1948 San Francisco State Gators football team
| 1948 San Francisco State Gators football | |
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Fruit Bowl, L 0–30 vs. Southern | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| 1948 record | 3–5 (2–2 FWC) |
| Head coach | Dick Boyle (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Cox Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Oregon + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Branch | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College[note 1] during the 1948 college football season.
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Gators were led by head coach Dick Boyle. Boyle was in the third year of his second stint as head coach of the team. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the regular season with a record of three wins and four losses (3–4, 2–2 FWC).
At the end of the season, the Gators were invited to participate in the second annual Fruit Bowl. It was held on December 5, 1948, and was the first inter-racial bowl game played in the United States. San Francisco State lost to Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champion Southern by a score of 0–30. That brought their final record to three wins and five losses (3–5, 2–2 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 63–137.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| October 1 | Whittier* | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 18–7 | ||||||
| October 8 | Humboldt State | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | W 13–7 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Southern Oregon | Walter E. Phillips Field ? • Ashland, OR | L 7–26 | ||||||
| October 22 | Chico State[note 2] | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | L 0–6 | ||||||
| October 30 | at Northern Branch[note 3] | Davis, CA | W 25–0 | ||||||
| November 5 | Cal Poly* | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | L 0–40 | ||||||
| November 13 | Occidental* | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, CA | L 0–21 | ||||||
| December 5 | Southern* | Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA (Fruit Bowl) | L 0–30 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1949 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
Notes
- ↑ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935–1971. See: San Francisco State
- ↑ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935–1971. See: Chico State
- ↑ UC Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922–1959. See: UC Davis
References
- ↑ "1948 - San Francisco St. (CA)". Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ↑ "1949 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "San Francisco St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Draft History: San Francisco State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.