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The 1948 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1948 college football season. The team compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against Big 7 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 7, lost to Clemson in the 1949 Gator Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 331 to 161. Don Faurot was the head coach for the 11th of 19 seasons.[1][2]
| 1948 Missouri Tigers football | |
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Gator Bowl, L 23–24 vs. Clemson | |
| Conference | Big Seven Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (5–1 Big 7) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Oklahoma $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Dick Braznell with 484 rushing yards, Bus Entsminger with 633 passing yards, 1,084 yards of total offense, and 54 points scored, and Mel Sheehan with 346 receiving yards.[3]
Though unranked in the final AP Poll, Missouri was ranked at No. 17 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[4]
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | at Ohio State* | L 7–21 | 57,042 | [5] | |||||
| October 1 | 8:15 p.m. | at Saint Louis* |
| W 60–7 | 14,832 | [6][7] | |||
| October 9 | No. 4 SMU | W 20–14 | 30,892 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Navy | No. 12 | W 35–14 | ||||||
| October 23 | Iowa State | No. 9 |
| W 49–7 | 22,032 | ||||
| October 30 | at Kansas State | No. 8 | W 49–7 | 15,000 | |||||
| November 6 | at No. 15 Oklahoma | No. 9 | L 7–41 | ||||||
| November 13 | Colorado | No. 20 |
| W 27–13 | 22,500 | ||||
| November 20 | at Nebraska | W 33–6 | 21,000 | ||||||
| November 25 | Kansas |
| W 21–7 | 32,000 | |||||
| January 1, 1949 | vs. No. 11 Clemson* | L 23–24 | 35,273 | [8][9] | |||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 12 (1) | 9 (2) | 8 (1) | 9 (4) | 20 | — | — | — |
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