1948 Southern Jaguars football team
The 1948 Southern Jaguars football team was an American football team that represented Southern University in the 1948 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Ace Mumford, the Jaguars compiled a 12–0 record, won the SWAC championship, shut out eight of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 395 to 33.[1] The team played its home games at University Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The team was recognized as the black college national champion.
| 1948 Southern Jaguars football | |
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Black college national co-champion SWAC champion | |
Fruit Bowl, W 30–3 vs. San Francisco State | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| 1948 record | 12–0 (7–0 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | University Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Huston | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | at Texas Southern* | Houston, TX | W 38–0 | ||||
| October 2 | Grambling* | W 18–0 | |||||
| October 9 | Samuel Huston |
| W 41–0 | ||||
| October 16 | at Arkansas AM&N | Pine Bluff, AR | W 27–6 | ||||
| October 23 | Langston |
| W 46–0 | ||||
| October 30 | at Texas College | Tyler, TX | W 15–3 | ||||
| November 6 | Bishop |
| W 45–0 | ||||
| November 13 | at Wiley | Marshall, TX | W 19–0 | ||||
| November 20 | Florida A&M* |
| W 37–12 | ||||
| November 27 | at Prairie View A&M | Prairie View, TX | W 19–0 | ||||
| December 4 | Xavier (LA)* |
| W 60–12 | ||||
| December 5 | at San Francisco State* | W 30–0 | 5,000 | [2] | |||
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References
- "Southern Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- "Southern Wins In Fruit Bowl". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. December 6, 1948. p. 12. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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