1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
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Conference Southeastern Conference
Record7–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • George Brodnax
  • Jim Castleberry
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
←  1947
1949  →
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 –0 –09 –2 –0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 –1 –08 –1 –0
No. 13 Tulane 5 –1 –09 –1 –0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 –2 –18 –2 –1
Georgia Tech 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
Alabama 4 –4 –16 –4 –1
Mississippi State 3 –3 –04 –4 –1
Tennessee 2 –3 –14 –4 –2
Kentucky 1 –3 –15 –3 –2
Florida 1 –5 –05 –5 –0
LSU 1 –5 –03 –7 –0
Auburn 0 –7 –01 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 4–3, and finished fifth in the SEC. [1]

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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]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Vanderbilt
W 13–022,000 [3]
October 2 Tulane
W 13–735,000 [4]
October 9 Washington and Lee *No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 27–025,000 [5]
October 16 Auburn No. 7
W 27–038,000 [6]
October 23 Florida No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 42–728,000 [7]
October 30at Duke *No. 6
W 19–732,000 [8]
November 6 Tennessee No. 6
L 6–1338,000 [9]
November 13 Alabama No. 11
L 12–1440,000 [10]
November 20 The Citadel *No. 20
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 54–015,000 [11]
November 27at No. 12 Georgia
L 13–2152,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
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AP 6766 (1)6 (7)1120——

References

  1. ↑ "1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Jackets smack Vanderbilt, 13 to 0". The Macon Telegraph and News. September 26, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tech strikes early, digs in to top Green Wave, 13–7". The Chattanooga Times. October 3, 1948. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tech passes roll W. & L. over 27–0". The Courier-Journal. October 10, 1948. Retrieved August 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Georgia Tech scores 27–0 victory over Auburn". Kingsport Times-News. October 17, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Tech overwhelms Florida by 42–7". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Tech knocks Duke from unbeaten ranks, 19–7". The Baltimore Sun. October 31, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Tennessee upsets favored Georgia Tech team, 13 to 6". Mansfield News-Journal. November 7, 1948. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Alabama blasts Georgia Tech, 14–12, in major upset". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 14, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Georgia Tech captures easy win over Citadel by 54 to 0". Durham Morning Herald. November 21, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Georgia pounds Georgia Tech in convincing 21–13 victory". The Sunday Courier and Press. November 28, 1948. Retrieved October 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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