1948 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1948 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record9–1 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainEmile O'Brien
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
(capacity: 80,735)
Seasons
  1947
1949  
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Henry Frnka, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 9–1 and a mark of 5–1 in conference play, placing third in the SEC.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Alabama W 21–1465,000 [1]
October 2at Georgia Tech L 7–1335,000 [2]
October 9 South Carolina *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 14–035,000 [3]
October 16No. 10 Ole Miss
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 20–743,000 [4]
October 23 Auburn No. 17
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 21–635,000 [5]
October 30 Mississippi State No. 19
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 9–045,000 [6]
November 6 VMI *No. 20
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 28–7 [7]
November 13 Baylor *
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 35–1345,000 [8]
November 20at Cincinnati *No. 14W 6–012,000 [9]
November 27at LSU No. 14W 46–045,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
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References

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