1948 SMU Mustangs football team

1948 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1948 SMU Mustangs football
1948 SMU Mustangs football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 21–13 vs. Oregon
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 10
1948 record	9–1–1 (5–0–1 SWC)
Head coach	Matty Bell (11th season);
Captain	Joe Ethridge, Floyd Lewis
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium (c. 23,783, grass)
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 SMU Mustangs football team represented the SMU Mustangs of Southern Methodist University during the 1948 college football season. Doak Walker was a junior when he won the Heisman Trophy. Doak established several other Southwest Conference records that still stand.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	at Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh	W 33–14	31,469
October 2	Texas Tech*		Ownby Stadium University Park, Texas	W 41–6	23,000
October 9	at Missouri*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Columbia, Missouri	L 14–20	30,892
October 16	at Rice	No. 14	Rice Field Houston (rivalry)	W 33–7	32,600
October 23	Santa Clara*	No. 11	Cotton Bowl Dallas	W 33–0	50,000
October 30	at Texas	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	W 21–6	68,750
November 6	Texas A&M	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas	W 20–14	55,000
November 13	at Arkansas	No. 7	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	W 14–12	23,000
November 20	Baylor	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas	W 13–6	58,000
November 27	TCU	No. 8	Cotton Bowl Dallas (rivalry)	T 7–7	67,431
January 1	vs. No. 9 Oregon*	No. 10	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	W 21–13	70,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors[]

Doak Walker, Heisman Trophy, All-America selection

Team players drafted into the NFL[]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Doak Walker	Halfback	1	3	New York Bulldogs
Paul Page	Halfback	1	4	New York Giants
Dick McKissack	Back	2	21	Chicago Cardinals
Joe Ethridge	Tight end	6	54	Green Bay Packers
Dave Moon	Back	14	136	Pittsburgh Steelers
Floyd Lewis	Guard	18	174	Green Bay Packers
Bob Folsom	End	19	183	Green Bay Packers

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References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2007-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com".

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v t SMU Mustangs football
Venues	Armstrong Field (1915–1922) Ownby Stadium (1926–1948, 1989–1994) Cotton Bowl (1932–1978, 1995–1999) Texas Stadium (1972–1973, 1979–1986) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet
Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Death penalty
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1948 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 SMU $	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Texas	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Baylor	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Rice	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
TCU	1	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Texas A&M	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll