1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record7–3 (4–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Brodnax, Jim Castleberry
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Georgia $ 6 0 0 9 2 0
No. 15 Ole Miss 6 1 0 8 1 0
No. 13 Tulane 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 12 Vanderbilt 4 2 1 8 2 1
Georgia Tech 4 3 0 7 3 0
Alabama 4 4 1 6 4 1
Mississippi State 3 3 0 4 4 1
Tennessee 2 3 1 4 4 2
Kentucky 1 3 1 5 3 2
Florida 1 5 0 5 5 0
LSU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Auburn 0 7 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1948 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bobby Dodd, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 7–3, with a conference record of 4–3, and finished fifth in the SEC.[1]

Clay Matthews Sr. and Frank Ziegler were on this team.

Though unranked in the final AP Poll, Georgia Tech was ranked at No. 16 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

  1. ^ "1948 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.