1948 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1948 SMU Mustangs football team represented the SMU Mustangs of Southern Methodist University during the 1948 college football season. Doak Walker was a junior when he won the Heisman Trophy. Doak established several other Southwest Conference records that still stand.[1]
1948 SMU Mustangs football | |
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Southwest Conference champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 21–13 vs. Oregon | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 10 |
1948 record | 9–1–1 (5–0–1 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Joe Ethridge, Floyd Lewis |
Home stadium | Ownby Stadium (c. 23,783, grass) |
1948 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 25 | at Pittsburgh* | W 33–14 | 31,469 | |||
October 2 | Texas Tech* | W 41–6 | 23,000 | |||
October 9 | at Missouri* | No. 4 | L 14–20 | 30,892 | ||
October 16 | at Rice | No. 14 | W 33–7 | 32,600 | ||
October 23 | Santa Clara* | No. 11 | W 33–0 | 50,000 | [2] | |
October 30 | at Texas | No. 11 | W 21–6 | 68,750 | ||
November 6 | Texas A&M | No. 8 |
| W 20–14 | 55,000 | |
November 13 | at Arkansas | No. 7 | W 14–12 | 23,000 | ||
November 20 | Baylor | No. 10 |
| W 13–6 | 58,000 | |
November 27 | TCU | No. 8 |
| T 7–7 | 67,431 | |
January 1 | vs. No. 9 Oregon* | No. 10 |
| W 21–13 | 70,000 | |
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Awards and honors
- Doak Walker, Heisman Trophy, All-America selection
Team players drafted into the NFL
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Doak Walker | Halfback | 1 | 3 | New York Bulldogs |
Paul Page | Halfback | 1 | 4 | New York Giants |
Dick McKissack | Back | 2 | 21 | Chicago Cardinals |
Joe Ethridge | Tight end | 6 | 54 | Green Bay Packers |
Dave Moon | Back | 14 | 136 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Floyd Lewis | Guard | 18 | 174 | Green Bay Packers |
Bob Folsom | End | 19 | 183 | Green Bay Packers |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Harry M. Hayward (October 24, 1948). "Doak Walker, SMU Humiliates Broncs In Cotton Bowl, 33-0; Even Subs Score". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. 23, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".
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