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1948 Texas

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Blair Cherry.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1948, game by game: won vs. LSU 33–0; lost at North Carolina 7–34; won vs. New Mexico 47–0; lost vs. Oklahoma 14–20; won vs. Arkansas 14–6; won at Rice 20–7; lost vs. No. 11 SMU 6–21; won at Baylor 13–10; won at TCU 14–7; tied vs. Texas A&M 14–14; won vs. No. 12 Georgia 41–28+47−27Won 33–0 vs. LSU+33LSULost 7–34 at North Carolina-27North CarolinaWon 47–0 vs. New Mexico+47New MexicoLost 14–20 vs. Oklahoma-6OklahomaWon 14–6 vs. Arkansas+8ArkansasWon 20–7 at Rice+13RiceLost 6–21 vs. No. 11 SMU-15No. 11 SMUWon 13–10 at Baylor+3BaylorWon 14–7 at TCU+7TCUTied 14–14 vs. Texas A&M0Texas A&MWon 41–28 vs. No. 12 Georgia+13No. 12 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsLSUW 33–⁠072%
Sep 25atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠3452%
Oct 2vsNew MexicoW 47–⁠084%
Oct 9vsOklahomaL 14–⁠2065%
Oct 16vsArkansasW 14–⁠674%
Oct 23atRiceW 20–⁠762%
Oct 30vs11SMUL 6–⁠2159%
Nov 6atBaylorW 13–⁠1051%
Nov 13atTCUW 14–⁠764%
Nov 25vsTexas A&MT 14–⁠1490%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs12GeorgiaOrange BowlW 41–⁠2842%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia 41–⁠28 in the Orange Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 4: 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
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
223–⁠147
Coach
Blair Cherry
Elo
1700 +16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.3 No. 17 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 1Dick Harris CChicago Bears
Rd 6Frank Guess BBuffalo Bills (AAFC)

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Ray BornemanBUP-1
  • George PetrovichOTAP-1; UP-1
  • Jim WinklerOTAP-1
  • Dick HarrisCAP-1; UP-1

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

1948 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠110
Texas4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Rice3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
TCU1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M0–⁠5–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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