1949 Football Team (2011) - Hall of Fame - Ball State University Athletics

1949 Football Team

Induction:
2011

Ball State’s 1949 football team is the first team to ever be inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1949 squad is the only unbeaten and untied football team in the 87-year history of Ball State’s football program. The 1949 squad posted an unblemished 8-0 record under the tutelage of head coach John Magnabosco. The Cardinals outscored their eight opponents by a 276-61 margin. Ball State’s 1949 team is still a part of the longest winning streak in school history. The record winning streak is 14, the last six in 1948 and all eight in 1949. Twenty-two of the team’s players and coaching staff assembled at Ball State in 1999 for the 50^th anniversary of the team’s achievements. Included on the 1949 team roster are Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame members Fred Kehoe, William King, Wave Myers, and Magnabosco. Ball State’s football program’s Most Valuable Player Award is named in honor of Coach Magnabosco.