1948 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team
American college football season
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The 1948 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1948 college football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Edwin Struck and played its home games at McCormick Field. The Redbirds finished the season with a 7–2 overall record and a 3–1 record in conference play, placing second in the IIAC.[1] Fullback John Dal Santo was named the team's most valuable player.[2]
| 1948 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (3–1 IIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | John Dal Santo |
| Captain | Bill Brady |
| Home stadium | McCormick Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | at Indiana State* | Terre Haute, IN | L 7–9 | [3] | |
| October 2 | Michigan State Normal* |
| W 40–7 | [4] | |
| October 9 | at Northern Illinois State | W 14–12 | 7,000 | [5] | |
| October 16 | at Valparaiso* | W 16–14 | [6] | ||
| October 23 | Eastern Illinois |
| L 7–13 | 6,000 | [7] |
| October 30 | St. Norbert* |
| W 16–14 | [8] | |
| November 6 | at Southern Illinois | W 48–0 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | Western Illinois |
| W 40–0 | [10] | |
| November 20 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 32–6 | [11] | |
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