1948 Miami Redskins football team

The 1948 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1948 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George Blackburn, Miami compiled a 7–1–1 record (4–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 249 to 90.^[1]

Paul Shoults was the team captain.^[2] The team's statistical leaders included Paul Shoults with 624 rushing yards, Mel Olix with 939 passing yards, and Hal Paul with 238 receiving yards.^[3]

Four Miami players received first-team honors on the 1948 All-Mid-American Conference football team selected by the Associated Press. They were backs Mel Olix and Paul Shoults, end Richard Urich, and tackle John Weaver. Four others received second-team honors: back Sam Wippel, end Harold Paul, and tackles Ernest Plant and William McCormick.^[4]

Miami was ranked at No. 57 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Marshall*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 38–6	10,000	[6]
September 25	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	T 14–14	15,000	[7]
October 2	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	W 49–0		[8]
October 16	Xavier*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 9–0	> 13,000	[9]
October 23	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (rivalry)	W 21–0	12,000	[10]
October 30	Western Michigan	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 34–28	12,252	[11]
November 6	at Dayton*	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	L 0–7	> 13,000	[12]
November 13	Wichita*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 41–16	9,000	[13]
November 25	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	W 43–19	30,000	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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