1948 San Jose State Spartans football | |
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CCAA champion | |
Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
Record | 9–3 (5–0 CCAA) |
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Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific (CA) | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Barbara | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College [note 1] during the 1948 college football season.
San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Wilbur V. Hubbard, in his third year, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season as champion of the CCAA with a record of nine wins and three losses (9–3, 5–0 CCAA).
San Jose State was ranked at No. 81 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | at Stanford * | L 20–26 | |||
September 24 | Nevada * | L 0–39 | |||
October 1 | Puget Sound * |
| W 20–7 | ||
October 9 | at Pepperdine * | W 61–6 | 5,100 | [2] | |
October 16 | at Cal Poly | W 47–7 | [3] | ||
October 22 | at Santa Barbara |
| W 43–13 | ||
October 30 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 14–7 | ||
November 5 | BYU * |
| W 21–6 | ||
November 12 | San Diego State |
| W 21–13 | 7,500 | [4] |
November 19 | Fresno State |
| W 41–6 | 10,000 | [5] |
November 26 | Saint Mary's * |
| L 14–19 | 14,000 | [6] |
December 4 | University of Mexico * |
| W 71–19 | ||
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The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1949 NFL draft. [8] [9]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
Bob Pifferini | Center | 15 | 142 | Detroit Lions |