The 1948 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented
Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) in the
Mid-American Conference (MAC) 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 seventh season under head coach
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, the Broncos compiled a 6–3 record (3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 199 to 106. The team played its home games at
Waldo Stadium in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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.
Fullback Art Gillespie and guard Emerson Grossman were the team captains. Quarterback Hilton Foster received the team's most outstanding player award.
Western Michigan was ranked at No. 105 in the final
Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.
Schedule
References
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