1948 Drake Bulldogs football team

1948 Drake Bulldogs football
Salad Bowl champion
Salad Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Arizona
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record7–3 (1–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M $ 2 0 0 6 4 0
Wichita 2 1 1 5 4 1
Drake 1 1 0 7 3 0
Tulsa 0 1 1 0 9 1
Saint Louis 0 2 0 4 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach Albert Kawal, the team compiled a 7–3 record (1–1 against MVC opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Arizona in the 1949 Salad Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 199 to 105.[1]

Drake was ranked at No. 93 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

The team played its home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

  1. ^ "1948 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.