1948 college football season

The 1948 college football season finished with two unbeaten and untied teams; Michigan and Clemson. Michigan was the first place choice for the majority (192 of the 333) voters in the AP Poll, but didn't play in the postseason because of a no-repeat rule for Big Nine schools. Notre Dame, second in the AP Poll, tied USC 14–14 at the end of the regular season, but did not participate in any bowl per university policy at the time. Northwestern beat California 20–14 in the Rose Bowl, and Clemson defeated Missouri by a point in the Gator Bowl.

1948 college football season
First AP No. 1 of seasonNotre Dame[1]
Number of bowls14
Champion(s)Michigan (AP)
HeismanDoak Walker (halfback, SMU)
football seasons

Air travel to away games (as opposed to rail travel) became increasingly popular with college football programs in the late 1940s.[2]

The NCAA began permitting the use of small 1-inch rubber "tees" (not the same tee used for kickoffs) for extra point and field goal attempts beginning this year; they were outlawed in 1989.[3]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes
  • One conferences began play in 1948:
  • One conference played its final season in 1948:
  • Two conferences changed their names prior to the season:
    • After the Big Six Conference, still officially known as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, added Colorado, the conference's unofficial name became the Big Seven Conference.
    • The Washington Intercollegiate Conference changed its name to the Evergreen Conference, the name it would retain until the conference's demise after the 1984 season

Membership changes
School1947 Conference1948 Conference
Bradley BravesIndependentMissouri Valley
Colorado BuffaloesSkyline (Mountain States)Big Seven (MVIAA)
Eastern Kentucky State ColonelsKIACOhio Valley
Evansville Purple AcesIndependentOhio Valley
Louisville CardinalsKIACOhio Valley
Morehead State EaglesKIACOhio Valley
Murray State RacersKIACOhio Valley
Western Kentucky State HilltoppersKIACOhio Valley

September

The Associated Press did not poll the writers until the fourth week of the season. Among the five teams that had been ranked highest in 1947, Notre Dame, Michigan, SMU, Penn State, Texas began play on September 25. Notre Dame edged Purdue 28-27, Michigan won at Michigan State, 13-7, and SMU won at Pittsburgh, 33-14. The Texas Longhorns lost at North Carolina, 34-7. Northwestern beat UCLA, in Los Angeles, 19-0. In Baltimore, California beat Navy, 21-7. Army beat visiting Villanova 28-0.

October

On October 2 In Pittsburgh, Notre Dame shut out Pitt, 40-0, while in Dallas, SMU defeated Texas Tech 41-6. Penn State beat Bucknell 35-0, Michigan beat Oregon 14-0. North Carolina won at Georgia 21-14. Army beat Lafayette 54-7. Northwestern beat Purdue 21-0. When the first poll was issued, Notre Dame had fewer first place votes than North Carolina (50 vs. 55), but ten more points overall (1,200 to 1,190) Northwestern was third, followed by SMU and Army. Though unbeaten, Michigan was ranked 7th, after Georgia Tech.

On October 9 #1 Notre Dame beat Michigan State 26-7. #2 North Carolina won at Wake Forest, 28-6, and was ranked first in the next poll. #3 Northwestern beat #8 Minnesota 19-16. #4 SMU lost at Missouri, 20-14. #5 Army won at Illinois, 26-21. #7 Michigan, which had won at #15 Purdue, 40-0, rose to 4th.

October 16 #1 North Carolina beat N.C. State 14-0, but dropped to third in the next poll. #2 Notre Dame won at Nebraska 44-13. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, #3 Northwestern faced Big Nine rival #4 Michigan, and the home team Wolverines won 28-0. #5 Army defeated Harvard 20-7. Michigan moved up to first place in the next poll, and #6 California (which beat Oregon State 42-0) replaced Northwestern in the Top Five.

October 23 In Minneapolis, #1 Michigan beat #13 Minnesota 27-14, and #2 Notre Dame won at Iowa 27-12. #3 North Carolina beat visiting LSU 34-7. In Seattle, #4 California blanked Washington 21-0, and #5 Army won at #12 Cornell 27-6.

October 30 #1 Michigan beat Illinois 28-20, while in Baltimore, #2 Notre Dame beat Navy 41-7. #3 North Carolina won at Tennessee 14-7. In Los Angeles, #4 California beat USC, 13-7. #5 Army beat Virginia Tech 49-7. In the next poll, Notre Dame was ranked at the new number one.

November

November 6 #1 Notre Dame won at Indiana 42-6. #2 Michigan beat visiting Navy 35-0. #3 North Carolina was tied by William & Mary, 7-7. #4 Army defeated Stanford at Yankee Stadium in New York, 43-0, while #5 California beat visiting UCLA 28-13. Replacing North Carolina in the Top Five was #14 Penn State, which had shut out Penn in Philadelphia, 13-0.

November 13 #1 Michigan beat Indiana 54-0. #2 Notre Dame beat #8 Northwestern 12-7. #3 Army won at Pennsylvania 26-20. #4 California beat Washington State 44-14. #5 Penn State beat Temple 47-0, but still dropped in the next poll. It was replaced by #6 North Carolina, which returned after a win at Maryland 49-20.

November 20 #1 Michigan closed its season with a 13-3 win at #18 Ohio State. #2 Notre Dame and #3 Army were both idle. #4 California beat Stanford 7-6. #5 North Carolina beat Duke 20-0.

November 27 #1 Michigan, which had completed its season, had 105 of 190 first place votes. #2 Notre Dame defeated Washington 46-0. The annual Army–Navy Game in Philadelphia pitted unbeaten (8-0-0) and #3 Army against winless (0-8-0) Navy, and 102,000 fans turned out to watch the mismatch, including President Truman. It was a surprise when the Midshipmen scored first, but Army went ahead 21-14 after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Navy pushed the Cadets back to their own goal line, and took the punt at midfield. In six plays, Navy drove down to the four yard line, and Bill Hawkins crashed into the end zone to make it 21-20. Roger Drew added the point after to ruin Army's perfect record, 21-21.[4] #4 North Carolina won at Virginia 34-12, and #5 California had finished its season. The final poll was released on November 29, although some colleges had not completed their schedules.

On December 4, #2 Notre Dame‘s perfect record was compromised in Los Angeles with a 14-14 tie against unranked USC.

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1948 Big Nine Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Michigan $ 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
No. 7 Northwestern 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 16 Minnesota 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –0
Ohio State 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Iowa 2 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Purdue 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Indiana 2 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Illinois 2 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Wisconsin 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 5 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Missouri 5 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Kansas 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Colorado 2 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Iowa State 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Nebraska 2 –4 –0  2 –8 –0
Kansas State 0 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Border Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas Tech $ 5 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Texas Mines 4 –1 –1  8 –2 –1
Arizona 3 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Arizona State 3 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Hardin–Simmons 3 –2 –1  6 –2 –3
West Texas State 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
New Mexico 1 –6 –0  2 –0 –0
New Mexico A&M 0 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rutgers $ 2 –0 –0  7 –2 –0
Lafayette $ 1 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Lehigh 0 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oklahoma A&M $ 2 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Wichita 2 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Drake 1 –1 –0  7 –3 –0
Tulsa 0 –1 –1  0 –9 –1
Saint Louis 0 –2 –0  4 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
USC 4 –2 –0  6 –3 –1
Washington State 4 –3 –1  4 –5 –1
Stanford 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Oregon State 2 –3 –2  5 –4 –3
Washington 2 –5 –1  2 –7 –1
UCLA 2 –6 –0  3 –7 –0
Idaho 1 –5 –0  3 –6 –0
Montana 0 –3 –0  3 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado State–Greeley $ 3 –0 –0  4 –4 –0
Western State 2 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Colorado College 1 –2 –0  ? –? –?
Colorado Mines 0 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Montana State 0 –0 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Skyline Six Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Utah $ 5 –0 –0  8 –1 –1
Colorado A&M 4 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Denver 2 –2 –0  4 –5 –1
Utah State 2 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
BYU 1 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Wyoming 0 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
No. 13 Tulane 5 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 –2 –1  8 –2 –1
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Alabama 4 –4 –1  6 –4 –1
Mississippi State 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
Tennessee 2 –3 –1  4 –4 –2
Kentucky 1 –3 –1  5 –3 –2
Florida 1 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
LSU 1 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Auburn 0 –7 –0  1 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Clemson $ 5 –0 –0  11 –0 –0
No. 3 North Carolina 4 –0 –1  9 –1 –1
VMI 5 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
No. 17 William & Mary 5 –1 –1  7 –2 –2
No. 20 Wake Forest 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Maryland 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Duke 3 –2 –1  4 –3 –2
Richmond 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –2
Washington and Lee 2 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Furman 2 –4 –0  2 –6 –1
George Washington 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Davidson 2 –5 –0  3 –5 –1
South Carolina 1 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
NC State 1 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
VPI 0 –6 –1  0 –8 –1
The Citadel 0 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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

Independents
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army   –    8 –0 –1
No. 19 Cornell   –    8 –1 –0
Penn State   –    7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –    6 –1 –1
Villanova   –    8 –2 –1
Brown   –    7 –2 –0
Boston College   –    5 –2 –2
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Penn   –    5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    5 –3 –1
Harvard   –    4 –4 –0
Princeton   –    4 –4 –0
Columbia   –    4 –5 –0
Yale   –    4 –5 –0
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Colgate   –    3 –6 –0
Fordham   –    3 –6 –0
NYU   –    3 –6 –0
Temple   –    2 –6 –1
Duquesne   –    2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    1 –7 –0
Hofstra   –    0 –6 –2
Syracuse   –    1 –8 –0
Drexel   –    0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –1
Bowling Green   –    8 –0 –1
Washington University   –    9 –1 –0
Michigan State   –    6 –2 –2
Baldwin–Wallace   –    5 –2 –2
Detroit   –    6 –3 –0
Wabash   –    4 –4 –0
Valparaiso   –    4 –5 –0
Toledo   –    5 –6 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    3 –5 –0
Central Michigan   –    3 –6 –0
Marquette   –    2 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll
1948 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maryland State   –    8 –1 –0
Grambling   –    8 –2 –0
West Virginia   –    9 –3 –0
Western Maryland   –    5 –2 –0
Delaware   –    5 –3 –0
Virginia   –    5 –3 –1
Oklahoma City   –    4 –5 –1
Chattanooga   –    4 –5 –0
Georgetown   –    3 –4 –1
Miami (FL)   –    4 –6 –0
Marshall   –    2 –7 –1
Catholic University   –    1 –7 –0
Navy   –    0 –8 –1
Tampa   –      –  
1948 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nevada   –    9 –2 –0
Santa Clara   –    7 –2 –1
Hawaii   –    7 –4 –1
Idaho State   –    6 –1 –1
Cal Poly San Dimas   –    6 –4 –0
Pepperdine   –    4 –5 –0
Saint Mary's   –    4 –6 –0
Loyola (CA)   –    3 –5 –1
La Verne   –    3 –5 –0
Portland   –    2 –5 –1
San Francisco   –    2 –7 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
California Collegiate Athletic Association San Jose State 5–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association West Virginia State
Winston-Salem State		 6–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers (Emporia State) 5–0
College Conference of Illinois Illinois Wesleyan 5–0
Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference Buena Vista 3–0–1
Evergreen Conference Eastern Washington College
Puget Sound		 5–1
Far Western Conference Chico State College
Southern Oregon College		 3–1
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Dubuque 5–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Ottawa (KS) 6–0
Lone Star Conference Southwest Texas State Teachers 6–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma 5–0
Mid-American Conference Miami (OH) 4–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Ripon 6–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint Thomas (MN) 5–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northwest Missouri State
Southwest Missouri State		 4–1
Nebraska College Conference Charon State
Wayne State (NE)		 6–1
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference Sul Ross State College 5–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Iowa State Teachers (Northern Iowa) 5–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Minot State College
North Dakota Science		 5–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Heidelberg 5–0
Ohio Valley Conference Murray State College 3–1
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State College (OK)
Southeastern State College (OK)		 4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference College of Idaho 5–1
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Bloomsburg State Teachers
California State Teachers		 6–0
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Colorado State College 3–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Northern State Teachers (SD) 6–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Occidental 4–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M College 6–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference Southern 7–0
State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Duluth State Teachers
Mankato State Teachers
St. Cloud State Teachers		 4–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference McMurry (TX) 4–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference Eau Claire State Teachers 5–1

Minor conference standings
1948 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
San Jose State $ 5 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
Pacific 4 –1 –0  7 –1 –2
Santa Barbara 2 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Fresno State 2 –3 –0  3 –6 –1
San Diego State 1 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Cal Poly 1 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Washington + 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Puget Sound + 5 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Pacific Lutheran 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –1
Whitworth 2 –3 –1  4 –4 –1
Central Washington 2 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
Western Washington 2 –4 –0  ? –? –?
Saint Martin's 0 –6 –0  ? –? –?
  • + – Conference co-champions
1948 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Chico State + 3 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Southern Oregon + 3 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
San Francisco State 2 –2 –0  3 –5 –0
Humboldt State 1 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Cal Aggies 1 –3 –0  2 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1948 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Mississippi Southern $ 4 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Louisiana Tech 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
Southwestern Louisiana 3 –2 –0  6 –3 –1
Northwestern State 2 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
Louisiana College 1 –3 –0  2 –8 –0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 –5 –0  3 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Hoosier Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hanover + 6 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
Anderson (IN) + 5 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
Indiana Central 4 –2 –0  4 –4 –0
Canterbury 1 –3 –2  2 –4 –2
Rose Poly 1 –3 –1  3 –3 –1
Manchester (IN) 1 –3 –1  1 –6 –1
Franklin (IN) 1 –4 –2  1 –5 –2
Earlham 0 –4 –0  0 –8 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1948 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Eastern Illinois $ 4 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Illinois State 3 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Northern Illinois State 2 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Western Illinois 1 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Southern Illinois 0 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southwest Texas State $ 6 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
North Texas State 4 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Stephen F. Austin 3 –2 –1  7 –2 –1
Trinity (TX) 2 –2 –2  6 –2 –2
Houston 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
East Texas State 1 –4 –1  3 –6 –1
Sam Houston State 0 –6 –0  0 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Alma $ 5 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
Kalamazoo 3 –1 –1  4 –4 –1
Hillsdale 2 –2 –1  6 –2 –1
Hope 2 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Adrian 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Albion 0 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Miami $ 4 –0 –0  7 –1 –1
Western Michigan 3 –1 –0  6 –3 –0
Cincinnati 3 –1 –0  3 –6 –1
Ohio 2 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Western Reserve 1 –4 –0  1 –8 –1
Butler 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Missouri Valley $ 4 –0 –0  9 –1 –1
Culver–Stockton 3 –1 –0  4 –5 –0
Central Methodist 2 –2 –0  5 –3 –0
William Jewell 1 –3 –0  3 –6 –0
Tarkio 0 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wayne State (NE) + 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Chadron State + 6 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Nebraska Wesleyan 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Doane 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
Kearney State 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Peru State 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Hastings 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
York (NE) 0 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
Midland 0 –6 –0  0 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1948 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Murray State $ 3 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Evansville 3 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Eastern Kentucky 2 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Louisville 1 –1 –0  5 –5 –0
Western Kentucky 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Morehead State 0 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Southern $ 7 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
Texas College 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Langston 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Prairie View A&M 4 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
Samuel Huston 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Arkansas AM&N 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –1
Bishop 1 –5 –1  2 –7 –1
Wiley 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Texas Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
McMurry $ 4 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Abilene Christian 3 –1 –1  5 –3 –1
Hardin 3 –1 –1  4 –5 –1
Howard Payne 2 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Southwestern (TX) 2 –3 –0  6 –3 –0
Austin 0 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1948 Volunteer State Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Austin Peay + 2 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Tennessee Tech + 2 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Milligan 1 –0 –0  ? –? –?
Middle Tennessee 2 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Union (TN) 1 –3 –0  ? –? –?
Cumberland (TN) 0 –3 –0  ? –? –?
  • + – Conference co-champions
1948 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
New Hampshire $ 3 –1 –0  5 –3 –0
Connecticut 2 –1 –0  3 –5 –0
Vermont 1 –1 –0  4 –3 –1
UMass 1 –1 –1  3 –4 –1
Maine 1 –2 –0  4 –3 –0
Rhode Island State 1 –3 –0  2 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Rankings
Main article: 1948 NCAA football rankings

Bowl games
Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Rose Bowl No. 7 Northwestern 20 No. 4 California 14
Sugar Bowl No. 5 Oklahoma 14 No. 3 North Carolina 6
Orange Bowl Texas 41 No. 8 Georgia 28
Cotton Bowl No. 10 SMU 21 No. 9 Oregon 13
Sun Bowl West Virginia 21 Texas Mines 12
Gator Bowl No. 11 Clemson 24 Missouri 23
Tangerine Bowl Murray State 21 Sul Ross 21
Dixie Bowl Baylor 20 No. 20 Wake Forest 7
Raisin Bowl Occidental 21 Colorado A&M 20
Harbor Bowl Villanova 27 Nevada 7
Salad Bowl Drake 14 Arizona 13
Delta Bowl No. 17 William & Mary 20 Oklahoma A&M 0
Shrine Bowl Hardin–Simmons 40 Ouachita Baptist 12
Camellia Bowl Hardin–Simmons 49 Wichita 12

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-01-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Grid teams use air travel more for game dates". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 5, 1948. p. 15.
  3. Litke, Jim (August 20, 1989). "They're Not All Kicking and Screaming Over the Absence of Tee". Los Angeles Times. Associate Press. Retrieved October 3, 2019. It was 1948 before vague rumblings about putting the foot back into the game convinced NCAA officials to allow the use of a 1-inch rubberized tee. Eleven years later, they widened the goal posts to 23-feet-5 from 18-5, and seven years after that, let the tee rise an inch.
  4. "Navy Deadlocks Mighty Army Eleven, 21 to 21", The Charleston (WV) Gazette, Nov. 28, 1948, p19
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