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{{short description|National Football League team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL team season
| team = New York Bulldogs
| year = 1949
| record = 1–10–1
| division_place = 5th [[Eastern and Western Conferences (NFL) 1933–69|NFL Eastern]]
| coach = [[Charley Ewart]]
| owner = [[Ted Collins (manager)|Ted Collins]]<ref name=chewhrdmj/>
| stadium =[[Polo Grounds]]
| radio = [[WNBC (AM)|WEAF]]
| playoffs = ''Did not qualify''
| previous = [[1948 Boston Yanks season|1948 (Boston Yanks)]]
| next = [[1950 New York Yanks season|1950 (NY Yanks)]]
}}

The '''[[1949 NFL season|1949]] [[New York Bulldogs]] season''' was their first season in New York in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), and the continuation of the [[Dayton Triangles]] franchise, after having played five years as the [[Boston Yanks]], and last as the Bulldogs (subsequently becoming the [[New York Yanks]]). They finished 1–10–1,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nyy/1949.htm| title = 1949 New York Bulldogs| website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref> last place in the Eastern Division and the worst record in the ten-team league.

The head coach was Charley Ewart, previously the general manager (and backfield coach) for the [[1948 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] who played [[college football]] at [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]].<ref name=chewhrdmj>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZVQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3262%2C1311539 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |agency=Associated Press |title=Ewart is selected to coach Bulldogs |date=February 3, 1949 |page=6, part 2}}</ref><ref name=cseach>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zJcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RmgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2084%2C2928791 |newspaper=Lewiston Daily Sun |location=Maine |agency=Associated Press |title=Collins signs Ewart as coach |date=February 3, 1949 |page=15 }}</ref> Signed to a three-year contract,<ref name=cseach/> he resigned the day after the regular season's final game, a 27–0 home loss to [[1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh]] with just over 4,000 in attendance.<ref name=eregn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BttNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6ooDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3731%2C2291616 |newspaper=Free Lance-Star |location=Fredericksburg, Virginia |title=Bulldogs' Ewart resigns, solves Collins' problem |agency=Associated Press |date=December 12, 1949 |page=11}}</ref>

==NFL Draft==
{{main|1949 NFL draft}}
{|class="wikitable" width="80%"
|- align="center" style="background:#192f6b;color:white;"
| '''Round''' || '''Pick''' || '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''School'''
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| 1 || 3|| [[Doak Walker]]|| Halfback|| [[1948 SMU Mustangs football team|Southern Methodist]]
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|}
<small>Source:</small><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1949.htm| title = Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com| website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]| access-date = March 28, 2018| archive-date = October 30, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101030210715/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1949.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Halfback [[Doak Walker]] was selected as a "future pick" after his [[Heisman Trophy]]-winning [[1948 SMU Mustangs football team|junior season]], but he stayed at [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] for his senior season in [[1949 college football season|1949]]. (He missed the [[1946 college football season|1946]] season due to military service.) Walker's draft rights were traded to the [[Detroit Lions]], where his [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|hall of fame]] career began in [[1950 Detroit Lions season|1950]].<ref name=dobtdrt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X1tIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4301%2C2240946 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Detroit obtains draft rights to Doak Walker |date=January 22, 1950 |page=33 }}</ref>

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Week
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Date
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Opponent
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Result
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Record
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Venue
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"| Recap
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 1
| September 22
| '''[[1949 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]'''
| '''L''' 0–7
| 0–1
| [[Polo Grounds]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194909220nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 2
| September 30
| '''[[1949 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''L''' 14–38
| 0–2
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194909300nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 3
| October 7
| [[1949 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]
| '''L''' 0–19
| 0–3
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194910070nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 4
| October 16
| at '''[[1949 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''L''' 14–38
| 0–4
| [[Griffith Stadium]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194910160was.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 5
| October 23
| at '''[[1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''L''' 13–24
| 0–5
| [[Forbes Field]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194910230pit.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#ffc"
! 6
| October 30
| '''[[1949 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]'''
| '''T''' 14–14
| 0–5–1
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194910300nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#cfc"
! 7
| November 6
| at '''[[1949 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]'''
| '''W''' 31–24
| 1–5–1
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194911060nyg.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 8
| November 13
| [[1949 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| '''L''' 20–65
| 1–6–1
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194911130nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 9
| November 20
| at '''[[1949 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]]'''
| '''L''' 0–42
| 1–7–1
| [[Shibe Park]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194911200phi.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 10
| November 27
| at [[1949 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]]
| '''L''' 20–42
| 1–8–1
| [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194911270ram.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 11
| December 4
| at [[1949 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions]]
| '''L''' 27–28
| 1–9–1
| [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Briggs Stadium]]
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194912040det.htm Recap]
|-style="background:#fcc"
! 12
| December 11
| '''[[1949 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]'''
| '''L''' 0–27
| 1–10–1
| Polo Grounds
| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194912110nyy.htm Recap]
|-style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|New York Bulldogs|year=1949|border=2}}"
|colspan="8"| '''Note:''' Intra-conference opponents are in '''bold''' text.
|}

==Standings==
{{1949 NFL Eastern standings}}
{{1949 NFL Western standings}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{New York Yanks seasons}}

{{1949 NFL season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1949 New York Bulldogs Season}}
[[Category:Dallas Texans (NFL) seasons|1949]]
[[Category:1949 NFL season by team|New York Bulldogs]]
[[Category:1949 in sports in New York City]]

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