1948 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team

1948 John Carroll Blue Streaks football
Great Lakes Bowl, W 14–13 vs. Canisius
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Tech   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Notre Dame   –   9 – 0 – 1
Bowling Green   –   8 – 0 – 1
Washington University   –   9 – 1 – 0
John Carroll   –   7 – 1 – 2
Ball State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Michigan State   –   6 – 2 – 2
Baldwin–Wallace   –   5 – 2 – 2
Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Indiana State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 0
Wayne   –   4 – 4 – 0
Valparaiso   –   4 – 5 – 0
Toledo   –   5 – 6 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 5 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 6 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Marquette   –   2 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team was an American football team that represented John Carroll University as an independent during the 1948 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1–2 record, including a victory over Canisius in the Great Lakes Bowl.[1] Herb "Skeeter" Eisele was the team's head coach for the second year.

John Carroll was ranked at No. 86 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

Sophomore Don Shula played at the halfback position.[3][4] Shula later spent more than 40 years in the National Football League as a player and coach and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. John Carroll's football stadium is named Don Shula Stadium in his honor.

  1. ^ "John Carroll (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Carroll Set For Canisius". The Daily Herald (Circleville, Ohio). November 29, 1948. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Young was invoked but never defined (see the help page).