1948 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1948 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1948 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Sauer, the Midshipmen compiled a 0–8–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 227 to 77.^[1]

1948 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–8–1
Head coach	George Sauer (1st season)
Captains	Pete Williams Scott Emerson
Home stadium	Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

1948 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Maryland State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Sewanee			–					6	–	1	–	1
Grambling			–					8	–	2	–	0
East Tennessee State			–					6	–	2	–	1
West Virginia			–					9	–	3	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	3	–	1
Memphis State			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee Tech			–					5	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					4	–	5	–	1
Chattanooga			–					4	–	5	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Miami (FL)			–					4	–	6	–	0
Marshall			–					2	–	7	–	1
Tampa			–					2	–	6	–	0
Navy			–					0	–	8	–	1
Texas State			–					0	–	8	–	1
CCUNC			–					0	–	5	–	0

Navy was ranked at No. 53 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	California	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–21
October 2	Cornell	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 7–13	25,000	[3]
October 9	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 0–21	25,000	[4]
October 16	No. 12 Missouri	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 14–35
October 23	at No. 7 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 14–20	75,000	[5]
October 30	No. 2 Notre Dame	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	L 7–41	63,314
November 6	at No. 2 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–35	85,808
November 13	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–13	35,000	[6]
November 27	vs. No. 3 Army	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	T 21–21
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game