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1948 Tulane

9–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Henry Frnka, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1948, game by game: won vs. Alabama 21–14; lost at Georgia Tech 7–13; won vs. South Carolina 14–0; won vs. No. 10 Ole Miss 20–7; won vs. Auburn 21–6; won vs. Mississippi State 9–0; won vs. VMI 28–7; won vs. Baylor 35–13; won at Cincinnati 6–0; won at LSU 46–0+46−6Won 21–14 vs. Alabama+7AlabamaLost 7–13 at Georgia Tech-6Georgia TechWon 14–0 vs. South Carolina+14South CarolinaWon 20–7 vs. No. 10 Ole Miss+13No. 10 Ole MissWon 21–6 vs. Auburn+15AuburnWon 9–0 vs. Mississippi State+9Mississippi Sta…Won 28–7 vs. VMI+21VMIWon 35–13 vs. Baylor+22BaylorWon 6–0 at Cincinnati+6CincinnatiWon 46–0 at LSU+46LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsAlabamaW 21–⁠1431%
Oct 2atGeorgia TechL 7–⁠1319%
Oct 9vsSouth CarolinaW 14–⁠049%
Oct 16vs10Ole MissW 20–⁠737%
Oct 23vsAuburnW 21–⁠678%
Oct 30vsMississippi StateW 9–⁠054%
Nov 6vsVMIW 28–⁠768%
Nov 13vsBaylorW 35–⁠1358%
Nov 20atCincinnatiW 6–⁠070%
Nov 27atLSUW 46–⁠057%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 46–⁠0; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 17
  2. Wk 4: 19
  3. Wk 5: 20
  4. Wk 7: 14
  5. Wk 8: 14
  6. Final: 13

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
9–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 13
Points
207–⁠60
Coach
Henry Frnka
Elo
1639 +206 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.2 No. 8 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Emile O’Brien

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dennis DoyleOGAP-2

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.