1948 BYU Cougars football team
American college football season
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The 1948 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 1–3 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline Six, and were outscored by a total of 199 to 135.[1][2]
| 1948 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Skyline Six Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (1–3 Skyline Six) |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BYU was ranked at No. 157 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | San Diego State* |
| W 14–6 | 11,000 | [4] | ||
| September 24 | Pepperdine* |
| W 13–0 | [5] | |||
| October 1 | Pacific Fleet* |
| L 7–9 | 6,500 | [6] | ||
| October 9 | Utah |
| L 0–30 | 14,000 | [7] | ||
| October 15 | at Texas Mines* | L 20–34 | 8,500 | [8] | |||
| October 23 | at Utah State | L 20–7 | 12,000 | [9] | |||
| October 30 | Montana* |
| W 26–20 | [10] | |||
| November 5 | at San Jose State* | L 6–21 | [11] | ||||
| November 13 | at Colorado A&M | L 0–20 | [12] | ||||
| November 20 | Wyoming |
| W 15–14 | 15,000 | [13] | ||
| November 26 | at Arizona State* | W 27–25 | [14] | ||||
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