1948 Missouri Tigers football team

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1948 Missouri Tigers football
Gator Bowl, L 23–24 vs. Clemson
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record8–3 (5–1 Big 7)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

The 1948 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1948 college football season. The team compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against Big 7 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 7, lost to Clemson in the 1949 Gator Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 331 to 161. Don Faurot was the head coach for the 11th of 19 seasons.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Dick Braznell with 484 rushing yards, Bus Entsminger with 633 passing yards, 1,084 yards of total offense, and 54 points scored, and Mel Sheehan with 346 receiving yards.[3]

Though unranked in the final

AP Poll, Missouri was ranked at No. 17 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[4]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Ohio State*
L 7–2157,042[5]
October 18:15 p.m.at Saint Louis*
W 60–714,832[6][7]
October 9 No. 4 SMU
W 20–1430,892
October 16at
Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
    		• W 35–14
    October 23Iowa StateNo. 9
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
    		W 49–722,032
    October 30at Kansas StateNo. 8
    		W 49–715,000
    November 6at No. 15 OklahomaNo. 9
    		L 7–41
    November 13ColoradoNo. 20
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Columbia, MO
    		W 27–1322,500
    November 20at Nebraska
    		W 33–621,000
    November 25Kansas
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
    		W 21–732,000
    January 1, 1949vs. No. 11 Clemson*
    		L 23–2435,273[8][9]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Rankings

    See also: 1948 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
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    References

    1. ^ "1948 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
    2. ^ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
    3. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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