1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1948 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–3–2 (1–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (3rd season)
Captain	George Blanda
Home stadium	McLean Stadium

1948 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Ole Miss	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Tulane	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Vanderbilt	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Tennessee	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Florida	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Auburn	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1948 college football season. The Wildcats' were led by head coach Bear Bryant in his third season and finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and one tie (5–3–2 overall, 1–3–1 in the SEC).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Xavier*	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	W 48–7
October 2	Ole Miss	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	L 7–20
October 9	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	L 12–35
October 16	Vanderbilt	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (rivalry)	L 7–26
October 23	at Marquette*	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee	W 25–0
October 30	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati	W 28–7
November 6	Villanova*	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	T 13–13
November 13	Florida	McLean Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	W 34–15
November 20	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, Tennessee (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 26	at Miami*	Burdine Stadium Miami	W 25–5
*Non-conference game

• Source: 1948 Kentucky football schedule