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1948 Nevada

9–⁠2, coached by Joseph Sheeketski.

Schedule and results

Nevada in 1948, game by game: won at San José State 39–0; won at San Francisco 26–7; won vs. North Texas 48–7; won at Saint Mary’s (CA) 48–20; won at Tulsa 65–14; won vs. Oklahoma City 79–13; lost vs. Santa Clara 0–14; won at Fresno State 53–7; won at Wichita State 42–12; won at Hawai’i 73–12; lost vs. Villanova 7–27+66−20Won 39–0 at San José State+39San José StateWon 26–7 at San Francisco+19San FranciscoWon 48–7 vs. North Texas+41North TexasWon 48–20 at Saint Mary’s (CA)+28Saint Mary’s (C…Won 65–14 at Tulsa+51TulsaWon 79–13 vs. Oklahoma City+66Oklahoma CityLost 0–14 vs. Santa Clara-14Santa ClaraWon 53–7 at Fresno State+46Fresno StateWon 42–12 at Wichita State+30Wichita StateWon 73–12 at Hawai’i+61Hawai’iLost 7–27 vs. Villanova-20Villanova
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atSan José StateW 39–⁠077%
Oct 3atSan FranciscoW 26–⁠744%
Oct 9vsNorth TexasW 48–⁠790%
Oct 17atSaint Mary’s (CA)W 48–⁠2068%
Oct 23atTulsaW 65–⁠1469%
Oct 30vsOklahoma CityW 79–⁠1394%
Nov 7vsSanta ClaraL 0–⁠1465%
Nov 11atFresno StateW 53–⁠789%
Nov 25atWichita StateW 42–⁠1265%
Dec 17atHawai’iW 73–⁠1294%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsVillanovaHarbor BowlL 7–⁠2748%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Villanova 27–⁠7 in the Harbor Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 83 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 3: 15
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 11
  6. Wk 6: 16

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.

Heisman voteStan Heath, fifth

Led the nationStan Heath: passing yards (2,005 yds), passing touchdowns (22 TD), passer rating (157.2), total offense (1,992 yds), total offense per game (221.3)

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
480–⁠133
Coach
Joseph Sheeketski
Elo
1604 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.6 No. 37 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 1Stan Heath QBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 1Stan Heath QBChicago Hornets (AAFC)
Rd 3Sherman Howard BNew York Yankees (AAFC)

All-Pacific Coast

1 second 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).