1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football team

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1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football
MCAU champion
Conference Missouri College Athletic Union
Record9–1–1 (4–0 MCAU)
Head coach
Seasons
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1949  →
1948 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Missouri Valley $ 4 –0 –09 –1 –1
Culver–Stockton 3 –1 –04 –5 –0
Central (MO) 2 –2 –05 –3 –0
William Jewell 1 –3 –03 –6 –0
Tarkio 0 –4 –02 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Missouri Valley Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Missouri Valley College as a member of the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) during the 1948 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Volney Ashford, the Vikings compiled a perfect 9–0 record in the regular season, won the MCAU championship, lost to Evansville in the Refrigerator Bowl, tied with the St. Thomas Tommies in the Cigar Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 327 to 52. [1]

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During the season, Missouri Valley broke the all-time collegiate record of 39 consecutive wins. [2] The 1948 season marked the end of a 41-game winning streak (1941–1942, 1946–1948) that still ranks as the fifth longest in college football history. [note 1] Coach Ashford, who led the team during the streak, was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [3]

Missouri Valley was ranked at No. 153 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Bethany (KS) * Lindsborg, KS W 25–0
September 24 Kirksville State * Marshall, MO W 20–0
September 30 Ottawa *Marshall, MOW 21–0
October 15 Central (MO) Marshall, MOW 7–6
October 22 Central Missouri State *Marshall, MOW 34–7
October 29at Culver–Stockton Canton, MOW 47–0
November 5 Tarkio Marshall, MOW 87–0 [5]
November 12 William Jewell Marshall, MOW 46–0 [6]
November 25 McMurry *Marshall, MOW 20–13
December 4at Evansville *
L 7–137,500 [7]
January 1, 1949vs. St. Thomas (MN) *
T 13–1311,000 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes

  1. ↑ The United States Navy took over the Missouri Valley College during World War II. While the Navy fielded V-12 Navy College Training Program football teams under the Missouri Valley name in 1943 and 1944, the V-12 teams played with different coaches and players, and are not counted as part of the Missouri Valley Vikings football program's record.

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References

  1. ↑ 1948 - Missouri Valley. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Tim Moriarty (November 6, 1948). "Missouri Valley Vikings Tie Record Of 39 Straight Wins". The Neosho Daily News. United Press. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Volney Ashford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Viking Eleven Keeps Rolling; Tarkio Routed". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 6, 1948. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Vikings Set New All-Time College Record Of 40 Straight Wins: Wallop William Jewell 46 to 0 Last Night to Top Previous Record". The Neosho Daily News. United Press. November 13, 1948. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Bill Robertson (December 5, 1946). "Evansville Wins Refrigerator Bowl: 7,500 See Missouri Team Upset". Evansville Press. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Missouri Valley, St. Thomas Battle to 13-13 Tie: Second Half Touchdowns Bring Deadlock". Tampa Bay Times. Associated Press. January 2, 1949. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
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