Seasons 1948 Bowls & playoff ← Week 16 1948: Bowls & playoff 13 games. Four ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Upsets A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS Dec 30, 1948 Hardin Simmons 49,Wichita State 12Camellia Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 Baylor 20,Wake Forest 7Dixie Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 9 Clemson 24,Missouri 23Gator Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 Drake 14,Arizona 13Salad Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 7 Northwestern 20,5 California 14upset Rose Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 6 Oklahoma 14,4 North Carolina 6upset Sugar Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 8 SMU 21,10 Oregon 13Cotton Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 Texas 41,12 Georgia 28upset Orange Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 Villanova 27,Nevada 7Harbor Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 West Virginia 21,UTEP 12Sun Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1949 20 William & Mary 20,Oklahoma State 0Delta Bowl Box score