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1948 Florida Gators football team

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1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0 9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0 8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1 8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0 7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1 6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0 4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1 4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1 5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0 5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1948 college football season. The season was the third for Bear Wolf's as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. The season's highlights included the Gators' 16–9 win against the Auburn Tigers and their 27–13 Homecoming victory over the Miami Hurricanes. Wolf's 1948 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5 overall record and a 1–5 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing tenth among twelve SEC teams.[1]

Schedule and results

9–25–1948Ole Miss

L 0–14 10–2–1948Tulsa*

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida

W 28–14 10–9–1948Auburn

W 16–9 10–16–1948Rollins*

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida

W 41–12 10–23–1948No. 6 Georgia Tech

L 7–42 10–30–1948Furman*Greenville, South CarolinaL 14–39 11–6–1948No. 13 Georgia

L 12–20 11–13–1948Kentucky

L 15–34 11–20–1948Miami*

  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, Florida (HC)

W 27–13 11–27–1948Alabama

L 28–34

Template:CFB Schedule End Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[1]

Postseason

Several members of the Florida Board of Control and a number of Florida alumni called for Wolf to step down after the 1948 season, but football player-led student rallies in his support ended with Wolf's contract being extended for another year.

References

  1. ^ a b 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.