The 1949 Livingston State Tigers football team represented Livingston State Teachers CollegeâÂÂnow known as the University of West AlabamaâÂÂas a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) during the 1949 college football season. The Tigers compiled an overall record of 7âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 with a mark of 3âÂÂ0âÂÂ1 in conference play, sharing the AIC title with Troy State. Livingston State was in invited to the Paper Bowl, where the Tigers lost to Jacksonville State, a fellow member of the AIC that they had defeated during the regular season. The team played home games at McConnell Field in Livingston, Alabama.
Livingston State began the season under first-year head coach George Darrow, who died of a heart attack on September 25, a day after the second game of the season. Vaughn Mancha, who had served as the team's line coach, succeed Darrow as head coach.