1948 West Virginia

9–⁠3, coached by Dudley DeGroot.

Schedule and results

West Virginia in 1948, game by game: won vs. Waynesburg 29–16; won vs. Wooster 34–6; won vs. Temple 27–7; lost at Pittsburgh 6–16; lost at No. 9 Penn State 7–37; won vs. Washington and Lee 14–7; won vs. South Carolina 35–12; won vs. Ohio 48–6; lost at Virginia 0–7; won vs. Western Reserve 20–0; won vs. Maryland 16–14; won vs. UTEP 21–12+42−30Won 29–16 vs. Waynesburg+13WaynesburgWon 34–6 vs. Wooster+28WoosterWon 27–7 vs. Temple+20TempleLost 6–16 at Pittsburgh-10PittsburghLost 7–37 at No. 9 Penn State-30No. 9 Penn StateWon 14–7 vs. Washington and Lee+7Washington and …Won 35–12 vs. South Carolina+23South CarolinaWon 48–6 vs. Ohio+42OhioLost 0–7 at Virginia-7VirginiaWon 20–0 vs. Western Reserve+20Western ReserveWon 16–14 vs. Maryland+2MarylandWon 21–12 vs. UTEP+9UTEP
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWaynesburgW 29–⁠1689%
Sep 25vsWoosterW 34–⁠688%
Oct 2vsTempleW 27–⁠761%
Oct 9atPittsburghL 6–⁠1662%
Oct 16at9Penn StateL 7–⁠3723%
Oct 23vsWashington and LeeW 14–⁠764%
Oct 30vsSouth CarolinaW 35–⁠1259%
Nov 6vsOhioW 48–⁠683%
Nov 13atVirginiaL 0–⁠741%
Nov 20vsWestern ReserveW 20–⁠089%
Nov 27vsMarylandW 16–⁠1450%
Jan 1vsUTEPSun BowlW 21–⁠1247%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UTEP 21–⁠12 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
257–⁠140
Coach
Dudley DeGroot
Elo
1546 +65 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
0.9 No. 59 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Victor Bonfili, Russell Combs and Frank Reno