Mexico 99 47 51 1 .480
Wichita State 98 44 48 6 .480
Dartmouth 90 41 45 4 .478
Fordham[i] 44 20 22 2 .477
Drake[j] 79 37 41 1 .475
Detroit Mercy 96 44 49 3 .474
Bradley[k] 19 9 10 0 .474
San Jose State 97 43 49 5 .469
Colgate 89 39 46 4 .461
Harvard 84 37 44 3 .458
Oregon 101 44 53 4 .455
Oregon State 96 43 52 1 .453
Arizona 101 44 54 3 .450
Kansas 100 43 53 4 .450
Temple[l] 29 12 15 2 .448
George Washington 90 38 48 4 .444
Missouri 101 42 54 5 .441
Citadel 96 40 53 3 .432
Wake Forest 99 38 52 9 .429
Penn 90 36 50 4 .422
Minnesota 90 34 49 7 .417
Utah State 103 40 60 3 .403
West Texas A&M 97 38 57 2 .402
Nebraska 100 38 58 4 .400
Xavier[m] 10 4 6 0 .400
Villanova 94 37 56 1 .399
Tulane 99 36 56 7 .399
Brown 90 34 53 3 .394
William & Mary 98 35 57 6 .388
Dayton[n] 40 15 24 1 .388
Northwestern 90 33 54 3 .383
Richmond 97 35 58 4 .381
Virginia 97 36 60 1 .376
Davidson 89 33 55 1 .376
BYU 99 34 59 6 .374
Iowa State 95 33 58 4 .368
Furman 99 34 62 3 .359
North Carolina 98 33 61 4 .357
North Carolina State 100 31 64 5 .335
Idaho 91 29 59 3 .335
Kansas State 100 31 65 4 .330
Marquette 96 28 61 7 .328
Santa Clara[o] 28 8 18 2 .321
Indiana 90 26 61 3 .306
Duquesne[p] 9 2 6 1 .278
Columbia 89 24 64 1 .275
New Mexico State 97 26 70 1 .273
Northern Arizona[q] 24 6 18 0 .250
Saint Mary's[r] 10 2 7 1 .250
Montana 94 22 71 1 .239
Georgetown[s] 9 2 7 0 .222
NYU[t] 23 4 17 2 .217
Nevada[u] 10 1 9 0 .100

Chart notes

  1. ^ San Francisco left Division I after the 1951 season.
  2. ^ Air Force joined Division I in 1956.
  3. ^ Loyola Marymount dropped football after the 1951 season.
  4. ^ North Texas joined Division I in 1953.
  5. ^ Houston joined Division I in 1951.
  6. ^ Cincinnati joined Division I in 1954.
  7. ^ Florida State joined Division I in 1954.
  8. ^ Washington & Lee left Division I after the 1953 season.
  9. ^ Fordham left Division I after the 1954 season.
  10. ^ Drake left Division I after the 1958 season.
  11. ^ Bradley left Division I after the 1951 season.
  12. ^ Temple left Division I after the 1952 season.
  13. ^ Xavier joined Division I in 1959.
  14. ^ Dayton joined Division I in 1956.
  15. ^ Santa Clara left Division I after the 1952 season.
  16. ^ Duquesne left Division I after the 1950 season.
  17. ^ Northern Arizona left Division I after the 1953 season.
  18. ^ Saint Mary's left Division I after the 1950 season.
  19. ^ Georgetown dropped football after the 1950 season.
  20. ^ NYU dropped football after the 1952 season.
  21. ^ Nevada left Division I after the 1950 season.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "College Football Statistics and History".