The 1949 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1949 college football season. Tulane won the conference.

All-SEC selections

Ends

• Bud Sherrod, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
• Sam Lyle, LSU (AP-1, UP-2)
• Jack Stribling, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-1)
• Bobby Walston, Georgia (AP-2, UP-2)
• Bucky Curtis, Vanderbilt (AP-3)
• Dick Harvin, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Tackles

• Bob Gain, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
• Paul Lea, Tulane (AP-1, UP-2)
• Ray Collins, LSU (AP-2, UP-2)
• Carl Copp, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-1)
• Tom Coleman, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
• Marion Campbell, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

• Ed Holdnak, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
• Allen Hover, LSU (AP-1, UP-2)
• Jimmy Crawford, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-1)
• Dennis Doyle, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2)
• Mike Mizerany, Alabama (AP-3)
• Ted Daffer, Tennessee (AP-3)

Centers

• Harry Ulinski, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1)
• Jerry Taylor, Miss. St. (AP-2, UP-2)
• Jimmy Kynes, Florida (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

• Travis Tidwell, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
• Babe Parilli, Kentucky (AP-2, UP-2)

Halfbacks

• Eddie Price, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
• Chuck Hunsinger, Florida (AP-1, UP-1)
• Jimmy Jordan, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
• Herb Rich, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Floyd Reid, Georgia (AP-3, UP-2)
• Ed Salem, Alabama (UP-2)
• Jimmy Roshto, LSU (UP-2)
• Don Phelps, Kentucky (AP-3)
• Butch Avinger, Alabama (AP-3)
• Lee Nalley, Vanderbilt (AP-3)

Fullbacks

• Kayo Dottley, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1)
• Zollie Toth, LSU (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press.^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP