1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 7–3 (4–3 SEC) |
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Captain | George Brodnax, Jim Castleberry |
Home stadium | Grant Field |
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No. 8 Georgia $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Ole Miss | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Tulane | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LSU | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 4–3, and finished fifth in the SEC. [1]
Clay Matthews Sr. and Frank Ziegler were on this team.
Though unranked in the final AP Poll, Georgia Tech was ranked at No. 16 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2]
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 25 | at Vanderbilt | W 13–0 | 22,000 | [3] | ||
October 2 | Tulane | W 13–7 | 35,000 | [4] | ||
October 9 | Washington and Lee * | No. 6 |
| W 27–0 | 25,000 | [5] |
October 16 | Auburn | No. 7 |
| W 27–0 | 38,000 | [6] |
October 23 | Florida | No. 6 |
| W 42–7 | 28,000 | [7] |
October 30 | at Duke * | No. 6 | W 19–7 | 32,000 | [8] | |
November 6 | Tennessee | No. 6 |
| L 6–13 | 38,000 | [9] |
November 13 | Alabama | No. 11 |
| L 12–14 | 40,000 | [10] |
November 20 | The Citadel * | No. 20 |
| W 54–0 | 15,000 | [11] |
November 27 | at No. 12 Georgia | L 13–21 | 52,000 | [12] | ||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 (1) | 6 (7) | 11 | 20 | — | — |
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