The 1948 Utah Redskins football team was an

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team that represented the

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as a member of the Skyline Six Conference 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 24th season under head coach

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, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 8–1–1 with a mark of 5–0 against conference opponents, winning the Skyline Six title. Utah was ranked at No. 48 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

Schedule

After the season

NFL draft

Utah had two players selected in the

1949 NFL draft The 1949 National Football League Draft was held on December 21, 1948, at The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. The draft was preceded by a secret draft meeting held November 15, 1948, at the Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh. This was the ...

References

{{Skyline Conference (1938–1962) football champions

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Utah Utes football seasons Mountain States Conference football champion seasons Utah Redskins football