1948 Alabama Crimson Tide football team information
American college football season
1948Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Record
6–4–1 (4–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Harold Drew (2nd season)
Captain
T. Ray Richeson
Home stadium
Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
v
t
e
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 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1948 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 54th overall and 15th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Harold Drew, in his second year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 4–4–1 in the SEC).
Alabama opened the season with a loss to Tulane, the first for Alabama to open a season since 1903. The next week the Crimson Tide had to score a touchdown with ten seconds left to salvage a tie with Vanderbilt in the first game ever played at Ladd Stadium. Alabama then defeated Duquesne at home, lost at Tennessee and won at Mississippi State before their 35–0 loss to eventual SEC Champion Georgia. The Crimson Tide then rebounded with victories over Mississippi Southern and Georgia Tech before they lost at LSU. Alabama then closed their season with a homecoming victory over Florida and a 55–0 win over Auburn in the renewal of their rivalry. Alabama was ranked at No. 32 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[1]
After 41 years of dormancy, 1948 marked the return of the Iron Bowl rivalry with Auburn, the teams have played every year uninterrupted since 1948.
^"Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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