1948 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1948 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1948 college football season. After the season, Tom Landry signed with the New York Yanks of the All-America Football Conference.[1]

1948 Texas Longhorns football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 41–28 vs. Georgia
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1948 record7–3–1 (4–1–1 SWC)
Head coachBlair Cherry (2nd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1948 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 SMU $ 5 0 1  9 1 1
Texas 4 1 1  7 3 1
Baylor 3 2 1  6 3 2
Rice 3 2 1  5 4 1
Arkansas 2 4 0  5 5 0
TCU 1 4 1  4 5 1
Texas A&M 0 5 1  0 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 182 p.m.LSU*W 33–047,500
September 252:30 p.m.at North Carolina*
L 7–3443,500
October 22 p.m.New Mexico*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 47–031,000
October 9vs. Oklahoma*No. 16
L 14–20
October 162 p.m.Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 14–646,000
October 232:30 p.m.at Rice
W 20–730,000
October 302 p.m.No. 11 SMUNo. 20
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 6–2168,750
November 62:30 p.m.at Baylor
  • Waco Stadium
  • Waco, TX
W 13–1020,000
November 132 p.m.at TCUW 14–732,000
November 252 p.m.Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
T 14–1468,000
January 1, 1949vs. No. 8 Georgia*
W 41–2860,523
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6


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