The 1948 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

) as a member of the

North State Conference Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference (CVAC) or the Carolinas Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) primarily at the Divisio ...

during the

1948 college football season The 1948 college football season finished with two unbeaten and untied teams: Michigan and Clemson. Michigan was the first-place choice for the majority of the voters (192 of 333) in the AP Poll, but did not play in the postseason because of a no ...

. In their second year under head coach

E. C. Duggins Edward Cameron Duggins (August 23, 1912 – October 16, 1960) was an American college football coach. He was the ninth head football coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North ...

, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 8–1–1, with a mark of 7–0–1 in conference play, and finished as NSC champion. State concluded their season with a loss against at the Burley Bowl. Appalachian State was ranked at No. 231 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

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Appalachian State Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dough ...

Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons Carolinas Conference football champion seasons

Appalachian State Mountaineers football The Appalachian State Mountaineers football team is the intercollegiate American football team representing Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Mountaineers have competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Su ...

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