1948 Maine Black Bears football team

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1948 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceNew England Conference
1948 record4–3 (1–2 New England)
Head coach
CaptainAlton Sproul Jr.
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire $ 3 1 0 5 3 0
Connecticut 2 1 0 3 5 0
Vermont 1 1 0 4 3 1
UMass 1 1 1 3 4 1
Maine 1 2 0 4 3 0
Rhode Island State 1 3 0 2 4 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach George E. Allen, the team compiled a 4–3 record (1–2 against conference opponents) and finished fifth in the conference. Alton Sproul Jr. was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25at Rhode Island StateW 13–7
October 2at Northeastern*
W 19–6
October 9New Hampshire
L 6–27
October 16at Connecticut
L 6–34
October 23Bates*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 0–31
October 30Colby*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 21–0
November 6at Bowdoin*Brunswick, MEW 7–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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