1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1948 college football season.[1]

1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1948 record7–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrant Field
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

Clay Matthews Sr. and Frank Ziegler were on this team.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at VanderbiltW 13–0
October 2TulaneW 13–735,000[2]
October 9Washington and Lee*No. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 27–0
October 16AuburnNo. 7
W 27–0
October 23FloridaNo. 6
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 42–7
October 30at Duke*No. 6W 19–732,000
November 6TennesseeNo. 6
L 6–1338,000[3]
November 13AlabamaNo. 11
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 12–1440,000
November 20The Citadel*No. 20
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 54–0
November 27at No. 12 GeorgiaL 13–21
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".
  2. "Tech strikes early, digs in to top Green Wave, 13–7". The Chattanooga Times. October 3, 1948. Retrieved April 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee upsets favored Georgia Tech team, 13 to 6". Mansfield News-Journal. November 7, 1948. Retrieved March 30, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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