1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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

1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
1948 record	3–5 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Rex Enright (8th season);
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium; (Capacity: 17,600)
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1948 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 3–5 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	Newberry*	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	W 46–0
October 1	at Furman	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 7–0
October 9	at Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–14
October 21	No. 14 Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 7–13	^[2]
October 30	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 12–35
November 6	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 7–19
November 13	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 27–7
November 25	Wake Forest	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–38
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1948 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
^ "Clemson trips Carolina, 13–7". The Greenville News. October 22, 1948. pp. 1, 15. Retrieved August 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia North Carolina
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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1948 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Clemson $	5	–	0	–	0	11	–	0	–	0
No. 3 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
VMI	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
No. 17 William & Mary	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
No. 20 Wake Forest	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Richmond	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Furman	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
George Washington	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
VPI	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	8	–	1
The Citadel	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll