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1948 VMI

6–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southern Conference), coached by Slick Morton.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1948, game by game: won vs. Catawba 28–6; won at George Washington 26–6; lost vs. William & Mary 0–31; won at Richmond 9–0; lost at Virginia 14–26; won vs. Davidson 33–6; lost at No. 20 Tulane 7–28; won vs. The Citadel 34–6; won vs. Virginia Tech 33–7+28−31Won 28–6 vs. Catawba+22CatawbaWon 26–6 at George Washington+20George Washingt…Lost 0–31 vs. William & Mary-31William & MaryWon 9–0 at Richmond+9RichmondLost 14–26 at Virginia-12VirginiaWon 33–6 vs. Davidson+27DavidsonLost 7–28 at No. 20 Tulane-21No. 20 TulaneWon 34–6 vs. The Citadel+28The CitadelWon 33–7 vs. Virginia Tech+26Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsCatawbaW 28–⁠681%
Oct 2atGeorge WashingtonW 26–⁠648%
Oct 9vsWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠3135%
Oct 16atRichmondW 9–⁠052%
Oct 23atVirginiaL 14–⁠2633%
Oct 30vsDavidsonW 33–⁠664%
Nov 6at20TulaneL 7–⁠2832%
Nov 13vsThe CitadelW 34–⁠677%
Nov 25vsVirginia TechW 33–⁠770%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 33–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 3rd in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
184–⁠116
Coach
Slick Morton
Elo
1486 +63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.3 No. 54 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 1Bobby Thomason QBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 1Bobby Thomason QBNew York Yankees (AAFC)

All-Southern Conference

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).

1948 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson5–⁠011–⁠011
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
VMI5–⁠16–⁠3
William & Mary5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠2–⁠217
Wake Forest5–⁠26–⁠420
Maryland4–⁠26–⁠4
Duke3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Richmond3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠2
Washington and Lee2–⁠24–⁠6
George Washington2–⁠44–⁠6
Furman2–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Davidson2–⁠53–⁠5–⁠1
South Carolina1–⁠33–⁠5
NC State1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Virginia Tech0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠8–⁠1
The Citadel0–⁠52–⁠7

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