1948 BYU Cougars football team

1948 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Skyline Six Conference
Record	5–6 (1–3 Skyline Six)
Head coach	Eddie Kimball (8th season)

1948 Skyline Six Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Colorado A&M	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Denver	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Utah State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
BYU	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wyoming	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1948 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Skyline Six Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 1–3 against conference opponents, finished fifth in the Skyline Six, and were outscored by a total of 199 to 135.[1][2]

BYU was ranked at No. 157 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	San Diego State	Provo, UT	W 14–6	11,000	[4]
September 24	Pepperdine	Provo, UT	W 13–0		[5]
October 1	Pacific Fleet	Provo, UT	L 7–9
October 9	Utah	Provo, UT (rivalry)	L 0–30
October 15	at Texas Western	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 20–34
October 23	at Utah State	Aggie Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	L 20–7
October 30	Montana	Provo, UT	W 26–20
November 5	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 6–21
November 13	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 0–20
November 20	Wyoming	Provo, UT	W 15–14
November 26	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 27–25
Homecoming

References

1. "1948 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
2. "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
3. "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Howard Hagen (September 19, 1948). "Brigham Young Tops State". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 3-B.
5. "BYU Outscores Devil Foe, 13-0". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. September 25, 1948. p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.