1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team information
American college football season
1948Western Michigan Broncos football
Conference
Mid-American Conference
Record
6–3 (3–1 MAC)
Head coach
John Gill (7th season)
MVP
Hilton Foster
Captain
Art Gillespie, Emerson Grossman
Home stadium
Waldo Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Mid-American Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Miami (OH) $
4
–
0
–
0
7
–
1
–
1
Western Michigan
3
–
1
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Cincinnati
3
–
1
–
0
3
–
6
–
1
Ohio
2
–
3
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Western Reserve
1
–
4
–
0
1
–
8
–
1
Butler
0
–
4
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
$ – Conference champion
The 1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1948 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach John Gill, the Broncos compiled a 6–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 199 to 106.[1][2] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[3]
Fullback Art Gillespie and guard Emerson Grossman were the team captains.[4] Quarterback Hilton Foster received the team's most outstanding player award.[5]
Western Michigan was ranked at No. 105 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[6]
^"Football Records: Annual Results". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1940 - 49". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Waldo Stadium". Western Michigan University. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Football History: Team Awards". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
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