1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1948 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–3–2 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Blanda
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bear Bryant, the Wildcats complied an overall record of 5–3–2, with a conference record of 1–3–1, and finished ninth in the SEC.[1]

Kentucky was ranked at No. 30 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Xavier*
W 48–7[3]
October 2Ole Miss
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 7–2030,000[4]
October 9at Georgia
L 12–3523,000[5]
October 16Vanderbilt
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 7–2625,000[6]
October 23at Marquette*
W 25–015,000[7]
October 30at Cincinnati*
W 28–724,000[8]
November 6Villanova*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
T 13–1322,000[9]
November 13Florida
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
W 34–1522,000[10]
November 20at Tennessee
T 0–035,000[11]
November 26at Miami (FL)*
W 25–530,361[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1948 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
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