1948 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1948 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainThomas Zetkoff
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Army     8 0 1
Penn State     7 1 1
Buffalo     6 1 1
Villanova     8 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Boston College     5 2 2
Pittsburgh     6 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 3 1
CCNY     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Colgate     3 6 0
Fordham     3 6 0
NYU     3 6 0
Temple     2 6 1
Duquesne     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
Hofstra     0 6 2
Bucknell     1 8 0
Syracuse     1 8 0
Drexel     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 196 to 133. Thomas Zetkov was the team captain.[1][2]

Colgate was ranked at No. 94 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1948 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.