1948 Oregon Ducks football team

1948 Oregon Ducks football
PCC co-champion
Cotton Bowl, L 13–21 vs. SMU
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 9
Record9–2 (7–0 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumHayward Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 0 0 9 2 0
USC 4 2 0 6 3 1
Washington State 4 3 1 4 5 1
Stanford 3 4 0 4 6 0
Oregon State 2 3 2 5 4 3
Washington 2 5 1 2 7 1
UCLA 2 6 0 3 7 0
Idaho 1 5 0 3 6 0
Montana 0 3 0 3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1948 college football season. The Ducks competed as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The team was led by head coach Jim Aiken, in his second year, and played their home games at Hayward Field in Eugene and at Multnomah Field in Portland. Oregon finished the regular season ranked ninth, with nine wins and one loss, and won all seven conference games in the PCC.[1] They did not play Montana or #4 California; the Golden Bears won all ten games during the regular season.[1]

Denied a Rose Bowl berth by a conference vote,[2][3][4] the PCC allowed a second bowl bid this season;[5] Oregon played SMU in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Strite, Dick (November 21, 1948). "Rose Bowl choice still undecided". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
  2. ^ "California Bears get Rose Bowl bid". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press. November 22, 1948. p. 1.
  3. ^ "California, Northwestern to meet in Rose Bowl". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 22, 1948. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Northwestern, California get nominations to Rose Bowl". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. November 23, 1948. p. 4, part 2.
  5. ^ "Oregon to play in Cotton Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. November 27, 1948. p. 1.
  6. ^ "SMU beats Ducks, 21-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. January 1, 1949. p. 1.
  7. ^ Strite, Dick (January 2, 1949). "Oregon, Cal both drop bowl games". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
  8. ^ Smits, Ted (January 2, 1949). "Oregon handed 21 to 13 defeat by Southern Methodist in Cotton Bowl". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. 3, sports.