1948 Texas Longhorns football team

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

1948 Texas Longhorns football
1948 Texas Longhorns football
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 41–28 vs. Georgia
Conference	Southwest Conference
1948 record	7–3–1 (4–1–1 SWC)
Head coach	Blair Cherry (2nd season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 60,130)
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1948 college football season. After the season, Tom Landry signed with the New York Yanks of the All-America Football Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	2:00 p.m.	LSU*		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 33–0	47,500
September 25	2:30 p.m.	at North Carolina*		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–34	43,500
October 2	2:00 p.m.	New Mexico*		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	W 47–0	31,000
October 9		vs. Oklahoma*	No. 16	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	L 14–20	70,345
October 16	2:00 p.m.	Arkansas		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 14–6	46,000
October 23	2:30 p.m.	at Rice		Rice Field Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 20–7	30,000
October 30	2:00 p.m.	No. 11 SMU	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 6–21	68,750
November 6	2:30 p.m.	at Baylor		Waco Stadium Waco, TX	W 13–10	20,000
November 13	2:00 p.m.	at TCU		Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 14–7	32,000
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Texas A&M		Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	T 14–14	68,000
January 1, 1949		vs. No. 8 Georgia*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	W 41–28	60,523
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

^ Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6

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[1] Giants Among Men, Jack Cavanaugh, p.27, 2008, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4000-6717-6

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Venues	Clark Field (1896–1924) Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arkansas Nebraska Oklahoma: Red River Showdown (Golden Hat) Rice TCU Texas A&M Texas Tech
Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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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