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1948 Georgia Tech

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1948, game by game: won at Vanderbilt 13–0; won vs. Tulane 13–7; won vs. Washington and Lee 27–0; won vs. Auburn 27–0; won vs. Florida 42–7; won at Duke 19–7; lost vs. Tennessee 6–13; lost vs. Alabama 12–14; won vs. The Citadel 54–0; lost at No. 12 Georgia 13–21+54−8Won 13–0 at Vanderbilt+13VanderbiltWon 13–7 vs. Tulane+6TulaneWon 27–0 vs. Washington and Lee+27Washington and …Won 27–0 vs. Auburn+27AuburnWon 42–7 vs. Florida+35FloridaWon 19–7 at Duke+12DukeLost 6–13 vs. Tennessee-7TennesseeLost 12–14 vs. Alabama-2AlabamaWon 54–0 vs. The Citadel+54The CitadelLost 13–21 at No. 12 Georgia-8No. 12 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atVanderbiltW 13–⁠062%
Oct 2vsTulaneW 13–⁠781%
Oct 9vsWashington and LeeW 27–⁠086%
Oct 16vsAuburnW 27–⁠089%
Oct 23vsFloridaW 42–⁠785%
Oct 30atDukeW 19–⁠759%
Nov 6vsTennesseeL 6–⁠1377%
Nov 13vsAlabamaL 12–⁠1472%
Nov 20vsThe CitadelW 54–⁠092%
Nov 27at12GeorgiaL 13–⁠2135%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 21–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 6
  6. Wk 6: 11
  7. Wk 7: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1948.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 6
Points
226–⁠69
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1645 +8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.3 No. 11 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
George Brodnax and Jim Castleberry

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 3Frank Ziegler BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5George Brodnax EDetroit Lions
Rd 5George Brodnax ESan Francisco 49ers (AAFC)

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠09–⁠28
Ole Miss6–⁠18–⁠115
Tulane5–⁠19–⁠113
Vanderbilt4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠112
Georgia Tech4–⁠37–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠4–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State3–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Tennessee2–⁠3–⁠14–⁠4–⁠2
Kentucky1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Florida1–⁠55–⁠5
LSU1–⁠53–⁠7
Auburn0–⁠71–⁠8–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.