1948 BYU Cougars football team

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1948 BYU Cougars football
Conference Skyline Six Conference
Record5–6 (1–3 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Seasons
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1948 Skyline Six Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –1
Colorado A&M 4 –1 –08 –3 –0
Denver 2 –2 –04 –5 –1
Utah State 2 –3 –05 –6 –0
BYU 1 –3 –05 –6 –0
Wyoming 0 –5 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

BYU was ranked at No. 157 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 San Diego State Provo, UT W 14–611,000 [4]
September 24 Pepperdine Provo, UTW 13–0 [5]
October 1 Pacific Fleet Provo, UTL 7–9
October 9 Utah Provo, UT (rivalry)L 0–30
October 15at Texas Western
L 20–34
October 23at Utah State
L 20–7
October 30 Montana Dagger-14-plain.pngProvo, UTW 26–20
November 5at San Jose State
L 6–21
November 13at Colorado A&M
L 0–20
November 20 Wyoming Provo, UTW 15–14
November 26at Arizona State
W 27–25
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "1948 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Howard Hagen (September 19, 1948). "Brigham Young Tops State". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 3-B.
  5. ↑ "BYU Outscores Devil Foe, 13-0". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. September 25, 1948. p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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