1950 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
| 1950 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football | |
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Warren Williamson, Herb Bartling, Gene Cheever, Bill Gibbons, Jim Long (left to right) | |
NCC champion | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 9–0–1 (5–0–1 NCC) |
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| MVP | Warren Williamson |
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| Home stadium | State Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State College (nown known as South Dakota State University) as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Ralph Ginn, the Jackrabbits compiled a 9–0–1 record (5–0–1 in conference games), won the NCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 381 to 116. They easily defeated rivals North Dakota State (60–0) and South Dakota (54–28) and tied with North Dakota (21–21). The 1950 team finished the season with the best record in school history, surpassing the 1926 team that went undefeated with three ties. The Jackrabbits did not have another undefeated season for 73 years until the 2023 Jackrabbits compiled a 15–0 record to win the Division I FCS national championship.
Senior halfback Warren Williamson, an elusive runner from Hurley, South Dakota, led the team in rushing (1,014 yards), total offense (1,104 yards), and scoring (84 points scored), and was selected as the team's most valuable player. Quarterback Herb Bartling was seleced by conference coaches as the NCC player of the year. Seven South Dakota State players won first-team honors on the NCC all-conference team for 1950. Guard George Medchill and end Don Bartlett were the team captains.
The team played its home games at State Field in Brookings, South Dakota.