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Orange Bowl champion | |
Orange Bowl, W 41–28 vs. Georgia | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 7–3–1 (4–1–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No.10SMU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1948 college football season. In their second year under head coach Blair Cherry, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 7–3–1, with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SWC. Texas concluded their season with a victory over Georgia in the Orange Bowl.[1]
After the season, Tom Landry signed with the New York Yanks of the All-America Football Conference.[2] Texas was ranked at No. 20 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | 2:00 p.m. | LSU* |
| W 33–0 | 47,500 | [4] | |
| September 25 | 2:30 p.m. | atNorth Carolina* |
| L 7–34 | 43,500 | [5] | |
| October 2 | 2:00 p.m. | New Mexico* |
| W 47–0 | 31,000 | [6] | |
| October 9 | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 16 |
| L 14–20 | 67,435 | [7] | |
| October 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Arkansas |
| W 14–6 | 46,000 | [8] | |
| October 23 | 2:30 p.m. | atRice |
| W 20–7 | 30,000 | [9] | |
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 11SMU | No. 20 |
| L 6–21 | 68,750 | [10] |
| November 6 | 2:30 p.m. | atBaylor |
| W 13–10 | 20,000 | [11] | |
| November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | atTCU |
| W 14–7 | 32,000 | [12] | |
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Texas A&M |
| T 14–14 | 68,000 | [13] | |
| January 1, 1949 | vs. No. 8Georgia* |
| W 41–28 | 60,523 | [14] | ||
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