1948 Occidental Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1948 Occidental Tigers football team represented Occidental College in the Southern California Conference (SCC) during the 1948 college football season.[1] In their fourth season under head coach Roy Dennis, the Tigers compiled a perfect 9–0 record (4–0 against SCC opponents), won the SCC championship, and outscored all opponents by a total of 206 to 46.
ConferenceSouthern California Conference
Record9–0 (4–0 SCC)
Headcoach
- Roy Dennis (4th season)
HomestadiumPatterson Field
| 1948 Occidental Tigers football | |
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SCC champion | |
Raisin Bowl, W 21–20 vs. Colorado A&M | |
| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (4–0 SCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Patterson Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pomona | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caltech | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team concluded its season with a victory over Colorado A&M in the 1949 Raisin Bowl.[2] Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield served as an advisory backfield coach as the team prepared for its bowl game.[3]
Occidental was led on offense by halfback Johnny Trump and quarterback Joe Johnson.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 2 | at Cal Aggies* |
| W 28–0 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | at Santa Barbara State* |
| W 8–7 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | Cal Poly San Dimas* |
| W 40–0 | ||||
| October 23 | at Whittier |
| W 21–0 | 6,500 | [7] | ||
| October 29 | vs. Caltech | W 25–13 | 5,000 | [8] | |||
| November 6 | at Redlands |
| W 28–6 | 4,000 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | San Francisco State |
| W 21–0 | 4,000 | [10] | ||
| November 20 | Pomona |
| W 14–0 | 9,000 | [11] | ||
| January 1, 1949 | vs. Colorado A&M | W 21–20 | 10,000 | [2] | |||
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