1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–5 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rex Enright (8th season)
Captain	Al Faress, Jack Crouch
Home stadium	Carolina Municipal Stadium (capacity: 17,600)
Seasons ←  1947 1949  →

1948 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0			11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1			0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Rex Enright, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 3–5 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing 13th in the SoCon. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Newberry *	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 46–0
October 1	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 7–0		[2]
October 9	at Tulane *	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–14	35,000	[3]
October 21	No. 14 Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 7–13	25,000	[4]
October 30	at West Virginia *	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 12–35
November 6	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–19
November 13	at Tulsa *	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 27–7	9,200
November 25	Wake Forest	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–38	18,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1948 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
2. "Gamecocks barely nose out Furman". The Charlotte Observer. October 2, 1948. Retrieved September 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tulane triumphs over Gamecocks". The News and Observer. October 10, 1948. Retrieved April 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Clemson trips Carolina, 13–7". The Greenville News. October 22, 1948. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved August 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.