1948 NYU Violets football team

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1948 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumYankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Buffalo     6 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
CCNY     3 4 1
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
Bucknell     1 8 0
Syracuse     1 8 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1948 college football season.

In their second season under head coach Edward "Hook" Mylin, the Violets compiled a 3–6 record, and were outscored 190–96.[1]

NYU was ranked at No. 210 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The team played one home game at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, with the rest of its schedule on the road. NYU played no games at its on-campus home field, Ohio Field in University Heights, Bronx

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Cornell L 6–47 14,000 [3]
October 2 at
Springfield (MA)
L 0–3 4,000 [4]
October 9 at
Brooklyn
W 21–7 15,000 [5]
October 22 at Boston University L 7–28 8,280 [6]
October 30 at Lehigh W 21–20 9,000 [7]
November 5 at Georgetown L 6–13 5,892 [8]
November 13 Rutgers L 0–40 4,000 [9]
November 20 at
Merchant Marine
W 35–6 [10]
November 16 at Fordham L 0–26 26,000 [11]

References

  1. ^ "1948 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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