The 1948 Troy State Red Wave football team represented Troy State Teachers College (now known as

Troy University Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System, and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is accredi ...

) as a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) 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 ...

. Led by second-year head coach

Fred McCollum Frederick Gwaltney "Buddy" McCollum Sr. (March 12, 1912 – April 11, 1978) was an American college football player and coach and athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at the Livingston State Teachers College (now the University ...

, the Red Wave compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and lost to

Jacksonville State Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degrees ...

in the Paper Bowl.

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Troy State Troy University is a public university in Troy, Alabama. It was founded in 1887 as Troy State Normal School within the Alabama State University System, and is now the flagship university of the Troy University System. Troy University is accredi ...

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